Distopia movies and TV shows – page 5

List of distopia movies

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 5.9
 16K
Hardware (1990)
Genre: 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, cyber, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, cyborgs, apocalypse, killer robot, post apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, desert, androids, robot, post apocalyptic, robot as menace ...
Time: future, year 2016, 90s
Place: new york
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The City of Lost Children (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, USA
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, atmospheric, art house, stylized, gothic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: steampunk, good versus evil, trippy, goth, children, friendship, surrealism, cyberpunk, childhood, mad scientist, escape, distopia ...
Time: future
Place: france
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 5.9
 80K
Doomsday (2008)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three ...
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, post apocalypse, cannibalism, infected, danger, society, epidemic, survival, rescue, chaos, infection, quarantine ...
Time: future, 2030s, year 2008, 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland, england, britain, london, europe ...
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A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog Blood are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War 4, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the ...
Style: surreal, futuristic, humorous, stylized, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dog, post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, dystopia, desert, distopia, post apocalyptic, survival, dystopian future, bare chested male, bride and groom, sperm donor ...
Time: future, year 1975, 2020s
Place: phoenix arizona, oklahoma
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 7.4
 600K
Looper (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a ...
Style: futuristic, clever, mind bending, exciting, thought provoking ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: time travel, time loop, hitman, distopia, organized crime, cyberpunk, time paradox, assassin, shooting, self sacrifice, changing the past or future, parallel universe ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, 2040s, near future ...
Place: seattle, kansas, shanghai, usa
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive ...
Style: exciting, apocalyptic, splatter, saga, disgusting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: zombie, post apocalypse, virus, pandemic, post apocalyptic, chaos, end of the world, monster, female warrior, supernatural, zombie apocalypse, one woman army ...
Time: future, year 2016, year 2017
Place: washington d.c., usa
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 8.4
 1.2M
WALL·E (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style: feel good, touching, futuristic, emotional, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: loneliness, robot, space travel, ecology, outer space, post apocalypse, love, technology, artificial intelligence, society, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time: future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
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Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain (2013)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
Story: The story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in ...
Style: anime, sexy, atmospheric, talky, melancholic ...
Plot: cyberpunk, distopia, fight scenes, ghost in the shell, character study, police investigation, moral ambiguity, investigation, ghost, imagination, storytelling, dialogue ...
Place: japan, east asia
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Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min.
Story: The upcoming installment's story takes place amidst signs of postwar reconstruction in the winter of 2028. Tensions are rising in New Port City as demonstrations are held concerning the interests of foreign cartels. This leads to a shooting ...
Style: anime, stylized, philosophical, humorous, atmospheric ...
Plot: androids and robots, cyborgs, cyberpunk, distopia, ghost in the shell, giant robot, fight scenes, supernatural, brutality, violent, technology, chase ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: japan, east 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, anime, philosophical, cyber, surreal ...
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
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 6.0
 15K
Parallels (2015)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An underground MMA fighter must confront his sister and his past in an adventure through parallel universes
Style: futuristic, suspense, enigmatic, confusing, clever ...
Audience: teens
Plot: parallel universe, plot twist, time, alternate universe, teleportation, survival, betrayal, multiverse, alternate reality, clone, twists and turns, dystopia ...
Time: future
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 5.9
 12K
Apocalypse (2011)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In 2016 the sun has turned the entire world into a scorched and barren wasteland. The humans who have survived are either resourceful or violent, and sometimes both. Marie, her little sister Leonie, and best friend Phillip, are in a car headed to ...
Style: apocalyptic, suspenseful, bleak, serious, rough ...
Plot: post apocalypse, survival, heat wave, cannibalism, dystopian future, life is a bitch, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, chase, danger, on the run, distopia ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future
Place: germany
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 6.2
 8K
Metropia (2009)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 86 min.
Story: In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper ...
Style: futuristic, surreal, stylized, adult animation, exciting ...
Plot: distopia, conspiracy, dystopian future, post apocalyptic, brutality, society, chaos, corporate crime, danger, life is a bitch, bomb, cyberpunk ...
Time: future, distant future
Place: europe, eastern europe, scandinavia, paris france, stockholm sweden
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether ...
Style: futuristic, intense, serious, apocalyptic, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyborgs, apocalypse, robot, cyberpunk, future war, androids and robots, post apocalypse, distopia, man versus machine, dystopian future, time travel, artificial intelligence ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, 2010s, year 2003 ...
Place: los angeles, california, san francisco
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 6.3
 42K
ARQ (2016)
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: tense, psychological, twist ending, suspense, enigmatic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time loop, time travel, twists and turns, survival, post apocalypse, life & death, distopia, creativity, memory, dystopia, parallel universe, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous ...
Style: dark fantasy, epic, scenic, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, wizard, wizards and magicians, bravery, chosen one, school, young heroes, supernatural ability ...
