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Horror, Zombiefilm, comedy horror film, dystopian film, exploitation film, splatter film, zombie comedy
The film opens with a news montage showing a dystopic near-future in which George W. Bush has been elected to a fourth term. The United States Congress has been disbanded; public nudity is banned; the United States is embroiled in wars wit…
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action film, dystopian film
A tall Japanese young male with no recollection of his past wakes up in an apartment in a district outside Tekken City before he is chased by armed men and nabbed by a femme fatale assassin named Rhona Anders. He is brought to a guerrilla …
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Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, dystopian film, live-action/animated film, science fiction film
In New York City, during the late 21st century, genetically altered humans live side by side with aliens and other beings, with the former lording over the latter and treating them as second class citizens. These beings have come to Earth …
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, science fiction film
The opening scenes of The Plan occur just prior to the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the televised miniseries Battlestar Galactica. Humanoid Cylon John Cavil is shown leading the planning for the genocidal attack on the human race.…
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Action, Sci-Fi, dystopian film, horror film
In a technologically advanced near future, Katherine Mills, a cyborg working for Harbinger Corporation, discovers a reprogramming anomaly regarding a warfare A.I. system located at Harbinger I Training Facility, an undisclosed military-tra…
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Drama, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
Dagny Taggart pilots an airplane in pursuit of another plane. Dagny asks herself, "Who is John Galt?" before apparently crashing into a mountainside. Nine months earlier, Dagny is trying to understand the abandoned prototype of an advanced…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In a crumbling United States, experiencing severe drought, people kill for water. Ernest Holm lives with his son, Jerome, and daughter, Mary, in a small house, next to a field. His wife, Katherine, is permanently hospitalized, after an acc…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, drama film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
During a second ice age, two people walk through a blank, frozen tundra, the seal hunter Essex and his pregnant companion Vivia, the daughter of one of Essex's late hunting partners. They are traveling north, where Essex hopes to reunite w…
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Action, Girls with Guns, action film, drama film, dystopian film, girls with guns
In a dystopian society plagued by crime, children are kidnapped and sold to trafficking networks. A young woman named Sawa lives in this environment, where gangs dominate the streets. After her mother and father, a police officer, are murd…
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Sci-Fi, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film
The movie loosely follows the plot of Huxley's novel, but adds a twist to the end. Just as Bernard Marx is about to take over the job of Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning, replacing the disgraced previous director, Lenina informs him…
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Drama, drama film, dystopian film, trial film
LGBTQ-related film, Sci-Fi, arthouse science fiction film, dystopian film, science fiction film
The film is set during the 10th anniversary of a peaceful socialist-democratic revolution, and follows two feminist groups in New York City, each voicing their concerns to the public by pirate radio. One group, led by an outspoken white le…
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Action, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film
The year is 2050, during the final years of the human race. In the United Corporations of America, which is plagued by overpopulation and an unemployment rate of 99.993%, the Death Race provides both entertainment and population control. S…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Steampunk, action film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
The story is set in the year 2707. The world is loosely based on that of the Mutant Chronicles role-playing game, in which many technologies are steam powered and mankind has exhausted Earth's natural resources. The protagonists must battl…
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post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In 1979, NASA scientist Dylan Hunt is working on "Project Ganymede", a suspended animation system for astronauts on long-duration spaceflights. As chief of the project he volunteers for the first multi-day test. He places himself in chemic…
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Romance Film, Sci-Fi, Thriller, arthouse science fiction film, biopunk, drama film, dystopian film, romance film, science fiction film
In the year 2077, the world is divided between those who live "inside", in high-density cities, and the underclass who live "outside" in massive concentration camps. Access to the cities is highly restricted and regulated through the use o…
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Action, Action Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Time Travel, dystopian film, time-travel film
In the present day, Dexter's rival Mandark attempts to steal Dexter's invention, the Neurotomic Protocore. Mandark is thwarted by Dexter, who then returns to work in his lab. After being annoyed by his sister Dee Dee, he tells her to go aw…
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Justice Drama, Police Film, Political Thriller, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2054, a "Precrime" pilot program is running in Washington, D.C. in the United States. Three clairvoyant individuals known as "precognitives" or "precogs" receive psychic visions about imminent homicides.
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Sci-Fi, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, science fiction film, thriller film
A small family in a lonely outpost on Mars is attacked by bandits. One of the bandits, Jerry, survives and kills the family father. He attempts to integrate into the family, demanding thirty days to prove himself to the survivors, mother I…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, dystopian film
In the future, war, climate and political agendas have robbed America of its resources. An agency called "the Humanity Bureau" ensures citizens are efficient. Inefficient citizens are deported to a city called New Eden.
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Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, prison film, science fiction film, thriller film
By 2038, all of Earth's natural resources have been depleted. Multinational corporations have taken control of the galaxy and rival companies battle each other for access to mining planets. A major battle is for Moon 44, a fuel mining oper…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, comedy film, dystopian film, katastrophe, monster film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
Ro-Man Extension XJ-2, referred to as just Ro-Man (a creature with an ape-like body and an antenna-equipped helmet covering its head and emitting electric flashes), has destroyed all human life on Earth with a Calcinator death ray to preve…
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Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia
Anna is being nursed to health by Helen and Peter on a remote island in the North Sea after waking up with no memory, pregnant, and in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. She is told that James is her husband and that they arrived on the i…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Thriller, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, neo-noir, science fiction film, vigilante film
In a comic book-like world, Jonathan Preest is the masked vigilante of Meanwhile City, where everyone is legally enforced to adopt a religion. Preest, the only atheist in town, learns that his nemesis, The Individual, has kidnapped a girl.…
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