Your most dystopian movie you ever saw

DoctorG

I like to know which movie you have seen in your youth or as adult or now, which showed you a dystopia future.

A dystopia is for me a fictional scenario that represents a dark, frightening and undesirable vision of the future.

Some movies/tv screen play i have seen when i was younger

Soylent Green (1973)
Silent Running (1972)
Blade Runner (1982)

Yes, question of a ol’ gal

hlehyaric

@DoctorG I'll add Gattaca. I saw Soylent Green & Blade Runner but not Silent Running.

DoctorG

Reiner Erler's "Fleisch" (1979, German TV)
About Illegal organ trafficking

nomadic

@DoctorG Some more:

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) [Liked it better than the original Blade Runner]
Brazil (1985)
I, Robot (2004)
In Time (2011)
The Island (2005) [A bit too much Michael Bay stylized]
Starship Troopers (1997) [Satire making fun of a dystopian future]

Some that skew a bit apocalyptic:

Planet of the Apes (1968)
Snowpiercer (2013) [Not a favorite movie of mine, but did see it]
The Time Machine (1960)
WALL-E (2008)

DoctorG

@nomadic Oh, yes i forgot to post:

Brazil
Terry Gilliam.
Bad data lead to arrest and dearth of a innocent burocrat person in a fascist system.
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Space exploring vehicle came beack to earth and this lead to a deadly disease in a small city

nomadic

@DoctorG If we are including The Andromeda Strain, then I might have a few more movies to add. Will take another look through my movies list later. Was being a bit too restrictive with my interpretation of "dystopian future".

DoctorG

So bad that enough fiction became reality.

Colossus
Supercomputer gains too much power
1984 (1984)
Surveillance, Fake news, "correct" language
The Borne Identity (2002)
Stealing identity

DoctorG

@nomadic said in Your most dystopian movie you ever saw:

Was being a bit too restrictive with my interpretation of "dystopian future".

Sorry, i did not know what to write for the threead to be clear; may be my rusty english (and i am tired now from IT work, this creates more bad sentences) caused a weak interpretation. But such can happen.
I did not know for myself what i wanted to add in list, you see my posts later, i remembered more and more.

DoctorG

Dr. Seltsam oder: Wie ich lernte, die Bombe zu lieben - Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Fanatic Texanian General starts nucelar war with help of german Nazi scientist Dr. Seltsam
East and West block and their Dooms Day machines

In our days of new world leaders and AI controlling weapons not very futuristic anymore.

Catweazle

I can only repeat the above already mencioned movies, adding maybe most US movies about saving the Earth (with the American flag waving at the end), but I've enough with the daily news.

Pathduck

Some of my faves:

Anime classic (obvious choice...)
Akira (1988)

Cult post-apocalypse plus weirdo dystopian bunker society:
A Boy and His Dog (1975)

Huge fan of the Caro/Jeunet films:
Delicatessen (1991)
City of Lost Children (1995)

We are already living in it:
Idiocracy (2006)

Special mention:
The Lobster (2015)

nomadic

Got much looser in my interpretation and looked over my list more carefully. Might have gone a bit overboard...

