List of dystopian films
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List of dystopian films

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Title	Year	Comments	References

The 10th Victim	1965	In the near future, wars are avoided by giving people a chance to kill in the Big Hunt, which is also the most popular form of entertainment.

12 Monkeys	1995	A convict is sent back in time to gather information about a virus that wiped out most of the human population.

1984	1956	Loosely based on George Orwell's 1949 novel of the same name about a bureaucrat who falls in love in a futuristic totalitarian surveillance state.

2081	2009	Short film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron (1961). "Everyone is finally equal".

A.I.	2001	Based on Brian Aldiss' short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" (1969). A robot boy has emotions but is not understood by the rest of society.

Æon Flux	2005	Loosely based on Peter Chung's 1991 animated television series of the same name. Aeon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government.

The Age of Stupid	2009	An unnamed archivist (Pete Postlethwaite) lives alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking back at “archive” footage from 2007 and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?

Akira	1988	Anime film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo based on his manga of the same name in which a secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath.

Alphaville	1965	A secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.

The Animatrix	2003

Antiviral	2012	In a blackly satirical near future, a thriving industry sells celebrity illnesses to their obsessed fans. One employee's attempts to exploit the system backfire when they involve him in a potentially deadly mystery.

Atlas Shrugged: Part I Atlas Shrugged: Part II Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?	2011 2012 2014	Based on Ayn Rand 1957 novel. An alliance forms to fight the increasingly authoritarian government of the United States.

Automata	2014	In a not-so-distant future, primitive humanoid robots, called Pilgrims, are built to operate in the harsh environment. Unable to stop the advance of desertification they are relegated to manual labor.

Babylon A.D.	2008	Veteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.

Batman	1989	Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, directed by Tim Burton.

Battle Royale	2000	Based on the novel and manga of the same name.

Battlefield Earth	2000	film adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's 1982 novel, starring John Travolta.

Blade Runner	1982	Loosely based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968).

Blade Runner 2049	2017	Sequel to Blade Runner, directed by Denis Villeneuve

Blindness	2008	Adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name by Portuguese author José Saramago about a society suffering an epidemic of blindness.

The Blood of Heroes	1989	"In a post apocalyptic world there is a violent game similar to football, that has become a way of life.

Book of Eli	2010	A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

The Bothersome Man	2006	In a strange city where every person seems content beyond reason a new man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by asking too many questions.

A Boy and His Dog	1974	Focus on the survival of a boy and an intelligent dog on post-apocalyptical wasteland in 2024. Based on the 1969 cycle of narratives by fantasy author Harlan Ellison titled "A Boy and His Dog".

Brave New World	1980	In a futuristic totalitarian society, people have no control of their roles in society or lives/destiny.

Brazil	1985	A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state.

Cargo	2009	It is the year 2267. After the earth has become uninhabitable due to an ecological collapse, the remaining people live on overcrowded space stations in Earth's orbit.

Casshern	2004	Film adaptation of the 1973 anime series of the same name.

CHAPPiE	2015	The film was directed by Neill Blomkamp (who also directed District 9) and based on his short film Tetra Vaal (2004).

Cherry 2000	1987	When successful businessman finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires a sexy renegade tracker to help him find her exact duplicate.

Children of Men	2006	Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, based on P.D. James' 1992 novel of the same name.

City of Ember	2008	After a war on earth the remaining future generations are sent to an underground world to live until the earth surface can support life, an unfortunate set of circumstances keeps them underground for longer than planned but they eventually find the way out after 2 brave children discover the way.

City of Lost Children	1995	French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

A Clockwork Orange	1971	Adapted from Anthony Burgess' 1962 novella of the same name. In a future England ruled by gangs, the government brainwashes one particular hoodlum into subservience.

Cloud Atlas	2012	Adapted from the 2004 novel of the same name by David Mitchell, the film has multiple plots set across six different eras.

Code 46	2003	A futuristic 'Brief Encounter', a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.

Colossus: The Forbin Project	1970	The film which is based upon Dennis Feltham Jones' science fiction novel Colossus (1966), is about a massive American defense computer, named Colossus, after becoming sentient logically follows its original directives to the dismay of its programmers by assuming control of the world and all human affairs for the good of mankind during the Cold War threat of nuclear war.

The Congress	2013	The Congress is a late-capitalist dystopia in which a corporate media behemoth "Miramount" has effectively usurped control of all human consciousness.

