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Theme: Dystopias

The dystopia is a term created to mean the opposite of a utopia. The term utopia was coined after the novel Utopia (1516) by Thomas More in which he sought to imagine the best possible society. By contrast, the dystopia imagines the worst possible society.

The most famous utopias in literary fiction are the world of authoritarian control in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) where people are preselected from birth to fulfil roles in society.

Dystopia are almost always seen as authoritarian, as having security forces that stamp out any form of ideological dissent. A frequent plot in a dystopian film is of a world where lovers are struggling to escape to freedom from a world where their relationship is forbidden.

Many screen dystopias are modelled on real world models such as Nazi Germany from which they borrow images of charismatic leaders and armies of stormtroopers. Equally popular are dystopias where individuality is crushed or narcotised, or where the society is run by an Artificial Intelligence. A more recent development is the dystopia of constant digital surveillance.

A dystopia is a projection of its author/creator – a world where a feared aspect of present-day society is taken to nightmare extremes. The ideology can run all the way from Aldous Huxley’s distaste of the hedonistic society in Brave New World to Ray Bradbury’s fear of the loss of imagination and literacy in Fahrenheit 451 (1953), of the youth revolution in Logan’s Run (1976), of Political Correctness taking over in Demolition Man (1993) or of American democracy supplanted by socialism in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged (1957). The original Star Trek (1966-9) is known for creating straw dystopian societies of the week for Captain Kirk to demolish.

The heyday of the screen dystopia was in the 1960s and 70s. By the 1980s, the dystopia had been supplanted by the Action Movie where the ideological nightmares of earlier works were replaced by generic authoritarian societies for the action hero, a man of hard-won individualism, to struggle against. Equally the rise of Cyberpunk and assorted dark futures have seen the ideological dystopia supplanted by a more ambiguous world that is extension of the present, although there still continue to be a number of examples of dystopian works.


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1984 (1956)

13 January 201413 May 2024

Rating: ★★½

Dystopia

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling, David Kossoff, …
Category: Science Fiction

1984 (2023)

17 May 202417 May 2024

Rating: ★

Dystopian Future

Director: Diana Ringo
Actors: Aleksandr Obmanov, Aleksey Sharanin, Diana Ringo, Vladimir Ivaniy, …
Category: Science Fiction

A.li.ce (1999)

17 November 200425 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Dystopian Future/Time Travel

Director: Kenichi Maejima
Category: Science Fiction

ABCs of Death 2 (2014)

1 November 201422 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: E.L. Katz, Julian Barratt, Julian Gilbey, Robert Morgan, …
Actors: Andy Nyman, Julian Barratt, Tristan Risk, Conor Sweeney, …
Category: Horror

Abigail (2019)

26 June 202028 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Alternate Reality/Steampunk and Magic

Director: Alexandr Boguslavskiy
Actors: Tinatin Dalakishvili, Eddie Marsan, Gleb Bochkov, Artem Tkachenko, …
Category: Fantasy

Aeon Flux (2005)

25 February 200611 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Dystopian Future/TV Series Remake

Director: Karyn Kusama
Actors: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Sophie Okonedo, Jonny Lee Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction

Allegiant (2016)

26 March 201626 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Young Adult Dystopian Future

Director: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels, Miles Teller, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alphaville (1965)

3 May 199925 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

French New Wave/Intergalactic Detective

Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike (2012)

9 April 201326 September 2019

Rating: ★

Libertarian Political Fantasy/Ayn Rand Adaptation

Director: John Putch
Actors: Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe, Patrick Fabian, Esai Morales, …
Category: Science Fiction

Atlas Shrugged III: Who is John Galt? (2014)

15 February 201526 September 2019

Rating: ★

Libertarian Political Fantasy/Ayn Rand Adaptation

Director: J. James Manera
Actors: Laura Regan, Kristoffer Polaha, Greg Germann, Peter MacKenzie, …
Category: Science Fiction

Battle Royale (2000)

28 June 20031 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Deadly Elimination Game

Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Beat Takashi Kitano, Taro Yamamoto, …
Category: Science Fiction

Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003)

