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List added by Grand Assault on 26 March 2008 05:39
Top 50 Dystopian Movies of All Time |
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 464  8.1  8.4 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 Review: Here Grand Assault's rating:
 
1727 8.2 8.5 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 Grand Assault's rating:
 
639 7.8 8 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 
172 8 8 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 Grand Assault's rating:
1263 8 8.3 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 Grand Assault's rating:
 
1113 7.6 8.1 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 Review: Here Grand Assault's rating:
 
3706 7.8 8.7 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 Review: Here Grand Assault's rating:
310 6.9 7.6 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 Grand Assault's rating:
 
1882 6.8 7.7 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 Review: Here Grand Assault's rating:
 
357 7.5 7.9 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 Review: Here Grand Assault's rating:
 
203 7.1 7.3 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 
90 8 7.8 Synopsis: An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
Setting: Unnamed City Year: Unspecified 
159 7.4 7.2 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 Grand Assault's rating:
1372 7.6 8.1 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 Grand Assault's rating:
719 7.7 8 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 CommentsLogin or Signup to post a comment |
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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: 
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