Time: year 2010, year 1997, year 1998, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: london, europe, england
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 7.2
 45K
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
Style: futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
Plot: distopia, totalitarianism, dystopian future, dystopia, book, resistance, fighting the system, rebellion, oppression, social decay, justice, dystopic future ...
Time: future, year 1966, distant future, near future, 60s
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 5.9
 22K
Immortal (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: New York City in the year 2095 where genetically altered humans live side by side with unaltered men and women.
Style: surreal, futuristic, serious, suspenseful, dark fantasy ...
Plot: cyberpunk, mythology, cyborgs, distopia, dystopian future, parallel universe, transformation, fantasy world, genetics, society, dystopia, humanity ...
Time: future, year 2004
Place: new york, usa
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 4.0
 452
A Feral World (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An orphaned boy in a post-apocalyptic world, meets a grieving woman who is trying to find her lost daughter. Their journey leads them face-to-face with a despot who may have the daughter held captive.
Style: bleak, psychotronic, apocalyptic, suspenseful
Plot: survivor, distopia, coming of age, post apocalypse, wasteland, survival, friendship, unlikely friendships, danger, group of criminals, loner, fear ...
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 6.6
 9K
Blame! (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the distant technological future, civilization has reached its ultimate Net-based form. An "infection" in the past caused the automated systems to spiral out of order, resulting in a multi-leveled city structure that replicates itself ...
Style: anime, apocalyptic, futuristic, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: dystopian future, distopia, robot, cyberpunk, evil robot, village, dark future, sentient robot, killer robot, robot as menace, human versus robot, against humanity ...
Time: distant future, 2010s
Place: indiana
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 5.5
 11K
Cherry 2000 (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the ...
Style: cult classic, exciting, apocalyptic, grindhouse, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, cyborgs, androids, robot, dystopia, distopia, cyberpunk, female robot, sexy woman, post apocalyptic, heroic mission, androids and robots ...
Time: future, year 1987, near future, year 2017, 2010s ...
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 6.7
 30K
Turbo Kid (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an orphaned teen must battle a ruthless warlord to save the girl of his dreams.
Style: bloody, stylized, splatter, slasher, brutal ...
Plot: post apocalypse, superhero, childhood, apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, post apocalyptic, friendship, transformation, brutality, mad scientist, catastrophe ...
Time: future, 2010s, 90s, year 1997
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 8.7
 194K
Severance (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
Style: breathtaking, captivating, experimental, tense, existential ...
Audience: date night
Plot: office, memory, distopia, alternate world, conspiracy, office politics, secret identity, corporation, private vs public, office worker, psycho, coworker ...
Time: future, 2020s
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 7.0
 27K
Alphaville (1965)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet which is ruled by an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, futuristic, cerebral, detective ...
Plot: dystopia, surrealism, distopia, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian future, spy, obsession, utopia, imagination, existentialism, satire ...
Time: future, year 1965
Place: france
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 5.0
 6K
Zone 414 (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the near future on a colony of state-of-the-art robots, a private investigator is hired by the colony's creator to bring his missing daughter home.
Style: futuristic, captivating, tense, disturbing, cyber ...
Plot: androids and robots, cyberpunk, distopia, humanoid robot, androids, female nudity, investigation, sleuth, uncover truth, forensics, private detective, mysterious disappearance ...
Time: future, near future
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The White King (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors, the boy will not rest until he sees his ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: distopia, social problems, life is a bitch, social misfits, family relations, mother son relationship, dysfunctional family, rebel, society, children in wartime, coming of age, youth ...
Time: distant future
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 6.3
 64K
Spectral (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.
Style: stylized, exciting, suspenseful, serious, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, danger, science, technology, chase, military, heroes, heroic mission, chaos and mayhem, escapades, super soldier, survival ...
Time: future, near future
Place: virginia, usa, eastern europe, new york
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Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A distant Federation outpost Fort Casey comes under attack by bugs. The team on the fast attack ship Alesia is assigned to help the Starship John A. Warden stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors and bring military intelligence ...
Style: anime, computer animated, adult animation, sexy, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: creature, military, alien, space wars, alien invasion, insect, heroes, danger, friendship, infantry, distant planet, space opera ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2012, 23rd century
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 6.7
 32K
Cypher (2002)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Style: suspenseful, tense, stylized, enigmatic, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, memory loss, espionage, twists and turns, spy, distopia, brainwashing, dystopian future, uncover truth, hidden identity, power relations, double agent ...
Time: future, year 2002
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 7.1
 45K
Sleeper (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
Style: futuristic, surreal, slapstick, funny, cult classic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: robot, distopia, time travel, dystopia, cloning, cryogenics, surrealism, dystopian future, satire, resistance movement, imagination, revolution ...
Time: future, 70s, year 1973, 22nd century
Place: usa, new york
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