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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In 2000, a massive earthquake strikes the city of L.A., cutting it off from the mainland as the San Fernando Valley floods. Declaring that God is punishing L.A. for its sins, a theocratic presidential candidate wins election to a lifetime …
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Action, Utopia & Dystopia, dystopian fiction, horror film
In 2048, eight years after Charlie Roan's presidential election, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) party has been re-elected and have re-instituted the annual Purge with its original rules. White supremacists and nativism have sur…
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Animation, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Treasure Hunting, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 3028 A.D. (The 31st century), a groundbreaking scientific project known as "The Titan Project" incurs the wrath of the Drej, a hostile race of aliens made of pure energy, who fear that it will allow humans to challenge them. Determined …
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In 3000 AD, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler lives in the Rocky Mountains with a band of cave-dwellers who fear the "demons" that rule Earth. Jonnie doubts their stories and rides into the lowlands, where hunters Carlo and Rock show him a desolate and…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Super Hero, Utopia & Dystopia, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film
In a dystopian future, a plague (called Idiopathic Adolescent Acute Neurodegeneration) kills nearly 90 percent of the children in the United States. Those who survive develop superpowers. They are classified by color: Green (increased inte…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Girls with Guns, Western film, Zombiefilm, action film, biopunk, dystopian film, girls with guns, horror film, horror western, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, zombie film
A cloned Alice wakes up in a mansion, wanders through its halls, and is forced to escape several security traps. However, she is eventually killed by a bounding mine hidden on the floor. Her body is dumped into a pit filled with dozens of …
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Fantasy, action film, dystopian film, fantasy film, monster film, post-apocalyptic film
In 2002, young Quinn Abercromby is visiting a London Underground construction project. Construction workers penetrate a cave and a dragon emerges from hibernation, incinerating the workers with its fire breath. The only survivor is Quinn, …
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Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film
At the end of the 21st century, chemical warfare has devastated the Earth. The only habitable land left consists of two territories: the United Federation of Britain (UFB), located on the British Isles and northwestern Europe, and the Colo…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, disaster film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the future year of 1964, World War III has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, killing all humans there. The cobalt bomb's fallout is elevated compared to that of atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs. Air currents are slowly carrying the fal…
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Animation, Conspiracy Thriller, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In the near future, the United States has lost the war on drugs. Substance D, a powerful drug that causes bizarre hallucinations, has swept the country. Approximately 20 percent of the population is addicted.
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, romance film, science fiction film
Evelyn re-closes Chicago's wall, and puts Jeanine's supporters on trial for plotting a coup. Johanna turns her back on this and is followed by many newly christened Allegiants. Tris and Four free Caleb and escape over the wall with Tori, C…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
The world is a post-apocalyptic wasteland caused by ecocide and a nuclear war over resources. In Mainland Australia, Max Rockatansky crosses the desert in a carriage pulled by a team of camels. The airborne bandit Jedediah and his young so…
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Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, action film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film
Dr. Will Caster is a scientist who researches the nature of sapience, including artificial intelligence. He and his team work to create a sentient computer; he predicts that such a computer will create a technological singularity, or in hi…
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Sci-Fi, dystopian film, science fiction film
In the future, the world has fallen into chaos after exhausting all natural resources. To keep humanity alive, scientists first create genetically modified orchids that are a new energy source, and second, a surgical procedure to enhance h…
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Fantasy, Komödie, action comedy film, action film, dystopian film, girls with guns, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the year 2033, after a decade-long global drought in the wake of a comet striking the Earth, the little remaining water is controlled by Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell) and his Water & Power (W&P) corporation, which subdues the population by…
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Action, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, prison film, science fiction action film, thriller film
In 2012, the United States' failed economy and rising crime rates led to an increased number of privatized prisons. At one such prison, Terminal Island Penitentiary, Warden Claire Hennessey profits from livestreaming Death Race, a three-da…
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Fantasy, Psychodrama, Psychological Thriller, action film, biopunk, body horror film, comedy drama, comedy film, comedy horror film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, mystery film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
In the near future, virtual reality games are played on biotechnological "game pods" that attach to people's "bio-ports", connectors surgically inserted into players' spines. Two game companies, Antenna Research and Cortical Systematics, c…
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Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film
In a dystopian 2073, overpopulation has resulted in a strict one-child policy, enforced by the European Federation's Child Allocation Bureau. Any illegal children found by the C.A.B. are taken and placed in indefinite cryosleep.
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Action, Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, Thriller, action film, dystopian film, fantasy film, horror film, satanic film, thriller film
Former NYPD Police Detective Jericho Cane runs an elite security agency in New York City. Haunted by the murder of his wife and daughter, both killed in retaliation for his testimony against corrupt police officers, he considers suicide. O…
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Action Comedy, Utopia & Dystopia, action comedy film, action film, comedy film
By 2030, the financially desperate government of California creates the deadly Grand Lottery: each Lottery Day, the randomly selected winner must survive until sundown; anyone with a losing ticket can kill the winner to claim the multi-mil…
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Horror, Thriller, crime film, dystopian film, horror film, mystery film, supernatural film
Policeman Edward Malus gets news from his ex-fiancée, Willow Woodward, that her daughter Rowan is missing. He travels to an island in the Puget Sound off the coast of Washington where a group of neo-pagans live. They are led by Sister Summ…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, police film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film
In 2028, OmniCorp revolutionizes warfare by introducing robotic peacekeeping drones. CEO Raymond Sellars wants to market this technology to U.S. law enforcement, but the Dreyfus Act bans the use of domestic militarized drones.
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Cartoon, Political Drama, drama film, satire
Manor Farm is mismanaged by its drunken owner, Mr. Jones. Prize pig Old Major encourages the farm animals to rebel against Jones and take over the farm, teaching them the revolutionary song "Beasts of England" before he dies from a heart a…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Girls with Guns, action film, biopunk, dystopian film, girls with guns, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, spy film
In 2011, a deadly pathogenic virus has killed 99 percent of the Earth's population, forcing the survivors to regroup and scatter across the Earth. Four centuries later, in 2415, the remaining five million humans inhabit Bregna, a dystopian…
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