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A personal ranking of dystopian movies by a user of IMDb, a popular online database of movies and TV shows. The list includes titles, ratings, genres, summaries, and cast information for each movie.
- Blade Runner (1982) Director: Ridley Scott. Just as The Road Warrior set the look and tone for countless post-apocalyptic cinema-scapes to follow, so too did the world of Ridley Scott’s dingy, wet and overcrowded Blade Runner set the standard for the depiction of pre-apocalyptic dystopias.
- Brazil. Taking place in a dystopic future a little goofier than the classic Orwellian version (though no less sinister), the world of Terry Gilliam’s 1985 film is the lovechild that results when bureaucratic nightmare meets escapist fantasy.
- The Matrix (1999) Directors: The Wachowskis. There is little to add about what’s been already codified about the film that made cyberpunk not stupid—and therefore is the best cyberpunk movie of all time, amidst its many accomplishments—or that made Keanu Reeves a respectable figure of American kung fu, or that finally made martial arts films a seriously hot commodity outside of Asia.
- Robocop (1987) Director: Paul Verhoeven. Throughout the late-1970s and indulgent ’80s, “industry” went pejorative and Corporate America bleached white all but the most functional of blue collars.
This is a list of dystopian films. Dystopian societies appear in many speculative fiction works and are often found within the science fiction and fantasy genres. [1] .
TitleYearComments1995A convict is sent back in time to gather ...1982The election of the extremist Dr.1956A bureaucrat falls in love in a ...2009Short-film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut ...A list of dystopian movies ranked by user ratings and popularity, from The Matrix to A Quiet Place. Find out which films depict futuristic societies with oppression, violence, or environmental disaster.
- 1984 (1984) Based on George Orwell’s classic novel, Michael Radford‘s 1984 presents a chilling dystopian world where freedom and individual rights are stripped away, and a powerful surveillance state known as Big Brother reigns supreme.
- V for Vendetta (2005) Derived from a 1988 DC Vertigo comic book series, James McTiegue’s V for Vendetta tells the story of a British masked anarchist (Hugo Weaving) who saves a young woman (Natalie Portman) from the secret police and attempts to ignite a revolution against an authoritarian regime which rules through fear and propaganda.
- The Road (2009) Based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, John Hillcoat’sThe Road follows a man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) as they try to survive in a post-apocalyptic world that is devoid of any plant or animal life while steering clear from gangs of armed cannibalistic rapists.
- Robocop (1987) In a near-future Detroit ravaged by crime and societal collapse, a police officer named Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is brutally killed by a vicious gang of drug dealers, only to be reborn as a powerful cyborg.
Here's my favorite dystopian movies ranked from best to worst. I've tried to stay clear of science fiction and superhero movies that are not dystopian in the right sense of the word.
Dec 20, 2022 · A list of dystopian movies that explore broken worlds, social corruption, and human nature. From "Daybreakers" to "THX 1138", these films reflect on the real and potential problems in our own society.
