
Movies that feel likeBlade Runner 2049 (2017)
If you loved Blade Runner 2049, the closest films we have are Dune (2021), Cloud Atlas (2012) and Advantageous (2015). All three share Blade Runner 2049's cerebral and bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Phoenix (2014).
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If Blade Runner 2049 hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Blade Runner (1982)

Overwhelming scale and sound that dwarf the person at the center
The difference: Myth and empire politics — outward destiny, not inward loneliness

Big philosophical reach about what a manufactured life is worth
The difference: Sprawling across centuries and tones — restless where 2049 is still

A quiet dystopia where personhood is something the economy prices
The difference: Micro-budget intimacy — a mother's story, no noir or scale

A machine child asking what makes a soul, in a broken near-future
The difference: Loud and scrappy — sentiment and gunfire crowd out the mystery

A grimy class allegory pushed forward with unblinking bleakness
The difference: Violent and satirical — momentum instead of contemplative stillness

Common ground in both: the future and dystopia
The difference: Takes it somewhere less atmospheric than Blade Runner 2049 does

Neon-drenched cyberpunk circling the question of a manufactured self
The difference: Action-forward and shallow — the philosophy never sinks in

A controlled world where memory is the most dangerous thing in it
The difference: YA-simple and brightly resolved — none of the crushing atmosphere

One thread runs through both: the future
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A cyborg with a lost past hunting her identity in a stratified world
The difference: Kinetic YA-flavored spectacle — wonder over melancholy

Contemplative where it counts, atmospheric underneath

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia
The difference: 46 years apart, and the 1970s show
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