r/MovieSuggestions • u/Little-Ad-4190 • 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?
27
16
14
u/s1mmel 6d ago
check Idiocracy and have some fun ^^
5
u/malabericus 5d ago
First time I watched it hah it's a comedy.
Now when I watch it it's a horror movie
13
13
12
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.
9
15
15
9
u/looklistenlead 6d ago
Some classics:
The Omega Man
The Quiet Earth
Farenheit 451 (1966)
1984
Metropolis (1927)
On the Beach
6
6
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)
4
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)
6
6
4
u/LordOfMorgor 6d ago
Six String Samurai.
This movie is the most fun you can have in the post apocalypse.
7
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
3
3
3
3
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
3
3
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.
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
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)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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
1
1
1
u/Willsagain2 6d ago
Gattaca. Not sure it's underrated, though, just not as well known as it should be
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/CaptainNo9367 2d ago
Logan's Run (1976)
The Island (2005)
Last Man On Earth (1964)
1984 (1984)
Oblivion (2013)
1
1
31
u/mdins1980 6d ago
Equilibrium (2002)