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and 2010 (1984): Humans try to understand an alien object, but encounter issues with an AI along the way
Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986): Space corporation's inadequate response to alien threat
Annihilation (2018): Shadowy research base and the strange area they explore
Capricorn One (1977): Government conspiracy to hide fake Mars mission
Chappie (2015): Robot learning to live with humanity
City of Ember (2008): Society went underground to survive an apocalypse, but now their society is failing
Contagion (2011): Much like the COVID-19 pandemic
District 9 (2009): Alien refuges forced into awful living conditions
Edge of Tomorrow (2014): Time loop with aliens and advanced war machinery
Elysium (2013): The wealthy abandon Earth to a high tech space station to leave the less fortunate to try and get there for survival
Equilibrium (2002): Totalitarian society where emotions are forbidden
Forbidden Planet (1956): Scientist on distant planet meddles with things they don't understand
Get Out (2017): A secret society luring minorities to them for nefarious purposes
Guns Akimbo (2020): Online troll forced into gladiator type contest. One of Daniel Radcliffe's funny yet odd movies
Her (2013): Basically ChatGPT-4o replaces meaningful human interaction
Holes (2003): Unusual punishment for children that committed minor crimes
I Am Mother (2019): Human raised by a robot that has ulterior motives
I Think We're Alone Now (2018): One of the few survivors on Earth has a happy existence until another survivor shows up
Interstellar (2014): Earth is dying, so astronauts are sent out to try and find a new home, but they must grapple with the consequences of those they leave behind
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and The Invasion (2007): Humans gradually being replaced by lookalike alien invaders
Looper (2012): Future criminals sending people they want killed to hitmen in the past
Minority Report (2002): Police use gifted individuals to arrest people before they commit a crime, but it might not be as reliable as they thought
Moon (2009): A solo job on the moon, but the worker discovers it is more dystopian
Repo Men (2010): Artificial organs exist, but if you miss a payment, they send people after you to take them back
Space Sweepers (2021): Space salvagers that get mixed up in a situation
Sunshine (2007): The sun is dying, so a team is sent to help reignite it, but the journey changes the crew
Surrogates (2009): Humans pilot "better" android replacements of themselves rather than experience the world
The Book of Eli (2010): A survivors journey across an apocalyptic world to try and save a book
The Circle (2017): The dangerous power of a mass surveillance company
The Day of the Triffids (1962): Alien plants blind most humans and hunt those that remain
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016): Zombie movie with some infected that aren't fully lost to the fungus
The Giver (2014): Community where the perception of the world is limited to exert control. Could just stick with the books instead
The Omega Man (1971) and I Am Legend (2007): Man made virus gone wrong that leaves few uninfected to survive amongst the infected
The Quiet Earth (1985): End of the world with only 3 survivors
The Road (2009): Tragic story of parent and their child across an apocalyptic world
The Signal (2014): Group of friends find themselves in an alien world [Bonus fact: origin of my username]
Them! (1954): Giant ants as the result of nuclear testing
Titan A.E. (2000): Humans forced to abandon Earth, but there still may be hope
Upgrade (2018): Human augmentation
V for Vendetta (2006): Masked vigilante takes on a fascist government
Vivarium (2019): Suburbia with an odd "creepy pasta" type internet story twist
WarGames (1983): AI's overactive imagination almost starts nuclear armageddon

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@nomadic No mention of Logan's Run or Mad Max?

nomadic

@TbGbe said in Your most dystopian movie you ever saw:

No mention of Logan's Run or Mad Max?

Logan's Run is on my list to watch. Missed a chance to watch it with my family when I was younger, so haven't gotten around to it yet.

As for the Mad Max movies, they haven't really appealed to me. Seen bits and pieces of the original ones and the new reboot, but maybe I will give them another chance if you insist

My sister is a fan, so if Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is still in theaters when she next visits, she will probably drag me along. She runs a sci-fi watching club amongst her friends, so she has more of an appreciation for some of the movies that I find a bit cheesy...

greybeard

@DoctorG @Catweazle @hlehyaric @nomadic @Pathduck @TbGbe
Gee wizzicurs, methinks I’ve seen 98% of those mentioned + a few more.
Did not realize all you folks have similar tastes!
Wow we should form a club.

Catweazle

@greybeard, welcome, I have been using the glasses mentioned in "They Live" since a long time.

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TravellinBob

Children of Men (I think that's the title) - starring the excellent Clive Owen and Michael Caine. British film and setting, our heroes trying to save the last pregnant woman in the world - or some such outlandish plot. Not watched it for a couple of years but it's really well done in its potrayal of a country going to hell......

Aaron

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Pathduck

@TravellinBob said in Your most dystopian movie you ever saw:

Children of Men (I think that's the title)

Oh yeah, how could I forget about that one, Children of Men is really great and darkly realistic.

Pesala