Cyberpunk movies and TV shows – page 2

List of cyberpunk movies

Ghost in the Shell (1995)
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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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Groundbreaking director Mamoru Oshii continues to push the boundaries of art and anime with this universally acclaimed cyber thriller following cyborg detective Batou as he tries to unravel the reasons for a murderous robot revolt in the year 2032. ...
Style: futuristic, philosophical, adult animation, cyber, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: cyberpunk, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, distopia, androids, investigation, robot, hacker, ghost in the shell, technology, computers and web ...
Time: future, 2030s, 21st century
Place: japan, taiwan, hong kong, asia, tokyo
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 7.6
 617K
Minority Report (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style: futuristic, neo noir, cerebral, suspense, tech noir ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: cyberpunk, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, murder, foreknowledge, precognition, frame up, psychic, murder mystery, time loop, police investigation ...
Time: future, near future, distant future, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place: washington d.c., virginia, usa
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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Style: psychedelic, psychological, philosophical, adult animation, bleak ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, drug abuse, dystopia, schizophrenia, conspiracy, disorder, addiction, trippy, society, fighting crime, consciousness, losing-it hero ...
Time: future, year 2006, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Place: california, texas, usa, san diego california
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Battle Angel Alita (1993)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: A Hunter Warrior and cyborg healer named Ido formerly lived in the floating land of Zalem, the paradise that hovers above the refuse heap of Scrap Iron City in which he now resides with his former lover, Chiren. In his travels as a bounty hunter — ...
Style: anime, serious, manga, exciting, rough ...
Plot: cyberpunk, androids and robots, bounty hunter, robot, dystopia, nudity, killer robot, poverty, barbarian, mature, biopunk, computer ...
Time: future
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 7.1
 611K
I, Robot (2004)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may ...
Style: futuristic, philosophical, exciting, apocalyptic, serious ...
Audience: manly, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, robot, cyberpunk, cyborgs, distopia, androids and robots, dystopia, dystopian future, androids, technology gone awry, fate of humanity, hi-tech ...
Time: future, year 2004, 2030s, 20th century, near future ...
Place: chicago, usa, north america
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 6.3
 32K
Screamers (1995)
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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 7.8
 221K
Brazil (1985)
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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Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: In the city of Oedo 2808a.d., three Cyber criminals are given two choices, to either rot in jail or to join a special force of the Cyber Police to get possibly one more chance at freedom ever again. For each criminal apprehended, and for each ...
Style: anime, manga, cyber, mecha, detective ...
Plot: cyberpunk, police, dystopia, hi-tech, distopia, cyborgs, angst, gunfight, terrorism, revenge from beyond the grave, satellite, violence ...
Time: future
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 6.3
 118K
Paycheck (2003)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, tech noir, thought provoking, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, memory loss, amnesia, twists and turns, time travel, changing the past or future, frame up, destiny, prophecy, technology, time machine, gunfight ...
Time: future, year 2003, near future, 21st century
Place: seattle
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 5.4
 137K
Aeon Flux (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany, Brazil, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: 400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, action packed, apocalyptic, visually appealing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female protagonist, strong female character, dystopia, woman with a gun, secret movement, cyberpunk, strong female lead, rebelliousness, superheroine, dystopian future, female killer, kick-butt women ...
Time: future, near future, 2000s
Place: berlin germany
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 6.2
 275K
Total Recall (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, mind bending, suspense, cyber ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, distopia, virtual reality, technology, memory loss, post apocalypse, dystopic future, dystopian future, on the run, flying car, mars, false memory ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
Place: seattle, big ben london, australia
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 7.0
 583K
Oblivion (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Iceland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, visually appealing, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian future, alien invasion, survival, cloning, danger, space travel, dystopia, resistance, mysterious character, fate of humanity ...
Time: future, year 2013, near future, year 2000, distant future ...
Place: peru, seattle, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, washington d.c. ...
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 6.9
 19K
Appleseed (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?
Style: anime, mecha, computer animated, adult animation, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: cyberpunk, androids and robots, danger, artificial intelligence, apocalypse, dystopia, vestiges of humanity, chaos, genetic engineering, save the world, post apocalyptic, graphic violence ...
Time: future, year 2004, 22nd century
Place: tokyo, japan
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 5.9
 6K
One Point O (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania, Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Paranoid computer programmer Simon wakes up to find a package in his room one day. Despite attempts at securing his apartment, the packages keep arriving. While cameras watch Simon's every move, he struggles to find the answers to the ...
Style: surreal, enigmatic, cerebral, confusing, psychological ...
Plot: cyberpunk, computer, paranoia, mind control, neighbor, technology, existentialism, hacking, investigation, life is a bitch, robot, geek ...
Time: future
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 7.6
 306K
RoboCop (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, black comedy, cyber, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, teens, manly
Plot: cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, androids and robots, dystopia, robocop, police, revenge, graphic violence, law enforcement, satire, gory ...
