| Snowpiercer (2013) | 7.1 | |
| Children of Men (2006) | 7.9 | |
| Daybreakers (2009) | 6.4 | |
| 12 Monkeys (2015) | 7.7 | |
| The Giver (2014) | 6.4 |
Dystopian future movies and TV shows – page 3
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List of dystopian future movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
Style:
action packed, saga, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
dystopia, alien, bounty hunter, lone hero, outer space, space and aliens, one man army, distant planet, space opera, one against many, tough guy, space ...
Time:
future, year 2004, near future, 2000s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Three groups of people are trying to survive Purge Night, when their stories intertwine and are left stranded in The Purge trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.
Style:
tense, breathtaking, saga, suspense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival horror, home invasion, distopia, masked man, dystopian future, group of strangers, dystopia, graphic violence, violent content, survival, violence, violent ...
Time:
year 2014, 2020s, near future, year 2000, 2010s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and ...
Style:
philosophical, anime, cyber, adult animation, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, man versus machine, technology gone awry, hacker, apocalypse, artificial intelligence, alternate reality, female warrior, danger, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future, 22nd century, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. As they are set apart from "normal" and ...
Style:
futuristic, sexy, visually stunning, action packed, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vampire, one woman army, female protagonist, heroic mission, rescue, heroine, dystopia, strong female lead, kick-butt women, dystopian future, chases and races, cyberpunk ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2006
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, dystopia, prison, utopia, psychopath, time travel, satire, maverick cop, totalitarianism, fish out of water, violence ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: All citizens get a chance of being 'renewed' in a Civic Ceremony at their 30th birthday, unless they run and escape before their time comes.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, visually stunning, philosophical, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dystopia, apocalypse, utopia, cat, dystopian future, robot, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, artificial intelligence, escape, post-apocalyptic future, space ...
Time:
future, distant future, 23rd century, 70s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, new york
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344K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, intellectual, neo noir, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, genetics, fighting the system, discrimination, dystopia, philosophy, society, paraplegic, eugenics, hopes, dystopian future, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 1900s ...
Place:
detroit, riviera, french riviera
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155K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
stalker, post apocalypse, dystopian future, surrealism, psychokinesis, dog, wish come true, trippy, human nature, distopia, escapades, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1979, near future
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, twist ending, futuristic, non-linear ...
Plot:
time travel, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, insanity, virus, post apocalypse, time loop, paranoia, end of the world, psychology, mental institution, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1990, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, maryland, pennsylvania, california, baltimore ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspense, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, survival, maze, epidemic, young heroes, apocalypse, dystopia, immunity, danger, zombie, on the run ...
Time:
future, year 2015, near future, 2010s
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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: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, inspirational, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopic future, postman, dystopian future, post apocalyptic, vestiges of humanity, post war, survival, drifter, leadership, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1997, 2010s, year 2013 ...
Place:
usa, oregon
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Plot:
dystopia, conspiracy, food, cannibalism, death, murder, overpopulation, distopia, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, consciousness ...
Time:
future, distant future, near future, 2020s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
113K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, disturbing, psychedelic ...
Plot:
virtual reality, cyberpunk, twists and turns, alternate reality, dystopia, cyberspace, bodyguard, parallel world, distopia, escape from reality, dystopian future, conspiracy ...
Time:
future, 90s, year 1999, near future
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
129K
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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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. ...
Style:
grindhouse, road movie, black comedy, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
car, car chase, carsploitation, dystopia, satire, dark humor, dystopian future, racing, distopia, dystopic future, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 2000, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, serious, suspenseful, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, apocalypse, robot, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, man versus machine, dark future, terminator, killer robot ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2017, year 1997, 70s ...
Place:
san francisco, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, disgusting ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
androids and robots, man versus machine, robot, dystopian future, good versus evil, alien invasion, save the day, danger, rivalry, life is a bitch, youth, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Bulgaria
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, where corporate brands have created a disillusioned population, one man's effort to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy leads to an epic battle with hidden forces that control the world.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, disturbing, fairy tale ...
Plot:
advertising agency, dystopian future, hidden truth, uncover truth, corporate crime, society, dishonesty, life is a bitch, conspiracy, advertising, distopia, constellation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, future
Place:
moscow russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Romania, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
Style:
surreal, philosophical, thought provoking, offbeat, psychedelic ...
Plot:
loneliness, computers and web, society, computer, computer system, virtual reality, escape from reality, computer genius, dystopian future, uncover truth, hacker, distopia ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, distant future
Is relevant?
22K
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, absurd ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, genetics, mythology, fantasy world, cyborgs, ancient egypt, parallel universe, dystopian future, transformation, society, dystopia, androids ...
Time:
future, year 2004
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
dystopian future, apocalypse, climate change, ice age, danger, rivalry, isolation, society, survival, life is a bitch, obsession, chaos ...
Time:
year 1979, future
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three women makes an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only Earthling left from a medical expedition. Combining their ...
Style:
intense, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
space opera, space travel, survival, dystopian future, space and aliens, post apocalypse, danger, maze, daring rescue, rescue, heroic mission, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 1983, future, 80s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, tense, apocalyptic, serious ...
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, cold war, dystopian future, apocalypse, post apocalypse, tragedy, small town, death, visceral, danger, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1983, 80s, near future
Place:
california, usa, bay area, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, steampunk, dystopic future, apocalypse, escapades, changing the past or future, utopia, destiny, chase, time warp, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2030s, victorian era, near future ...
Place:
usa, new york, egypt
Is relevant?
33K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, cult classic, serious, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superheroine, bounty hunter, woman with a gun, big breasts, rottweiler, dystopian future, chase, comic book, master villain, female protagonist, revenge, fight ...
Time:
near future, 2010s, year 2017, future, 21st century
Place:
california
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the ...
Style:
suspense, cult classic, scary, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, violence, zombie attack, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, gory, virus, zombie outbreak, survival horror, cannibalism, infected ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 90s, year 1995, 2000s
Place:
pittsburgh
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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:
totalitarianism, distopia, resistance, book, dystopia, satire, rebellion, dystopian future, fighting the system, fire, alienation, dictatorship ...
Time:
year 1966, future, distant future, 60s, near future
Is relevant?
2.2M
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
Is relevant?
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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