The best dystopian movies of all time
The top 3 according to 11 votes from people: Blade Runner (1982) · The Matrix (1999) · Brazil (1985). (Updated Aug 21, 2023.)
Surveillance states, corporations and broken future worlds: the dystopian films that top Moviepilot, Vodafone Featured and JustWatch.
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Top 14
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1
Blade Runner (1982)
Harrison Ford hunts replicants in the Los Angeles of 2019.
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2
The Matrix (1999)
The world is a simulation and Neo takes the red pill.
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3
Brazil (1985)
Terry Gilliam's bureaucratic nightmare.
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4
Gattaca (1997)
A society sorted by genes.
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5
The Hunger Games (2012)
Teenagers fight to the death on live TV.
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6
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Firemen burn books; François Truffaut.
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7
Metropolis (1927)
Fritz Lang's city split between the elite and the workers.
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8
V for Vendetta (2005)
A masked rebel against a fascist Britain.
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9
Snowpiercer (2013)
The last humans on a train, divided by class.
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10
Minority Report (2002)
Crimes are stopped before they happen.
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11
Children of Men (2006)
A world without children and one pregnant woman.
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12
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Alex and the Ludovico technique; Stanley Kubrick.
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13
WALL-E (2008)
A robot cleans up a rubbish-covered Earth.
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14
The Truman Show (1998)
Jim Carrey unknowingly lives inside a TV show.
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15
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Big Brother from George Orwell, with John Hurt.
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