THEME EXPLORATION

parallel lives

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Smoking / No Smoking
Smoking / No Smoking
1993 · Alain Resnais
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1994 · Michael Haneke
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas
2012 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
Wonderstruck
Wonderstruck
2017 · Todd Haynes
Run Rabbit Run
Run Rabbit Run
2026 · Daina Reid
Dodes’ka-den
Dodes’ka-den
1970 · Akira Kurosawa
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 · Vincente Minnelli
Short Cuts
Short Cuts
1993 · Robert Altman
One is Business, the Other Crime
One is Business, the Other Crime
1912 · D.W. Griffith
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975 · J. Lee Thompson
Life
Life
1934 · Fei Mu
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch USA

His films like Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead explore fractured realities and parallel identities that blur between dream and existence.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His Three Colors trilogy and Blind systematically investigate how parallel lives intersect through chance and interconnected fates.

 Tom Tykwer Germany

Run Lola Run and Babylon Berlin examine multiple parallel timelines and alternate outcomes stemming from single decisions.