Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore dystopian societies and unsettling imagined futures.
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Adventure, Drama, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, survival film
An aircraft carrying 24 American military school cadet boys returning home ditches near an uninhabited jungle island in the Pacific Ocean. Captain Benson, the pilot of the plane and the only adult survivor, is seriously injured and delirio…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Political Satire, Splatter Film, Zombiefilm, action film, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, independent film, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction horror film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film, zombie film
Seven years after the events of Dawn of the Dead, the zombie apocalypse has ravaged the entire world. The societal structures that used to safeguard civilization have mostly vanished, leaving the scattered remnants of human survivors vastl…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Cyberpunk, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, neo-noir, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, superhero film
In the future, the Earth has become a deadly wasteland called the Cursed Earth. The few survivors live in overcrowded "Mega-Cities" plagued by rampant crime. To combat this, a new order of law enforcement has emerged: Judges, officers who …
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Action, Cyberpunk, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, arthouse science fiction film, comedy film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In the Mojave Desert, a policeman pulls over a 1964 Chevrolet Malibu driven by J. Frank Parnell. The policeman opens the trunk, sees a blinding flash of white light, and instantly vaporizes, leaving only his boots behind.
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Sci-Fi, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the early 21st century following a sterility plague caused by global warming, war rages across the Republic of Gilead (formerly the United States of America, which collapsed after a civil war between Fascists and Radical Feminists), and…
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Sci-Fi, Thriller, disaster film, dystopian film, science fiction film
Dr. Charles A. Forbin is the chief designer of a secret project, "Colossus", an advanced supercomputer built to control the United States and Allied nuclear weapon systems.
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Action, Crime, Cyberpunk, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, science fiction film, superhero film
Detroit is facing bankruptcy after failing to pay off its debts to conglomerate Omni Consumer Products (OCP). The OCP chairman intends to have the city default on its debt, then foreclose on all public property, so they may move ahead with…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
Following a calamity referred to as "the Ruin," society has been reorganized, taking away any sense of emotion, good or bad. Babies are conceived through genetic engineering, and neuroleptic-like medications suppress strong emotions and se…
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Action, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, horror film, thriller film
In 2023, as people across America prepare for the annual Purge, where all crimes are legalized, an anti-Purge resistance group formed by Carmelo Johns hacks into live feeds to denounce the NFFA. In L.A., waitress Eva Sanchez returns home t…
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Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
After human overpopulation depletes Earth's resources, humanity builds an interstellar ark, the Elysium. It carries 60,000 people on a 123-year trip to colonize Tanis, an Earth-like planet. The passengers are placed in hypersleep, and a ro…
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Action, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, romance film, science fiction film
Five days after the assault on the Abnegation faction by the Erudite leader Jeanine and her mind-controlled Dauntless soldiers, Jeanine has declared martial law, insisting the Divergents and their allies are the enemies. Among the Abnegati…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, alternate history film, comedy drama, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, romantic comedy, science fiction film, thriller film
On July 4, 2005, El Paso and Abilene, Texas are destroyed and hundreds of thousands are killed by twin nuclear attacks, sending the United States into a state of a Third World War, with the government re-introducing the draft. The PATRIOT …
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, adventure film, children's film, dystopian film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
When an unspecified global catastrophe looms, an underground city known as Ember is constructed to shelter a large group of survivors. In addition, a small metal box intended for a future generation of Emberites is timed to open after 200 …
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Action, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime film, dystopian film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2022, a young Charlie Roan is forced to watch as her family is killed on Purge night. Eighteen years later, Roan is a U.S. Senator running for president and promising to end the Purge nights.
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Monster Film, Thriller, action film, disaster film, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, zombie film
In March 1975, a Sino-Soviet border conflict escalates into full-scale war in which biological warfare destroys most of the human race. U.S. Army Col.
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Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the year 2293, the human population is divided into the immortal "Eternals" and mortal "Brutals". The Brutals live in an irradiated wasteland, growing food for the Eternals, who live apart in "the Vortex", leading a luxurious but aimles…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Musical, Slasher Horror, Splatter Film, biopunk, comedy horror, dystopian film, horror film, musical film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction comedy
By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet and wiped out 99% of the human population. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan. Clients who miss payments are hunted down by Repo…
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Horror, Romance Film, cannibal film, dystopian film, horror film, romantic comedy
A young woman named Arlen is exiled to a desert outside Texas, where people deemed undesirable by the government (the "bad batch") are forced to fend for themselves. A sign declares the area outside of the US and that American laws and cit…
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Action, Thriller, action film, dystopian fiction, science fiction film
Boy, a young child, lives in a dystopian city with his mother and younger sister Mina. Boy and Mina often play arcade games and draw illustrations of their future. The city is ruled by the Van Der Koy family: Gideon, Melanie, Melanie's hus…
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Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, science fiction film, thriller film
Through her friend Annie, call center intern Mae Holland secures a customer support position at The Circle, a tech and social media company. Mae takes the job, hoping to support her parents, particularly her father who suffers from multipl…
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Drama, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, dystopian fiction, science fiction film
In the future, after a Second American Civil War, most reading in the United States is confined to the Internet, called "The 9", and most books are banned (except for greatly simplified versions of books, such as the Bible, To the Lighthou…
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Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, alien invasion, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, romance film, science fiction film, thriller film
Small parasitic aliens called "Souls", who travel to planets inserting themselves into a host body of that planet's dominant species while suppressing the host's consciousness, have taken over the human race. Deeming humans too violent to …
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Action, Modern-Day Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, science fiction film
A man wakes inside a laboratory on an airship. A scientist, Estelle, tells him that his name is Henry, she is his wife, and he has been revived after an accident that left him amnesiac and mute. She replaces his missing limbs with cybernet…
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Thriller, political thriller film
Seattle television journalist Lee Carter witnesses the assassination of U.S. senator and presidential aspirant Charles Carroll atop the Space Needle during a campaign stop. The killer, disguised as a waiter, is killed during the pursuit.
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