Yellow Submarine (1968)
It's all in the mind y'know!
The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
In Yellow Submarine, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “psychedelic music world”. The story fights on E9/E13 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, otherness, rebellion, music.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Warcraft (2016)E13 · rare rung · prejudice
Mortal Kombat (1995)E13 · rare rung · otherness
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021)E13 · rare rung · rebellion
Avatar (2009)E9/E13 · rare rung · prejudice
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)E9/E13 · rare rung · prejudice
10,000 BC (2008)E9/E13 · rare rung · rebellionSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)E8/E14 · rare rung · prejudice, rebellion
BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2010)E8/E12 · rare rung · otherness, rebellion
Isle of Dogs (2018)E8/E10 · prejudice, rebellion
The BFG (2016)E8/E11 · otherness, prejudice
The Lost Boys (1987)E8/E11 · otherness, rebellion
Fright Night (1985)E8 · otherness, prejudiceAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)consciousness in monsters · fairy‑human conflict
The Dark Crystal (1982)consciousness in monsters · fantasy realm of Thra
Wizards (1977)consciousness in monsters · post‑apocalyptic fantasy realm
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)consciousness in monsters · mythic monster war
Eragon (2006)consciousness in monsters · dragon‑rider fantasy
Underworld: Awakening (2012)consciousness in monsters · vampire‑werewolf dystopiaSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Men in Black (1997)consciousness in aliens · otherness, prejudice
A Bug's Life (1998)consciousness in animals · prejudice, rebellion
Antz (1998)consciousness in animals · prejudice, rebellion
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008)consciousness in aliens · music, rebellion
Metropolis (2001)consciousness in machines · prejudice, rebellion
Dolls (1987)consciousness in objects · otherness, prejudice