If you loved The War of the Worlds: Next Century, try Avalon

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The War of the Worlds: Next Century

1981 · dir. Piotr Szulkin

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Avalon

2001 · dir. Mamoru Oshii

What they share

Theysit in Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to The War of the Worlds: Next Century, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Avalon is

You’re the highest-ranked player in Avalon’s underground game. No one remembers leaving, but you’re still here. Then a glitched map reveals a hidden sector rumored to break the cycle. Ash trades her solo grind for a crew that might burn the rules to get in. Kyma’s 2001 cyber-noir folds the genre into one doomed bonus round.

If you loved The War of the Worlds: Next Century, try Avalon

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What they share

What Avalon is

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