THEME EXPLORATION

curse and fate

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ringu
Ringu
1998 · Hideo Nakata
It Follows
It Follows
2015 · David Robert Mitchell
The Five Accursed Gentlemen
The Five Accursed Gentlemen
1932 · Julien Duvivier
Cursed
Cursed
2005 · Wes Craven
Final Destination Bloodlines
Final Destination Bloodlines
2025 · Adam B. Stein & Zach Lipovsky
The Final Destination
The Final Destination
2009 · David R. Ellis
One Missed Call
One Missed Call
2003 · Takashi Miike
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Guy Ritchie
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ari Aster USA

His films explore how family trauma and inherited darkness create inescapable cycles of suffering and doom.

 Karyn Kusama USA

She examines how past violence and psychological scars bind characters to tragic destinies they cannot escape.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

His work probes the absurd cruelty of fate and how societal systems trap individuals in predetermined, inescapable roles.