THEME EXPLORATION

fate and fortune

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
What the Daisy Said
What the Daisy Said
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Just My Luck
Just My Luck
2006 · Donald Petrie
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Blind Chance
Blind Chance
1987 · Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
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
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965 · Sergei Parajanov
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His films obsessively explore how chance encounters and temporal coincidences shape destiny, treating fate as a poetic force that both guides and eludes his characters.

 Terrence Malick United States

He examines the tension between free will and cosmic design, questioning whether human choices matter against the vastness of existence and the randomness of fortune.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His work reveals how small moments of chance and circumstance profoundly alter lives, exploring whether families and relationships are bound by fate or merely fortunate accidents.