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Movies Like Inception

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Mind-bending sci-fi films exploring dreams, reality, and perception — Inception vibes.

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Title↕	Year↕	Director↕	IMDB Rating↕	Genre↕	Country↕	Runtime (min)↕	Overview↕
Inception	2010	Christopher Nolan	8.4	Action, Science Fiction, Adventure	United Kingdom	148	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 implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
The Matrix	1999	Lana Wachowski	8.2	Action, Science Fiction	United States of America	136	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.
The Prestige	2006	Christopher Nolan	8.2	Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction	United Kingdom	130	A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	2004	Michel Gondry	8.1	Science Fiction, Drama, Romance	United States of America	108	Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Paprika	2006	Satoshi Kon	7.8	Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller	Japan	90	When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.
Solaris	1972	Andrei Tarkovsky	7.8	Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery	Soviet Union	167	A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
Brazil	1985	Terry Gilliam	7.7	Comedy, Science Fiction	United Kingdom	143	Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he ...
Twelve Monkeys	1995	Terry Gilliam	7.6	Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery	United States of America	129	In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's ar...
The Butterfly Effect	2004	J. Mackye Gruber	7.6	Science Fiction, Thriller	Canada	113	A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.
Open Your Eyes	1997	Alejandro Amenábar	7.4	Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction	Spain	117	Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison.
Source Code	2011	Duncan Jones	7.3	Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery	United States of America	93	When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
Dark City	1998	Alex Proyas	7.3	Mystery, Science Fiction	Australia	101	A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Videodrome	1983	David Cronenberg	7.3	Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery	Canada	88	As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditi...
Limitless	2011	Neil Burger	7.2	Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction	United States of America	106	The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life.
Coherence	2014	James Ward Byrkit	7.2	Thriller, Science Fiction	United Kingdom	89	Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
K-PAX	2001	Iain Softley	7.2	Science Fiction, Drama, Mystery	Germany	120	Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
The Animatrix	2003	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	7.2	Animation, Science Fiction	Japan	102	Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts inclu...
The City of Lost Children	1995	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	7.2	Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure	France	112	A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
The Matrix Reloaded	2003	Lana Wachowski	7.1	Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction	United States of America	138	The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ult...
What Happened to Monday	2017	Tommy Wirkola	7.1	Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Action	Belgium	123	In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
Strange Days	1995	Kathryn Bigelow	7	Crime, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller	United States of America	145	In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.
The Thirteenth Floor	1999	Josef Rusnak	7	Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery	United States of America	100	In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
Vanilla Sky	2001	Cameron Crowe	6.8	Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction	United States of America	136	David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are bl...
eXistenZ	1999	David Cronenberg	6.8	Action, Thriller, Science Fiction	Canada	97	A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
A Scanner Darkly	2006	Richard Linklater	6.8	Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller	United States of America	100	An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
The Matrix Revolutions	2003	Lilly Wachowski	6.7	Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction	United States of America	129	The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Tron	1982	Steven Lisberger	6.6	Science Fiction, Action, Adventure	United States of America	96	When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. In his mission through cyberspace, Flynn matches wits with a maniacal Master Control Program and teams up with Tron, a ...
Self/less	2015	Tarsem Singh	6.4	Science Fiction, Action, Thriller	United States of America	117	An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that w...
THX 1138	1971	George Lucas	6.4	Science Fiction, Drama	United States of America	86	People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they s...
Possessor	2020	Brandon Cronenberg	6.4	Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction	Australia	103	Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.
The Room	2019	Christian Volckman	6.4	Horror, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction	Belgium	99	Kate and Matt discover that a part of their house can grant wishes. In the wake of two miscarriages, what they want most is a child.
The Cell	2000	Tarsem Singh	6.3	Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller	United States of America	107	A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
The Discovery	2017	Charlie McDowell	6.3	Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery	United States of America	102	In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at ...
Transcendence	2014	Wally Pfister	6.1	Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama, Mystery	United States of America	119	Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
The Zero Theorem	2013	Terry Gilliam	6.1	Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction	France	107	A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
The Signal	2014	William Eubank	6	Thriller, Science Fiction	United States of America	97	On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness – only to find himself in a waking nightmare.
Anon	2018	Andrew Niccol	6	Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller	United States of America	100	Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She...
Solaris	2002	Steven Soderbergh	5.9	Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery	United States of America	99	A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
The Forgotten	2004	Joseph Ruben	5.9	Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction	United States of America	91	Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created nine years of memories about a son she never had. But when she remembers a man who had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to pr...

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