Promare (2019)
The world ablaze.
Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are able to control and wield flames, and the fire disaster they have unleashed on Earth.
In Promare, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “flame metropolis”. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, authority, rebellion, environment, technology.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)E8/E9/E10 · authority, prejudice
The Sea Beast (2022)E8/E9/E10 · authority, prejudice
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)E8/E9/E10 · authority, prejudice
Troll Hunter (2010)E8/E9/E10 · authority, environment
Splash (1984)E8/E9/E10 · authority, prejudice
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)E8/E9/E10 · authority, prejudiceSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)E7/E12 · rare rung · environment, technology
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · authority, prejudice
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)E6/E11/E14 · rare rung · environment, technology
WALL·E (2008)E13/E14 · rare rung · environment, technology
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)E12/E14 · rare rung · authority, technology
WarGames (1983)E12/E14 · rare rung · authority, technologyAlso 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.
Metropolis (2001)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
RoboCop (2014)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Downsizing (2017)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Red Riding Hood (2011)alters at E6 · same rung · loose
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)alters at E6 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Nimona (2023)consciousness in monsters · shapeshifter kingdom
The Boxtrolls (2014)consciousness in monsters · box‑troll undercity
Underworld (2003)consciousness in monsters · immortal war
Monsters vs Aliens (2009)consciousness in monsters · monster containment world
The Little Mermaid (2023)consciousness in monsters · underwater kingdom
Season of the Witch (2011)consciousness in monsters · medieval demon huntSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Flushed Away (2006)consciousness in animals · authority, prejudice
Antz (1998)consciousness in animals · authority, prejudice
Astro Boy (2009)consciousness in machines · authority, prejudice
Redline (2009)consciousness in aliens · authority, prejudice
Class of 1999 (1990)consciousness in machines · authority, prejudice
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)consciousness in aliens · authority, environmentSame people
Shared director or cast.
