Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore dystopian societies and unsettling imagined futures.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 421 films.
Thriller, dystopian fiction, dystopian film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
In an alternate 20th century, the United States is a totalitarian military regime following a devastating civil war. The regime has established an annual event, the "Long Walk", which aims to inspire patriotism and work ethic among the des…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Horror, Zombiefilm, dystopian film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
After being rescued by the Fingers, a gang led by the psychopathic Satan worshipper, "Sir Lord" Jimmy Crystal, Spike is forced to kill Jimmy Shite in a death match, as an initiation. Sir Jimmy then renames the young boy "Jimmy" to match th…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Zombiefilm, dystopian film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film, zombie film
During the initial outbreak of the Rage Virus, a young boy, Jimmy Crystal, flees his house in the Scottish Highlands as his family is attacked by the Infected. He takes refuge in the local church with his father, a minister, but finds him …
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Drama, Sci-Fi, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, hard science fiction, science fiction film, thriller film, time-travel film
In the near future, humanity faces extinction due to dust storms and widespread crop blights. Joseph Cooper, a widowed former NASA test pilot, works as a farmer and raises his children, Murph and Tom, with his father-in-law Donald. Followi…
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Action, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film
In the near future, the United States is ruled by the Network, an authoritarian media network. Most viewers live in poverty with little access to healthcare, and the Network placates the masses with trashy, violent game shows and reality t…
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Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
Taking place twenty-four years before the first film, 16-year-old Haymitch Abernathy is selected to compete in the fiftieth Hunger Games. Every twenty-fifth edition of the games, known as a Quarter Quell, adds a special twist to the annual…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, Zombiefilm, action film, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, independent film, katastrophe, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, zombie film
A group of animal rights activists infiltrate a laboratory in Cambridge which houses abnormally aggressive chimpanzees. Despite a scientist warning that the chimpanzees are "infected" with "rage", an activist frees one; it attacks her and,…
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Action, Hard Science Fiction, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, detective film, dystopian film, neo-noir, science fiction film
In the year 2035, humanoid robots serve humanity, which is protected by the Three Laws of Robotics. Del Spooner is a homicide detective in the Chicago Police Department who hates and distrusts robots after one rescued him from a car crash …
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Cyberpunk, Super Hero, action film, action thriller, cyberpunk, dystopian film, film noir, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film
In 1999, in an unnamed city, Thomas Anderson, a computer programmer known as "Neo" in hacking circles, investigates the mystery of the "Matrix", bringing him to the attention of hacker Trinity. She tells him that Morpheus can answer Neo's …
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Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, mystery film, neo-noir, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2049 Los Angeles, bioengineered humans known as replicants are still used for slave labor. K (short for serial number, KD6-3.7), a Nexus-9 replicant, works for the Los Angeles Police Department as a "blade runner", an officer who hunts …
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Action, Cyberpunk, Film Noir, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, film noir, neo-noir, science fiction film, tech noir, thriller film
In 2019 Los Angeles, former police officer Rick Deckard is detained by Officer Gaff, who likes to make origami figures, and is brought to his former supervisor, Bryant. Deckard, whose job as a "blade runner" was to track down bioengineered…
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Drama, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, drama film
In a war-ravaged Panem, Coriolanus Snow is selected to be a mentor for a tribute in the 10th Annual Hunger Games. The winning tribute's mentor is to be awarded the Plinth Prize scholarship, which Snow hopes to use to restore his family's p…
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Utopia & Dystopia, War Film, action film, drama film, dystopian film
A civil war has engulfed the United States between the authoritarian federal government, led by a third-term president, and three secessionist movements. Despite the president claiming victory is imminent, it is widely expected that Washin…
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Drama, Satire On Media, Sci-Fi, comedy film, drama film, dystopian fiction, dystopian film, science fiction film, tragicomedy
Selected at birth and legally adopted by a television studio following an unwanted pregnancy, Truman Burbank is the unsuspecting star of The Truman Show, a reality television program filmed and broadcast worldwide, 24/7, through hidden cam…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Destiny, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, chase film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, tech-noir film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In 1984 Los Angeles, an imposing man appears naked in an alley amid electric flashes and attacks some punks for clothes. Later, a man with scars appears in an alley the same way and evades police. The first man robs a gun shop, looks up ad…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, black comedy film, chase film, comedy film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, girls with guns, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, suspense film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In 2029, Earth has been ravaged by the war between the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet and the human resistance. Skynet sends the T-1000—an advanced, shape-shifting prototype Terminator made of virtually indestructible liquid met…
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Action, Satire On Media, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 2017, following a worldwide economic collapse and resource scarcity, the USA has become a totalitarian police state. The government maintains control through propaganda and censorship of unsanctioned art, music, and communication. The s…
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Action, Alter Ego, Cyberpunk, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, cyberpunk, science fiction film
Leading software engineer Kevin Flynn, formerly employed by technology corporation ENCOM, now runs a video game arcade, where he hacks into ENCOM's system with a program called CLU, hoping to find proof that he is the true author of ENCOM'…
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Political Drama, Political Satire, Social Drama, action film, arthouse science fiction film, black comedy film, comedy drama, crime comedy film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, dystopian film, exploitation film, mystery film, prison film, satirical film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
thumb|right|Human furniture from the Korova milk bar, where the "milk-plus" was served In a futuristic Britain, Alex DeLarge is leader of a gang of "droogs": Georgie, Dim, and Pete. They engage in an intoxicated evening of "ultra-violence"…
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Dark Comedy, Political Satire, Time Travel, Utopia & Dystopia, comedy film, dystopian film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Prologue: A glib case study demonstrates how ne'er-do-wells with lower IQ scores and incomes rashly reproduce at greater rates than more prudent, affluent, and overly logical intellectuals, thus reducing future humanity's average intellige…
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Drama, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film
Panem is a dystopian, post-apocalyptic nation divided into twelve districts ruled by the Capitol. As punishment for a failed rebellion 74 years earlier, each district must annually select two tributes, one boy and one girl between the ages…
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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, comedy film, dystopian film, fantasy film, science fiction film
In 1914, aliens known as Mondoshawans meet their contact on Earth, a priest of a secret order, at an ancient Egyptian temple. They take the only weapon capable of defeating a great evil that appears every 5,000 years, promising to protect …
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Action, Adventure, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, tech noir, thriller film
In 2027, total human infertility has led to wars and global depression, pushing civilization to the brink of collapse as humanity faces extinction. The UK has transformed into a totalitarian police state in which asylum seekers are arreste…
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Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, science fiction film
In a dystopian 2045, people seek to escape from reality through the OASIS (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation), a virtual reality entertainment universe created by James Halliday and Ogden Morrow of Gregarious Games…
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