The Cybernetic Grandma	1962	a 1962 Czechoslovakian stop motion puppet cartoon. It is a surreal science fiction-horror animation film, showing a dystopian situation where machines tend humans into a cybernetic lifestyle.

Dark City	1998	A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

Dark Metropolis	2010	Mankind has lost a 300-year war against a genetically enhanced race that man created, abused and finally tortured. Now the descendants of that race - known as the 'Ghen' control the planet Earth from advanced underground cities.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	2014	Ten years after the pandemic of the deadly ALZ-113 virus, or Simian Flu, the worldwide human population has been drastically reduced, with only about one in five hundred genetically immune to the virus.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire	1961	One of the classic apocalyptic films of its era, this film depicts the US and Russia unwittingly testing atomic bombs at the same time, altering the Earth's axis of rotation.

Daybreakers	2009	In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival.

Dead End Drive-In	1986	A teenage couple is trapped in a drive-in theater which is really a concentration camp for societal rejects. The inmates are fed a steady diet of junk food, new wave music, drugs, and violent films.

Death Race	2008	Remake of the film Death Race 2000 (1975). Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.	[unreliable source?]

Death Race 2000	1975	The film takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transcontinental Road Race has become a form of national entertainment.

Death Watch	1980	Based on the novel The Unsleeping Eye by David G. Compton, set in a future where death from illness has become extremely unusual.

Demolition Man	1993	A long imprisoned ultra-violent criminal is brought out of suspended animation by a new "perfect" future society's leader as an unsanctioned solution to its' unwanted dissidents.

Le Dernier Combat (English title: The Last Battle)	1983	A dark vision of post-apocalyptic survival, the film was shot in black and white and contains only two words of dialogue.

District 9	2009	An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

Divergent	2014	Based on the adaption of Veronica Roth's novels of the same names. In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in.

The Divergent Series: Insurgent	2015	After the series of events and death of her parents in Divergent, Tris Prior tries to figure out what the Abnegation were trying to protect and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them.

Downstream	2010	Takes place in a near-future dystopia where gasoline is scarce and a drifter tries to reach a rumored utopian city, Plutopia, powered by clean energy.

Dr. Mabuse the Gambler	1922	An exaggerated portrayal of Weimar Germany which the titular villain can exploit for power and profit.

Dredd	2012	Adapted from the comic book of the same name.

Elysium	2013	In this film wealth inequality, the alienation of the super-rich and class conflict are taken to the extreme: in the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made luxurious space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth.

The End of Evangelion	1997	When the dawn of the new millennium brings destruction on Earth by means of the seemingly all-powerful angels, the only hope for the future of the human race lies in Evangelions—bio-engineered crafts created from the Angel's technology.

Ender's Game	2013	Based on the novel of the same name by Orson Scott Card.

Equals	2015	Two people infected with a disease regain their ability to feel compassion and emotion in a society where emotions no longer exist.

Equilibrium	2002	In a totalitarian future where all forms of feeling are illegal and citizens are required to take daily drug-injections to suppress emotion and encourage obedience, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

Escape from L.A.	1996	Sequel to the 1981 film, Escape from New York.

Escape from New York	1981	In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue.

eXistenZ	1999	Directed by David Cronenberg. As in Videodrome, Cronenberg gives his psychological statement about how humans react and interact with the technologies that surround them, in this case, the world of video games.

Fahrenheit 451	1966	Based on Ray Bradbury's novel of the same name. In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

Fantastic Planet	1973	The story of this stop-motion animation, about humans living on a strange planet dominated by giant humanoid aliens who consider them animals, is based on the 1957 novel Oms en série by French writer Stefan Wul.

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions	2004	France, sometime in the near future. The Sisterhood of Metacontrol governs Europe.

The Fifth Element	1997	A big ball of evil, in collaboration with a corporate kingpin, plots Earth's destruction.

Forbidden Planet	1956	A manned mission looks for a scientist on a strange planet.

Fortress	1993	A futuristic prison movie. Protagonist and wife are nabbed at a future US emigration point with an illegal baby during population control.

Freejack	1992	In the future, the rich extend their lives by stealing other peoples' lives.

Futureworld	1976	Sequel to Westworld.

Gamer	2009	In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle. A convict controlled by a skilled teenage gamer must survive 30 sessions in order to be set free.

Gattaca	1997	In this biopunk dystopia genetic engineering creates an underclass. One of these so-called genetically inferior "in-valids" assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.

Ghost in the Shell	1995	Based on the 1989 manga by Masamune Shirow of the same name, follows the hunt by the public-security agency Section 9 for a mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master.

