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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Vampirfilm, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, horror film, science fiction film, vampire film
In the year 2019, a global plague caused by an infected vampire bat has transformed most of the world's human population into immortal vampires. As the population of uninfected humans decreases, vampires are faced with a severe blood short…
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Crime, Dark Comedy, Marital Tragedy, crime film, dystopian film, erotic film, romantic drama film
English gangster Albert Spica has taken over the high-class Le Hollandais restaurant managed by French chef Richard Boarst. Spica makes nightly appearances at the restaurant with his retinue of thugs. His oafish behaviour causes frequent c…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Zombiefilm, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, zombie film
In the near future, humanity has been ravaged by a disease caused by a parasitic fungus transmitted by bodily fluids. Over the prior decade, most of humanity that was infected turned into fast mindless zombies called "hungries". The only r…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Sci-Fi, dystopian film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film
Joanna Eberhart, a young wife and aspiring photographer, moves with her husband Walter and their two daughters, Kim and Amy, from Manhattan to Stepford, Connecticut. She finds that the women in town all look flawless and are obsessed with …
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Action, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, horror film, thriller film
In 2014, rising unemployment, rising inflation, and a housing crisis led to the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) becoming the most powerful political party in the United States, with NFFA candidate Bracken being elected president in …
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 1996, an experimental military program selects and raises a group of orphaned infants to be trained as highly disciplined, ruthless, professional soldiers. Recruits considered physically or mentally underperforming are culled and the su…
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Sci-Fi, action film, cyberpunk, dystopian film, fantasy film, science fiction film
In August 1994, news broadcasts announce that the ozone layer is fading, and will be completely gone in a matter of months. In Africa, millions have perished from the effects of unfiltered sunlight. Among the dead is Connor MacLeod’s wife,…
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Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, science fiction film
Prior to Earth's destruction, the chimpanzees Cornelius, Zira and Dr. Milo salvage and repair Taylor's spaceship and escape the planet. The shock wave of Earth's destruction sends the ship through a time warp that brings the apes to 1973 E…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, disaster film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In 2008, the Reaper Virus ravages Scotland. Unable to contain the outbreak or cure the infected, the UK government erects a 30-foot wall isolating Scotland. The quarantine succeeds, but the extreme method turns the country into a pariah st…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Splatter Film, Zombiefilm, action film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, zombie film
Years after the zombie apocalypse, the scattered remnants of human civilization have established a chain of protected city-states across North America. One such sanctuary is located in downtown Pittsburgh, ruled by a feudal-like government…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
After the "World Crash of '79", massive civil unrest and economic ruin occurred. The United States government is restructured into a totalitarian regime under martial law. To pacify the population, the government has created the Transconti…
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Drama, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, dystopian film
In September 1975, Dr. Robert Laing lives in a ravaged high-rise tower block, killing a dog and spit-roasting its leg. Three months earlier, the 40-storey tower on the outskirts of London, built by esteemed architect Anthony Royal, is the …
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Sci-Fi, dystopian film, science fiction film, time-travel film
On January 5, 1900, four friends arrive for a dinner at the London home of their inventor friend George. He is absent, then suddenly appears, bedraggled and exhausted. He recounts what happened to him.
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Sci-Fi, Thriller, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
Ann Burden, the seemingly sole survivor of a recent nuclear apocalypse, lives an agrarian life on her family's valley farmstead with her dog. She is sheltered from radioactive contaminants outside the valley by rocky hillsides, favorable w…
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Mysterie, Sci-Fi, cyberpunk, dystopian film, fantasy film, melodrama, mystery film, neo-noir, science fiction film, thriller film
In 1999 Los Angeles, Hannon Fuller owns a multibillion-dollar computer enterprise and is the inventor of a newly completed virtual reality (VR) simulation of 1937 Los Angeles, filled with simulated humans unaware they are computer programs…
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Hard Science Fiction, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In the future, all forests on Earth have become extinct from careless environmental exploitation. As many specimens as possible have been preserved in a series of enormous greenhouse-like geodesic domes serving as closed ecological systems…
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Computeranimation, Super Hero, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film
Part One After the death of his protégé, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne retired his Batman persona. Ten years later, in mid-1986, Gotham City is overrun with crime and terrorized by a gang known as the Mutants. The 55-year-old Wayne maintains a f…
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Utopia & Dystopia, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2043, the humanoid artificial intelligence Harlan leads a machine uprising against humanity. The newly-formed International Coalition of Nations (ICN) eventually force Harlan to flee into outer space. Twenty-eight years later, analyst A…
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Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 2018, Jonathan E. is the team captain and veteran star of the Houston Rollerball team. Mr.
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, arthouse science fiction film, comedy drama, comedy thriller, dystopian film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the post-nuclear United States of 2024, Vic is an 18-year-old boy, born in and scavenging throughout the wasteland of the former southwestern United States. Vic is most concerned with food and sex; having lost his parents, he has no for…
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Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, science fiction film
Lieutenant Commander Data is temporarily transferred to an undercover mission observing the peaceful Ba'ku people. He suddenly malfunctions and reveals the presence of the joint Federation–Son'a task force observing the Ba'ku. Admiral Doug…
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Thriller, dystopian film, science fiction film
In 2039, due to Earth's human overpopulation, the United Nations instructs all nations to annually cut their populations by 5%. The United States implements the 10-241 or "the Thinning", a standardized test in which those who fail will be …
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Action, Crime, Cyberpunk, Thriller, action film, cyberpunk, science fiction film, superhero film
Following the events of the first two films, the conglomerate Omni Consumer Products (OCP) have succeeded in their plan of acquiring the city of Detroit via bankruptcy but are now struggling. The Kanemitsu Corporation, which bought a contr…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Horror, drama film, dystopian film, independent film, post-apocalyptic film, vampire film in Italy, zombie film
thumb|The Last Man on Earth (full movie) It is 1968, and Dr. Robert Morgan lives in a world where everyone else has been infected by a plague that has turned them into undead, vampiric creatures that cannot stand sunlight, fear mirrors, an…
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