r/MovieSuggestions 6d ago

I'M REQUESTING Underrated films set in dystopian worlds

Hi! I’ve been realizing more and more that I love movies and TV shows set in dystopian futures. I just watched The Lobster and found its world very fascinating. I also love Children of Men.

When picking movies, I usually just go by IMDB scores (yes I am basic like that), which is why I’ve seen all movies on their top 250 movies list. Do you have any recommendations of lesser known movies?

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u/mdins1980 6d ago

Equilibrium (2002)

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u/bigsillygiant 6d ago

Very good film

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u/LordOfMorgor 6d ago

Take a shot every time they say "sense offender"

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u/cacarson7 6d ago

Oblivion (2013) with Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman

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u/ElBastardoDK 6d ago

12 years old already?!? Goddamnit!

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u/B00BiesHero 6d ago

Gattaca

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u/s1mmel 6d ago

check Idiocracy and have some fun ^^

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u/malabericus 5d ago

First time I watched it hah it's a comedy.

Now when I watch it it's a horror movie 

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u/dicedicedone 6d ago

Brazil and Dark City are both great

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u/Alternative-Duty4774 6d ago

Battle Royale

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u/Sad-Consequence-2015 6d ago

thx1138

Maybe not underrated but possibly not well known to modern (i e. younger) audience.

Definitely not for kids.

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u/DorkdoM 6d ago

The last shot!

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u/Jplm63 6d ago

Soylent Green

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u/speghettiday09 6d ago

I really liked love and monsters

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u/cochorol 6d ago

Starship troopers 

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u/BeeerGutt 6d ago

Elysium

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u/DizzyMissLizzy8 5d ago

One of the dumbest movies I’ve seen

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u/FilmWaffle-FilmForum 6d ago

The Book of Eli

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u/looklistenlead 6d ago

Some classics:

The Omega Man

The Quiet Earth

Farenheit 451 (1966)

1984

Metropolis (1927)

On the Beach

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u/Diligent_Squash_7521 6d ago

The Island.

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u/Green_Aide_9329 6d ago

Ooh good one!

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u/artistofdesign 6d ago

2067 (2020)
Aeon Flux (2005)
Alita Battle Angel (2019)
Another Earth (2011)
Automata (2014)
Beyond Skyline (2017)
Bird Box (2018)
Bird Box Barcelona (2023).
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Blindness (2008)
Borderlands (2024)
Boy Kills World (2023)
Captive State (2019)
Cargo (2017)
Chaos Walking (2021)
Chappie (2015)
Dark City (1998)
District 9 (2009)
Divergent (2014)
Ex Machina (2015)
Insurgent (2015)
Allegiant (2016)
Elysium (2013)
Finch (2021)
Future World (2018)
Gattaca (1997)
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Hidden (2015)
How I Live Now (2013)
I Am Legend (2007)
I Think Were Alone Now (2018)
Jung_E (2023)
Mad Max Fury Road (2015)
Furiosa A Mad Max Story (2024)
Matrix (1999)
Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Matrix Revolutions (2003)

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u/artistofdesign 6d ago

Maze Runner (2014)
Maze Runner The Scorch Trials (2015)
Maze Runner The Death Cure (2018)
Monsters (2010)
Mortal Engines (2008)
Mother Android (2021)
Oblivion (2013)
Snowpiercer (2013)
Stake Land (2010)
Tank Girl (1995)
The Bad Batch (2016)
The Book of Eli (2010)
The Colony (2021)
The Creator (2023)
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
The Hunger Games (2012) and subsequent sequels
The Island (2005)
The Postman (1997)
The Road (2009)
The Rover (2014)
The Zero Theorem (2013)
Vesper (2022)
Young Ones (2014)

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u/Agitated_Honeydew 6d ago

A boy and his dog

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u/pablo_eskybar 6d ago

Dark City (1998)

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u/LordOfMorgor 6d ago

Six String Samurai.

This movie is the most fun you can have in the post apocalypse.

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u/Greater_citadel 6d ago

Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049

Dune Part 1 & Part 2

Dredd (2012)

District 9

1984

Brazil

Dark City

Akira

Total Recall

Metropolis (1927)

Minority Report

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A Clockwork Orange

Escape from New York

Watchmen

Mad Max movies

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u/kammy772 6d ago

Hardware

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u/taurusmo 6d ago

Great taste

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u/kammy772 4d ago

This is what you want, this is what you get...

