Dystopia movies and TV shows – page 4
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27K
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Style:
surreal, philosophical, apocalyptic, political, esoteric ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, artificial intelligence, immortality, satire, medieval, rebellion, surrealism, death, commune, old woman, old man ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, 20th century
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre ...
Style:
apocalyptic, road movie, perverse, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, apocalypse, truck, desert, loner, car chase, planet, chase, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, oil ...
Time:
future, 20th century, distant future, year 1982, near future ...
Place:
australia, oceania, middle east
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361K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopian future, dystopia, gunfight, post apocalyptic, fighting the system, cyberpunk, violence, totalitarianism, rebellion, dictatorship ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has ...
Style:
futuristic, saga, philosophical, reflective, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, dystopia, post apocalypse, prophecy, chosen one, distopia, man versus machine, robot, alternate reality, existentialism ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, distant future, near future ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, India, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, exciting, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, invasion, battles, space and aliens, changing the past or future, evil alien, soldier, repeated event, foreknowledge ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place:
united kingdom, france, paris france, europe, big ben london ...
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62K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, androids and robots, robot, post apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, cyberpunk, dystopian future, robot human relationship, post apocalyptic, cyborgs, investigation ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2014, 2040s ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, ...
Style:
futuristic, harsh, apocalyptic, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
cold war, nuclear war, apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear explosion, disaster, nuclear bomb, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, dystopia, radiation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
80s, future, distant future, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, soviet union, kansas city, ussr ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a ...
Style:
tech noir, cult classic, futuristic, serious, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, dystopia, police brutality, violence, conspiracy, kick-butt women, bodyguard, corruption, haunted by the past, uncover truth, violent ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1995, near future, year 1999 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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52K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears ...
Style:
tech noir, detective, apocalyptic, exciting, mystic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hacker, technology, murder investigation, dystopia, distopia, mind control, surveillance, police, female assassin, serial killer, secret identity, investigation ...
Time:
future, near future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his ...
Style:
cult classic, apocalyptic, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalyptic, dystopia, race against time, post apocalypse, heroic mission, escape, dystopian future, one man army, earthquake, apocalypse, catastrophe, lone wolves ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, latin america ...
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Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Fantastic Planet tells the story of “Oms”, human-like creatures, kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called “Draags”. The story takes place on the Draags’ planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, adult animation, art house, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
dystopia, trippy, surrealism, distopia, slave, meditation, alien species, baby, alien life-form, giant, planet, existentialism ...
Time:
year 1973, distant future, future
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway, Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, psychological, enigmatic, art house ...
Plot:
dystopia, nightmare, suicide attempt, exile, accountant, alone in the world, parallel universe, suicide, emotionless, isolation, confined, captivity ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are ...
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, frightening, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, dystopia, doppelganger, extraterrestrial, alien parasite, supernatural, parasite, evil wins, monster, alien possession, body horror ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, 1950s, 50s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, cult classic, political ...
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, politics, totalitarianism, dystopian future, brainwashing, technology, fascism, totalitarian state, satire, surveillance, political corruption ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1984, near future, 20th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
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19K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As these worlds collide, a single ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, fairy tale, surreal, mind twisting ...
Plot:
goth, dystopia, mental illness, steampunk, masked vigilante, vigilantism, imaginary friend, suicide, depression, dystopian future, imaginary, religions or cults ...
Time:
future, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
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320K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Two people per level. An unknown number of levels. A platform with food for all of them. Are you one of those who think too much when they are up? Or of those who have no guts when they are down? If you discover it too late, you will not live out of ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, mind bending ...
Plot:
survival, struggle for survival, confined, food shortage, cannibalism, social injustice, prison, social differences, isolation, rivalry, danger, survival horror ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
iberian peninsula
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Style:
surreal, cult classic, visually stunning, gothic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
steampunk, dystopia, children, childhood, friendship, good versus evil, surrealism, cloning, flea, trippy, escape, mad scientist ...
Time:
future
Place:
france
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263K
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, Finland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.
Style:
epic, thrilling, independent film, road movie, suspense ...
Plot:
civil war, war photographer, fictional war, president, photojournalist, dystopia, violence, soldier, photographer, journalist, white house, photograph ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
washington d.c., west virginia, brooklyn new york city, texas, new york ...
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44K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.
Style:
psychological, tense, enigmatic, cerebral, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time loop, twists and turns, time travel, life & death, creativity, memory, dystopia, post apocalypse, time, survival, distopia, faked death ...
Time:
future
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818K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
corruption, justice, revenge, comic book, vengeance, gory, vigilante, redemption, dark hero, hitman, dystopia, distopia ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
texas, iran
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18K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a ...
Style:
bleak, apocalyptic, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, apocalypse, post apocalypse, cyborgs, killer robot, robot, androids, dystopia, man versus machine, desert, artificial intelligence, wasteland ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 90s
Place:
new york
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32K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, scary, sexy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, cyberpunk, androids and robots, killer robot, apocalypse, struggle for survival, dystopia, alien planet, robot, desert, chaos, alien ...
Time:
future, 90s, 21st century
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221K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style:
surreal, cult classic, mind bending, psychological, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, dream, satire, distopia, cyberpunk, surrealism, surveillance, absurdism, fighting the system, bureaucracy, christmas, hallucination ...
Time:
future, year 1985, year 1984
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, brazil ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Hungary, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
Style:
scary, apocalyptic, suspense, dramatic, retro ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, epidemic, wilderness, end of the world, father daughter relationship, virus, survival, infection ...
Time:
future, 80s
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
7 years on from the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run. Finally, they give in, and surrender, only to find themselves imprisoned in a new, more sophisticated fortress prison in outer space. But Brennick's not ...
Style:
dark comedy, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prisoner, dystopia, race against time, mind control, voyeur, conspiracy, escape, space station, prison guard, on the run, fugitives ...
Time:
future, near future
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, futuristic, apocalyptic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
robot, dystopia, space travel, space opera, distopia, space and aliens, spaceship, post apocalypse, spacecraft, dystopian future, artificial intelligence, isolation ...
Time:
future, year 1972
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224K
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda are pulled into the post-apocalyptic underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for their very survival. Kaneda is a bike gang leader, and Tetsuo is a member of a tough motorcycle crew who becomes involved in a ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, surreal, adult animation, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, post apocalypse, motorcycle gang, motorcycle, teenager, protest, dystopia, body horror, psychic power, military, experiment, hallucination ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 2010s, 80s ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, philosophical, futuristic, mind bending ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, hacker, female protagonist, cyborgs, dystopia, policewoman, distopia, female spy, chase, hacking ...
Time:
future, near future, 90s, year 1995, 2020s ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
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Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In a desert wasteland in Texas, a muscled cannibal breaks one important rule: don’t play with your food.
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
exile, cult leader, amputation, cannibalism, desert, cannibal, dystopia, hallucinogenic drug, isolated community, amputee, dismemberment, distopia ...
Time:
2010s, future
Place:
austin texas
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Robert Morgan is the last man on earth, as far as he can tell. A plague killed everyone else on the planet several years ago. He was immune to it, and can only guess why. Vampires that were formerly human attack Morgan's home every night
Style:
gothic, grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, horror for children
Plot:
post apocalypse, vampire, dystopia, virus, disease, zombie, cemetery, chase, dracula, distopia, monster, disaster ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1965, year 1968, 60s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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