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Movies that feel like JUNG_E (2023)

If you loved JUNG_E, the closest films we have are Surrogates (2009), The Matrix Resurrections (2021) and Cloud Atlas (2012). All three share JUNG_E's cerebral and bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.

πŸ… 52% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Yeon Sang-hocerebralkineticepiccontemplativebleak
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If JUNG_E hit the spot, these will too

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Surrogates
2009 Β· dir. Jonathan Mostow
πŸ… 37%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· thriller

Two things both keep coming back to: the future and clone

The difference: Missing the scale of JUNG_E

Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.

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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 Β· dir. Lana Wachowski
πŸ… 63%β˜… 5.6science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

Common ground in both: artificial intelligence and dystopia

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as JUNG_E

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

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Cloud Atlas
2012 Β· dir. Lana Wachowski
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.3drama Β· science fiction

Common ground: the future

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

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Advantageous
2015 Β· dir. Jennifer Phang
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6science fiction Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia

The difference: Reviewed even better

In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

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Peninsula
2020 Β· dir. Yeon Sang-ho
πŸ… 55%β˜… 5.5horror Β· action Β· thriller

Both are Yeon Sang-ho's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into horror than JUNG_E does

A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

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The Creator
2023 Β· dir. Gareth Edwards
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

One thread runs through both: robot

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 architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the warβ€”and mankind itself.

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Rollerball
1975 Β· dir. Norman Jewison
πŸ… 55%β˜… 6.5science fiction Β· action

Cerebral and kinetic in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.

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Chappie
2015 Β· dir. Neill Blomkamp
πŸ… 32%β˜… 6.8crime Β· action Β· science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: artificial intelligence

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 surroundingsβ€”some good, some badβ€”and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

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Terminator: Dark Fate
2019 Β· dir. Tim Miller
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.2science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

The same mix in both: scale, then bleakness

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

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Terminator Genisys
2015 Β· dir. Alan Taylor
πŸ… 26%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: robot

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

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Code 46
2003 Β· dir. Michael Winterbottom
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.1drama Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Contemplative science fiction in both cases

In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passports that record people's identities and genetics. Gold falls for Maria Gonzalez, the woman in charge of the forgeries. After a passionate affair, Gold returns home, having named a coworker as the culprit. But when one of Gonzalez's customers is found dead, Gold is sent back to Shanghai to complete the investigation.

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The Darkest Minds
2018 Β· dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
πŸ… 15%β˜… 5.7action Β· adventure Β· drama

Both lean on momentum more than on action

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.

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