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31 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.”
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.”
The Godfather
1972 · Crime / Drama · Francis Ford Coppola
“The youngest son of a crime dynasty is drawn into the family business and slowly becomes the very thing he once rejected.”
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.”
Get Out
2017 · Horror / Thriller / Mystery · Jordan Peele
“A young Black man visits his white girlfriend's parents and discovers a conspiracy that turns visitors into prisoners of their own bodies.”
Apocalypse Now
1979 · War / Drama · Francis Ford Coppola
“A captain travels upriver to assassinate a colonel who has gone beyond the war's rules.”
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Sci-Fi / Adventure · Irvin Kershner
“The rebels scatter, Luke trains with Yoda, and a confession changes everything.”
Blade Runner
1982 · Sci-Fi / Neo-noir · Ridley Scott
“A burnt-out cop hunts escaped replicants who just want more life.”
The Thing
1982 · Horror / Sci-Fi · John Carpenter
“An Antarctic crew discovers a creature that can imitate any of them.”
Back to the Future
1985 · Sci-Fi / Comedy · Robert Zemeckis
“A teenager travels to 1955 and must make his parents fall in love.”
Blue Velvet
1986 · Mystery / Neo-noir · David Lynch
“A young man finds a severed ear and descends into his small town's hidden underworld.”
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.”
Do the Right Thing
1989 · Drama / Comedy · Spike Lee
“On the hottest day of the year, a Brooklyn block reaches boiling point.”
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Thriller / Horror / Crime · Jonathan Demme
“An FBI trainee asks one monster to help her catch another.”
Reservoir Dogs
1992 · Crime / Thriller · Quentin Tarantino
“A heist goes wrong and the survivors try to find the rat — without ever showing the heist.”
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.”
Heat
1995 · Crime / Thriller · Michael Mann
“A master thief and an obsessive detective realise they are the same man.”
Trainspotting
1996 · Drama / Comedy · Danny Boyle
“Edinburgh heroin addicts choose not to choose life — until one does.”
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Comedy / Crime · Joel and Ethan Coen
“A slacker called the Dude is mistaken for a millionaire and pulled into a ransom plot.”
The Truman Show
1998 · Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi · Peter Weir
“A man discovers his entire life is a television show.”
American Beauty
1999 · Drama · Sam Mendes
“A suburban father wakes up from his life and tries to start it again.”
Spirited Away
2001 · Animation / Fantasy / Family · Hayao Miyazaki
“A girl must work in a bathhouse for spirits to rescue her parents.”
Mulholland Drive
2001 · Mystery / Drama / Thriller · David Lynch
“An aspiring actress helps an amnesiac woman in Hollywood — until the dream collapses.”
Memento
2000 · Mystery / Thriller · Christopher Nolan
“A man without short-term memory hunts his wife's killer through notes and tattoos.”
Amélie
2001 · Comedy / Romance · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“A shy Parisian waitress secretly improves strangers' lives while avoiding her own.”
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.”
The Dark Knight
2008 · Action / Crime / Drama · Christopher Nolan
“Batman faces a criminal who wants to prove anyone can be corrupted.”
Donnie Darko
2001 · Sci-Fi / Drama / Mystery · Richard Kelly
“A troubled teen is told by a rabbit that the world ends in 28 days.”
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