Space Sweepers (2021)
2092, the space sweep begins!
When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal which puts their lives at stake.
In Space Sweepers, consciousness is carried by machines — a plane of “space junk economy”. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing exploitation, class, technology, survival, power.
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.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)E7/E12 · rare rung · power, technology
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)E7/E9 · rare rung · exploitation, power
Ultraviolet (2006)E4/E11 · rare rung · exploitation, power
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)E11/E14 · rare rung · class, power
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)E6/E11 · rare rung · exploitation, power
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)E6/E12 · rare rung · exploitation, powerAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)consciousness in machines · alien‑mech war
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)consciousness in machines · cyberpunk scrapyard
Alien: Romulus (2024)consciousness in machines · corporate mining outpost
M3GAN 2.0 (2025)consciousness in machines · android-regulation thriller
Vesper (2022)consciousness in machines · seed‑controlled wasteland
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022)consciousness in machines · alchemy‑war stateSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Jupiter Ascending (2015)consciousness in aliens · class, exploitation
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)consciousness in animals · exploitation, power
Flushed Away (2006)consciousness in animals · class, survival
Victor Frankenstein (2015)consciousness in monsters · class, power
Godzilla (2014)consciousness in monsters · power, survival
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)consciousness in aliens · exploitation, survivalSame people
Shared director or cast.
