285 films

Films about memory

Stories where what is remembered — or lost, or implanted — drives the world.

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.

Inception (2010)★ 8.4memory, identity, grief, technologyInside Out (2015)★ 7.9memory, identity, consciousnessUp (2009)★ 8.0grief, adventure, memory, familyCoco (2017)★ 8.2memory, family, tradition, identityIt (2017)★ 7.2fear, memory, otherness, griefSpirited Away (2001)★ 8.5identity, memory, tradition, powerThe Maze Runner (2014)★ 7.2control, survival, identity, authorityEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)★ 8.1memory, love, identity, technologyMemento (2000)★ 8.2memory, identity, justice, truthToy Story 2 (1999)★ 7.6identity, obsolescence, belonging, consumerismLife of Pi (2012)★ 7.4faith, survival, identity, memoryFinding Dory (2016)★ 7.0memory, family, identity, belongingYour Name. (2016)★ 8.5identity, memory, fate, loveOblivion (2013)★ 6.7exploitation, memory, identity, technologyPan's Labyrinth (2006)★ 7.8authority, war, memory, mythX-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)★ 6.3prejudice, identity, militarism, memoryToy Story 4 (2019)★ 7.5identity, belonging, obsolescence, purposeFrozen II (2019)★ 7.2prejudice, colonialism, environment, memoryIt Chapter Two (2019)★ 6.8fear, trauma, memory, prejudiceSource Code (2011)★ 7.3technology, memory, militarismGhost in the Shell (2017)★ 6.1identity, memory, technology, corporateBig Fish (2003)★ 7.8memory, identity, family, griefMidnight in Paris (2011)★ 7.5memory, identity, love, belongingCloud Atlas (2012)★ 6.9identity, memory, prejudice, exploitationThe Others (2001)★ 7.6grief, faith, memoryRise of the Guardians (2012)★ 7.4faith, fear, memorySuper 8 (2011)★ 6.8grief, memory, fear, authorityMulholland Drive (2001)★ 7.8identity, memory, power, mediaAlice Through the Looking Glass (2016)★ 6.6identity, memory, powerInside Out 2 (2024)★ 7.5identity, memory, emotion, adolescenceEnemy (2014)★ 6.8identity, memory, fear, othernessNight at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)★ 6.2culture, heritage, institution, memoryMr. Nobody (2009)★ 7.8choice, memory, identity, freedomTotal Recall (2012)★ 6.0class, authority, memory, identityAnastasia (1997)★ 7.6identity, memory, tradition, power13 Going on 30 (2004)★ 6.8identity, love, career, memoryCrimson Peak (2015)★ 6.7fear, memory, class, loveThe Lovely Bones (2009)★ 7.1grief, justice, family, memoryCasper (1995)★ 6.3death, grief, memory, family1408 (2007)★ 6.7fear, grief, memoryVanilla Sky (2001)★ 6.8identity, memory, love, mortalityThe Giver (2014)★ 6.6memory, control, freedom, identityInsidious: Chapter 2 (2013)★ 6.7fear, family, memory, deathYesterday (2019)★ 6.7memory, identity, fame, industry9 (2009)★ 6.9technology, survival, memory, purposeLast Night in Soho (2021)★ 7.3identity, memory, exploitation, griefKubo and the Two Strings (2016)★ 7.6memory, family, grief, traditionInsidious: Chapter 3 (2015)★ 6.3grief, fear, memoryThe Virgin Suicides (2000)★ 7.1memory, grief, identity, classBefore I Fall (2017)★ 7.0identity, memory, mortality, belongingI Origins (2014)★ 7.6identity, memory, consciousness, faithCoherence (2014)★ 7.2identity, memory, reality, uncertaintyThe Tree of Life (2011)★ 6.7faith, memory, nature, graceIn the Mood for Love (2000)★ 8.1love, memory, classDark City (1998)★ 7.3memory, identity, control, technologyOculus (2014)★ 6.5fear, memory, grief, familyThe Grudge (2004)★ 5.9grief, fear, trauma, memoryThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)★ 7.1grief, identity, purpose, cultureThe Orphanage (2007)★ 7.2grief, family, memory, mortalityMeet the Robinsons (2007)★ 6.9technology, family, memory, innovationThe