20 August 200529 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Deadly Elimination Game

Director: Kinji Fukasaku, Kenta Fukasaku
Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Riki Takeuchi
Category: Science Fiction

Black River (2001)

19 June 20107 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Perfect Town Where Nobody Can Ever Leave

Director: Jeff Bleckner
Actors: Jay Mohr, Lisa Edelstein, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ann Cusack, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Bothersome Man (2006)

29 July 200725 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Afterlife Black Comedy

Director: Jens Lien
Category: Fantasy

Brave New World (1998)

10 August 20109 October 2020

Rating: ★

Dystopian Future

Director: Leslie Libman, Larry Williams
Actors: Peter Gallagher, Rya Kihlshedt, Tim Guinee, Leonard Nimoy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Brave New World (2020)

10 October 20208 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Dystopian Future

Director: Owen Harris, Craig Zisk, Aoife McArdle, Andrij Parekh, …
Actors: Alden Ehrenreich, Jessica Brown-Findlay, Harry Lloyd, Demi Moore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Brazil (1985)

1 August 20016 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Black Comedy

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Ian Holm, Kim Greist, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bus (1987)

11 December 200216 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Japanese Dystopia

Director: Takashi Komatsu
Category: Science Fiction

Children of Men (2006)

31 October 200616 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Infertile Future

Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Actors: Clive Owen, Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, Claire-Hope Ashitey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Code 46 (2003)

24 June 200725 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Dystopian Future

Director: Michael Winterbottom
Actors: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, Nina Wadia, …
Category: Science Fiction

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

22 May 200118 July 2024

Rating: ★★★

Planet of the Apes Sequel

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Roddy McDowall, Ricardo Montalban, Don Murray, Hari Rhodes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Crime Zone (1989)

20 June 200229 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Dystopian Future

Director: Luis Llosa
Actors: David Carradine, Sherilyn Fenn, Peter Nelson, Michael Shaner
Category: Science Fiction

Dark Metropolis (2010)

31 December 201011 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Dystopia of Genetically Engineered Superhumans

Director: Stewart St. John
Actors: Eric Scott Woods, Bailey Chase, Kristy Hulsander, Pamela Clay, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Darkest Minds (2018)

20 April 202029 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Young Adult/Psychically Powered Kids on the Run

Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Actors: Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, Skylan Boroks, Patrick Gibson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Darkside Blues (1994)

31 July 200025 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Dark Future/Mysterious Stranger

Director: Nobuyasa Furukawa
Actors: Peter Patrikios, Rachel Lillis
Category: Science Fiction

Darwin (2016)

19 October 201617 May 2021

Rating: ★

Dystopian Internet-Addicted Future

Director: Benjamin Duffield
Actors: Nick Krause, Juliette Gosselin, Molly Parker, Jordyn Negri, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dead-End Drive-In (1986)

2 June 200030 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Drive-In Theatre as a Future Prison/Satire

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Actors: Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Dave Gibson
Category: Science Fiction

Dead or Alive: Final (2002)

13 March 200629 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Cyberpunk Dystopia/Androids

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Josie Ho, Terence Yin
Category: Science Fiction

The Death Cure (2018)

21 April 201818 July 2024

Rating: ★

Young Adult/Dystopian-Post-Holocaust Adventure

Director: Wes Ball
Actors: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aidan Gillen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Demolition Man (1993)

11 November 20009 June 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Satirical Politically Correct Dystopia/Action

Director: Marco Brambilla
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock, Wesley Snipes, Nigel Hawthorne, …
Category: Science Fiction

Divergent (2014)

29 March 201426 June 2025

Rating: ★

Young Adult Dystopian Future

Director: Neil Burger
Actors: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney, …
Category: Science Fiction

Elysium (2013)

9 August 20138 October 2021

Rating: ★★★

Future Class Divide

Director: Neill Blomkamp
Actors: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, …
Category: Science Fiction

Equals (2015)

17 July 201622 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Dystopia

Director: Drake Doremus
Actors: Nicholas Hoult, Kristen Stewart, Jacki Weaver, Guy Pearce, …
Category: Science Fiction

Equilibrium (2002)

