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  • Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried in In Time (2011)

    1. In Time

    20111h 49mPG-1353Metascore
    6.7 (471K)
    In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Will Salas is accused of murder and on the run with a hostage.
    DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsJustin TimberlakeAmanda SeyfriedCillian Murphy
  • Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

    2. Blade Runner 2049

    20172h 44mR81Metascore
    8.0 (723K)
    Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
    DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHarrison FordRyan GoslingAna de Armas
  • Colin Farrell in The Lobster (2015)

    3. The Lobster

    20151h 59mR82Metascore
    7.1 (322K)
    In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
    DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsColin FarrellRachel WeiszJessica Barden
  • Christian Bale and Taye Diggs in Equilibrium (2002)

    4. Equilibrium

    20021h 47mR33Metascore
    7.3 (357K)
    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
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Running Man (1987)

    5. The Running Man

    19871h 41mR45Metascore
    6.6 (177K)
    In a future dystopian America, a wrongfully accused and convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he's forced to participate in a TV game show where convicts called Runners must battle killers for their freedom.
    DirectorPaul Michael GlaserStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerMaria Conchita AlonsoYaphet Kotto
  • Frankie Avalon, Ray Milland, Richard Bakalyan, Neil Burstyn, Joan Freeman, Jean Hagen, Rex Holman, and Mary Mitchel in Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

    6. Panic in Year Zero!

    19621h 33mApproved
    6.6 (5.3K)
    A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.
    DirectorRay MillandStarsRay MillandJean HagenFrankie Avalon
  • On the Beach (1959)

    7. On the Beach

    19592h 14mApproved55Metascore
    7.1 (15K)
    After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsGregory PeckAva GardnerFred Astaire
  • Stephen Lang, Shelley Conn, Jason O'Mara, Landon Liboiron, Naomi Scott, and Alana Mansour in Terra Nova (2011)

    8. Terra Nova

    201113 epsTV-14TV Series
    6.7 (88K)
    Centers on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying, who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization.
    CreatorsKelly MarcelCraig SilversteinStarsJason O'MaraShelley ConnChristine Adams
  • The Warriors (1979)

    9. The Warriors

    19791h 33mR65Metascore
    7.5 (116K)
    A street gang known as the Warriors must fight its way from the Bronx to its home turf on Coney Island when its members are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader.
    DirectorWalter HillStarsMichael BeckJames RemarDorsey Wright
  • Sean Connery in Zardoz (1974)

    10. 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
  • Altered Hours (2016)

    11. Altered Hours

    20161h 41mTV-MA
    4.7 (613)
    A young insomniac's black-market sleep aid sends his mind time-travelling one day into the future, where he's the suspect in the disappearance of a girl he hasn't met -- yet.
    DirectorBruce WempleStarsRyan MunzertBriana PoznerRick Montgomery Jr.
  • 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be (2016)

    12. 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be

    201618mShort
    7.5 (27)
    Set in a dystopian future where population is strictly controlled, a father waits for his children to be born. In a deserted hospital waiting room, one man must ask himself exactly what he is willing to do to give his children a chance at life, any life at all.
    DirectorMarco Checa GarciaStarsMelissa RoxburghTyler JohnstonWilliam B. Davis
  • Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner (1982)

    13. Blade Runner

    19821h 57mR84Metascore
    8.1 (860K)
    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
  • Police State (2017)

    14. Police State

    20171h 13m
    6.2 (40)
    A sci-fi thriller about New York City amidst chaos and terrorist attacks, Police State follows the story of Carter, a young delivery boy. Carter finds himself connected to a series of incidents and soon discovers a destructive plan for not only New York City, but all of the major metropolitan areas in the United States. As a deeper plot looms, the future of the world proves to be in his hands.
    DirectorKevin ArbouetStarsSean YoungChris RiggiSeth Gilliam
  • Rufus Sewell in The Man in the High Castle (2015)

    15. The Man in the High Castle

    2015–201940 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.9 (118K)
    In a dystopian America dominated by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, a young woman discovers a mysterious film that may hold the key to toppling the totalitarian regimes.
    CreatorFrank SpotnitzStarsAlexa DavalosLuke KleintankRufus Sewell
  • Brazil (1985)

    16. Brazil

    19852h 12mR84Metascore
    7.8 (218K)
    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
  • Fail Safe (1964)

    17. Fail Safe

    19641h 52mApproved75Metascore
    8.0 (26K)
    A technical malfunction sends American bombers to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaWalter MatthauFritz Weaver
  • Andy Serkis and Amiah Miller in War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

    18. War for the Planet of the Apes

    20172h 20mPG-1382Metascore
    7.4 (319K)
    After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.
    DirectorMatt ReevesStarsAndy SerkisWoody HarrelsonSteve Zahn
  • Children of Men (2006)

    19. Children of Men

    20061h 49mR84Metascore
    7.9 (552K)
    In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
    DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsJulianne MooreClive OwenChiwetel Ejiofor
  • Shailene Woodley and Theo James in Divergent (2014)

    20. Divergent

    20142h 19mPG-1348Metascore
    6.6 (509K)
    In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
    DirectorNeil BurgerStarsShailene WoodleyTheo JamesKate Winslet
  • Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)

    21. Elysium

    20131h 49mR61Metascore
    6.6 (484K)
    In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
    DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsMatt DamonJodie FosterSharlto Copley
  • Christopher Larkin, Devon Bostick, Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, and Thomas McDonell in The 100 (2014)

    22. The 100

    2014–2020100 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.5 (294K)
    Set 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth, hoping to repopulate the planet.
    CreatorJason RothenbergStarsEliza TaylorBob MorleyMarie Avgeropoulos
  • Suki Waterhouse in The Bad Batch (2016)

    23. The Bad Batch

    20161h 58mR62Metascore
    5.2 (37K)
    In a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals.
    DirectorAna Lily AmirpourStarsSuki WaterhouseJason MomoaJayda Fink
  • John Goodman, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Dane DeHaan, and Cara Delevingne in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

    24. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    20172h 16mPG-1351Metascore
    6.4 (205K)
    A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
    DirectorLuc BessonStarsDane DeHaanCara DelevingneClive Owen
  • Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson in Watchmen (2009)

    25. Watchmen

    20092h 42mR56Metascore
    7.6 (601K)
    In a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.
    DirectorZack SnyderStarsJackie Earle HaleyPatrick WilsonCarla Gugino

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