dystopian future
16 movies and shows
The Running Man
Fri, 13 Nov 1987
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Fri, 09 Nov 1984
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Alphaville
Wed, 05 May 1965
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
The Siege at Thorn High
Thu, 17 Apr 2025
Edwin promised to his sister on her death bed to find her son she gave up long time ago. Edwin's quest brought him to become a substitute teacher in Duri High School, Jakarta, a school for juvenile delinquents. There he must face the most violent students to find his nephew. When he eventually finds the boy, a city-wide riot erupts and Edwin is trapped im the school with the cruel kids out for his blood.
Webmaster
Fri, 28 Aug 1998
J.B. (Lars Bom) - an ultra-talented Webmaster of an illicit cyber-domain known for massive amounts of illegal money transfers is captured and is put under suspicion by the cyber-domain boss named Stoiss (Jørgen Kiil) when an intruder hacks into the system and steals the Stoiss’s money. Stoiss sticks a heart controller device on J.B. and gives him 35 hours to find who took his money or he dies.
Kaliyugam
Fri, 09 May 2025
Set in the dystopian future, 2064 AD, the apocalyptic world is stripped of food, water, and humanity. In a ruthless fight for survival, the few remaining must navigate chaos, danger, and the depths of human desperation.
RZR Cyber Protocol
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A science fiction thriller immersed in a dystopian world of neural implants, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and black-market crime.
Glimpses of the Outskirts
Mon, 16 Jun 2025
In an alternate reality where the decline of nations has given rise to corporatist regimes, any trace of culture or tradition is suppressed by these new leaders to prevent the masses from reclaiming a national identity. However, rebel cells have emerged to counteract this agenda.
Afterlife
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In a near-future where grief can be outsourced, a bereaved artist considers a new outpatient procedure: an AI implant that can copy her mind, replace her with a digital copy, and spare her loved ones the pain of loss. But one unsettling discovery forces her to ask what, if anything, makes us truly irreplaceable. Set one product launch from today, Afterlife is a quiet sci-fi thriller about art, identity, and the slow erasure of the self in the age of artificial intelligence.
Echo Hunter
Wed, 28 May 2025
A clone hunter in a future society where elites harvest clones for organs experiences memories from his past life, leading him to uncover a truth that threatens the entire system.
Spectrum Syndicate
Sat, 28 Jun 2025
In the fictional country of Magorigan, where autistic people have just been segregated from society and the workplace, a creative autistic individual named Sora Altair must join a group of special secret agents to save the world from a bomb.
Confessions to Code
Thu, 26 Jun 2025
As panic spreads over an AI-driven data leak, personal secrets become breaking news in a society addicted to oversharing.
Termination Date
Sun, 08 Jun 2025
In a near-future society, two government agents hunt users of a psychedelic flower that lets people relive their happiest memories—at the cost of falling into a comatose state. When they're ordered to eliminate a young woman under its influence, one agent begins to question their mission, igniting a moral divide between the partners.
Sunny
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Ray has promised Sunny a digital detox weekend in nature before they say goodbye to their old-fashioned smartphones forever and get a more modern implant. A gigantic solar flare wipes out all technology on Earth and Sunny and Ray are forced to find their way back to the city without any technological tools. They meet Liz, who saves their lives and wants to show them the way to the city. But in a world where nothing is the same as they knew it, questions of trust and loyalty arise.
Jack Lee
Sun, 26 Jun 2022
In a decadent society, a young man meets a woman who claims to know him, though he doesn't remember her. Their attraction grows, but an older man interferes, sparking doubt, desire, and confrontation.
Media Mushrooms
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
When a young media addict is robbed of his entertainment and sustenance system, he must call upon an AI assistant tasked with rekindling his system and sanity alike.