Movies like eXistenZ
If eXistenZ's mix of hacker, video game and virtual reality stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what eXistenZ's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Upgrade
2018 · Directed by Leigh Whannell · 100 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: hacker, dystopia, near future · Also action and thriller
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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Strange Days
1995 · Directed by Kathryn Bigelow · 145 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: virtual reality, bodyguard, dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute.
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What Happened to Monday
2017 · Directed by Tommy Wirkola · 123 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith Willem Dafoe · Shares: dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the…
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The Assessment
2025 · Directed by Fleur Fortuné · 114 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: virtual reality, dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller
In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.
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The Running Man
2025 · Directed by Edgar Wright · 133 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, near future · Also action and thriller
Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort.
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Hackers
1995 · Directed by Iain Softley · 105 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: hacker, virtual reality · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer…
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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 148 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: virtual reality, dystopia · Also science fiction and action
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Directed by James Cameron · 137 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000.
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The Terminator
1984 · Directed by James Cameron · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and thriller
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st…
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Boss Level
2021 · Directed by Joe Carnahan · 101 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: video game · Also action and science fiction
A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track down those responsible and stop them.
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The Book of Eli
2010 · Directed by Albert Hughes · 118 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and thriller
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
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Chappie
2015 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 120 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and science fiction
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…