The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

Directed by

Josef Rusnak

Genre

cyberpunk, fantasy film, science fiction film, thriller film, neo-noir, mystery film

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 1,552 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A computer scientist discovers that his simulated 1937 Los Angeles world is more real than it seems. When his mentor is murdered, he must uncover the truth about their creation and his own reality.

suspensefulcerebralnoirishslow-burnparanoidunsettlingmoodycynical

What happens

The Thirteenth Floor is a 1999 science fiction film written and directed by Josef Rusnak and produced by Roland Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment. Loosely based on Daniel F. Galouye’s 1964 novel, Simulacron-3, it is a remake of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1973 miniseries World on a Wire. The film stars Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dennis Haysbert. In 2000, The Thirteenth Floor was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film but lost to The Matrix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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