The Good Dinosaur (2015)
A single act of kindness can change everything.
An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
In The Good Dinosaur, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “anthropomorphic prehistoric world”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing family, identity, growth, survival, fear.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000)E8/E9 · family, growth
The Gruffalo (2009)E8/E9 · fear, identity
Sting (2024)E8/E9 · family, fear
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)E8/E9 · family, fear
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997)E8/E9 · fear, growth
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)E8/E9 · family, fearSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)E6/E7 · rare rung · growth, survival
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)E13/E14 · rare rung · fear, identity
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)E6/E11 · rare rung · family, survival
TMNT (2007)E6/E11 · rare rung · family, identity
Them! (1954)E14 · rare rung · fear, survivalAlso bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Shrek Forever After (2010)alters at E13 · same rung · loose
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)alters at E13 · same rung · loose
Eternals (2021)alters at E13 · same rung · loose
Look Who's Back (2015)alters at E13 · same rung · loose
Stargate: Continuum (2008)alters at E13 · same rung · loose
My Name Is Vendetta (2022)alters at E13 · same rung · rigorousAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Finding Nemo (2003)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic ocean
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)consciousness in animals · prehistoric animal herd
Tarzan II (2005)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic jungle
Bambi II (2006)consciousness in animals · forest rite of passage
The Boy and the Beast (2015)consciousness in animals · beast kingdom
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)consciousness in animals · urban animal adventureSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Onward (2020)consciousness in monsters · family, growth
Pinocchio (1940)consciousness in objects · family, growth
Pinocchio (2022)consciousness in objects · family, growth
When Evil Lurks (2023)consciousness in monsters · family, fear
Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)consciousness in machines · family, growth
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)consciousness in aliens · fear, identity
