See the page dystopia for a list of dystopian definitions. A typical dystopian movie is set in the future, in a society where the government is corrupt is ineffective. The film’s universe has a nightmare-like quality to it, yet it frequently includes parts of modern civilization as well. Dystopian films are frequently used as a kind of radical political commentary and a warning against some aspect of present society.
Blade Runner (1982):
The world of Ridley Scott’s dirty, rainy, and overcrowded Blade Runner set the standard for the depiction of pre-apocalyptic dystopias, much as The Road Warrior did for innumerable post-apocalyptic cinema-scapes to follow.
Brazil (1985):
The world of Terry Gilliam’s 1985 film is the lovechild that occurs when bureaucratic terror meets escapist imagination, and it takes place in a dystopic future that is a touch goofier than the conventional Orwellian depiction.
The Matrix (1999):
There’s not much more to say about the film that made cyberpunk not stupid—and thus, among its many accomplishments, is the best cyberpunk movie of all time—or that made Keanu Reeves a respectable figure of American kung fu, or that finally made martial arts films a seriously hot commodity outside of Asia.
Robocop (1987): ‘
Industry became a derogatory term in the late 1970s and hedonistic 1980s, as Corporate America bleached all but the most utilitarian blue collars white.
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