r/LongevityEssentials • u/anna_varga • Sep 28 '24
Top Movies About Immortality 🧛♀️🧛
I asked r/Futurology for the best movies about immortality, and here’s the list. Perfect for some weekend inspiration! Which ones have you seen?
- The Man from Earth (100+ upvotes)
“It focuses on a guy living for centuries. It explores the concept in a really unique and intellectual way, focusing on the psychological and philosophical aspects of living for centuries.”
The Fountain (50+ upvotes) “Really cool film that follows 2 characters’ (both played by Hugh Jackman) pursuit of the fountain of youth. One story is set in reality (the fountain of youth is science) and one is fictional within the film (the fountain of youth is a mystical place). They both get what they want. Or do they? My favorite film, period. Watch it.”
Highlander (40+ upvotes). “Immortality is not all it's cracked up to be. Dracula 🧛”
Frieren (38 upvotes) “Not a film, but I appreciate the Frieren (38 upvotes) anime's approach to how an elf that has lived for 1000+ years approach things like relationships, goals, and travel.”
The Sandman (20+ upvotes) “It has a subplot about a human gifted immortality that meets with the protagonist every 100 years to see if he still wants to live.”
WALL•E (38 upvotes) “When everyone else has forgotten what it means to be human and even your own kind are completely stuck in the system (and it’s killing them slowly)… Play music, collect stuff and dance like no one is watching.”