r/megalophobia • u/RegretCandid • 1d ago

best movies/tv shows to explore megalophobia?

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u/HecklersCock420 1d ago

Interstellar is all I can think of

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u/regrettableredditor 21h ago

Ooo yes the water planet got me GOOD in theaters. Literal chills and turning stomach - 10/10 loved it.

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u/zekethelizard 1d ago

I don't even have true megalophobia but the black hole shots do creep me out. One of my fav all time movies

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u/Gold_Teach_4851 1d ago

Dune

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u/Justtoask1256 21h ago

Can you tell me what's it about?

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u/Javka42 1d ago

Arrival, kind of. Those alien ships gave me the shivers.

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u/adabaraba 22h ago

Yes definitely villeneuve explores this a lot

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u/gabrielleraul 1d ago

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

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u/ninomojo 1d ago

The only real answer

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u/lilcassiebug 1d ago

the only real answer

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u/Vondrr 1d ago

Underwater (2020). Wait for the ending.

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u/xDUVAL_BRODOWNx 1d ago

Let's light this shit up!

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u/formerCObear 20h ago

Still get chills thinking about when i first watched the ending. Love that movie

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u/suntongs 1d ago

Blame!

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u/I_hate_being_alone 21h ago

Oh this whole franchise is insane with megalophobia.

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u/atrusfell 19h ago

yupyupyup glad someone beat me to it

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u/doughunthole 15h ago

Came here to say this

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u/cparksrun 1d ago

Godzilla 2014.

Pretty much anything by that director, Gareth Edwards. He's one of the few that truly respects and can capture things at a large scale.

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u/SidewaysSky 7h ago

along the same lines, Cloverfield too

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u/Sorry-Apartment5068 1d ago

Synechdoche New York?

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u/EyeFit4274 23h ago

Great call. chefs kiss

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u/Sorry-Apartment5068 22h ago

felt right, I get that most folks are going for biggest, but I think something like the city of New York being dwarfed by a ceiling has to count.

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u/EyeFit4274 21h ago

A lot of that movie is about scale, and feeling like a tiny insignificant speck.

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u/Sorry-Apartment5068 21h ago

yes, absolutely.

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u/Heavy-Conversation12 1d ago

Cloverfield!!!

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u/Background_Tie2122 1d ago

Attack on Titan

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u/Spot_Life 1d ago

Pacific Rim

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u/Local-Total 23h ago

The beach scene

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u/Quack_Candle 23h ago

Inception has some pretty huge buildings and landscapes

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u/TheSpudstance 1d ago

The Mist has some real good shots towards the end with one of the most insane endings to a film you'll ever see

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u/rawcharles808 1d ago

Enemy - the scene with giant spider over the city specifically

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u/liquorpig 1d ago

Ad Astra has some good parts.

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u/orbitalchimp 1d ago

The Borrowers (1997).

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u/Guy_from_Ukraine 23h ago

War of the Worlds

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u/t0f0b0 23h ago

Interstellar, 2012, Deep Impact, The Meg, Pacific Rim, Attack on Titan

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u/Desperate_Set_7708 23h ago

Old school, The Fantastic Voyage.

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u/rockstar1083 23h ago

Inception

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u/EyeFit4274 23h ago

The opening shot of Star Wars is pure megalophobia.

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u/Cyberwiz91 19h ago

Contact (1997)

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u/doughunthole 15h ago

Knights of Sidonia