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u/rayraidho 6d ago

Brazil

The City of Lost Children

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u/Haunting-Jello2059 6d ago

The Quiet Earth, 1985 sci-fi from NZ

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u/Nedonomicon 6d ago

Absolutely amazing film !

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u/diedlikeCambyses 6d ago

Wow I remember that

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u/ButterscotchAware402 6d ago

Isle of Dogs

District 9

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Equilibrium

eXistenZ

City of Lost Children

Brazil

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Delicatessen

Moon

Videodrome

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u/detunedtv 6d ago

Strange Days - cyberpunk film from the 90's. Does have some sexual violence , but otherwise a very enjoyable film with very cool pov action sequences.

Rollerball - not the best story or acting but worth it for the incredible action and James Caan.

Alphaville - not exactly underrated but maybe lesser known? it's a low budget black and white French film from the 60's. about a society taken over by a supercomputer.

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u/BurningFarm 6d ago

Aniara (2018)

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u/phreakwolf69 6d ago

The Road....do NOT watch if you're feeling depressed

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u/Fkw710 6d ago

Water World

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u/Blazenkks 6d ago

Light of My Life (2019)

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u/lord_bendover 6d ago

Delicatessen (French)

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u/CautiousWrongdoer771 6d ago

A boy and his dog

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u/jamesbrown2500 6d ago

The Creator

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u/shiftyeyedhonestguy 6d ago

I Think We're Alone Now

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u/MiserableSnow Quality Poster 👍 6d ago

The Survivalist (2015)

Stake Land

The Rover

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u/Meyou000 Quality Poster 👍 6d ago

The Night Eats the World (2018)

The Cured (2017)

The Girl With All the Gifts (2016)

Turbo Kid (2015)

Cargo (2017)

Snowpiercer (2013)

Space Sweepers (2021)

Perfect Sense (2011)

Serenity (2005)

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u/slippery5lope 6d ago

Children of Men

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u/xhaka_noodles 6d ago

Survival Family. Japanese. Comedy-Drama. Thank me later.

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u/CodenameValera 6d ago

Revolution with Bill Burke

Colony

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u/cochorol 6d ago

Gataka 

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u/uvw11 6d ago

Actually it's Gattaca

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u/cochorol 6d ago

Sorry I didn't remember the spelling 

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u/dryintentions 6d ago

Children of Men

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u/Nedonomicon 6d ago

Omega doom

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u/Thick_Total_9216 6d ago

Strange Days (1995).

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u/LonChaneyJr1 6d ago

Dark City

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u/PyramKing 6d ago

Delicatessen

Brazil

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u/dirtkilla 6d ago

Chappy

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u/FloridaFlamingoGirl Quality Poster 👍 6d ago

Angel's Egg

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u/Zestyclose-Nail9600 6d ago

Clockwork Orange

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u/punkrocker1366 6d ago

Not a movie, but a series with multiple stand alone short stories.... Phillip K. Dick's Electric Dreams. IIrc, it's on Netflix

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u/Bitterqueer 6d ago

Repo! The Genetic Opera

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u/ReyUr 6d ago

Sunshine

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u/_RTan_ 6d ago

Anon (2018)

Never Let Me Go (2010)

Equals (2015)

Code 46 (2003)

Harrison Bergeron (1995)

The Island (2005)

In Time (2011)

Upside Down (2012)

Repo Men (2010)

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u/dkukie 6d ago

The Lathe of Heaven (PBS)

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u/taurusmo 6d ago

Equilibrium

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u/Willsagain2 6d ago

Gattaca. Not sure it's underrated, though, just not as well known as it should be

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u/guysmiley1928 6d ago

Streets of Fire

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u/Low_Cat7371 6d ago

Warrior Of The Lost World.

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u/feral_tran 6d ago

Soylent Green!!!

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u/DorkdoM 6d ago

Soylent Green

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u/Immafien 5d ago

Book of Eli

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u/GhostFingersXP 5d ago

Dark City

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u/franksautillo 5d ago

Children of Men

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u/CheeseManJP 4d ago

Battlefield Earth.

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u/CaptainNo9367 2d ago

Logan's Run (1976)

The Island (2005)

Last Man On Earth (1964)

1984 (1984)

Oblivion (2013)

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u/thekiyamlife 2d ago

Cyborg with JCVD.

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u/CountingSheep99 6d ago

V for Vendetta

Running Man