Best Dystopian Movies of All Time

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The Best Dystopian Movies of All Time

I am a huge fan of Dystopian Sci Fi. What is Dystopian literature, you may ask? It is another branch of speculative fiction. In a Utopia, everyone is happy, everything is wonderful, and there is a perfect social, legal, and political system. Utopia is a place that does not exist. Dystopia, on the other hand, is a negative Utopia. A dystopia, is a totalitarian and repressive world where there is no social, legal, or political justice. Satirical novels with fantastic settings may be considered speculative fiction; Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, Alduous Huxley's Brave New World, Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange, and Ayn Rand's Anthem are examples of this genre. Most of the Dystopian Sci Fi I have loved in my life has been in the form of books, however, there are also some really great movies in that genre too.

The ones I personally have watched are in bold

Metropolis (1927)

A Handmaid's Tale (1990)
(I have read the book a zillion times too - it's excellent)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)
(I have read the book a zillion times too - it's excellent)

Brazil (1985)
(This one is a Terry Gilliam movie)

Wings of Desire (1987)

Blade Runner (1982)

Children of Men (2006)

The Matrix (1999)

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Minority Report (2002)

Delicatessen (1991)

Sleeper (1973)

The Trial (1962)

Alphaville (1965)

Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Serenity (2005)

Pleasantville (1998)

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Battle Royale (2000)

RoboCop (1987)

Akira (1988)

The City of Lost Children (1995)
(one of my favorite movies)

Planet of the Apes (1968)

V for Vendetta (2005)

Metropolis (2001)

Gattaca (1997)

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
(I have read the book a zillion times too - it's excellent)

On The Beach (1959)
(This is an awesome movie)

Mad Max (1979)

Total Recall (1990)

Dark City (1998)

War Of the Worlds (1953)

District 13 (2004)

They Live (1988)

THX 1138 (1971)

Escape from New York (1981)

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

Silent Running (1972)

Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

A Boy and His Dog (1975)
(A very interesting low budget movie, worth a watch)

Soylent Green (1973)
(Guess what Soylent Green is made of?)

I Robot (2004)
(I have read the book a zillion times too - it's excellent)

Logan's Run (1976)

Strange Days (1995)

Idiocracy (2006)
(this Mike Judge movie is just so so, in my opinion. Imagine Beavis and Butthead, but with real actors. Not really a great concept.)

The Quiet Earth (1985)
(Excellent movie, one of my favorites)

Death Race 2000 (1975)

Rollerball (1975)

Starship Troopers (1997)

One Point O (2004)

Equilibrium (2002)

If you know of a movie that should be on this list, let me know please!

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