86 films

Consciousness hiding in objects

Toys, dolls and things that should not be able to want anything.

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.

Toy Story (1995)★ 8.0identity, obsolescence, belonging, consumerismToy Story 3 (2010)★ 7.8identity, belonging, obsolescence, consumerismToy Story 2 (1999)★ 7.6identity, obsolescence, belonging, consumerismTed (2012)★ 6.4love, responsibility, identity, adulthoodBarbie (2023)★ 6.9gender, identity, power, consumerismToy Story 4 (2019)★ 7.5identity, belonging, obsolescence, purposeThe Lego Movie (2014)★ 7.4creativity, authority, identity, conformityTed 2 (2015)★ 6.3prejudice, law, identity, discriminationAnnabelle (2014)★ 5.8faith, family, fear, othernessAlice in Wonderland (1951)★ 7.2authority, power, identityPinocchio (1940)★ 7.1identity, family, consciousness, purposeAnnabelle: Creation (2017)★ 6.6grief, fear, faith, mortalityThe Lego Batman Movie (2017)★ 7.2identity, family, power, authorityGoosebumps (2015)★ 6.3fear, otherness, imaginationThe Boy (2016)★ 6.0fear, grief, family, deathAnnabelle Comes Home (2019)★ 6.4fear, grief, family, religionKubo and the Two Strings (2016)★ 7.6memory, family, grief, traditionScary Movie 4 (2006)★ 5.5media, fear, family, technologyChild's Play (1988)★ 6.7fear, family, violenceOculus (2014)★ 6.5fear, memory, grief, familyChristopher Robin (2018)★ 7.3family, work, memory, identityDead Silence (2007)★ 6.4fear, grief, tradition, revengeThe Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)★ 6.7creativity, conformity, identity, consumerismThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)★ 6.1identity, family, power, griefBride of Chucky (1998)★ 6.1identity, mortality, love, powerGnomeo & Juliet (2011)★ 5.9prejudice, love, family, traditionChild's Play 2 (1990)★ 6.4fear, consumerism, mortality, exploitationVelvet Buzzsaw (2019)★ 5.4exploitation, consumerism, power, artThe Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)★ 6.9faith, fear, familySeed of Chucky (2004)★ 5.5identity, gender, family, mediaChild's Play 3 (1991)★ 5.9fear, authority, militarism, traumaPinocchio (2022)★ 6.3identity, family, purpose, faithCurse of Chucky (2013)★ 5.9fear, family, mortalityThe Muppets (2011)★ 6.7media, power, exploitation, cultureGoosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)★ 6.1fear, family, identityA Haunted House 2 (2014)★ 6.2fear, family, faithPinocchio (2019)★ 6.6identity, obedience, family, moralityBarbie as The Princess & the Pauper (2004)★ 7.5class, power, identity, traditionOlaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)★ 6.5tradition, family, identity, griefCult of Chucky (2017)★ 5.8identity, trauma, fear, possessionBao (2018)★ 7.6family, identity, tradition, belongingBrahms: The Boy II (2020)★ 5.9fear, family, grief, traumaBarbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006)★ 7.6prejudice, tradition, authority, freedomWelcome to Marwen (2018)★ 6.5prejudice, addiction, memory, identityThe Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)★ 6.5prejudice, identity, family, powerBarbie in the Nutcracker (2001)★ 6.9identity, love, duty, traditionBeauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)★ 6.2love, tradition, grief, authorityThe Happytime Murders (2018)★ 5.8prejudice, class, law, authorityToy Story That Time Forgot (2014)★ 7.0identity, belonging, power, authorityLook Away (2018)★ 6.6identity, family, controlMuppets Most Wanted (2014)★ 6.3media, identity, authority, exploitationMannequin (1987)★ 6.9love, art, consumerism, corporateToy Story 5 (2026)★ 7.4identity, obsolescence, consumerism, belongingBarbie: A Fashion Fairytale (2010)★ 7.3identity, consumerism, family, traditionPinocchio (2002)★ 5.8identity, morality, familyThe Pagemaster (1994)★ 6.4fear, identity, imaginationSherlock Gnomes (2018)★ 5.8identity, belonging, authority, loveAnnette (2021)★ 6.7love, family, grief, powerHawaiian Vacation (2011)★ 7.0love, identity, belongingThe Muppet Movie (1979)★ 7.2identity, fame, exploitation, industryMarcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)★ 7.6identity, grief, media, fameThe Indian in the Cupboard (1995)★ 6.5prejudice, colonialism, memory, identityKnick Knack (1989)★ 7.0love, obsolescence, consumerismSmall Fry (2011)★ 6.9abandonment, identity, consumerism, obsolescenceBarbie in 'A Christmas Carol' (2008)★ 7.2family, tradition, generosity, classPartysaurus Rex (2012)★ 7.1identity, belonging, obsolescence, consumerismTin Toy (1988)★ 6.1obsolescence, identity, fear, consumerismBelle's Magical World (1998)★ 6.2consciousness, authority, forgiveness, familyLife-Size (2000)★ 6.5identity, grief, consumerism, familyUglyDolls (2019)★ 6.6prejudice, identity, belonging, classMuppet Treasure Island (1996)★ 6.7authority, greed, friendship, identityThe Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)★ 6.6media, memory, love, purposeBarbie: Spy Squad (2016)★ 7.0prejudice, power, identity, inequalityPuppetmaster (1989)★ 5.8fear, mortality, survival, othernessL.A. Story (1991)★ 6.5culture, media, identity, loveDolls (1987)★ 6.4childhood, authority, prejudice, transformationBuzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)★ 6.4authority, technology, powerMagic (1978)★ 6.8identity, control, fear, othernessNight at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (2022)★ 6.4identity, fear, belongingAir Doll (2009)★ 6.9love, identity, mortality, griefOn a Magical Night (2019)★ 6.2culture, institution, memory, obsolescenceThe Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)★ 5.3identity, family, purposeEncanto at the Hollywood Bowl (2022)★ 7.0family, tradition, pressure, identityThe Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (2023)★ 7.1prejudice, media, technology, identityLEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation (2022)★ 6.3play, nostalgia, cultureSneaks (2025)★ 6.1identity, belonging, consumerism, love

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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 carried elsewhereConsciousness hiding in abstractions