Fountain (2006)★ 6.9love, mortality, memory, faithThe Little Prince (2015)★ 7.6conformity, authority, memory, imaginationThe Lake House (2006)★ 7.0love, memory, time, destinyLost Highway (1997)★ 7.5identity, memory, othernessThe Darkest Minds (2018)★ 7.0prejudice, control, memory, survivalThe Book of Life (2014)★ 7.5love, death, memory, traditionA Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)★ 5.5fear, memory, survivalChristopher Robin (2018)★ 7.3family, work, memory, identityThe Man from Earth (2007)★ 7.6identity, memory, belief, mortalityPaprika (2006)★ 7.8memory, consciousness, technology, identityParaNorman (2012)★ 7.0prejudice, fear, authority, memoryGhostland (2018)★ 7.4trauma, memory, violence, survivalThe Boy and the Heron (2023)★ 7.4grief, identity, war, familyMalignant (2021)★ 6.7identity, memory, family, fearLoving Vincent (2017)★ 8.0memory, grief, identity, cultureJust Like Heaven (2005)★ 7.0love, grief, mortality, memory8½ (1963)★ 8.1identity, memory, purpose, mediaA Ghost Story (2017)★ 7.1grief, memory, mortality, timeGothika (2003)★ 6.1fear, justice, memory, authorityWhat Dreams May Come (1998)★ 7.2love, grief, memory, mortalityDead Silence (2007)★ 6.4fear, grief, tradition, revengeGhosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)★ 6.0love, grief, memory, identityPersona (1966)★ 8.1identity, otherness, memory, consciousnessTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)★ 7.4memory, trauma, identity, guiltYouth (2015)★ 6.9aging, memory, art, mortalityChungking Express (1994)★ 8.0love, memory, belonging, identityI'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)★ 6.6identity, memory, mortality, existentialInfinite (2021)★ 6.6identity, memory, purpose, mortalityWhat Lies Beneath (2000)★ 6.4grief, memory, betrayal, fearExtinction (2018)★ 6.0identity, memory, prejudice, technologyMirage (2018)★ 7.5memory, grief, fate, identityEnter the Void (2010)★ 7.3consciousness, death, memory, spiritualityRebecca (1940)★ 7.9class, power, identity, genderJustice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)★ 7.9war, power, authority, memoryBefore I Wake (2016)★ 6.5grief, memory, family, lossWhen Marnie Was There (2014)★ 7.9identity, memory, belonging, familyInsidious: The Red Door (2023)★ 6.5grief, trauma, family, memoryVolver (2006)★ 7.5family, memory, grief, traditionBlink Twice (2024)★ 6.7prejudice, exploitation, power, memoryThe Fourth Kind (2009)★ 6.3fear, belief, authority, memoryThe Forest (2016)★ 5.2grief, memory, death, fearSilent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)★ 5.5identity, faith, fear, memorySolaris (1972)★ 7.8memory, grief, identity, consciousnessWish (2023)★ 6.2power, authority, memory, wishCandyman (2021)★ 6.0prejudice, gentrification, trauma, memorySuzume (2022)★ 7.9grief, memory, environmentAngel Heart (1987)★ 7.1identity, memory, faith, mortalityThe Cell (2000)★ 6.3consciousness, memory, trauma, identityThe Jacket (2005)★ 6.9memory, trauma, fate, controlField of Dreams (1989)★ 7.1family, memory, grief, traditionThree Thousand Years of Longing (2022)★ 6.9love, memory, belongingPink Floyd: The Wall (1982)★ 7.9identity, memory, trauma, authoritySerenity (2019)★ 5.5memory, grief, justice, familyIF (2024)★ 7.0imagination, memory, grief, identitySynecdoche, New York (2008)★ 7.5identity, mortality, art, memoryThe Fall (2006)★ 7.6grief, storytelling, memoryThe Haunting (1999)★ 5.5fear, grief, afterlife, memoryJohnny Mnemonic (1995)★ 5.8technology, class, corporate, memoryThe Awakening (2011)★ 6.4grief, memory, belief, identityHypnotic (2023)★ 6.2control, memory, identity, power

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