Movies like Operator
If Operator's mix of dystopia, stop motion and short film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Operator's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017 · Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe · 16 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, short film · Also animation and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west coast of the US. According to Blade Runner 2049’s official timeline, this failure leads to cities shutting down,…
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Rakka
2017 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 22 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, short film · Also science fiction and horror · From the same decade (2010s)
A story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing, and unrelenting, the humans must find enough courage to go on fighting.
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Mad God
2021 · Directed by Phil Tippett · 84 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: stop motion, 3d animation · Also animation and horror
A silent figure known as The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the…
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WALL·E
2008 · Directed by Andrew Stanton · 98 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, 3d animation · Also animation and science fiction
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
2012 · Directed by Jay Oliva · 76 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and animation · From the same decade (2010s)
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
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The Old Mill
1937 · Directed by Wilfred Jackson · 9 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: short film · Also animation and horror
Night in an old mill is dramatically depicted in this Oscar-winning short in which the frightened occupants, including birds, timid mice, owls, and other creatures try to stay safe and dry as a storm approaches.
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The Animatrix
2003 · Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri · 102 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also animation and science fiction
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of…
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9
2009 · Directed by Shane Acker · 79 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also animation and science fiction
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that…
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Titan A.E.
2000 · Directed by Don Bluth · 95 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also animation and science fiction
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.