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Let me start again, I am Wyatt and I am a software engineer. I am also a process theologian, author, music hipster, struggling artist who enjoys thinking outside of your finitude. I am not as pretentious as that line makes me sound. If you have some spare time read more about me.
A dystopia is the opposite of a utopia. While there are more movies that fit that classification, I have chosen 75 movies that embody a dystopia. They are not in any particular order. I tried to include an image and summary for each, but it ended up taking longer than I cared to spend, so I stopped. If there are any that you think I missed, be sure to append them to the comments below. After many is a link to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) and if there is not a link, then simply visit www.imdb.com and search for the movie. If I had something to say I added it, otherwise I am quoting the plot summary available at IMDb. Also, if there is a sequel I am only including one of the movies . For example, there are 3 Mad Max movies, but I am only listing the first Mad Max (I liked Road Warrior the best out the trilogy).
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Based on the Cormac McCarthy book, this movie is due out early 2009 and is sure to be a classic dystopian film. It is about a man and a boy traveling a main road in a post-apocalyptic period. The book was amazing, so I can't wait to see this film.
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In future Britain, charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge is jailed and later volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem.
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
In a dystopic future Australia, a vicious biker gang murder a cop's family and make his fight with them personal.
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.
Post-apocalyptic America. What begins as a con game becomes one man's quest to rebuild civilization by resuming postal service.
In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
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A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state.
A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved.
Animal activists invade a laboratory with the intention of releasing chimpanzees that are undergoing experimentation, infected by a virus -a virus that causes rage. The naive activists ignore the pleas of a scientist to keep the cages locked, with disastrous results.
Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.
One that comes to mind is The Stepford Wives (the original, please, not the remake).