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Totalitarianism

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

1415

8.4

8.1

Stalker (1979)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

353

8.3

8.2

A Man Escaped (1956)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

555

8.4

8.7

Monster (2004)

Totalitarianism and utilitarianism are major themes in Monster.

Mr. Saturn's rating:

2017

8.3

Metropolis (1927)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

612

8.3

8.2

La Jetée (1962)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

6466

8.6

Star Wars (1977)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

6049

8.1

8.7

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

6263

8.2

8.3

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

1533

8.3

8.4

The Great Dictator (1940)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

398

8.3

8.2

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

379

8.1

7.8

The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

779

8.2

8.3

Come and See (1985) (1985)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

421

7.6

The Trial (1962)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

511

8.1

The Exterminating Angel (1962) (1962)

The sheep are a metaphor for the cannibalistic exploitation of everyone else by fascists.

Mr. Saturn's rating:

1274

7.5

7.7

Porco Rosso (1992)

I'd rather be a pig than a fascist.

Mr. Saturn's rating:

712

7.9

Amarcord (1973)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

179

8.4

8.2

The Shop on Main Street (1965)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

7.4

7.2

Les dames du Bois de Boulogne

Mr. Saturn's rating:

7.6

The Flat (1968)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

2303

7.8

7.9

Brazil (1985)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

223

7.1

7.5

Der Fuehrer's Face (1943)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

7.5

7.9

The Hand (1965)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

4952

8.2

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

7.3

7.5

The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1991)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

4734

7.6

Minority Report (2002)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

1022

8.2

9.1

The Twilight Zone

episode: The Obsolete Man

Mr. Saturn's rating:

2012

8.2

Death Note (2006)

A young man gains the ability to kill by simply writing down a person's a name in his notebook, and plans to rule over the world through threat of death, while trying to avoid capture. Light wants to kill for utilitarian reasons, which helps his pursuers figure out the killer may be Japanese.

Mr. Saturn's rating:

10050

7.6

8.7

The Matrix (1999)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

155

7.3

7.5

The Animatrix: A Detective Story (2003)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

727

7.4

7.7

Cabaret (1972)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

1775

7.6

Planet of the Apes (1968)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

1354

7.7

Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

1608

8.1

8.4

The Lives of Others (2006)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

5904

8.4

Schindler's List (1993)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

4100

8.1

8.5

The Pianist (2002)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

3520

7.6

7.9

Children of Men (2006)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

910

6.3

5.8

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

651

7.3

Alphaville (1965)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

6.9

The Design (1981)

I'm unsure if this film is about oppressive conformity enforced by the state or society, or both.

Mr. Saturn's rating:

7.2

7.4

No End (1985)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

702

6.8

6.6

THX 1138 (1971)

Mr. Saturn's rating:

3261

8.6

Life Is Beautiful

Mr. Saturn's rating:

482

8.2

Rome, Open City (1945)

214

7.8

7.6

Paisan (1946)

230

7.8

Germany Year Zero (1948)

440

7.9

The Conformist (1970)

323

8.3

8.2

Army of Shadows (1969)

151

7.4

7.7

Mephisto

615

8.1

Underground (1995)

211

8.4

8.1

Day of Wrath (1943)

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My favorite films and shows about totalitarianism or set in a totalitarian society, and my watch-list. In totalitarian governments, the state has no limits to its power.

Recommendations are appreciated.

I got a few films to watch from this list on Mubi.

Many of Jan Švankmajer's films have symbolic imagery critical of totalitarianism.

The filmography of Jan Švankmajer

★★★ (Good)
The Animatrix - I recommend A Detective Story, a neo-noir from Shinichirô Watanabe, the director of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo.
The Matrix Reloaded
They Live (John Carpenter)
★★☆ (Average)
The Matrix Revolutions
The Island (Michael Bay)
I'm not interested in seeing Equilibrium or
Logan’s Run.