Reality
7 films on FilmAbouts return to this idea.
The Matrix
1999 · Sci-Fi / Action · Lana & Lilly Wachowski
“An allegory about awakening from an artificial reality and questioning the systems that control us.”
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.”
Brazil
1985 · Sci-Fi / Satire · Terry Gilliam
“A clerk in a bureaucratic dystopia chases a woman from his dreams.”
The Truman Show
1998 · Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi · Peter Weir
“A man discovers his entire life is a television show.”
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.”
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