Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
Best Friend Forever* (*battery life may vary)
In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an 11-year-old finds that his robot buddy doesn't quite work the same as the others do.
In Ron's Gone Wrong, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “companion‑bot ecosystem”. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing friendship, technology, consumerism, surveillance, loneliness.
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.
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.
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Minority Report (2002)alters at E8 · same rung · rigorous
Her (2013)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Ghost World (2001)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Strange Days (1995)alters at E8 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
RoboCop (2014)consciousness in machines · cybernetic policing
The Emoji Movie (2017)consciousness in machines · emoji smartphone world
A-X-L (2018)consciousness in machines · robotic companion world
Child's Play (2019)consciousness in machines · sentient toy market
Afraid (2024)consciousness in machines · home AI dystopia
Echelon Conspiracy (2009)consciousness in machines · autonomous surveillance AISame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Small Soldiers (1998)consciousness in objects · consumerism, friendship
A Close Shave (1996)consciousness in animals · friendship, technology
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon (2010)consciousness in monsters · friendship, technology
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)consciousness in animals · friendship, technology
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)consciousness in aliens · consumerism, technology
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)consciousness in monsters · consumerism, technology