Time: future, near future, 80s, year 1987
Place: usa, detroit, michigan
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 5.5
 35K
Virtuosity (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can ...
Style: exciting, futuristic, tech noir, cyber, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, serial killer, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, cyborgs, hacking, evil computer, prison, violence, computer, technology, hacker ...
Time: future, year 1995, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 7.5
 225K
Dark City (1998)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Style: neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, tech noir, mind bending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: memory, investigation, alternate reality, cyberpunk, distopia, amnesia, alien race, dream, virtual reality, mind control, memory loss, dystopian future ...
Time: future, year 1998, distant future, 1940s, 90s ...
Place: persia
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 6.1
 7K
Nirvana (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its ...
Style: futuristic, cyber, apocalyptic, psychological, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, virtual reality, cyberspace, computer hacker, computer, artificial intelligence, alternate reality, unrequited love, winter, apocalypse, technology gone awry, computer cracker ...
Time: future
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 7.5
 4K
Texhnolyze (2003)
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Texhnolyze is a Japanese anime television series directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, from a screenplay by Chiaki Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda, with original character design by Yoshitoshi ABe. The events take place in the vibrant yet dilapidated ...
Style: anime, psychological, tech noir, neo noir, manga ...
Plot: cyberpunk, power struggle, dystopia, gang war, cyberspace, very little dialogue, imaginary, gory, mysterious character, life is a bitch, existentialism, escapades ...
Time: future
Place: japan
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The Lawnmower Man (1992)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
Style: futuristic, scary, cyber, bad ending, suspense ...
Plot: cyberpunk, cyberspace, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, man versus machine, eye, vengeance, internet, computer, computer hacker, intelligence, animal experimentation ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: arizona, washington d.c.
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The Gene Generation (2007)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Singapore, South Korea, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In a futuristic world, Michelle lives everyday battling with DNA Hackers who use their skills to hack into people's bodies and kill them. She is an assassin, trying to keep her younger brother, Jackie, out of trouble. When Jackie gets involved ...
Style: serious, stylized, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, apocalypse, hitman, chaos, danger, dystopian future, woman with a gun, society, femme fatale, life is a bitch, hot chick, fight ...
Time: future
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has ...
Style: exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, kids, adult
Plot: artificial intelligence, terminator, time travel, robot, man versus machine, cyborgs, dystopia, apocalypse, androids and robots, cyberpunk, chase, time traveler ...
Time: future, 20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997 ...
Place: california, los angeles, persia, america, usa ...
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 6.2
 81K
Hackers (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while ...
Style: teen, cyber, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, family outing
Plot: hacker, internet, cyberpunk, computer cracker, hacking, virtual reality, computer, computer hacker, programmer, secret service, high school, computer virus ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1988, year 1995
Place: new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, seattle
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 5.7
 129K
Priest (2011)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is ...
Style: dark fantasy, scary, suspenseful, exciting, gothic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: vampire, supernatural, apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, clergy, danger, good versus evil, religion, distopia, lone hero, superhuman powers ...
Time: future, year 2011, 2010s, year 2000
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 5.1
 37K
Cyborg (1989)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
Style: cult classic, grindhouse, independent film, stylized, tech noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, cyborgs, martial arts, post apocalypse, violence, chase, vengeance, androids and robots, one man army, chaos, tough heroes, female robot ...
Time: future, year 1989, year 2019, 80s, 21st century
Place: new york, georgia, usa, charleston south carolina, south carolina ...
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 5.6
 131K
Judge Dredd (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, tech noir, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, police, dystopic future, dystopian future, dystopia, apocalypse, post apocalypse, good versus evil, brutality, superhero, law enforcement, judge ...
Time: future, 22nd century
Place: new york, usa
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 5.5
 101K
Babylon A.D. (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In Babylon A.D Vin Diesel stars as a veteran-turned-mercenary who is hired to deliver a package from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a destination in the teeming megalopolis of New York City. The "package" is a mysterious ...
Style: futuristic, action packed, stylized, apocalyptic, suspenseful ...
Plot: cyberpunk, dystopia, mercenary, post apocalyptic, protection, dystopian future, one man army, protector, distopia, master warrior, heroes, survival ...
Time: future, year 2008, 20th century
Place: russia, new york, china, usa, mongolia ...
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 8.7
 2.2M
The Matrix (1999)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience: date night, manly, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, philosophy, dystopia, virtual reality, existentialism, distopia, cyberpunk, alternate reality, martial arts, gunfight, hacker, simulated reality ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1999, near future, 22nd century ...
Place: persia, los angeles
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk film by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto produced by Japan Home Video. This, his third film, is an extremely graphic but also strikingly-filmed fantasy shot in the same low-budget, ...
Style: cult classic, psychotronic, independent film, disturbing, splatter ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, surrealism, body horror, male nudity, very little dialogue, mutilation, gay subtext, fetishist, transformation, sex, rape, extreme ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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