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67% Reverina match Top pick 2020 · Series · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Good match
Why it matches Also about conformity and free will Also sci-fi and dystopian at heart Shares its formal composition and high contrast look More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 136 candidates
Watched for the same thing: social commentary What's different Not built around identity or morality Not really psychological thriller Commitment 1 season · ~7h
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Where it streams Peacock Premium Peacock Premium Plus Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Ergo Proxy.
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1979 · Film · Drama · Science Fiction
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: atmospheric tension Also about free will Also sci-fi and psychological thriller at heart Told the same way, nonlinear What's different Does not promise social commentary or philosophical themes Not built around identity or morality A film, so it resolves in one sitting Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV Criterion Channel Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Ergo Proxy.
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2015 · Series · Drama · Mystery
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: social commentary Built around the same identity Centres on the same outsider figure Shares its melancholic and contemplative register What's different Not built around morality or rebellion Not really sci-fi or psychological thriller Darkness Fairly light
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Also about humanity Also sci-fi at heart Severance 2022
Also about conformity and free will Also sci-fi and psychological thriller at heart Black Mirror 2011
Also sci-fi and psychological thriller at heart Watched for the same thing: social commentary Psycho-Pass 2012
Also about conformity and free will Watched for the same thing: social commentary Elfen Lied 2004
Built around the same morality and identity Also psychological thriller at heart Sense8 2015
Built around the same identity Told the same way, nonlinear Equals 2015 · 1h 42m
Also about conformity and free will Watched for the same thing: social commentary Loki 2021
Also about free will Built around the same morality and identity Legion 2017
Also psychological thriller at heart Built around the same identity Monster 2004
Built around the same morality Also psychological thriller at heart
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