THEME EXPLORATION

immortality and time

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Cronos
Cronos
1993 · Guillermo del Toro
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
1995 · Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
Time Piece
Time Piece
1965 · Jim Henson
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Back to the Future
Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 · Michael Haneke
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run
1998 · Tom Tykwer
Syndromes and a Century
Syndromes and a Century
2006 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His films like 'Mirror' and 'Stalker' meditate on memory, time's passage, and humanity's search for meaning beyond mortality through long, contemplative sequences.

 Terrence Malick United States

Works such as 'The Tree of Life' and 'A Hidden Life' explore existence across vast temporal scales, questioning life's purpose and our place in eternity.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

Films like 'After Life' and 'Shoplifters' examine how memories and human connections transcend time and mortality, seeking what makes life truly worth remembering.