Memory
12 films on FilmAbouts return to this idea.
Interstellar
2014 · Sci-Fi / Drama · Christopher Nolan
“Beneath the physics, a film about a parent and child separated by time and trying to speak across it.”
The Shining
1980 · Horror / Drama · Stanley Kubrick
“A haunted-house film in which the haunting is a family already broken before it arrives.”
Inception
2010 · Sci-Fi / Thriller / Heist · Christopher Nolan
“A thief who steals secrets from dreams is asked to plant an idea instead — and confront the memory he cannot escape.”
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Sci-Fi / Neo-noir / Drama · Denis Villeneuve
“A young blade runner searching for a missing predecessor discovers a secret that could shatter the boundary between humans and replicants.”
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · Comedy / Drama / Adventure · Wes Anderson
“A legendary concierge and his loyal lobby boy fight to prove his innocence after a wealthy guest is murdered.”
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Crime / Drama · Francis Ford Coppola
“Michael consolidates his empire while his father's rise is told in parallel — two stories about what it costs to protect a family.”
Blade Runner
1982 · Sci-Fi / Neo-noir · Ridley Scott
“A burnt-out cop hunts escaped replicants who just want more life.”
Back to the Future
1985 · Sci-Fi / Comedy · Robert Zemeckis
“A teenager travels to 1955 and must make his parents fall in love.”
Spirited Away
2001 · Animation / Fantasy / Family · Hayao Miyazaki
“A girl must work in a bathhouse for spirits to rescue her parents.”
Memento
2000 · Mystery / Thriller · Christopher Nolan
“A man without short-term memory hunts his wife's killer through notes and tattoos.”
Oldboy
2003 · Thriller / Mystery / Drama · Park Chan-wook
“Imprisoned for fifteen years without reason, a man is released and given five days to find out why.”
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Romance / Sci-Fi / Drama · Michel Gondry
“After a breakup, a man erases his ex from memory — then fights to keep her.”
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