10 March 200418 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Dystopia

Director: Kurt Wimmer
Actors: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Sean Bean, Taye Diggs, …
Category: Science Fiction

Escape from L.A. (1996)

11 September 200313 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Action/Los Angeles as a Future Prison

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, George Corraface, …
Category: Science Fiction

Existo (1999)

1 October 199926 August 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Fundamentalist Dystopia/Musical Satire

Director: Coke Sams
Actors: Bruce Arntson, Gailard Sartain, Jim Varney
Category: Science Fiction

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

25 January 20034 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Book-Burning Dystopia/Ray Bradbury Adaptation

Director: Francois Truffaut
Actors: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, …
Category: Science Fiction

Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

26 May 20183 November 2020

Rating: ★

Book-Burning Dystopia/Ray Bradbury Adaptation

Director: Ramin Bahrani
Actors: Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, Keir Dullea, …
Category: Science Fiction

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (2004)

30 January 200521 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Dystopia

Director: Carlos Atanes
Category: Science Fiction

Firebird 2015 AD (1980)

26 November 200514 December 2020

Rating: ★

Car Races in a Dystopian Future

Director: David M. Robertson
Actors: Darren McGavin, Doug McClure, Robert Wisden, Mary Beth Rubens, …
Category: Science Fiction

The First Purge (2018)

24 March 201921 July 2021

Rating: ★★½

The Origin of a Future That Permits One Night of Lawlessness

Director: Gerard McMurray
Actors: Y’lan Noe, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Mugga, …
Category: Science Fiction

Fortress (1993)

9 September 199917 December 2020

Rating: ½

Future Prison

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Jeffrey Combs, …
Category: Science Fiction

Franklyn (2008)

27 April 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Interwoven Stories/Religious Dystopia

Director: Gerald McMorrow
Actors: Eva Green, Ryan Philippe, Bernard Hill, Sam Riley, …
Category: Fantasy

Gattaca (1997)

9 August 19991 April 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Genetically-Engineered Dystopia

Director: Andrew Niccol
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Loren Dean, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Giver (2014)

16 August 20148 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Young Adult Dystopia

Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Odeya Rush, Meryl Streep, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Handmaid’s Tale (1990)

24 December 200228 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Fundamentalist Dystopia

Director: Volker Schlondorff
Actors: Natasha Richardson, Robert Duvall, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hardwired (2009)

2 June 201119 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Satiric Corporate Future/Advertising Brain Implants

Director: Ernie Barbarash
Actors: Cuba Gooding Jr, Val Kilmer, Michael Ironside, Tatiana Maslany, …
Category: Science Fiction

Harmony (2015)

31 October 20169 March 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Disquiet Utopia

Director: Michael Arias, Takashi Nakamura
Category: Science Fiction

Harrison Bergeron (1995)

1 May 20101 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Future Where Everybody Must Be Average/Kurt Vonnegut Adaptation

Director: Bruce Pittman
Actors: Sean Astin, Christopher Plummer, Nigel Bennett, Matthew Ferguson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)

21 March 20015 July 2022

Rating: 0­

Immortal Combat/Dark Future

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Michael Ironside, Virginia Madsen, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

The Humanity Bureau (2017)

12 February 201810 October 2020

Rating: ★

Dystopian Future

Director: Rob King
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Sarah Lind, Jakob Davies, Hugh Dillon, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hunger Games (2012)

29 March 201210 January 2024

Rating: ★★½

Future Televised Human Hunting

Director: Gary Ross
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Wes Bentley, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

23 November 201310 January 2024

Rating: ★★½

Future Televised Human Hunting/Social Revolution

Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)

22 November 201410 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Future Social Revolution

Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2015)

28 November 201510 January 2024

Rating: ★★½

Future Social Revolution

Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)

13 January 202413 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Future Televised Human Hunting

Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hungover Games (2014)

18 January 201813 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Parodies of Various Films

Director: Josh Stolberg
Actors: Ben Begley, Herbert Russell, Ross Nathan, John Livingston, …
Category: Science Fiction

In Time (2011)

4 November 201116 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future

Director: Andrew Niccol
Actors: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, …
Category: Science Fiction

Inhabited Island (2008)