The Giver	2014	A dark, quiet, but powerful futuristic political tale in which a 16-year-old boy (12 in the book) must search for the truth in a world free of war, crime, disease, poverty, unfairness, and injustice.

The Handmaid's Tale	1990	Based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, in a dystopically polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.

Hardware	1990	Inspired by the short story "Shok!" in 2000 AD (1980), the film depicts the rampage of a self-repairing robot in a post-apocalyptic slum.

Harrison Bergeron	1995	A cable television movie adapted from the short story of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut.

Hobo with a Shotgun	2011	Directed by Jason Eisener, starring Rutger Hauer in a despotic future where anarchy rules and one man with a shotgun aims to bring back some form of justice.

The Hunger Games	2012	Directed by Gary Ross, based on Suzanne Collins' novel of the same name. Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	2013	Directed by Francis Lawrence, based on Suzanne Collins' Catching Fire.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	2014	Directed by Francis Lawrence, based on Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	2015	Directed by Francis Lawrence, based on Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay.

I Am Legend	2007	The third adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend.

I, Robot	2004	Adapted from the I, Robot series by Isaac Asimov. An A.I.

Idaho Transfer	1973	Directed by Peter Fonda in his directorial debut and starring Keith Carradine.

Idiocracy	2006	An average man is selected for a top-secret hibernation program. When he wakes up 500 years later to discover he's the smartest person in a radically dumbed-down society.

In Time	2011	In 2169, future people stop aging past 25 so time has become the universal currency traded between people. When the time "bank account" on an implanted clock reaches zero, that impoverished person "times out" and is euthanized.

The Inhabited Island	2009	Based on the 1969 book Prisoners of Power by Strugatskies. The most expensive Russian science fiction film to date (2015) is set on another planet, with a country that is ruled by a totalitarian regime that brainwashes its citizens by towers that send a special kind of radiation erected across the country.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers	1956	Based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, depicts an extraterrestrial invasion that begins in the fictional California town of Santa Mira.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers	1978	Remake of 1956 film, which is based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney.

The Island	2005	A man goes on the run after he discovers that he is actually a "harvestable being", and is being kept as a source of replacement parts, along with others, in a facility.

La Jetée	1962	In the aftermath of World War III scientists in Paris research time travel, hoping to send test subjects to different time periods "to call past and future to the rescue of the present".

Johnny Mnemonic	1995	Based on the 1981 short story of the same name by William Gibson, in which a data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.

Judge Dredd	1995	Based on the comic of the same name: in a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.

Kin-dza-dza!	1986	A 1986 Soviet sci-fi dystopian black comedy cult film.

Land of the Blind	2006	A dark political satire, based on several incidents throughout history in which tyrannical rulers were overthrown by new leaders who proved to be just as bad, if not worse, and subtle references are made to several such cases.

The Last Man on Earth	1964	The first of three adaptations of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend.

The Lego Movie	2014	Animation based on the Lego line of construction toys, tells the story of an ordinary Lego minifigure as he ends up becoming involved in a resistance against a tyrannical businessman who plans to glue everything in the Lego worlds.

The Lobster	2015	Somewhere in the near future, single people face a choice: join a program to find a mate in forty-five days or be transformed into an animal.

Logan's Run	1976	Depicts a dystopian future society in which population and the consumption of resources are managed by the simple notion of killing everyone who reaches the age of thirty.

Looper	2012	In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Mad Max	1979	A lone cop is the only law in a future society run amok.

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior	1981

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	1985

Mad Max: Fury Road	2015

The Man Who Fell to Earth	1976	Based on Walter Tevis' 1963 novel of the same name, about an extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought.

The Matrix	1999	A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

The Matrix Reloaded	2003	The second installment of The Matrix trilogy.

The Matrix Revolutions	2003	The third installment of The Matrix trilogy.

Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future	1985	A television reporter trying to expose corruption and greed discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of subliminal advertising (called "blipverts") that can be fatal to certain viewers.

The Maze Runner	2014	Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow "Runners" for a shot at escape.

Metropia	2009	Animation set in a future Europe where the world is running out of oil. A gigantic underground network is created by joining all the undergrounds together beneath Europe.

Metropolis	1927	A German expressionist epic science-fiction film directed by Fritz Lang. A man living an ideal life in a big city discovers the truth about why his city seems so ideal.

Metropolis	2001	Animated film by Osamu Tezuka.

Millennium	1989	By Michael Anderson (director). Time travelers are visiting the present day and stealing passengers from doomed aircraft, due to the future being doomed by global pollution, and the human population is no longer able to reproduce.

