23 films

Consciousness hiding in abstractions

Emotions, ideas and forces given an interior life.

Every film here has been read through the same lens: which rung of the E0–E14 reality ladder its story fights on, whether it moves consciousness off the human, and which rule of its world it alters. Ordered by how many people have rated them.

Inside Out (2015)★ 7.9memory, identity, consciousnessRise of the Guardians (2012)★ 7.4faith, fear, memoryInside Out 2 (2024)★ 7.5identity, memory, emotion, adolescenceCollateral Beauty (2016)★ 7.2grief, love, death, timeThe Seventh Seal (1957)★ 8.2death, faith, meaningThe Shack (2017)★ 7.5grief, faith, forgivenessA Wrinkle in Time (2018)★ 5.1identity, love, fear, conformityIF (2024)★ 7.0imagination, memory, grief, identityThe Night House (2021)★ 6.6fear, mortality, grief, othernessThe Bye Bye Man (2017)★ 5.2fear, memory, faithRiley's First Date? (2015)★ 7.2emotion, identity, familyDay & Night (2010)★ 7.7prejudice, identity, othernessInferno (1980)★ 6.6fear, mortality, faithImagine That (2009)★ 6.0family, consumerism, consciousnessA Life Less Ordinary (1997)★ 6.1love, authority, fateNefarious (2023)★ 6.7faith, authority, law, psychologyThe Devil Conspiracy (2023)★ 6.5faith, power, authority, warImmortal (2004)★ 5.7power, exploitation, identity, mortalityDrop Dead Fred (1991)★ 5.8identity, memory, fear, familyRoger & Me (1989)★ 7.1prejudice, power, authority, exploitationOrpheus (1950)★ 7.6mortality, love, memory, authorityDestino (2003)★ 7.2love, mortality, time, identityBogus (1996)★ 5.8grief, family, imagination, adoption

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Films that move consciousness off the humanFilms about identityFilms that alter a rule of realityFilms about familyFilms about prejudiceFilms about technologyFilms about mortalityFilms about loveFilms about classConsciousness hiding in monstersFilms about survivalConsciousness hiding in animalsFilms about faithFilms about griefFilms about controlFilms about memoryConsciousness hiding in the deadFilms about othernessFilms about warConsciousness hiding in aliensConsciousness hiding in machinesFilms about justiceConsciousness hiding in objectsConsciousness carried elsewhere