The Matrix
The Wachowskis · 1999 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary
Thomas Anderson works a software job by day and hacks by night, chasing a rumor about the nature of the world. A woman finds him, a man called Morpheus offers him a choice, and the 1999 he lives in turns out to be running on something else. Plato's cave rebooted as the chosen-one monomyth.
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FilmScience FictionAdventureFreedom vs FateSacrificeContemporaryHeroMentorTricksterHero's JourneyOvercoming the MonsterCall to AdventureRefusal of the CallSupernatural AidCrossing the ThresholdFreedomMythicModern / American
AdventureRebirthHeroThe DoubleTricksterRebirthOvercoming the MonsterCall to AdventureApotheosisMaster of Two WorldsFall–Rise (Man in a Hole)The Fall / DescentMythic
AdventureSacrificeContemporaryHeroMentorHero's JourneyCall to AdventureRefusal of the CallSupernatural AidCrossing the ThresholdFall–Rise (Man in a Hole)Freedomvs SelfMythic
AdventureIdentity & SelfSacrificeHeroHero's JourneyOvercoming the MonsterCall to AdventureSupernatural AidFall–Rise (Man in a Hole)vs SelfMythic
FilmScience FictionAdventureIdentity & SelfSacrificeContemporaryHeroRebirthOvercoming the Monstervs SelfMythicModern / American
AdventureFreedom vs FateContemporaryHeroMentorTricksterHero's JourneyCall to AdventureSupernatural AidFall–Rise (Man in a Hole)Mythic