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Futuristic sci-fi masterpieces

by delta43 • Created 11 years ago • Modified 2 years ago
Usually dystopian, post-apocaliptic, cyber-punk, noir, surrealistic.
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  • Sean Connery in Zardoz (1974)

    1. Zardoz

    19741h 45mR46Metascore
    5.8 (26K)
    In the late 23rd century, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
    DirectorJohn BoormanStarsSean ConneryCharlotte RamplingSara Kestelman
  • John Hurt, Bob Flag, and Suzanna Hamilton in 1984 (1984)

    2. 1984

    19841h 53mR67Metascore
    7.0 (84K)
    In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose work is re-writing history, tries to rebel. He meets a kindred spirit named Julia and they fall into a love affair.
    DirectorMichael RadfordStarsJohn HurtRichard BurtonSuzanna Hamilton
  • Brazil (1985)

    3. Brazil

    19852h 12mR84Metascore
    7.8 (217K)
    A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJonathan PryceKim GreistRobert De Niro
  • Jane Fonda and John Phillip Law in Barbarella (1968)

    4. Barbarella

    19681h 38mPG51Metascore
    5.9 (39K)
    In the 41st century, an astronaut seeks to stop an evil scientist who threatens to unleash a powerful weapon upon the galaxy, partaking in sexy misadventures along the way.
    DirectorRoger VadimStarsJane FondaJohn Phillip LawAnita Pallenberg
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    5. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    19682h 29mG84Metascore
    8.3 (755K)
    When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam Sylvester
  • THX 1138 (1971)

    6. THX 1138

    19711h 26mGP75Metascore
    6.6 (56K)
    In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society.
    DirectorGeorge LucasStarsRobert DuvallDonald PleasenceDon Pedro Colley
  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    7. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mR84Metascore
    8.1 (855K)
    A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean Young
  • Bruce Dern in Silent Running (1972)

    8. Silent Running

    19721h 29mG67Metascore
    6.6 (33K)
    In a future where all flora are extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's plant samples, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
    DirectorDouglas TrumbullStarsBruce DernCliff PottsRon Rifkin
  • Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

    9. The Matrix

    19992h 16mR73Metascore
    8.7 (2.2M)
    When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
    DirectorsLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne Moss
  • Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy in WarGames (1983)

    10. WarGames

    19831h 54mPG77Metascore
    7.1 (117K)
    A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
    DirectorJohn BadhamStarsMatthew BroderickAlly SheedyJohn Wood
  • Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, and Madeleine Stowe in 12 Monkeys (1995)

    11. 12 Monkeys

    19952h 9mR75Metascore
    8.0 (665K)
    In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsBruce WillisMadeleine StoweBrad Pitt
  • Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

    12. Fahrenheit 451

    19661h 52mNot Rated
    7.2 (47K)
    In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
    DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsOskar WernerJulie ChristieCyril Cusack
  • Christian Bale and Taye Diggs in Equilibrium (2002)

    13. Equilibrium

    20021h 47mR33Metascore
    7.3 (355K)
    In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.
    DirectorKurt WimmerStarsChristian BaleSean BeanEmily Watson
  • Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh in eXistenZ (1999)

    14. eXistenZ

    19991h 37mR70Metascore
    6.8 (111K)
    A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJude LawJennifer Jason LeighIan Holm
  • James Woods and Debbie Harry in Videodrome (1983)

    15. Videodrome

    19831h 27mR58Metascore
    7.2 (109K)
    A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja Smits
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall (1990)

    16. Total Recall

    19901h 53mR60Metascore
    7.5 (369K)
    When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
    DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerSharon StoneMichael Ironside
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984)

    17. The Terminator

    19841h 47mR84Metascore
    8.1 (966K)
    A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael Biehn
  • Rufus Sewell in Dark City (1998)

    18. Dark City

    19981h 40mR66Metascore
    7.6 (220K)
    A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.
    DirectorAlex ProyasStarsRufus SewellKiefer SutherlandJennifer Connelly
  • Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    19. A Clockwork Orange

    19712h 16mR77Metascore
    8.2 (913K)
    Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael Bates
  • James Olson and Robert Soto in The Andromeda Strain (1971)

    20. The Andromeda Strain

    19712h 11mG60Metascore
    7.2 (42K)
    Top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what killed the citizens of a small town and how the deadly contagion can be stopped.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsJames OlsonArthur HillDavid Wayne
  • La Jetée (1962)

    21. La Jetée

    196228mNot RatedShort
    8.2 (39K)
    The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
    DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène Chatelain
  • Solaris (1972)

    22. Solaris

    19722h 47mPG93Metascore
    7.9 (102K)
    A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
    DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsNatalya BondarchukDonatas BanionisJüri Järvet
  • Soylent Green (1973)

    23. Soylent Green

    19731h 37mPG66Metascore
    7.0 (73K)
    A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsCharlton HestonEdward G. RobinsonLeigh Taylor-Young
  • Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina in Alphaville (1965)

    24. Alphaville

    19651h 39mNot Rated92Metascore
    7.0 (29K)
    An agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.
    DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsEddie ConstantineAnna KarinaAkim Tamiroff
  • Westworld (1973)

    25. Westworld

    19731h 28mPG77Metascore
    6.9 (65K)
    A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.
    DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsYul BrynnerRichard BenjaminJames Brolin

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