Dystopian movies

Dystopian movies
List of the best dystopian movies selected by visitors to our site: Anon, Equilibrium, What Happened to Monday, The Darkest Minds, Fahrenheit 451, Sexmission, New Order, Metropolis, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Alphaville.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, thriller, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA, Germany
Duration01:16

Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as 'The Girl', Sal must find her before he becomes the next victim.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

    In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, Belgium
    Duration02:31

    In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:07

    After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
    CountryPoland, Czechoslovakia
    Duration02:01

    Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, World War III breaks out and life has been wiped off the surface of Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryMexico, France

    In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:25

    In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:00

    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.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryFrance, Italy
    Duration01:39

    An American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet which is ruled by an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, cartoon, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountryRussia, France, Luxembourg
    Duration01:49

    In the near future, writer Victor Banev gets himself on a UN commission to investigate what's going on in the remote town of Tashlinsk, where reports tell of a virus-created race of brainiac mutants. Banev's tween daughter Ira is enrolled at a school for gifted children which has been taken over by the mutants, who have grown to despise ordinary humanity.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
    CountryCanada

    In a world where women have become asexual and are no longer giving birth to males, a quiet, unassuming housekeeper named Andrew Myers finds himself at the center of a battle to keep men from going extinct.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: All citizens get a chance of being 'renewed' in a Civic Ceremony at their 30th birthday, unless they run and escape before their time comes.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, drama, cartoon
    CountryIsrael, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, USA, India
    Duration01:58

    More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, Robin Wright decides to take her final job: preserving her likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her digital doppelganger will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want, with no restrictions. In return, she receives healthy compensation so she can care for her ailing son. Twenty years later, under the creative vision of the studio’s head animator, Wright’s double rises to immortal stardom. With her contract expiring, she is invited to speak at Miramount's "Futurological Congress". However, a group of terrorists plot an attack on the convention.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada

    A bank teller called Guy realizes he is a background character in an open world video game called Free City that will soon go offline.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, South Africa, Canada
    Duration01:37

      In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantastic, thriller
      CountryCanada, USA

      Loneliness, death and the meaning of life, explored through vastly separate lives colliding in interweaving short stories set in future Earth.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, Japan

      Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, detective
      CountryFrance, USA
      Duration01:47

        An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
        Duration02:31

        A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

        As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom

        With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women -- bred for intelligence and obedience -- embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. When they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures. As life on the ship descends into chaos, they soon become consumed by fear, lust and an insatiable hunger for power.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrefantastic, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:37

        A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        After deciphering a message found in a satellite, genius cryptographer Alex Jacobs finds himself being stalked by government agents and otherworldly beings.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA

        A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom, China, Japan, USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
        Duration02:11

          When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed-up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

          Markimdb: 2.4
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:23

          Jonah and Ella Mazer are typical teenagers, but strange and frightening things are happening at their new school. They learn that all of their classmates are descendants of witches -- and the two are destined to die.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genredrama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:51

          A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
          CountryJapan
          Duration01:54

          In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrefantastic, melodrama, adventure, cartoon, anime
          CountryJapan
          Duration01:39

          In an underground world where tunnels extend everywhere, even though they live in dark and confined spaces, people wear protective clothes and lead quiet and enjoyable lives. Patema, a princess in her underground village, loves to explore the tunnels. Her favorite place is a "danger zone" that her village prohibits people from entering. Even though she's scolded, Patema's curiosity can't be held back. No one ever explained what the supposed danger was. On her usual trip to the "danger zone," Patema faces unexpected events. When hidden secrets come to light, the story begins to unfold.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure
          CountryFrance, Italy
          Duration01:38

          In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
          CountryFrance, Italy

          A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
          CountryDenmark
          Duration01:28

          Famous pianist Zetterström returns home to his native Denmark, to give a concert, just to find out that the choices he has made in his life have affected his love life greatly.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrefantastic, cartoon
          CountryFrance, Czechoslovakia
          Duration01:12

          On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryDenmark
          Duration01:44

          Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the field of criminology. Fisher begins to use Osbourne's technique, which involves empathizing with serial killers; however, as the detective becomes increasingly engrossed in this method, things take a disturbing turn.

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