Central to

• Forrest Gump1994

  Forrest cannot control history or Jenny. His life gains shape through constancy, grief, and the duties he accepts when they finally arrive.

• No Country for Old Men2007

  Moss thinks skill can keep him ahead of consequence. Chigurh calls his choices fate, while Bell grows old trying to understand the violence.

• Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991

  The future changes when people reject inherited violence and teach even a machine that strength can serve mercy instead of destruction.