THEME EXPLORATION

utopia and dystopia

13 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Metropolis
Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
I, Robot
I, Robot
2004 · Alex Proyas
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019 · Dean DeBlois
Death Watch
Death Watch
1980 · Bertrand Tavernier
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 · Nicolas Roeg
Vesper
Vesper
2022 · Kristina Buožytė & Bruno Samper
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
1968 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Giver
The Giver
2014 · Phillip Noyce
High-Rise
High-Rise
2015 · Ben Wheatley
The Trial
The Trial
1975 · Shuji Terayama
The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children
1995 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
On the Silver Globe
On the Silver Globe
1989 · Andrzej Żuławski
The Halt
The Halt
2019 · Lav Diaz
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Scott Waugh United Kingdom

His films like Blade Runner and Prometheus explore dystopian futures where technology and humanity clash in visually stunning yet morally ambiguous worlds.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

He constructs carefully controlled dystopian societies in films like The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Favourite where social rules are absurd yet rigidly enforced.

 Denis Villeneuve Canada

His films Blade Runner 2049 and Dune present expansive worlds balancing utopian vision with dystopian reality, exploring how power corrupts idealistic futures.