THEME EXPLORATION

speculative fiction

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Back to the Future
Back to the Future
1985 · Robert Zemeckis
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Hammett
Hammett
1982 · Wim Wenders
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
Primitive
Primitive
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk
Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue
1997 · Satoshi Kon
Parallel Tales
Parallel Tales
2026 · Asghar Farhadi
In Old California
In Old California
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Dennis Fischer, Horror Film Directors, - , McFarland & Company
Dennis Fischer, Horror Film Directors, - , McFarland & Company
1931 · John Carpenter
Loro 1
Loro 1
2018 · Paolo Sorrentino
Night of the Big Heat
Night of the Big Heat
1967 · Terence Fisher
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films like Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 deeply explore linguistic, philosophical, and temporal dimensions of speculative worlds.

 Scott Waugh United Kingdom

He pioneered visual speculative fiction through Alien and Blade Runner, establishing aesthetic standards for imagining dystopian and extraterrestrial futures.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

His meditative science fiction films like Stalker and Solaris use speculative premises to interrogate consciousness, memory, and the human condition.