Arrival
Villeneuve's science fiction film uses alien contact to explore language, time, and consciousness. Through non-linear time perception, communication, and choice, it examines how language shapes thought and reality. The film is a meditation on free will, determinism, and embracing life's sorrows.
Your Reaction
Similar Film
Blade Runner
Scott's neo-noir explores what it means to be human through a detective hunting artificial humans …
Blade Runner
Scott's neo-noir masterpiece questions what makes us human through replicant Nexus-6 models. Through identity, mortality, …
Enemy
Villeneuve's psychological thriller follows a man discovering his exact double. Through doubles, identity, subconscious, and …
Solaris
Tarkovsky's science fiction meditation uses an encounter with a sentient ocean to explore memory, loss, …
Enter the Void
Noé's psychedelic odyssey follows a drug dealer's death and afterlife journey through Tokyo from a …
Stalker
Tarkovsky's metaphysical masterpiece follows three men through the Zone seeking a room granting wishes. Through …
Solaris
Tarkovsky's philosophical sci-fi adapts Lem's novel about sentient ocean manifesting crew's buried memories. Through grief, …
Primer
Carruth's time travel puzzle follows engineers accidentally inventing time travel. Through causality, ethics, paranoia, and …
Explore Related Domains
Discover connections across different types of entities
Denis Villeneuve
Canadian filmmaker known for atmospheric science fiction and psychological thrillers exploring communication, time, and human …
Contact
Sagan's science fiction novel follows the discovery of an alien message and humanity's first contact …
Solaris
Lem's science fiction masterpiece uses the encounter with an alien ocean-planet to explore the limits …
SOMA
Frictional's sci-fi horror explores consciousness, identity, and what makes us human. Underwater research facility contains …
Blindsight
Watts's hard science fiction novel follows a crew encountering alien intelligence that may be conscious …
The Left Hand of Darkness
Le Guin's science fiction masterpiece explores gender, identity, and cultural difference through the story of …
Solaris
Lem's philosophical novel examines humans encountering incomprehensible alien intelligence. Through a sentient ocean manifesting crew's …
Christopher Nolan
British-American filmmaker known for intellectually complex narratives exploring time, memory, and identity. Nolan's films like …