included · Nonlinear temporal perception

A Ghost Story

David Lowery · 93 minutes

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

Fantasy, Drama, Romance, Mystery

Before you choose

What kind of time-travel story is this?

Time travel drives much of the story.

Meets the archive’s time-travel criteria. The mechanism is classified as Nonlinear temporal perception.

Why the archive makes this assessment (spoilers)

The ghost's movement across vast stretches of the home's history makes nonchronological experience central to the film.

The ghost experiences time outside ordinary chronological progression; the synopsis explicitly identifies him as unstuck in time.

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An editorial assessment based on the archive’s documented plot research.

Scale, legacy & time

The scores

Titan73.8

Weighted archive score

Time-travel significance8/10

high confidence

Quality consensus7.2/10

Aggregate source ratings

How Titan works

Titan combines the archive’s quality, audience and legacy base with the significance of time travel. It is an index, not a score out of 100, and is distinct from the FMV archive’s scoring model.

Titan = base × [0.20 + 0.80 × (time-travel score ÷ 10)²]

This film: 103.60 base × 71.2% weighting.

Partial inputs flag incomplete source metadata. Provisional weighting flags a time-travel assessment that remains uncertain; it receives no additional confidence penalty.

The evidence

Research & sources

Research notes may reveal plot details.

These sources support the plot facts and catalog research. The numerical scores are the archive’s judgments, not ratings supplied by these sources.

Cast: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr., Kenneisha Thompson, Grover Coulson

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Releases & formats

5 cataloged editions. Narrow by format, then check region, audio and subtitles. Missing specifications mean unknown, not absent.

These listings do not establish a best edition. Use the specifications to shortlist compatible releases, then follow the source to verify details and availability.

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