Movies like Ghost in the Shell 2.0
If Ghost in the Shell 2.0's mix of future, android and cyborg stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Ghost in the Shell 2.0's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Ghost in the Shell
1995 · Directed by Mamoru Oshii · 83 min7.9
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Mamoru Oshii · With Atsuko Tanaka and Akio Otsuka · Shares: android, cyborg, dystopia · Also a Japanese action film
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking.
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004 · Directed by Mamoru Oshii · 100 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Mamoru Oshii · With Atsuko Tanaka and Akio Otsuka · Shares: future, android, cyborg · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2000s)
Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards.
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
2007 · Directed by Kenji Kamiyama · 105 min7.5
Why you'll like itWith Atsuko Tanaka and Koichi Yamadera · Shares: cyborg, cyberpunk, cybercrime · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (2000s)
The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and…
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Battle Angel
1993 · Directed by Hiroshi Fukutomi · 54 min6.8
Why you'll like itWith Shigeru Chiba · Shares: cyborg, dystopia, cyberpunk · Also a Japanese animated film
In his travels as a bounty hunter, Hunter–Warrior and cyborg healer Ido one day discovers and repairs the remnants of a cyborg whom he names Gally.
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Upgrade
2018 · Directed by Leigh Whannell · 100 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: future, cyborg, dystopia · Also action and science fiction
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body.
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Chappie
2015 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 120 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: future, android, dystopia · Also crime and action
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he…
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Demolition Man
1993 · Directed by Marco Brambilla · 115 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: future, dystopia, cyberpunk · Also crime and action
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong.
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Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021 · Directed by Katsuichi Nakayama · 155 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, philosophical · Also a Japanese animated film
In the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth.
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Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
2013 · Directed by Masahiko Murata · 58 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: cyborg, cyberpunk · Also a Japanese action film
The story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine.
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PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie
2015 · Directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani · 113 min7.0
Why you'll like itWith Kazuhiro Yamaji · Shares: cyberpunk · Also a Japanese animated film
In a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System is charged with keeping the peace. When the state of SEAUn brings the Sibyl System in to test its effectiveness, it becomes a haven of peace and safety—for a time.
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Logan
2017 · Directed by James Mangold · 137 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: future, cyborg, dystopia · Also action and science fiction
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark…
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The Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, cyberpunk · Also action and science fiction
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.