
Movies that feel likeThey Live (1988)
If you loved They Live, the closest films we have are Escape from New York (1981), eXistenZ (1999) and Mad Max 2 (1981). All three share They Live's cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is District B13 (2004).
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If They Live hit the spot, these will too

John Carpenter working the same nerve twice

One thread runs through both: dystopia

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia

The same mix in both: ideas, then momentum

Tense and bleak in the same breath

Cerebral science fiction in both cases
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Both lean on momentum more than on action

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

Science fiction built on bleakness, twice over
The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2000s show

Action with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Thriller with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Tense science fiction, and it commits to that
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