313 films

Films about control

Stories about who holds the dial, and what happens to everyone who does not.

Every film here has been read through the same lens: which rung of the E0–E14 reality ladder its story fights on, whether it moves consciousness off the human, and which rule of its world it alters. Ordered by how many people have rated them.

The Matrix (1999)★ 8.2control, reality, freedom, technology

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)★ 7.6survival, power, control, rebellion

Suicide Squad (2016)★ 5.9power, authority, exploitation, control

The Truman Show (1998)★ 8.2media, surveillance, control, freedom

Get Out (2017)★ 7.6prejudice, power, identity, fear

The Maze Runner (2014)★ 7.2control, survival, identity, authority

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)★ 6.8power, inequality, propaganda, rebellion

Men in Black (1997)★ 7.2authority, otherness, technology, control

Ex Machina (2015)★ 7.6consciousness, power, technology, gender

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)★ 8.1technology, control, mortality, fear

A Clockwork Orange (1971)★ 8.2power, control, authority, freedom

Divergent (2014)★ 6.9identity, class, power, control

The Incredible Hulk (2008)★ 6.2power, authority, fear, technology

I, Robot (2004)★ 7.0technology, authority, surveillance, control

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)★ 7.1control, freedom, technology, identity

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)★ 6.7identity, otherness, power, control

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)★ 6.7survival, authority, control, rebellion

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)★ 6.8technology, control, freedom, identity

Insurgent (2015)★ 6.4prejudice, identity, control, rebellion

Minority Report (2002)★ 7.4surveillance, control, authority, technology

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)★ 6.6exploitation, power, environment, technology

The Conjuring 2 (2016)★ 7.3fear, religion, media, family

Terminator Genisys (2015)★ 6.0technology, control, surveillance, power

Coraline (2009)★ 7.9identity, fear, control, family

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)★ 6.6fear, exploitation, control, culture

Cars 2 (2011)★ 6.2technology, environment, exploitation, power

Midsommar (2019)★ 7.2grief, faith, control, tradition

TRON: Legacy (2010)★ 6.5technology, control, identity, power

Wanted (2008)★ 6.5power, control, authority

Tomorrowland (2015)★ 6.3technology, purpose, control

The Game (1997)★ 7.6surveillance, control, consumerism, identity

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)★ 6.2technology, control, survival, power

Predestination (2014)★ 7.4identity, technology, control

Nerve (2016)★ 7.0technology, media, exploitation, control

It Follows (2015)★ 6.6fear, mortality, otherness, control

The Lobster (2015)★ 7.0control, authority, love, identity

The Matrix Resurrections (2021)★ 6.3control, reality, energy, belief

What Happened to Monday (2017)★ 7.1control, identity, surveillance, reproduction

Ghost Rider (2007)★ 5.6power, control, faith, mortality

Fantastic Four (2015)★ 4.4power, authority, control

The Island (2005)★ 6.7exploitation, identity, class, control

The World's End (2013)★ 6.8identity, technology, control

Transcendence (2014)★ 6.1technology, power, consciousness, control

Dredd (2012)★ 6.9authority, control, inequality, violence

Cube (1998)★ 6.8control, survival, power, institution

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)★ 7.5technology, power, surveillance, control

Sucker Punch (2011)★ 6.2exploitation, power, control, identity

Escape Room (2019)★ 6.5exploitation, survival, power, control

Equilibrium (2002)★ 7.0control, surveillance, conformity, freedom

Upgrade (2018)★ 7.5technology, control, revenge, identity

Saw III (2006)★ 6.4justice, guilt, authority, fear

The Adjustment Bureau (2011)★ 6.8freedom, authority, control

The Golden Compass (2007)★ 6.1prejudice, authority, faith, control

M3GAN (2022)★ 7.0technology, exploitation, grief, control

Being John Malkovich (1999)★ 7.4identity, exploitation, control

The Giver (2014)★ 6.6memory, control, freedom, identity

The Village (2004)★ 6.5fear, control, authority, trauma

Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)★ 6.7fear, family, memory, death