21 September 201119 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Russian Science Fiction/Dystopian Planet

Director: Fyodor Bondarchuk
Actors: Vasiliy Stepanov, Yuliya Snigir, Pyotor Fyodorov, Aleksey Serebryakov, …
Category: Science Fiction

Insurgent (2015)

21 March 201526 September 2023

Rating: ★

Young Adult Dystopian Future

Director: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Chase (1981)

20 November 20148 August 2024

Rating: ★★

Car Chase in a Dystopian Future

Director: Martyn Burke
Actors: Lee Majors, Burgess Meredith, Chris Makepeace, George Touliatos, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Child (1971)

23 July 201927 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Dystopian Future Where Couples Are Only Allowed to Have One Child

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Actors: Michael Cole, Janet Margolin, Van Heflin, Edward Asner, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Lobster (2015)

10 October 20158 March 2024

Rating: ★★★

Future Where Everyone Must Be in a Relationship/Black Comedy

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Actors: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Angeliki Papoulia, Lea Seydoux, …
Category: Science Fiction

Logan’s Run (1976)

2 February 20039 October 2020

Rating: ★

Dystopian Future

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Johnson, Peter Ustinov, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

13 March 20115 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Boy’s Adventures on Mars

Director: Simon Wells
Actors: Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Seth Robert Duskey, Elisabeth Harnois, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mayflower II (2020)

5 June 20235 June 2023

Rating: 0­

Christians Launch a Space Mission

Director: Dallas Lammiman
Actors: Justin Lewis, Shawna Pliva, Stephen Hardy, Gene Jarvis, …
Category: Science Fiction

Megaville (1990)

18 June 202018 June 2020

Rating: ½

Dystopian Future

Director: Peter Lehner
Actors: Billy Zane, Daniel J. Travanti, J.C. Quinn, Kristen Cloke, …
Category: Science Fiction

Metropia (2009)

4 December 20244 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Near-Future Dystopia

Director: Tarik Saleh
Actors: Vincent Gallo, Juliette Lewis, Udo Kier, Alexander Skarsgård, …
Category: Science Fiction

Metropolis (1927)

3 December 201129 October 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopia/Social Revolution/Mad Scientist/Android Temptress

Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Fritz Rasp, …
Category: Science Fiction

Never Let Me Go (2010)

17 November 20109 July 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Organ-Harvesting Dystopia

Director: Mark Romanek
Actors: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley, Charlotte Rampling, …
Category: Science Fiction

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

8 May 20021 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★★

Dystopia

Director: Michael Radford
Actors: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack
Category: Science Fiction

No Escape (1994)

19 June 200021 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Future Prison/Action

Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Perfect Weapon (2016)

26 February 20174 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Action Film/Dystopian Future

Director: Titus Paar
Actors: Steven Seagal, Johnny Messner, Sasha Jackson, Richard Tyson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Planet Earth (1974)

1 January 20165 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Women Rule Society

Director: Marc Daniels
Actors: John Saxon, Diana Muldaur, Janet Margolin, Ted Cassidy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Priest (2011)

20 May 201124 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Future World of Vampires

Director: Scott Stewart
Actors: Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, …
Category: Horror

Punishment Park (1971)

2 February 20108 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future Survival Run

Director: Peter Watkins
Actors: Carmen Argenziano, Stan Armstead, Katherine Quittner
Category: Science Fiction

Radio Free Albemuth (2014)

30 November 20148 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Philip K. Dick Adaptation/Possible Messages from Aliens

Director: John Alan Simon
Actors: Jonathan Scarfe, Shea Whigham, Alanis Morissette, Katheryn Winnick, …
Category: Science Fiction

Repo Men (2010)

21 March 201010 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Future Organ Repossession

Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Actors: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Liev Schreiber, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rollerball (1975)

2 February 20012 May 2024

Rating: ★★½

Future Ultra-Violent Sport

Director: Norman Jewison
Actors: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Scorch Trials (2015)

30 October 201518 July 2024

Rating: ★

Young Adult/Post-Holocaust Adventure

Director: Wes Ball
Actors: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Aidan Gillen, Giancarlo Esposito, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Secret Kingdom (1997)

