If you can't be famous, be infamous.

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Chicago keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing celebrity, media, justice, corruption, fame.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
15 Minutes (2001)E8/E9/E10 · celebrity, justice
Samaritan (2022)E8 · corruption, justice
The Batman (2022)E8/E9/E10 · corruption, justice
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)E8/E9/E10 · celebrity, media
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)E8/E9/E10 · celebrity, fame
The Campaign (2012)E8/E9/E10 · corruption, media