# Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)

> An idealistic railroad executive races to preserve a collapsing industrial America while pursuing the vanished inventor behind its mysterious crisis.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/38948

## Facts

- Runtime: 97 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Director: Paul Johansson
- Cast: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Edi Gathegi, Jsu Garcia, Graham Beckel, Jon Polito, Patrick Fischler
- TMDB rating: 5.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: earnest, ideological, suspenseful, political discussion night, dystopian movie marathon

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- [The Front Runner (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/326292)
- [The Radicalization of Jeff Boyd (2017)](https://ember.film/movie/7435564)
- [Atlas Shrugged: Part III (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/117012)
- [Relay (2025)](https://ember.film/movie/1048663)
- [Anniversary (2025)](https://ember.film/movie/1099430)
- [Buddha in a Traffic Jam (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/261370)
- [Equilibrium (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/3794)
- [Unstoppable (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/28854)
- [Fahrenheit 451 (2018)](https://ember.film/movie/267724)
- [The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/10890)

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