THEME EXPLORATION

time loops and temporal paradoxes

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Time Piece
Time Piece
1965 · Jim Henson
Predestination
Predestination
2014 · Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
Terminator Genisys
Terminator Genisys
2015 · Alan Taylor
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Frankenstein Unbound
Frankenstein Unbound
1990 · Roger Corman
Embryo Larva Butterfly
Embryo Larva Butterfly
2023 · Kyros Papavassiliou
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 · Jim Jarmusch & Spike Lee
Miraculous World: London, at the Edge of Time
Miraculous World: London, at the Edge of Time
2024 · Thomas Astruc
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
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit
1985 · Alexander Kluge
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

Masters temporal complexity through non-linear narratives and mind-bending paradoxes in films like Memento, Inception, and Tenet.

 Mark Steven Johnson United States

Deconstructs time loops and causality with inventive precision in Looper and The Brothers Bloom, blending genre with philosophical inquiry.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Explores non-linear time and linguistic manipulation of temporal perception most profoundly in Arrival and Blade Runner 2049.