Free will
20 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.”
Pulp Fiction
1994 · Crime / Drama / Black comedy · Quentin Tarantino
“A mosaic of Los Angeles criminals whose lives intersect through chance, choice and moral improvisation.”
Inception
2010 · Sci-Fi / Thriller / Heist · Christopher Nolan
“A thief who steals secrets from dreams is asked to plant an idea instead — and confront the memory he cannot escape.”
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Sci-Fi / Neo-noir / Drama · Denis Villeneuve
“A young blade runner searching for a missing predecessor discovers a secret that could shatter the boundary between humans and replicants.”
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 · Sci-Fi / Adventure / Mystery · Stanley Kubrick
“Humanity's journey from ape to star-child, interrupted by a black monolith and an artificial intelligence that refuses to die.”
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.”
Star Wars
1977 · Sci-Fi / Adventure · George Lucas
“A farm boy leaves home to rescue a princess and discovers the myth he was born into.”
The Terminator
1984 · Sci-Fi / Action · James Cameron
“A cyborg from the future hunts a waitress whose unborn son will lead humanity's resistance.”
Back to the Future
1985 · Sci-Fi / Comedy · Robert Zemeckis
“A teenager travels to 1955 and must make his parents fall in love.”
Brazil
1985 · Sci-Fi / Satire · Terry Gilliam
“A clerk in a bureaucratic dystopia chases a woman from his dreams.”
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Sci-Fi / Action · James Cameron
“The machine that hunted Sarah Connor returns to protect her son.”
Groundhog Day
1993 · Comedy / Fantasy / Romance · Harold Ramis
“A cynical weatherman relives the same day until he becomes someone worth tomorrow.”
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Drama · Frank Darabont
“A banker sentenced for murders he didn't commit keeps hope alive for nineteen years.”
Trainspotting
1996 · Drama / Comedy · Danny Boyle
“Edinburgh heroin addicts choose not to choose life — until one does.”
The Truman Show
1998 · Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi · Peter Weir
“A man discovers his entire life is a television show.”
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Romance / Sci-Fi / Drama · Michel Gondry
“After a breakup, a man erases his ex from memory — then fights to keep her.”
Donnie Darko
2001 · Sci-Fi / Drama / Mystery · Richard Kelly
“A troubled teen is told by a rabbit that the world ends in 28 days.”
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure · George Miller
“A warrior helps enslaved wives escape a tyrant in a two-hour chase.”
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