Alienation
14 films on FilmAbouts return to this idea.
Fight Club
1999 · Drama / Thriller · David Fincher
“A man so hollowed out by consumer life that he invents a second self to burn it all down.”
The Matrix
1999 · Sci-Fi / Action · Lana & Lilly Wachowski
“An allegory about awakening from an artificial reality and questioning the systems that control us.”
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Crime / Sci-Fi / Satire · Stanley Kubrick
“A charismatic young thug is 'cured' of violence by the state — and loses the one thing that made him human: the ability to choose.”
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Drama · Miloš Forman
“A rebel fakes insanity to avoid prison work and starts a war of nerves with the ward's quiet tyrant.”
Taxi Driver
1976 · Drama / Crime · Martin Scorsese
“An insomniac veteran drives through New York's night until his loneliness becomes a mission.”
Alien
1979 · Sci-Fi / Horror · Ridley Scott
“A tired commercial crew answers a distress call and brings back something perfect.”
Stalker
1979 · Sci-Fi / Drama · Andrei Tarkovsky
“A guide leads a writer and a scientist into the Zone, toward a room that grants your deepest wish.”
Blade Runner
1982 · Sci-Fi / Neo-noir · Ridley Scott
“A burnt-out cop hunts escaped replicants who just want more life.”
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Sci-Fi / Family · Steven Spielberg
“A lonely boy hides a lost alien and learns to say goodbye.”
The Terminator
1984 · Sci-Fi / Action · James Cameron
“A cyborg from the future hunts a waitress whose unborn son will lead humanity's resistance.”
Brazil
1985 · Sci-Fi / Satire · Terry Gilliam
“A clerk in a bureaucratic dystopia chases a woman from his dreams.”
Full Metal Jacket
1987 · War / Drama · Stanley Kubrick
“Marines are built in boot camp and tested in the ruins of Huế.”
Akira
1988 · Animation / Sci-Fi · Katsuhiro Otomo
“In Neo-Tokyo, a biker gang member gains psychic powers he cannot control.”
American Beauty
1999 · Drama · Sam Mendes
“A suburban father wakes up from his life and tries to start it again.”
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