Obsession (2026)★ 8.2love, control, mortality, grief

Truth or Dare (2018)★ 5.9fear, technology, media, control

Crank (2006)★ 6.7survival, power, control

A Cure for Wellness (2017)★ 6.4exploitation, mortality, power, control

Demolition Man (1993)★ 6.8authority, control, freedom, surveillance

The Host (2013)★ 6.3colonialism, identity, control, survival

The Final Destination (2009)★ 5.6mortality, fear, control

Serenity (2005)★ 7.4power, authority, rebellion, control

Battle Royale (2000)★ 7.3authority, control, survival, inequality

The Creator (2023)★ 7.0technology, power, war, control

The Wave (2008)★ 7.5power, authority, control, prejudice

Escape from New York (1981)★ 7.0power, authority, control, inequality

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)★ 7.0power, inequality, control, rebellion

They Live (1988)★ 7.3media, control, class, exploitation

Surrogates (2009)★ 6.1identity, technology, control, surveillance

Dark City (1998)★ 7.3memory, identity, control, technology

Eagle Eye (2008)★ 6.5surveillance, technology, authority, control

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)★ 6.9authority, mortality, control

The House That Jack Built (2018)★ 7.1mortality, power, control, fear

The Darkest Minds (2018)★ 7.0prejudice, control, memory, survival

Don't Worry Darling (2022)★ 6.8power, control, gender, surveillance

The Running Man (1987)★ 6.5media, propaganda, control, surveillance

I Am Mother (2019)★ 6.7consciousness, control, survival, technology

Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)★ 7.0mortality, fear, control

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)★ 7.2technology, power, surveillance, control

Tron (1982)★ 6.6power, control, technology, authority

Judge Dredd (1995)★ 5.9authority, power, surveillance, control

The Strangers (2008)★ 6.1fear, survival, otherness, control

Backrooms (2026)★ 7.1fear, isolation, trauma, surveillance

Gamer (2009)★ 5.7control, exploitation, technology, power

Dogtooth (2009)★ 7.0control, authority, family, power

Tom & Jerry (2021)★ 6.7control, labor, exploitation, survival

Run Lola Run (1998)★ 7.3freedom, control, mortality

Vivarium (2019)★ 6.0family, control, consumerism, isolation

Pi (1998)★ 7.1faith, technology, control

Videodrome (1983)★ 7.3media, control, technology, consciousness

Æon Flux (2005)★ 5.6control, identity, power, surveillance

Splice (2010)★ 5.9identity, power, control, exploitation

Push (2009)★ 6.1power, control, exploitation, surveillance

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)★ 5.1technology, control, family, power

Saw X (2023)★ 7.2justice, survival, punishment, fear

Exam (2009)★ 6.7power, authority, control, exploitation

Colossal (2017)★ 6.3identity, grief, media, control

Babylon A.D. (2008)★ 5.7power, religion, technology, inequality

Companion (2025)★ 7.0exploitation, control, technology, consciousness

eXistenZ (1999)★ 6.8technology, control, identity, power

WarGames (1983)★ 7.1war, technology, authority, control

Renfield (2023)★ 6.4power, control, exploitation, culture

Network (1976)★ 7.8media, power, control, exploitation

G-Force (2009)★ 5.5technology, authority, family, control

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)★ 7.3technology, control, identity

Luck (2022)★ 7.7control, technology, authority

A Scanner Darkly (2006)★ 6.8surveillance, addiction, authority, control

The Voices (2014)★ 6.3fear, mortality, identity, control

In the Mouth of Madness (1995)★ 7.2fear, media, control

Automata (2014)★ 5.9technology, control, survival, authority

The Social Dilemma (2020)★ 7.5technology, surveillance, exploitation, power

Ruby Sparks (2012)★ 7.1love, control, identity

Alibi.com (2017)★ 6.5love, family, control

Monster-in-Law (2005)★ 6.2family, power, control

Spiderhead (2022)★ 5.8control, exploitation, freedom, authority

Argylle (2024)★ 6.0identity, deception, power, surveillance

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