THEME EXPLORATION

time-spanning conflict

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
They Caught the Ferry
They Caught the Ferry
1948 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Back to the Past
Back to the Past
2025 · Jack Lai Jan-Lung
Time Piece
Time Piece
1965 · Jim Henson
Ballad
Ballad
2009 · Takashi Yamazaki
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Masculin Feminin
Masculin Feminin
1966 · Jean-Luc Godard
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 · Michael Haneke
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Terrence Malick United States

His films transcend linear time, weaving past, present, and memory into meditative explorations of human conflict across generations and cosmic scales.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

He masterfully examines how ideological and personal conflicts persist and transform across time, using deliberately paced narratives that mirror the weight of history.

 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong

His stylistically distinct films capture how romantic and social conflicts echo across different time periods, with fragmented narratives that collapse temporal boundaries.