I think some people are curious if they can find other movies like this one Platform on Netflix (one of the best streaming services you can subscribe to today). A new sequel to the Spanish-language sci-fi drama, Platform 2, is killing it on the streaming service, which is no big surprise since the original – set in a vertical prison that feeds its inhabitants once a day from a platform descending from the highest level – turned out to be quite a hit in 2020.
If Platform the ending left you wanting more from this bleak world (not to mention a few head-scratching questions), maybe I can point you in the right direction on where to watch other movies that remind me of one of the best thrillers on Netflix. Here are some must-haves for fans Platform (AND Platform 2) may like to have a snack.
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Śnieżnik (2014)
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Starring: Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton
What is it about: A fight for social oppression breaks out on a self-sufficient train containing the last representatives of the human race.
Why you should watch this video if you are a fan of Platform: Prison conditions Platform serves as a metaphor for class oppression, much like the socio-economic commentary in your favorite dystopian movie, Snowpiercerwhere the poor occupants of the caboose fight their way to the top car.
How to watch Snowpiercer
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Skyscraper (2015)
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons
What is it about: In 1975, a young doctor moves into a London apartment building with an extremely rigid social hierarchy that soon begins to get out of control.
Why you should watch this video if you are a fan of Platform: Based on the novel by JG Ballard, Skyscraper is another surreal, claustrophobic satire on the dog-eat-dog economy, instead of a prison like in Platformthe place the characters call home.
How to watch Tall Rise
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Dark City (1998)
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring: Rufus Sewell and Kiefer Sutherland
What is it about: After waking up in a strange, dark world where he has no memory of who he is, a man tries to clear his name in a murder case.
Why you should watch this video if you are a fan of Platform: Also considered a similar film Matrix despite dating it a year earlier, Dark City is another economically satirical sci-fi thriller in which instead of a prison as in Platformimagines an entire metropolis under the control of mysterious forces.
How to watch Dark City
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Circle (2015)
Director: Aaron Hann, Mario Miscione
Starring: Allegra Masters, Aimee McKay
What is it about: After inexplicably waking up in a dark, mysterious chamber, fifty random people are tasked with choosing the one who deserves to live.
Why you should watch this video if you are a fan of Platform: Like Platform, Wheel (also available with a Netflix subscription) is a claustrophobic, socially conscious sci-fi thriller about a group of trapped strangers struggling to survive, but with a greater emphasis on mob mentality themes.
How to watch The Circle
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Cube (1997)
Director: Vincenzo Natalia
Starring: Nicole de Boer and Maurice Dean Wint
What is it about: After waking up in a mysterious, high-tech maze where one wrong turn leads to death, six strangers must work together to find a safe exit.
Why you should watch this video if you are a fan of Platform: Lighter on social commentary than Platform but equally heavy in claustrophobic chills, Cube is a great, underrated 90’s movie that takes place entirely in a bizarre, minimalist, and dangerous prison-like environment.
How to watch Cuba
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Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Starring: Billy Crudup and Michael Angarano
What is it about: Twenty-four college-age volunteers are randomly assigned to pose as guards or inmates in order to conduct a psychological study that in 1971 leads to shocking conclusions.
Why you should watch this video if you are a fan of Platform: You can also interpret Platform as a dark experiment in human behavior, which was exactly the goal of the infamous titular real-life event it inspired The Stanford Prison Experiment.
How to watch the Stanford Prison Experiment
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The Belko Experiment (2016)
Director: Greg McLean
Starring: John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn
What is it about: A group of co-workers, trapped in their company’s office, are forced to fight to the death.
Why you should watch this video if you are a fan of Platform: From the thoughts of writer James Gunn, Belko experiment is a fictional and much more brutal study of human behavior, the action of which takes place in a closed office building.
How to watch the Belko Experiment
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Saw (2004)
Director: James Wan
Starring: Cary Elwes and Leigh Whannell
What is it about: Two men wake up chained in a dirty bathroom and each is ordered to kill the other if they want to survive.
Why you should watch this video if you are a fan of Platform: Pit (nickname of the prison since Platform) also serves as a test of endurance and will to live, much like the deadly scenarios orchestrated by Jigsaw in Saw cinema.
How to watch Piła
You can dive even deeper into the world Platform exploring the same themes and tones in these films.
