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1927 Metropolis was the first dystopian film made. The film is about a futuristic urban dystopia, and it follows a young man and women. The man is from a wealthy background, and the lady is from a poorer background. The film explores the separation between the two classes. Metropolis was the first film to play on the idea of an alternative reality and made people think about what they were watching. The film can be seen as a Marxist critique of futuristic society.
1953 The film is a loose adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel of the same name. Large meteorite-spaceships come crashing down all over the Earth, disgorging Manta Ray-shaped Martian war machines armed with fearsome heat-ray and "skeleton" beam energy weapons; they slowly begin the rout of humanity wherever they move. This was one of the first movies of its kind, and also one of the first to include the kind of special effects that this movie did. The special effects wowed audiences at the time, and was a good platform towards the special effects we have now.
1968 Planet of The Apes is a futuristic science fiction film about a alternate planet where apes have evolved into creatures with human like intelligence and speech. The brutality of the apes parallels the 60’s issues of racism, evolution, intolerance, and possible nuclear warfare. Planet of the Apes serves more than a Dystopian world, but as a warning for a Cold War era against the atrocities of war. The film can also be seen as a critique of how humans treat animals.
1976 Logan, a Sandman (police assassin), is forced to search for "Sanctuary" a place to which people have apparently escaped from the sealed city of the future in which he lives. Jessica is caught up along the way and becomes his companion fugitive as they are both pursued by Francis, a fellow Sandman. All peoples lives end at the age of 30 due to population control and limited resources.
1987 The Running Man is a film about a cop called Ben, who was convicted for a crime he never did. When he is in prison he escapes with some inmates, but one of the inmates turns him into the police. The Running Man is a game show wherein convicted felons are given the chance to run to freedom but have to elude people who are trying to kill them. Ben decides to go on the game show, not realising that the inmates he escaped with are on the show too. This is a critique of society because this show is one of the most popular shows around and that shows how much humans enjoy violence.
1995 In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Equilibrium is a film about a fascist future where all forms of feeling are illegal. But one of the enforcers of this law, makes a plan to overthrow the government. The film goes with the idea of a fascist world. This could be seen as critique of where society is heading in the future. Additionally, it shows what a fascist world would be like 2002
2010 A thief who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO
2013 The Purge is a film about a wealthy family trying to survive the purge. The purge is one day a year where all crime is legal and all emergency services are suspended. The purge is used by the government and helps to control crime rates and unemployment. When the audience watch the film they would get a real sense of what it would be like without a justice system, police etc. and will make you appreciate them more.
