Dystopian future movies

mr brightside · Post by **mr brightside** » 21 Jul 2016, 21:26

I thought it might be fun to have a list of reliably accurate dystopian future movies to enjoy. Disaster movies don't count. Some of my favourites are:

Book of Eli- Eocene style climate, nuclear fallout, cat eating
Mad Max- obviously!
Hunger Games

Any others to add?

Little John · Post by **Little John** » 21 Jul 2016, 22:23

The Road

Post by **adam2** » 21 Jul 2016, 23:09

The Postman.

vtsnowedin · Post by **vtsnowedin** » 21 Jul 2016, 23:33

mr brightside wrote:I thought it might be fun to have a list of reliably accurate dystopian future movies to enjoy. Disaster movies don't count. Some of my favourites are:

Book of Eli- Eocene style climate, nuclear fallout, cat eating
Mad Max- obviously!
Hunger Games

Any others to add?

On the beach 1959
Fail- safe 1964

Lurkalot · Post by **Lurkalot** » 22 Jul 2016, 15:07

"Reliably accurate" to me means a scenerio I could see happening rather than one that couldn't which pretty much rules out zombie apocalypse films. That lead me along such lines as 1984 , Metropolis , and Gattaca but just in case I had a quick check and there are a few that hadn't sprung to mind and thinking back they were pretty good , the likes of Brazil and No blade of grass.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dystopian_films

careful_eugene · Post by **careful_eugene** » 22 Jul 2016, 15:41

12 Monkeys

fuzzy · Post by **fuzzy** » 22 Jul 2016, 16:05

Dr Strangelove

The Bedsitting Room

mr brightside · Post by **mr brightside** » 22 Jul 2016, 19:09

Perhaps 'City of Ember'?

mr brightside · Post by **mr brightside** » 22 Jul 2016, 19:12

Lurkalot wrote:"Reliably accurate" to me means a scenerio I could see happening rather than one that couldn't which pretty much rules out zombie apocalypse films.

Pretty much i reckon. However 'I am Legend' has some very good depictions of how nature might reclaim a city after a die-off.

BritDownUnder · Post by **BritDownUnder** » 24 Jul 2016, 00:02

Setting aside disaster movies and a quick collapse think the Handmaid's Tale is a good idea of how society will operate.

On TV I like the treatment of a world with less or damaged technology shown in Revolution (no electricity) and Jericho (EMP and fossil fuel shortages) though these are both sudden but selective collapses.

In print I go no further than Kunstler's World Made by Hand but there is a whole genre out there.

nexus · Post by **nexus** » 28 Jul 2016, 12:04

Children of Men is very powerful, and hopefully not prophetic.

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 05 Jun 2017, 15:33

Wot no Handmaid's Tale yet??

Lads...

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 05 Jun 2017, 16:20

I remember there was a film of handmaid's tale back in the 90s. It showed at one cinema in London and by the time I got there the screening was cancelled

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 05 Jun 2017, 16:54

There's an American TV series. It's on Channel 4 at 9 pm on Sundays.

I daren't watch it.

BobbyFields · Post by **BobbyFields** » 18 Jan 2018, 10:22

Blade Runner is always first on my list.

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