Self/less [PREMIUM — 2026]

: He realizes the body was not grown in a lab but belonged to a man named Mark, who sold his life to the company to pay for his daughter’s medical bills. The "medication" Damian takes is actually designed to suppress Mark’s original consciousness.

The movie Self/less (2015) is a science fiction thriller that explores the dark ethics of immortality through a procedure called "shedding".

PG-13 (for sequences of violence, some sexuality, and language) Self/less

Ryan Reynolds , Ben Kingsley, Matthew Goode , and Natalie Martinez Immortality, corporate ethics, identity, and sacrifice Rating

: After the transfer, Damian (now in a body played by Ryan Reynolds) begins experiencing vivid hallucinations and flashbacks of a life he never lived, including memories of military service and a family. : He realizes the body was not grown

: Damian Hale, an incredibly wealthy business tycoon dying of terminal cancer, pays $250 million to the mysterious Phoenix Corporation. Led by Dr. Albright, the organization transfers Damian's consciousness into what they claim is a lab-grown "empty vessel"—a younger, healthy body.

Damian ultimately chooses to stop taking his medication, allowing his own consciousness to fade away so that the original owner, Mark, can return to his body and reunite with his family. Director Tarsem Singh Main Cast PG-13 (for sequences of violence, some sexuality, and

: Damian finds Mark’s wife and daughter and decides to protect them. The Phoenix Corporation, desperate to keep their secret, sends assassins to eliminate them. The Ending