THEME EXPLORATION

dystopian futures

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Matrix
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner
2014 · Wes Ball
Divergent
Divergent
2014 · Neil Burger
Mad Max
Mad Max
1979 · George Miller
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Ten Years Thailand
Ten Years Thailand
2018 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Alita: Battle Angel
Alita: Battle Angel
2019 · Robert Rodriguez
Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer
2013 · Bong Joon-ho
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972 · J. Lee Thompson
Children of Men
Children of Men
2006 · Alfonso Cuarón
Docteur M
Docteur M
1990 · Claude Chabrol
Dredd
Dredd
2012 · Pete Travis
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Albert Pyun USA

Low-budget action auteur merging kickboxing spectacle with sci-fi dystopias and cyborg mythology.

 Alex Proyas Egypt

Crafts visually ambitious dystopian narratives exploring consciousness through genre spectacle.

 George Miller Australia

Operatic action cinema that transforms vehicular mayhem into transcendent visual poetry and mythic storytelling.