Movies like Paycheck
If Paycheck's mix of amnesia, prophecy and technology stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Paycheck's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Minority Report
2002 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 145 min7.4
Why you'll like itWith Kathryn Morris · Shares: cyberpunk, tech noir · Also science fiction and action · From the same decade (2000s)
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 Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: prophecy, 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.
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Ready Player One
2018 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 140 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: evil corporation · Also action and science fiction
When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
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The Creator
2023 · Directed by Gareth Edwards · 134 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: cyberpunk · Also science fiction and action
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive…
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In Time
2011 · Directed by Andrew Niccol · 109 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: time · Also action and thriller
In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities.
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Déjà Vu
2006 · Directed by Tony Scott · 126 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: technology · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a…
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Arrival
2016 · Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 116 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: time, scientist
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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Inception
2010 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 148 min8.4
Why you'll like itAlso action and science fiction
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the…