Missing Link (2019)
Discover a comedy of epic proportions.
The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths and monsters. Trouble is, none of his small-minded, high-society peers seems to recognize this. Hoping to finally gain acceptance from these fellow adventurers, Sir Lionel travels to the Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature known as the missing link.
In Missing Link, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “mythic expedition”. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, power, exploration.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001)E8/E9/E10 · power, prejudice
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010)E8/E9/E10 · power, prejudice
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)E8/E9 · power, prejudice
Underworld: Evolution (2006)E8/E9 · power, prejudice
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)E8/E9 · power, prejudice
Artemis Fowl (2020)E9/E10 · power, prejudiceSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Also 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.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Blade (1998)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Allegiant (2016)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Day Shift (2022)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Mavka: The Forest Song (2023)alters at E6 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)consciousness in monsters · dragon‑kin world
Underworld (2003)consciousness in monsters · immortal war
KPop Demon Hunters (2025)consciousness in monsters · idol‑stage demon battleground
Vampire Academy (2014)consciousness in monsters · vampire academy
Barbie: Fairytopia (2005)consciousness in monsters · fairy realm
The King's Daughter (2022)consciousness in monsters · royal‑mermaid questSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Shrek 2 (2004)consciousness in animals · power, prejudice
Captain Marvel (2019)consciousness in aliens · power, prejudice
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)consciousness in machines · power, prejudice
Star Trek (2009)consciousness in aliens · exploration, prejudice
Shrek Forever After (2010)consciousness in animals · power, prejudice
Sleepy Hollow (1999)consciousness in the dead · power, prejudice
