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Top 50 Dystopian Movies of All Time

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1. Metropolis (1927)
Synopsis: In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a saviour to mediate their differences.

Setting: 'Metropolis' - Sprawling cityscape.
Year: 2026
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People who added this item 1747  Average listal rating (1157 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.5 
2. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Synopsis: In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem... but not all goes to plan.

Setting: 'London' - Anarchic cityscape
Year: Unspecified
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People who added this item 649  Average listal rating (392 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating
3. Brazil (1985)
Synopsis: A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state.

Setting: Unnamed city
Year: Unspecified

People who added this item 181  Average listal rating (95 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating
4. Wings of Desire (1987)
Synopsis: An angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal.

Setting: 'Berlin' - Modern day and wartime eras
Year: 1980s
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People who added this item 1273  Average listal rating (842 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.3 
5. Blade Runner (1982)
Synopsis: Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to earth seeking their maker...

Setting: 'Los Angeles' - Sprawling cityscape
Year: 2019
Review: Here
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People who added this item 1120  Average listal rating (777 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating 8.1 
6. Children of Men (2006)
Synopsis: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

Setting: 'England' - London, Kent, Coastal town ghetto
Year: 2027
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People who added this item 3729  Average listal rating (2260 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 8.7 
7. The Matrix (1999)
Synopsis: A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.

Setting: 'America' - Present Day, 'Subterranean Earth' - Apocalyptic future
Year: Present Day
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People who added this item 317  Average listal rating (213 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 7.6 
8. The Road Warrior (1981)
Synopsis: In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich community escape a band of bandits.

Setting: 'Australia' - Desert wastes.
Year: Unspecified
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People who added this item 1900  Average listal rating (1379 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating 7.7 
9. Minority Report (2002)
Synopsis: In the future, criminals are caught before the crimes they commit, but one of the officers in the special unit is accused of one such crime and sets out to prove his innocence.

Setting: 'Washington D.C' - Futuristic society.
Year: 2054
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People who added this item 362  Average listal rating (214 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.9 
10. Delicatessen (1991)
Synopsis: Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who creates cannibalistic meals for his odd tenants.

Setting: 'France' - Rural apocalyptic town.
Year: 1950s
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People who added this item 206  Average listal rating (115 ratings) 7.1  IMDB Rating 7.3 
11. Sleeper (1973)
Synopsis: A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.

Setting: 'New York' - Sprawling cityscape.
Year: 2173

People who added this item 91  Average listal rating (44 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 7.8 
12. The Trial (1962)
Synopsis: An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.

Setting: Unnamed City
Year: Unspecified

People who added this item 163  Average listal rating (97 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 7.2 
13. Alphaville (1965)
Synopsis: Suddenly the word is Alphaville... and a secret agent is in a breathless race against the Masters of the Future.

Setting: 'Alphaville' - Sprawling cityscape.
Year: Present day
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People who added this item 1383  Average listal rating (947 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating 8.1 
14. 12 Monkeys (1995)
Synopsis: In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

Setting: 'Baltimore' - Sprawling cityscape, Underground civilisation
Year: Present day, 2035
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People who added this item 727  Average listal rating (470 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating
15. Serenity (2005)
Synopsis: The crew of the ship Serenity tries to evade an assassin sent to recapture one of their number who is telepathic.

Setting: Otherworldly planets.
Year: 26th Century

People who added this item 756  Average listal rating (480 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating 7.5 
16. Pleasantville (1998)

People who added this item 445  Average listal rating (255 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating 7.8 
17. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
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18. Battle Royale (2000)
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19. RoboCop (1987)
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20. Akira (1988)
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People who added this item 316  Average listal rating (176 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating 7.8 
21. The City of Lost Children (1995)
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22. Planet of the Apes (1968)
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23. V for Vendetta (2005)
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24. Metropolis (2001)
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People who added this item 779  Average listal rating (526 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 7.8 
25. Gattaca (1997)
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People who added this item 232  Average listal rating (121 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 7.2 
26. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

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27. On the Beach (1959)

People who added this item 523  Average listal rating (345 ratings) 6.7  IMDB Rating 6.9 
28. Mad Max (1979)
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People who added this item 671  Average listal rating (479 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating 7.4 
29. Total Recall (1990)
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People who added this item 445  Average listal rating (294 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 7.8 
30. Dark City (1998)
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People who added this item 136  Average listal rating (85 ratings) 6.6  IMDB Rating 7.2 
31. The War of the Worlds (1953)
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People who added this item 152  Average listal rating (99 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating 7.1 
32. District B13 (2004)
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People who added this item 164  Average listal rating (112 ratings) 6.7  IMDB Rating 6.9 
33. They Live (1988)
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People who added this item 251  Average listal rating (124 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 6.8 
34. THX 1138 (1971)
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People who added this item 403  Average listal rating (264 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating 7.1 
35. Escape from New York (1981)
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36. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
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37. Silent Running (1972)
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38. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

People who added this item 180  Average listal rating (96 ratings) 7  IMDB Rating 7.1 
39. 1984 (1984)
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40. A Boy and His Dog (1975)
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41. Soylent Green (1973)
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42. I, Robot (2004)
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People who added this item 140  Average listal rating (97 ratings) 6.5  IMDB Rating 6.7 
43. Logan's Run (1976)
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People who added this item 182  Average listal rating (113 ratings) 6.4  IMDB Rating
44. Strange Days (1995)
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People who added this item 311  Average listal rating (200 ratings) 5.7  IMDB Rating 6.4 
45. Idiocracy (2006)
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People who added this item 71  Average listal rating (40 ratings) 6.4  IMDB Rating 6.1 
46. Death Race 2000 (1975)

People who added this item 57  Average listal rating (35 ratings) 5.9  IMDB Rating 6.5 
47. Rollerball (1975)
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People who added this item 719  Average listal rating (529 ratings) 6.3  IMDB Rating 7.1 
48. Starship Troopers (1997)
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49. One Point 0 (Paranoia: 1.0) (2004)

People who added this item 598  Average listal rating (420 ratings) 7.2  IMDB Rating 7.8 
50. Equilibrium (2002)
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Posted : 9 months, 3 weeks ago at Feb 2 23:52
I think this list should get more votes... :/
Posted : 5 months, 1 week ago at Jun 13 19:57
Terrific list!

What about The Handmaid's Tale?
Posted : 4 months, 2 weeks ago at Jul 8 3:49
I suppose you got distracted by Sean Connery's sexy orange loincloth, how else could you forget to add "Zardoz"? ;) Otherwise an excellent list!

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This list documents the greatest dystopian films humanity has to offer. It is taken from another website which can easily be found by searching the list name on Google. Each film synopsis is taken from Imdb.com.

dys·to·pi·a - An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.

Recurring dystopian themes:

Human Misery
Poverty
Oppression
Violence
Disease
Pollution
Societal Collapse
Massive Dehumanisation
Apocalyptic Event



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