Movies like The Thirteenth Floor
If The Thirteenth Floor's mix of artificial intelligence (a.i.), computer program and virtual reality stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Thirteenth Floor's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Source Code
2011 · Directed by Duncan Jones · 93 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: virtual reality, surrealism · Also thriller and science fiction
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
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The Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia, simulated reality · From the same decade (1990s)
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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Mercy
2026 · Directed by Timur Bekmambetov · 100 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller
In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced AI Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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Disclosure Day
2026 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 146 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: mysterious · Also science fiction and thriller
A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove…
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Minority Report
2002 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 145 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
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The Truman Show
1998 · Directed by Peter Weir · 103 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, simulated reality · From the same decade (1990s)
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.
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WarGames
1983 · Directed by John Badham · 114 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.) · Also science fiction and thriller
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and…
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I Am Mother
2019 · Directed by Grant Sputore · 113 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.) · Also science fiction and thriller
A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
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War of the Worlds
2005 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 117 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also thriller and science fiction
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…
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Eagle Eye
2008 · Directed by D.J. Caruso · 118 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.) · Also mystery and thriller
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met.
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Insurgent
2015 · Directed by Robert Schwentke · 119 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.