Ontology is the philosophical study of being, existance, becoming and reality. In simple terms it seeks to classify and explain entities.
In movies and tv show ontology usually comes in the flavor of an ontological mystery at the center of the plot with several of the following elements: the characters do not know who they are, where they are, how they got to the place there are in, and the central conflict is to get out of there and find answers to the above questions.
In the most common version of the trope, the characters are locked into a strange room or find themselves at a strange place with no contact to the outside. They have no idea how they got there, why they are there or how to get out, nor do they know who is behind their predicament, if anyone at all.
The main idea behind such stories is the investigation of a restricted environment in which the characters find themselves with the goal of mastering the environment, revealing secrets, and ultimately escape.
This list focuses on such stories. I added a few edge cases for good measure, like pure escape room, death game or timeloop movies that have a strong ontological undertone, even though they are not ontological mysteries per se.
If you think something shouldn't be on this list, or if I missed something that should be on here please leave a comment.
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Plato's Allegory of the Cave is a philosophical story or metaphor that illustrates the nature of reality and the human condition. It appears in Book VII of Plato's Republic, a dialogue between Socrates and his student, Glaucon.
In the allegory, prisoners are chained in a dark cave and forced to face a blank wall. They can only see the shadows of objects passing behind them, cast by a fire burning behind them. The prisoners perceive the shadows as reality, and they believe that the shadows are the only reality that exists.
When one prisoner is freed and is allowed to leave the cave, he discovers that the shadows are only a reflection of real objects, and that there is a whole new world outside the cave. The freed prisoner becomes aware of a higher reality that he had never known existed. He returns to the cave to share his new knowledge with the other prisoners, but they are skeptical and do not believe him.
The allegory of the cave is often interpreted as a metaphor for the human condition. The cave represents the physical world in which we live, and the prisoners represent people who are trapped by their limited perceptions and beliefs. The freed prisoner represents someone who has gained insight into the true nature of reality, and who seeks to share this knowledge with others.
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For example, the official definition: Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.
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