1,275 films

Films that alter a rule of reality

Stories that change one standing rule of how their world works and then follow the consequences honestly.

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.

Interstellar (2014)★ 8.5Inception (2010)★ 8.4memory, guilt, reality, timeAvatar (2009)★ 7.6colonialism, ecology, prejudice, spiritualityThe Matrix (1999)★ 8.2control, reality, freedom, identityAvengers: Endgame (2019)★ 8.2power, sacrifice, family, technologyInside Out (2015)★ 7.9emotion, memory, identity, pubertyDoctor Strange (2016)★ 7.4magic, time, reality, powerIron Man 3 (2013)★ 6.9The Hunger Games (2012)★ 7.2oppression, survival, mediaSpider-Man: No Way Home (2021)★ 7.9Back to the Future (1985)★ 8.3Jurassic World (2015)★ 6.7Coco (2017)★ 8.2memory, family, tradition, deathLogan (2017)★ 7.8WALL·E (2008)★ 8.1environment, consumerism, technologyThe Truman Show (1998)★ 8.2surveillance, media, control, freedomCaptain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)★ 7.7Monsters, Inc. (2001)★ 7.8energy, corporate, prejudice, laughterArrival (2016)★ 7.6language, time, communication, cooperationThe Incredibles (2004)★ 7.7prejudice, authority, family, powerGet Out (2017)★ 7.6The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)★ 7.4oppression, rebellion, inequality, mediaJurassic Park (1993)★ 8.0The Prestige (2006)★ 8.2Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)★ 8.4identity, diversity, responsibility, powerLucy (2014)★ 6.5consciousness, technology, mortality, powerI Am Legend (2007)★ 7.2World War Z (2013)★ 6.8Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)★ 8.1memory, love, identity, technologyX-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)★ 7.5Memento (2000)★ 8.2V for Vendetta (2006)★ 7.9A Quiet Place (2018)★ 7.4Her (2013)★ 7.8love, technology, consciousness, lonelinessBlade Runner 2049 (2017)★ 7.6identity, technology, freedom, memoryEdge of Tomorrow (2014)★ 7.6Blade Runner (1982)★ 7.9technology, consciousness, mortality, powerDune (2021)★ 7.8Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)★ 7.4The Terminator (1984)★ 7.7technology, survival, fate, resistanceJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)★ 6.8identity, belonging, technology, survivalEx Machina (2015)★ 7.6consciousness, power, ethics, controlTerminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)★ 8.1technology, future, warJohn Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)★ 7.3honor, violence, contract, powerBack to the Future Part II (1989)★ 7.8A Clockwork Orange (1971)★ 8.2control, freedom, violence, authorityX-Men: First Class (2011)★ 7.3prejudice, power, war, ideologyMoana (2016)★ 7.6identity, tradition, environment, mythologyThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)★ 7.6Incredibles 2 (2018)★ 7.5prejudice, law, family, powerDivergent (2014)★ 6.9Donnie Darko (2001)★ 7.8time, psychology, fatePacific Rim (2013)★ 6.9technology, militarism, survivalPrometheus (2012)★ 6.6origin, creation, greed, mortalityZombieland (2009)★ 7.3Wreck-It Ralph (2012)★ 7.4prejudice, identity, culture, technologyJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)★ 6.5exploitation, ethics, power, technologyRise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)★ 7.3intelligence, prejudice, rebellion, species2012 (2009)★ 5.9The Incredible Hulk (2008)★ 6.2I, Robot (2004)★ 7.0technology, law, control, consciousnessYour Name. (2016)★ 8.5memory, identity, fate, connectionDawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)★ 7.3prejudice, war, identity, powerIn Time (2011)★ 7.0inequality, class, powerThe Matrix Reloaded (2003)★ 7.1control, reality, freedom, choiceBack to the Future Part III (1990)★ 7.5Oblivion (2013)★ 6.7technology, control, memory, identityBruce Almighty (2003)★ 6.7faith, media, authorityLimitless (2011)★ 7.2Soul (2020)★ 8.1purpose, identity, afterlife, bureaucracyMonsters University (2013)★ 7.0identity, class, competition, fearJumanji (1995)★ 7.2X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)★ 6.3Tenet (2020)★ 7.2X2 (2003)★ 7.0Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)★ 6.7virus, control, rebellion, survivalNight at the Museum (2006)★ 6.6history, culture, memory, identityLooper (2012)★ 6.9The Matrix Revolutions (2003)★ 6.8control, reality, freedom, technologyBird Box (2018)★ 6.8X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)★ 6.4Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)★ 6.8Star Trek (2009)★ 7.4prejudice, culture, authority, explorationInsurgent (2015)★ 6.4identity, control, rebellion, powerShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)★ 7.5Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)★ 7.2grief, power, authority, multiverseEncanto (2021)★ 7.6family, identity, tradition, magicWatchmen (2009)★ 7.4power, authority, war, surveillanceFree Guy (2021)★ 7.5labor, corporate, technology, consciousnessGhostbusters (1984)★ 7.5technology, fear, authority, othernessWar for the Planet of the Apes (2017)★ 7.2species, war, survival, leadershipMinority Report (2002)★ 7.4surveillance, control, authority, technologyElysium (2013)★ 6.5Annihilation (2018)★ 6.4identity, mutation, self, griefShaun of the Dead (2004)★ 7.5love, mortality, survival, consumerismAbout Time (2013)★ 7.9The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)★ 6.6Eternals (2021)★ 6.8colonialism, purpose, responsibility, powerTwelve Monkeys (1995)★ 7.6Source Code (2011)★ 7.3time, terrorism, identity, memoryWonder Woman 1984 (2020)★ 6.4wish, desire, power, greedTerminator Genisys (2015)★ 6.0technology, consciousness, survival, controlLuca (2021)★ 7.8prejudice, identity, belonging, fearGroundhog Day (1993)★ 7.6Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)★ 6.8family, responsibility, survival, communityThe Day After Tomorrow (2004)★ 6.6environment, survival, coordinationThe Purge (2013)★ 6.2Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)★ 8.2mortality, heroism, friendship, identity10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)★ 7.0Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)★ 7.6authority, control, time, bureaucracyGhost in the Shell (2017)★ 6.1identity, consciousness, technology, controlScott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)★ 7.5game, romance, culture, musicThe Simpsons Movie (2007)★ 7.0environment, government, family, consumerismThe Cabin in the Woods (2012)★ 6.6Chappie (2015)★ 6.8technology, personhood, corporate, crime28 Days Later (2002)★ 7.2Beetlejuice (1988)★ 7.4death, bureaucracy, property, familyMaze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)★ 7.1disease, authoritarianism, rebellionTrain to Busan (2016)★ 7.7The Butterfly Effect (2004)★ 7.6

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