Snarkerati's Top 50 Dystopian Movies of All Time

Submitted by johnnysplash on Sun, 11/08/2009 - 16:17
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  1. Equilibrium (2002)
  2. One Point O (2004)
  3. Starship Troopers (1997)
  4. Rollerball (1975)
  5. Death Race 2000 (1975)
  6. Idiocracy (2006)
  7. Strange Days (1995)
  8. Logan’s Run (1976)
  9. I Robot (2004)
  10. Soylent Green (1973)
  11. A Boy and His Dog (1975)
  12. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
  13. Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
  14. Silent Running (1972)
  15. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
  16. Escape from New York (1981)
  17. THX 1138 (1971)
  18. They Live (1988)
  19. District 13 (2004)
  20. War Of the Worlds (1953)
  21. Dark City (1998)
  22. Total Recall (1990)
  23. Mad Max (1979)
  24. On The Beach (1959)
  25. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
  26. Gattaca (1997)
  27. Metropolis (2001)
  28. V for Vendetta (2005)
  29. Planet of the Apes (1968)
  30. The City of Lost Children (1995)
  31. Akira (1988)
  32. RoboCop (1987)
  33. Battle Royale (2000)
  34. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
  35. Pleasantville (1998)
  36. Serenity (2005)
  37. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
  38. Alphaville (1965)
  39. The Trial (1962)
  40. Sleeper (1973)
  41. Delicatessen (1991)
  42. Minority Report (2002)
  43. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
  44. The Matrix (1999)
  45. Children of Men (2006)
  46. Blade Runner (1982)
  47. Wings of Desire (1987)
  48. Brazil (1985)
  49. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  50. Metropolis (1927)
  51. Bonus:
  52. Code 46 (2003)
  53. The Omega Man (1971)
  54. The Running Man (1987)
  55. Le Dernier Combat (1983)
  56. Avalon (2001)
  57. No Blade of Grass (1970)
Author Comments: 

The most simple definition of a dystopia is as follows: An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.

In some instances we admittedly used quite a broad interpretation of a dystopia, but for the most part we think we were fairly consistent. We removed a few movies like Star Wars, which easily fit the dystopian model, because we didn’t want high profile science fiction movies to dominate the list. Instead we wanted to give films which may not have been as widely watched a chance to be discovered.

We never intended for this to be considered a definitive list. Our goal was to write something that would promote discussion and connect people with films they may have never seen or even heard of. In this I think we succeeded.

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