THEME EXPLORATION

time travel and historical connection

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Your Name.
Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
2026 · Kenichiro Akimoto
Silent Friend
Silent Friend
2026 · Ildikó Enyedi
Mobile Men
Mobile Men
2008 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Whom the Gods Would Destroy (, reissued the same year as Who the Gods Destroy )**
Whom the Gods Would Destroy (, reissued the same year as Who the Gods Destroy )**
1919 · Frank Borzage
Corsican Brothers
Corsican Brothers
1939 · Robert Siodmak
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014 · Rob Minkoff
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll
2024 · Ivana Gloria
Short Time
Short Time
2006 · Stephen Dwoskin
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989 · Stephen Herek
Days
Days
2021 · Tsai Ming-liang
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

Masterfully constructs complex narratives that interweave past, present, and future timelines to explore how moments in history cascade across time.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

Philosophical films like Stalker and Mirror meditate on memory, history, and the human connection to time as a dimension of existence and identity.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 deeply examine how understanding the past and future shapes present human connection and historical consciousness.