Minority Report	2002	Based on Philip K. Dick's short story of the same name.

The Moon Is Down	1943	An unnamed country is overrun by an unnamed invader who establishes a dictatorship and proceeds to enslave the population. Despite their resistance, they fail to win their freedom and their community leaders are all executed in the end.

Natural City	2003	A colony world that integrates robots, androids and cyborgs amongst the population.

Never Let Me Go	2010	Based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel of the same name.

Nineteen Eighty-Four	1984	Based on George Orwell's 1949 novel of the same name.

Nirvana	1997	A successful computer game designer finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game.

No Blade of Grass	1970	The film is based on Samuel Youd's novel The Death of Grass (1956) and highlights the terrifying effects of environmental pollution.

Oblivion	2013	Based on Joseph Kosinski's unpublished graphic novel of the same name.

The Omega Man	1971	The second of three adaptations of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend.

On the Beach	1959	Based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war.

Outland	1981	Set on Jupiter's moon Io, it has been described as a space Western, and bears thematic resemblances to the classic 1952 film High Noon.

Paranoia 1.0 (originally One Point O)	2004	The film is a Kafkaesque nightmare in which a young computer programmer is an unwitting guinea pig in a corporate experiment to test a new advertising scheme.

Planet of the Apes (original series)	1968—1973	Most of humanity is extinguished in a thermonuclear war. In the course of the two following millennia, intelligent apes (chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans) become the dominant kind and establish an organized society.

Planet of the Apes (reboot series)	2011—present	A colony of apes in a sanctuary is affected by a viral gas which enhances their intelligence. As a result, they flee the sanctuary and form an organized society apart from humans.

Pleasantville	1998	A brother and sister get zapped into an idealistic TV show from the 1950s, but they realize that it's a sexually repressed society.

The Postman	1997	After an unspecified "Doomwar", society has collapsed and technology is stagnant. People live in small communities, terrorized by a militia.

Le Prix du danger	1983	French movie very similar to The Running Man, made fours years later.

Punishment Park	1971	It is a pseudo documentary of a British and West German film crew following National Guard soldiers and police as they pursue members of a counterculture group across a desert.

The Purge	2013	In a futuristic America plagued by crime, the government sanctions a 12-hour period once a year in which all criminal activity is legal.

The Purge: Anarchy	2014

Radio Free Albemuth	2010	The film based on Philip K. Dick's novel of the same name (posthumously published in 1985) is set in an alternate reality America circa 1985 under authoritarian control.

Ready Player One	2018	In the year 2045, much of Earth's population centers have become slum-like cities due to overpopulation, pollution, corruption, and climate change.

Renaissance	2006	Also known as Paris 2054: Renaissance, is a 2006 animation which concerns a French policeman investigating the kidnapping of a scientist who may hold the key to eternal life in a futuristic and slightly dystopian Paris.

Repo! The Genetic Opera	2008	This rock opera musical horror film takes place in the year 2056 where an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet.

Repo Man	1984	A young man gets given the task of repossessing cars.

Repo Men	2010	Based on Eric Garcia's novel The Repossession Mambo.

Resident Evil series	2002—2012	Science fiction horror franchise written and directed by Paul W. S.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes	2011	Will Rodman, a scientist at the San Francisco biotech company Gen-Sys, is testing the viral-based drug ALZ-112 on chimpanzees to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease.

The Road	2009	Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. A man and his young son struggle to survive after a global cataclysm has caused an extinction event.

RoboCop	1987	Centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently revived as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer.

RoboCop	2014	Remake of the 1987 film of the same name

Rollerball	1975	A future society uses an ultra-violent game as entertainment.

The Rover	2014	The contemporary western takes place in the Australian outback, ten years after a global economic collapse.

The Running Man	1987	Loosely adapted from Stephen King's 1982 novel of the same name.

A Scanner Darkly	2006	Adapted from Philip K. Dick's 1977 novel of the same name.

Seconds	1966	Based on a novel by David Ely of the same name, Seconds is a mystery dealing with the obsession with eternal youth and a mysterious organization which gives people a second chance in life.

Serenity	2005	A continuation of Joss Whedon's short-lived 2002 Fox television series Firefly. Starring the same cast, it take place after the events of the final episode.

Silent Running	1972	In the future, Earth has eliminated all disease by paving over the natural world.

Sleep Dealer	2008	A fortified wall has ended unauthorized Mexico-US immigration, but migrant workers are replaced by robots, remotely controlled by the same class of would-be emigrants.

