
Movies that feel likeDark City (1998)
If you loved Dark City, the closest films we have are Twelve Monkeys (1995), Soylent Green (1973) and What Happened to Monday (2017). All three share Dark City's twisty and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Pi (1998).
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If Dark City hit the spot, these will too

Two things both keep coming back to: paranoia and dystopia
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Dark City does

Common ground: paranoia
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Dark City does

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia

The same hand behind both of them: Alex Proyas
The difference: Easier on the twists than Dark City

One thread runs through both: cyberpunk
The difference: Takes it somewhere less twisty than Dark City does

Both land twists and ideas at once

The same mix in both: bleakness, then paranoia

Both lean on twists more than on mystery

Both are built on the same subject: serial killer

Paranoid science fiction in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: manipulation

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases
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