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As with the Books page, what follows is an incomplete but growing list of movies about dystopias. For the most part, we’ve left sequels and reboots off the list (if for no other reason than that the originals are usually the best (with the notable exception of Mad Max: Fury Road)). Here, perhaps even moreso than with the books, making the distinction between the dystopian and the merely post-apocalyptic can be a challenge. If you have a suggestion for the list, please leave a comment below.
An Incomplete List of Dystopian Films
- Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, 1922
- Metropolis, 1927
- Things To Come, 1936
- The Moon Is Down, 1943
- The Time Machine, 1960
- The Trial, 1962
- The 10th Victim, 1965
- Alphaville, 1965
- Fahrenheit 451, 1966
- Planet of the Apes, 1968
- No Blade of Grass, 1970
- A Clockwork Orange, 1971
- Punishment Park, 1971
- THX 1138, 1971
- Silent Running, 1972
- Z.P.G., 1972
- Fantastic Planet, 1973
- Soylent Green, 1973
- World on a Wire, 1973
- A Boy and His Dog, 1974
- Zardoz, 1974
- Death Race 2000, 1975
- Rollerball, 1975
- Logan’s Run, 1976
- Mad Max, 1979
- Brave New World, 1980
- Escape from New York, 1981
- Blade Runner, 1982
Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1984- The Terminator, 1984
- Brazil, 1985
- Dead End Drive-In, 1986
- Kin-dza-dza!, 1986
- RoboCop, 1987
- The Running Man, 1987
- The Handmaid’s Tale, 1990
- Total Recall, 1990
- Freejack, 1992
- City of Lost Children, 1995
- Ghost in the Shell, 1995
- Harrison Bergeron, 1995
- Judge Dredd, 1995
- Strange Days, 1995
- Tank Girl, 1995
- Gattaca, 1997
- The Postman, 1997
- Pleasantville, 1998
- The Matrix, 1999
- Battle Royale, 2000
Equilibrium, 2002- Minority Report, 2002
- Code 46, 2003
- Natural City, 2003
- I, Robot, 2004
- Æon Flux, 2005
- The Island, 2005
- Children of Men, 2006
- Idiocracy, 2006
- Land of the Blind, 2006
- V for Vendetta, 2006
- District 9, 2009
- The Inhabited Island, 2009
- Watchmen, 2009
- Downstream, 2010
- Never Let Me Go, 2010
- Radio Free Albemuth, 2010
In Time, 2011- Antiviral, 2012
The Hunger Games, 2012- The Congress, 2013
- Elysium, 2013
The Purge, 2013- Snowpiercer, 2013
- Automata, 2014
- Divergent, 2014
- The Giver, 2014
- The Lego Movie, 2014
- The Maze Runner, 2014
- The Lobster, 2015
- Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015
- The Thinning, 2016
What Happened to Monday, 2017Ready Player One, 2018