The new Netflix film Mother / Android exposes an emotional side to the standard apocalypse cliché. It also strives to provide new perspectives but falls short. But, whether it’s because of Chloe Grace Moretz’s excellent performance or because it appeals to the emotional side of the audience, the film is a hit. It’s also a reminder of science fiction’s prominence in today’s film.
Below are some films to watch if you liked ‘Mother/Android’ on Netflix.
1. Bird Box (2018)
Director- Susanne Bier
Streaming Platform- Netflix
In the midst of a terrifying new reality in which an unknown malevolent entity is purging the world’s population, Malorie, a single mother, and her two children go on a life-threatening mission to find the final safe haven on Earth. However, in this perilous search, one’s eyesight is the actual adversary. However, when the defenseless blindfolded protector musters the fortitude to follow a small ray of hope concealed deep in a riverside sanctuary. Darkness may be the only thing that may save them.
2. Oxygen (2021)
Director- Alexandre Aja
Streaming Platform- Netflix
Liz Hansen awakens from her deep slumber in an air-sealed cryogenic chamber the size of a coffin, with no recall of how she got there. With the pod’s oxygen reserves rapidly decreasing, Liz must remain collected in order to put together her jumbled memories and rebuild her enigmatic identity with the assistance of M.I.L.O., the pod’s cutting-edge artificial intelligence. Trapped Liz, on the other hand, can’t move, can’t get out, and her oxygen supply is limited to ninety minutes.
3. A Quiet Place (2018)
Director- John Krasinski
Streaming Platform- Netflix
The Abbotts are striving to survive amid the remoteness of upstate New York, defined by a new era of complete stillness, in a shattered Earth overrun by indestructible predators of suspected extraterrestrial origin. Indeed, because this new sort of invader is attracted to noise, even the tiniest sound can be fatal; nonetheless, it’s been over a year since the fierce monsters first appeared, and this tenacious family is still standing strong. Of course, in this muted dystopia, mastering the rules of survival is crucial; nevertheless, now, more than ever, an otherwise pleasant event jeopardizes the already fragile equilibrium. The Abbotts must not make a sound now more than ever.
4. Annihilation (2018)
Director- Alex Garland
Streaming Platform- Netflix
It’s been a year since his last secret mission, and Kane, the tough military man, is still missing in action, thought dead. With his wife, Lena, a successful academic biology professor, still mourning his death, an unparalleled phenomenon in the Florida swamplands will soon have her following in Kane’s footsteps as a member of a strong all-women team. Many theories have been proposed to explain the enigmatic ever-expanding iridescent membrane that is swallowing the area, but none has been proven.
5. Ghost In The Shell (2017)
Director- Rupert Sanders
Streaming Platform- Sony Liv
Mira Killian, rescued from a terrorist attack, becomes a one-of-a-kind specimen of what will become the norm in the not-too-distant future: a cybernetically enhanced human whose mind and soul are housed in an immaculate synthetic body. As a result, the highly enhanced hybrid—now a steadfast counter-cyberterrorism Major—is Sector 9’s spearhead; but, concerns will grow as strange hallucinations regarded as small flaws begin to batter Mira’s fractured consciousness.
6. Darkest Hour (2017)
Director- Joe Wright
Streaming Platform- Online
During World War II, as Adolf Hitler’s mighty Wehrmacht rampages through Europe, Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is forced to resign, with Winston Churchill being recommended as his replacement. However, even in his early days as the country’s leader, Churchill is under pressure to either begin peace negotiations with Hitler or confront the Nazi government head-on, no matter what the cost. Churchill has no choice but to shine in the country’s darkest hour, no matter how difficult or perilous his choices may be.