Sleeper	1973	Awakened 200 years after an experiment gone bad, a nebbish finds it hard to survive in the weird future.

Snowpiercer	2013	A plan to reverse global warming inadvertently freezes the entire planet. The survivors now live in a train that traverses the globe.

Southland Tales	2007	Set in the then-near future of 2008, as part of an alternate history, the film is a portrait of Los Angeles, and a satiric commentary on the military–industrial complex and the infotainment industry.

Soylent Green	1973	Based on Harry Harrison's novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966). It centers around the issue of overpopulation.

The Stand	1994	Based on Stephen King's 1978 novel of the same name. A mega-virus wipes out most of humanity.

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	2002

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	2005

Strange Days	1995	Set in Los Angeles around New Years, 1999. Crime has run amok.

Surrogates	2009	Based on the 2005–2006 comic book series The Surrogates, follows an FBI agent who ventures out into the real world to investigate the murder of surrogates (humanoid remote controlled robots).

Tank Girl	1995	Based on the British comic series of the same name, a tank-riding anti-heroine fights a mega-corporation which controls the world's water supply.

Tekken	2010	Based on the fighting game series (started in 1994) of the same name. The film follows a man in his attempts to enter the Iron Fist Tournament in order to avenge the loss of his mother by confronting his father and grandfather, the latter of whom he believes to be responsible for his mother's death.

The Terminator	1984	A man gets sent back in time to prevent the murder of the mother of the future resistance leader.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991	A cyborg gets sent back in time to prevent the murder of the future resistance leader.

Terminator 3	2003

Terminator Salvation	2009

They Live	1988	Adapted from Ray Nelson's play Eight O'Clock in the Morning.

Things To Come	1936	It is 30–40 years in the future, in the 1960s and 70s, and society has broken down after years of war.

The Thinning	2016	Set in a dystopian future in which population control is enforced through a school aptitude test. Those who fail it are executed.

The Time Machine	1960	Film adoption of H. G.

THX 1138	1971	Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man and a woman who rebel against their rigidly controlled society.

Total Recall	1990	Loosely based on Philip K. Dick's short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" (1966).

Total Recall	2012	Remake of the 1990 film of the same name.

Transcendence	2014	A scientist's drive for artificial intelligence takes on dangerous implications when his own consciousness is uploaded into one such program.

The Trial	1962	Based on Franz Kafka's novel of the same name, which was published in 1925. A man gets put on trial but cannot obtain any information about the charge.

V for Vendetta	2006	Based on Alan Moore's graphic novel of the same name.

Videodrome	1983	Set in Toronto during the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small UHF television station who stumbles upon a broadcast signal featuring extreme violence and torture.

WALL-E	2008	Centuries in the future, Earth had become toxic due to the extreme amounts of waste produced by a megacorporation, which also endorsed consumerism and technological dependency.

Watchmen	2009	Based on the 1986–87 DC Comics limited series of the same name by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the film is set in an alternate history in the year 1985 at the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, as a group of mostly retired American superheroes investigates the murder of one of their own before uncovering an elaborate and deadly conspiracy.

Waterworld	1995	Massive ice caps have melted, and all of Earth's land became submersed. The few surviving humans, who live in big ships and artificial atolls, are poor and ignorant, since they have lost most of their resources, as well as their technological and historical knowledge.

Westworld	1973	Written and directed by Michael Crichton. A theme park focusing on the Old West goes haywire when the robots turn against the humans.

What Happened to Monday	2017	Circa 2043 overpopulation has led to a strict one-child policy where all but a mother's eldest child are put into cryosleep.

When Worlds Collide (1951 Film)	1951	A rogue star hurtles towards Earth, imperiling life. Some escape to the star's planet on a space ark.

World on a Wire	1973	German television movie (original title Welt am Draht), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

X-Men: Days of Future Past	2014	The plot toggles between the political tumult of 1973 and a not-so-distant dystopian future.

Z for Zachariah	2015	Based on the book of the same name by Robert C. O'Brien published posthumously in 1974.

Z.P.G.	1972	Z.P.G. (short for "Zero Population Growth") is inspired by the non-fiction best-selling book The Population Bomb by Paul R.

Zardoz	1974	The post-apocalypse population is divided into the immortal, technologically advanced but depressive "Eternals" and mortal, food-supplying, often exterminated "Brutals".

The Zero Theorem	2013	Centres on a reclusive computer genius working on a formula to determine whether life holds any meaning.

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