271 films

Films about otherness

Stories built on the line between us and whatever has been placed outside it.

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.

Doctor Strange (2016)★ 7.4power, authority, tradition, othernessIt (2017)★ 7.2fear, memory, otherness, griefSpirited Away (2001)★ 8.5identity, memory, tradition, powerVenom (2018)★ 6.8identity, exploitation, otherness, powerAlien (1979)★ 8.2fear, survival, authority, technologyMen in Black (1997)★ 7.2authority, otherness, technology, controlTwilight (2008)★ 6.3prejudice, identity, love, mortalityEdward Scissorhands (1990)★ 7.7prejudice, conformity, love, othernessThe Shape of Water (2017)★ 7.2otherness, love, prejudice, authorityE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)★ 7.5otherness, fear, family, authorityVenom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)★ 6.7identity, otherness, power, controlHowl's Moving Castle (2004)★ 8.4war, identity, love, powerSonic the Hedgehog (2020)★ 7.3otherness, identity, belonging, technologyAlien: Covenant (2017)★ 6.2colonialism, technology, exploitation, othernessJumanji: The Next Level (2019)★ 6.9identity, mortality, technology, familyKing Kong (2005)★ 6.9prejudice, exploitation, otherness, colonialismThe Little Mermaid (1989)★ 7.4identity, love, authority, traditionLife (2017)★ 6.5fear, survival, technology, othernessLilo & Stitch (2002)★ 7.6family, belonging, otherness, authorityIt Follows (2015)★ 6.6fear, mortality, otherness, controlBlade (1998)★ 6.8prejudice, power, authority, fearVan Helsing (2004)★ 6.4faith, power, othernessBumblebee (2018)★ 6.7otherness, grief, identity, technologyAnnabelle (2014)★ 5.8faith, family, fear, othernessEnemy (2014)★ 6.8identity, memory, fear, othernessThe 5th Wave (2016)★ 5.9otherness, survival, militarismBattleship (2012)★ 5.9war, militarism, survival, othernessHellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)★ 6.8prejudice, otherness, power, traditionThe Great Wall (2016)★ 6.0prejudice, colonialism, otherness, warThe Predator (2018)★ 5.6prejudice, militarism, technology, othernessThe Addams Family (1991)★ 7.1family, death, tradition, wealthMonsters vs Aliens (2009)★ 6.2prejudice, authority, otherness, identityNope (2022)★ 6.8exploitation, media, consumerism, fearMorbius (2022)★ 5.9otherness, identity, powerRocky IV (1985)★ 7.1prejudice, war, power, othernessHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)★ 6.9love, family, othernessPower Rangers (2017)★ 6.2identity, power, othernessPredators (2010)★ 6.3survival, predation, othernessMama (2013)★ 6.3grief, family, fear, othernessMonster House (2006)★ 6.7fear, grief, death, childhoodBlade: Trinity (2004)★ 5.9prejudice, power, survival, technologyGarfield (2004)★ 5.7family, love, jealousy, identityVenom: The Last Dance (2024)★ 6.7otherness, authority, technology, powerChicken Little (2005)★ 5.9identity, fear, reputation, othernessThe Smurfs (2011)★ 5.8identity, culture, otherness, communityGoosebumps (2015)★ 6.3fear, otherness, imaginationPredator 2 (1990)★ 6.3otherness, militarism, survival, fearUnder the Skin (2014)★ 6.1identity, otherness, exploitation, consciousnessStargate (1994)★ 7.0colonialism, religion, power, exploitationHellboy (2019)★ 5.6identity, power, faith, othernessThe Woman in Black (2012)★ 6.1grief, fear, othernessThe Ritual (2017)★ 6.3fear, faith, sacrifice, survivalFrankenstein (2025)★ 7.6otherness, identity, technology, mortalityThe Hills Have Eyes (2006)★ 6.5otherness, fear, survivalBig Trouble in Little China (1986)★ 7.2faith, tradition, power, identityRed Riding Hood (2011)★ 6.0fear, prejudice, authority, traditionAliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)★ 5.2otherness, survival, fear, technologyDoctor Dolittle (1998)★ 5.7identity, exploitation, otherness, medicineLet the Right One In (2008)★ 7.5otherness, prejudice, loneliness, mortalityThe