Movies like Ghost in the Shell
If Ghost in the Shell's mix of android, man vs machine and artificial intelligence (a.i.) stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Ghost in the Shell's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Ghost in the Shell 2.0
2008 · Directed by Mamoru Oshii · 85 min7.4
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, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'.
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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: android, cyborg, cyberpunk · Also a Japanese animated film
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 · Also a Japanese animated film
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 itShares: cyborg, dystopia, cyberpunk · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (1990s)
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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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Directed by James Cameron · 137 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), cyborg · Also action and science fiction · 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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Upgrade
2018 · Directed by Leigh Whannell · 100 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), 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: android, artificial intelligence (a.i.), 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…
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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 148 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), 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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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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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
1997 · Directed by Hideaki Anno · 101 min7.4
Why you'll like itWith Koichi Yamadera · Shares: philosophical · Also a Japanese animated film · From the same decade (1990s)
Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series.
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The Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also action and science fiction · 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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PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie
2015 · Directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani · 113 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: cyberpunk, adult animation · 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.