Here’s out top pick for the top 40 dystopian movies of all time. The word “dystopia” actually means “an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives.” These movies follow stories beyond the time when society has gone past the normal order we are used to.
1984 (1984)
Directed by: Michael Radford
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Akira (1988)
Directed by: Katsuhiro Otomo
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Aniara
Directed by: Hugo Lilja, Pella Kågerman
Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Directed by: Luke Scott, Shinichirō Watanabe, Denis Villeneuve, Ridley Scott
Brazil (1985)
Cargo (2017)
Children of Men (2016)
Daybreakers (2009)
Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
District 9 (2009)
Dredd (2012)
Elysium (2013)
Escape from New York (1981)
Director: John Carpenter
Gattaca
Hotel Artemis
Idiocracy
Infinity Chamber
Land of the Dead
Looper
Minority Report
Moon
Never Let Me Go
Ready Player One
Repo Men
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
RoboCop
Robot Jox
Snowpiercer
Starship Troopers
Surrogates
Director: Jonathan Mostow
The Island
The Lobster
The Platform (2019)
The Running Man
THX 1138
Time to Hunt
Total Recall
V for Vendetta
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