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Favorite dystopian films

post #1 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:39pm
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I didn't like Children of Men at first but it grew on me. 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are classics. What else?
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post #2 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:40pm
mad max, duh.
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post #3 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:41pm
logan's run

sleeper

blade runner
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post #4 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:43pm
Any Michael Moore movie. I know it's not real, but man, if reality was really like it is in his movies? That would be messed up.
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post #5 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:44pm
Clockwork Orange deserves mention.
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post #6 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:45pm
Some obvious ones... Blade Runner Brazil Escape from New York Mad Max 2 Dark City is worth a watch too.
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post #7 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:47pm
- Akira
- 28 Days Later
- Wall-E

There was a thread on The Road a few weeks ago. It looks promising.
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post #8 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:50pm
Philip K. Dick affiliated stuff tends to be greaat. Blade Runner is quite possibly the best dystopian movie, but A Scanner Darkly is pretty damn great too. Minority Report is underrated but not on the level of the previous two. Paycheck is a travesty and an insult to the author (especially because the novella is so good)
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post #9 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:52pm
You just reminded me of Total Recall. Not sure if that counts though. Regardless, enjoyable movie.
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post #10 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:54pm
Some classics:


Soyent Green (it's PEOPLE!!)

The Island

RoboCop

The Matrix

28 Days Later

The Beach

Zardoz (duh!)

The Man Who Fell to Earth (Bowie shout out)

Other good ones already mentioned above.
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post #11 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:54pm
A Boy And His Dog
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post #12 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:55pm
Michael Bogdanov's 1998 production of Macbeth is set in a post-apocalyptic world and it's surprisingly awesome.
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post #13 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:55pm
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Originally Posted by Magician View Post
Philip K. Dick affiliated stuff tends to be greaat. Blade Runner is quite possibly the best dystopian movie, but A Scanner Darkly is pretty damn great too. Minority Report is underrated but not on the level of the previous two.

Minority Report is one of my favorite movies of all time, but I don't think it quite counts as dystopian.

When I saw it the first time, I remember thinking that those commercials consisting of a montage of different people saying the same thing wouldn't survive another year, nevermind to the 2070s. Eight years on, that style of advertising shows no signs of letting up.
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post #14 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:56pm
I think you guys covered all the movies, if not franchises -- unless T2 counts.
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post #15 of 70
6/7/09 at 8:57pm
Westworld and Omega Man
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