Constantine (2005)
Hell wants him. Heaven won't take him. Earth needs him.
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.
In Constantine, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “supernatural underworld”. The story fights on E8/E13 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing faith, sin, redemption, power, mortality.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)E8/E13 · rare rung · faith, power
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)E8/E13 · rare rung · power, redemption
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)E8/E13 · rare rung · mortality, power
Return of the Jedi (1983)E8/E13 · rare rung · power, redemption
Hellboy (2019)E8/E13 · rare rung · power
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)E8/E13 · rare rung · powerSame 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.
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
Spirited (2022)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
In Time (2011)alters at E10 · same rung · loose
Incredibles 2 (2018)alters at E10 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Ghost Rider (2007)consciousness in monsters · demon‑biker pact
Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie (2018)consciousness in monsters · hellish-earth
Fistful of Vengeance (2022)consciousness in monsters · mythic qi‑war
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match (2023)consciousness in monsters · hollywood demon-fantasy
The Keep (1983)consciousness in monsters · haunted citadel
Wizards (1977)consciousness in monsters · post‑apocalyptic fantasy realmSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)consciousness in aliens · faith, mortality
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)consciousness carried elsewhere · faith, mortality
All Star Superman (2011)consciousness in aliens · mortality, power
The Prophecy II (1998)consciousness carried elsewhere · faith, power
Mazinger Z: Infinity (2017)consciousness in machines · mortality, power
Blade Runner (1982)consciousness in machines · mortality, powerSame people
Shared director or cast.
