The Man from Earth (2007)
From one of the acclaimed writers of Star Trek and The Twilight Zone comes a story that transcends both time and space...
A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and curiosity collide, challenging everything they thought they knew about history, science, and belief.
The Man from Earth keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
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.
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)E6/E11 · Drama, Science Fiction
Don't Look Up (2021)E14 · Drama, Science Fiction
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)E12/E13 · Drama, Science Fiction
Contagion (2011)E4/E14 · Drama, Science Fiction
WarGames (1983)E12/E14 · Drama, Science Fiction
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)E6/E10 · Drama, Science FictionAlso 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.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)alters at E6 · same rung · rigorous
Ghost in the Shell (2017)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Train to Busan (2016)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Encanto (2021)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
