Extinction (2018)
We were not here first
A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.
In Extinction, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “synthetic exile”. The story fights on E8/E14 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, memory, prejudice, survival, technology.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Next Gen (2018)E8/E14 · rare rung · memory, technology
The Wandering Earth II (2023)E8/E14 · rare rung · survival, technology
The Last Mimzy (2007)E8/E14 · rare rung · memory, technology
Y2K (2024)E8/E14 · rare rung · survival, technology
Restart the Earth (2021)E14 · rare rung · survival, technology
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)E8/E14 · rare rung · technologySame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Frozen II (2019)E7/E9/E10 · rare rung · identity, memory
Balto (1995)E4/E9/E10 · rare rung · prejudice, survival
They Cloned Tyrone (2023)E4/E9/E11 · rare rung · identity, prejudice
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2016)E7/E9 · rare rung · identity, survival
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)E7/E10 · rare rung · survival, technology
Free Birds (2013)E6/E9 · rare rung · prejudice, 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.
Oblivion (2013)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (2021)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Paprika (2006)alters at E8 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Alien: Covenant (2017)consciousness in machines · colonial horror frontier
I, Robot (2004)consciousness in machines · AI dystopia
Terminator Genisys (2015)consciousness in machines · AI apocalypse
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)consciousness in machines · AI apocalypse
Atlas (2024)consciousness in machines · machine uprising
M3GAN 2.0 (2025)consciousness in machines · android-regulation thrillerSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)consciousness in aliens · identity, survival
Underworld: Awakening (2012)consciousness in monsters · identity, prejudice
War of the Worlds (2005)consciousness in aliens · survival, technology
Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)consciousness carried elsewhere · identity, survival
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)consciousness in animals · identity, prejudice
Flushed Away (2006)consciousness in animals · prejudice, survival
