If you haven't seen Ex Machina yet, do yourself a solid, and go find it. It will be right up your alley. Trust me on this one. Like most people visiting this board, I am anxiously awaiting more episodes. This movie had a huge Brooker presence felt.
I could also recommend the movie Coherence.
Totally agree about Ex Machina -- I heard it described as a longer episode of Black Mirror with a bigger budget. Even has the actor from Be Right Back in it, but in this one, he's the human facing the AI.
Not really a movie rec, but on nearly every "if you like Black Mirror you might like..." thing I've seen, Twin Peaks comes up. Not sure how similar the two are.
The movie Primer comes close. It's a really intense, *beep* look at time travel and the implications it could have. It'll wreck your head. Just be aware it's low budget and the actors aren't perfect.
sharepeople always recomment primer when it comes to the indie/non-mainstream sci-fi genre, but personally i absolutely prefer black mirror. primer is a convoluted time travel paradox *beep* fest, while black mirror actually come up with (comparatively) new ideas and the episodes have the perfect lenth to take you to wonderland and tell you an incredible and always brain teasing story without boring you or losing itself in it's own net of paradox impossibilities, as most time travel stories like to do.
not bashing primer here, but i think black mirror is just so much better.
i second coherence
shareNetwork (1976) - Fifteen Million Merits had some similarities to it. Howard Beale got 'mad as hell' and he was going to blow his brains out on national television. While it was no way intended to be science fiction, it pretty much signaled where TV was headed.
Jacob's Ladder (1990) Mind bender: Struggle with identity/reality.
Cloud Atlas (2012) - I forgot what the main theme of it was (it had several).
NightCrawler (2014) - Essentially its about the media and how invasive and extreme it has become.
Amazing Stories (TV, 1985–1987) Created by Steven Spielberg, I'm not sure where it can be found - Netflix?
Mr. Robot (TV, 2015) - Hackers, psychopaths and high drama.
"The 10th Victim" (1965) starring Marcello Mastroianni & Ursula Andress. This foreshadows the rise of reality television (and it's ultimate nadir) 4-5 decades before it happened.
It's on DVD (must manually select English language audio; otherwise defaults to subtitles) and Amazon Instant Video. I don't have Netflix, so I can't say.
What I love about these type of threads that every once in a while I find something that intrigues me to check out. I think that's how I heard of Black Mirror.
Never heard of The 10th Victim and now will have to check that out. Thanx.
I don't know about a movie, but if one hasn't ever seen all of the early Twilight Zone Episodes, that's what I would suggest. As well as the later Twilight Zone episodes, Art Gallery and tales from the crypt.
It mostly reminds me of the early Twilight Zone. Rod Serling would love this show. The second episode, I wished there was a narrated intro for that one, but alas it isn't needed.
The movie "Gamer" is not exactly Academy Award tier, but 15 Million Merits actually reminded me quite of a bit of its depiction of a hyper-sexualized, soulless society.
shareEven though ex machina is well made, the idea is an old thought experiment about AI and there's really not much else and they don't explore it deeply. I thought "the machine" had better ideas, but it's a harder swallow.
But I would recommend anything by Vincenzo Natali. Cube, Splice.