WALL·E (2008)
After 700 years of doing what he was built for, he'll discover what he was meant for.
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.
In WALL·E, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “space‑cruise civilization”. The story fights on E13/E14 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing environment, consumerism, technology.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Rio 2 (2014)E7/E8/E9 · rare rung · environment, technology
Silent Running (1972)E7/E8/E10 · rare rung · environment, technology
Princess Mononoke (1997)E7/E8 · rare rung · environment, technology
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)E7/E12 · rare rung · environment, technology
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)E7/E10 · rare rung · environment, technology
Arco (2025)E7/E8 · rare rung · environment, technologyAlso 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.
The Simpsons Movie (2007)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
The Truman Show (1998)alters at E10 · same rung · rigorous
Pixels (2015)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
I, Robot (2004)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
Eagle Eye (2008)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
Demolition Man (1993)alters at E10 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
The Last Mimzy (2007)consciousness in machines · future‑toy time‑bridge
Alien: Covenant (2017)consciousness in machines · colonial horror frontier
Terminator Genisys (2015)consciousness in machines · AI apocalypse
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)consciousness in machines · machine-time-war
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)consciousness in machines · AI apocalypse
Tomorrowland (2015)consciousness in machines · future utopiaSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)consciousness in aliens · environment, technology
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)consciousness in monsters · environment, technology
The Abyss (1989)consciousness in aliens · environment, technology
Ratchet & Clank (2016)consciousness in animals · environment, technology
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)consciousness carried elsewhere · environment, technology
Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999)consciousness in animals · environment