Thing (2011)★ 6.2paranoia, trust, identity, survivalThe Secret World of Arrietty (2010)★ 7.7prejudice, survival, otherness, family30 Days of Night (2007)★ 6.4fear, survival, othernessLost Highway (1997)★ 7.5identity, memory, othernessBeastly (2011)★ 6.3love, identity, othernessThe Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)★ 6.7prejudice, family, othernessK-PAX (2001)★ 7.2identity, faith, otherness, consciousnessAn American Werewolf in London (1981)★ 7.4identity, fear, mortality, othernessThe Strangers (2008)★ 6.1fear, survival, otherness, controlStuart Little 2 (2002)★ 5.8identity, belonging, family, othernessTerrifier 2 (2022)★ 6.7fear, mortality, survival, othernessWolf Children (2012)★ 8.2identity, family, otherness, prejudiceThe Watch (2012)★ 5.6otherness, fear, authorityPersona (1966)★ 8.1identity, otherness, memory, consciousnessParanormal Activity 3 (2011)★ 5.9fear, faith, mortality, othernessThe Lost Boys (1987)★ 7.1identity, rebellion, immortality, fearThe Faculty (1998)★ 6.6otherness, authority, fear, infectionDeliver Us from Evil (2014)★ 6.2faith, authority, fear, othernessLet Me In (2010)★ 6.8identity, otherness, mortality, fearChungking Express (1994)★ 8.0love, memory, belonging, identityThe Wolfman (2010)★ 5.9otherness, fear, familyThe Girl with All the Gifts (2016)★ 6.6survival, otherness, prejudice, authoritySlender Man (2018)★ 4.3fear, otherness, mediaLilo & Stitch (2025)★ 7.2family, belonging, otherness, cultureFright Night (2011)★ 6.2fear, otherness, survival, prejudiceA Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)★ 5.8fear, identity, othernessMirrors (2008)★ 6.3possession, evil, reflection, fearDragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015)★ 6.9power, militarism, otherness, warDark Skies (2013)★ 6.3fear, family, othernessVolver (2006)★ 7.5family, memory, grief, traditionVeronica (2017)★ 6.2fear, family, grief, othernessAnomalisa (2015)★ 7.1identity, otherness, belongingRace to Witch Mountain (2009)★ 5.8otherness, authority, exploitationThe Boxtrolls (2014)★ 6.7prejudice, authority, fear, classMonsters (2010)★ 6.2prejudice, fear, militarism, othernessSlither (2006)★ 6.5fear, otherness, survivalTitane (2021)★ 6.3identity, technology, otherness, familyGrave Encounters (2011)★ 6.3fear, mortality, otherness, institutionBones and All (2022)★ 7.0identity, love, othernessGhost World (2001)★ 7.1loneliness, death, fear, othernessThe Watchers (2024)★ 6.4prejudice, otherness, fear, survivalSong of the Sea (2014)★ 8.0identity, grief, tradition, familyMeet Dave (2008)★ 5.3otherness, culture, technology, authoritySplash (1984)★ 6.3love, otherness, prejudice, identityOutlander (2008)★ 6.5colonialism, power, othernessVampires Suck (2010)★ 4.4love, identity, othernessLegend (1985)★ 6.2power, love, faith, fearMary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)★ 6.4prejudice, responsibility, mortality, griefHaunt (2019)★ 6.7fear, exploitation, mortality, othernessJason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)★ 6.3fear, survival, othernessPossession (1981)★ 7.3family, identity, faith, griefThe Night House (2021)★ 6.6fear, mortality, grief, othernessHoly Motors (2012)★ 7.0identity, mortality, media, purposeMimic (1997)★ 6.1fear, mortality, technology, survivalGhosts of Mars (2001)★ 5.1prejudice, colonization, fear, othernessNaked Lunch (1991)★ 7.0addiction, identity, creativity, controlJustice League: War (2014)★ 7.4war, power, authority, technologyCirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)★ 5.9otherness, identity, power, mortalityKiller Klowns from Outer Space (1988)★ 6.6fear, otherness, horror, colonialismRed Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019)★ 7.7identity, love, prejudice, othernessJustice League Dark (2017)★ 7.3magic, power, otherness, fear

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