Atlas Shrugged: Part I
An idealistic railroad executive races to preserve a collapsing industrial America while pursuing the vanished inventor behind its mysterious crisis.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- earnest
- ideological
- suspenseful
- political discussion night
- dystopian movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the adaptation ideologically committed but dramatically and cinematically inadequate, despite some acknowledgment of its drive, color, and cast.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The disappearing industrialists and collapsing economy frame the story around Ayn Rand's philosophy of individual achievement and resistance to coercion.
Dagny searches for the identity and motives of John Galt while prominent productive figures vanish across the country.
Factories close, transportation fails, food stores empty, and new coercive policies threaten the railroad's survival.
Dagny's investigation centers on a remarkable invention and the engineer who created it.
Films like Atlas Shrugged: Part I, and why
Children of Men
dystopian science fiction, political conflict, and a society collapsing under institutional pressure
V for Vendetta
ideological dystopia, social control, and a mystery surrounding a powerful absent figure
Robocop
corporate power struggles, speculative technology, and morally polarized social conflict
Movie Details
- Director
- Paul Johansson
- Release Date
- 2011-04-14
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (224)
Cast
- Taylor Schilling
- Grant Bowler
- Matthew Marsden
- Edi Gathegi
- Jsu Garcia
- Graham Beckel
- Jon Polito
- Patrick Fischler
- Rebecca Wisocky
- Michael Lerner
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Philo, Starz Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Atlas Shrugged: Part I about?
- An idealistic railroad executive races to preserve a collapsing industrial America while pursuing the vanished inventor behind its mysterious crisis.
- What is Atlas Shrugged: Part I like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Atlas Shrugged: Part I as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Atlas Shrugged: Part I violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Atlas Shrugged: Part I as mild.
- What did critics think of Atlas Shrugged: Part I?
- Critics broadly found the adaptation ideologically committed but dramatically and cinematically inadequate, despite some acknowledgment of its drive, color, and cast.
- Which films are like Atlas Shrugged: Part I?
- Films with a similar feel include Children of Men, V for Vendetta, and Robocop.
- How long is Atlas Shrugged: Part I?
- Atlas Shrugged: Part I runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch Atlas Shrugged: Part I?
- In United States, Atlas Shrugged: Part I streams on Netflix, Philo, Starz Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel.
