Top 50 Dystopian Movies of All Time

[€uroMeinke]

I counted 36 - I love the genre, but yeah, wouldn't have put Wings of Desire on the list, despite how great a film it is (End of Violence might be another Wim Wenders Choice).

So whens the Dystopia screenings?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

But Pleasantville, WTF?

Yeah, that one does NOT belong at all!



ETA:
Also, from the "update" at the bottom of the article:

If a given movie is not on the list it is because of one of the following reasons.

1. It’s average score wasn’t high enough to make the list. For example, many of you mentioned Zardoz and The Handmaid’s Tale. Their average scores were 5.2 and 5.25 placing them well outside the top 50.

There were more reasons given, but I wanted to note that one since a couple of you mentioned The Handmaid's Tale.

[NirvanaMan]

Only 12, but I haven't seen many movies overall so that's not so bad. And the list includes some of my faves including Clockwork, Matrix and Idiocracy.

[mousepod]

I guess Zardoz is dystopian - but when I saw it in the very early days of HBO, all I came away with was that James Bond was balding and that naked boobs can make a bad film watchable. ...and yes, I have the DVD.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by mousepod

I guess Zardoz is dystopian - but when I saw it in the very early days of HBO, all I came away with was that James Bond was balding and that naked boobs can make a bad film watchable. ...and yes, I have the DVD.

Zardoz was my first R-rated movie. I think I had a sustained erection for 2 hours. We went with a friends father to get us in and I couldn't look him in the eye afterwards. Needless to say, I loved it at the time - but have never seen it since. I doubt I could ever recreate that experience.

[wendybeth]

Brazil and Twelve Monkeys are two of my all-time favorite movies. Terry Gilliam rocks.