16 December 20039 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Miniature World Under the Kitchen Sink

Director: David Schmoeller
Actors: Billy O', Tricia Dickson, Jamieson K. Price, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, …
Category: Fantasy

Sex Mission (1984)

13 April 202213 April 2022

Rating: ★★

Women-Ruled Future Comedy

Director: Juliusz Machulski
Actors: Jerzy Stuhr, Olgierd Tukaszewicz
Category: Science Fiction

Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)

12 March 202512 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Biblical End Times/Antichrist Dystopia

Director: Kevin Downes
Actors: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Stephen Baldwin, David A.R. White, Kevin Downes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sleeper (1973)

30 August 200122 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future Comedy

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck
Category: Science Fiction

Sleeping Dogs (1977)

16 December 201418 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

New Zealand Dystopia

Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Sam Neill, Ian Mune, Warren Oates
Category: Science Fiction

Snowpiercer (2013)

19 July 201412 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Train Containing the Last Survivors of Humanity

Director: Bong Joon-ho
Actors: Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris, …
Category: Science Fiction

Solarbabies (1986)

20 January 200520 July 2019

Rating: 0­

Post-Holocaust Teen Sports Team

Director: Alan Johnson
Actors: Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Lukas Haas, James Le Gros, …
Category: Science Fiction

Songbird (2020)

26 September 20211 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Plague-Ridden Future

Director: Adam Mason
Actors: K.J. Apa, Peter Stormare, Demi Moore, Craig Robinson, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Starving Games (2013)

26 December 201320 March 2020

Rating: ★

The Hunger Games Parody

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Actors: Maiara Walsh, Diedrich Bader, Nick Gomez, Gralen Banks
Category: Science Fiction

Strange Holiday (1945)

5 December 20235 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Nazi Takeover of the US

Director: Arch Oboler
Actors: Claude Rains, Gloria Holden, Martin Kosleck, Helen Mack
Category: Science Fiction

Strange New World (1975)

23 February 202323 February 2023

Rating: ★★

Cryogenic Sleepers Awake in a Post-Apocalyptic World

Director: Robert Butler
Actors: John Saxon, Keene Curtis, James Olson, Martine Beswick, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Stranger (1973)

3 August 201712 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Counter Earth

Director: Lee H. Katzin
Actors: Glenn Corbett, Cameron Mitchell, Sharon Acker, Lew Ayres, …
Category: Science Fiction

Taxandria (1994)

11 September 20008 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Fabulism/Surreal Fantasy Dystopia

Director: Raoul Servais
Actors: Elliott Spiers, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Andrew Sachs
Category: Fantasy

Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 (1994)

7 April 202121 July 2023

Rating: ★

Time Travellers from a Future Where Sex is Banned

Director: David DeCoteau
Actors: Morgan Fairchild, Brian Bremer, Ian Abercrombie
Category: Science Fiction

The Thinning (2016)

2 July 201711 April 2025

Rating: ★

Future Education System Eliminates Failed Students

Director: Michael Gallagher
Actors: Logan Paul, Peyton List, Calum Worthy, Matthew Glave, …
Category: Science Fiction

This Was America (2020)

28 March 202122 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Near-Future Totalitarian USA

Director: Jamie Bailey
Actors: Caylin Turner, Simon Phillips, Michael Coughlan, Laura C. Stoica, …
Category: Science Fiction

THX 1138 (1971)

12 November 20029 September 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Maggie McOmie, Don Pedro Colley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Time Under Fire (1997)

9 June 20032 September 2022

Rating: ★

Time Travel/Action

Director: Scott Levy
Actors: Jeff Fahey, Jack Coleman, Brian Cranston, Linda Hoffman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Toy Story 3 (2010)

19 June 20106 May 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Pixar Animation/The Secret Life of Toys

Director: Lee Unkrich
Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, …
Category: Fantasy

The Trial (1962)

5 November 20017 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Bureaucratic Nightmare World/Kafka Adaptation

Director: Orson Welles
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau, …
Category: Fantasy

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  • Dick Dynamite: 1944 (2023)
  • The Shrouds (2024)
  • Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
  • Incoming (2018)
  • Box: Metaphor (2023)

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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