Movies like Elysium
If Elysium's mix of dystopia and short film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Elysium's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Rakka
2017 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 22 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, short film
A story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing, and unrelenting, the humans must find enough courage to go on fighting.
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2036: Nexus Dawn
2017 · Directed by Luke Scott · 7 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, short film
This in-world short film takes place in the year 2036 and revolves around Jared Leto’s character, Niander Wallace. In this short, Wallace introduces a new line of “perfected” replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to…
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Sleeper
1973 · Directed by Woody Allen · 87 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
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Until the End of the World
1991 · Directed by Wim Wenders · 158 min6.7
Why you'll like itAlso a German sci-fi film
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris.
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Titan A.E.
2000 · Directed by Don Bluth · 95 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · From the same decade (2000s)
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
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The Giver
2014 · Directed by Phillip Noyce · 97 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
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Chaos Walking
2021 · Directed by Doug Liman · 109 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976 · Directed by Nicolas Roeg · 139 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia
Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions.
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The Running Man
1987 · Directed by Paul Michael Glaser · 101 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which…
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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 148 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
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Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant
2011 · Directed by Leythum · 4 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: short film
Agent Coulson informs Agent Sitwell that the World Security Council wishes Emil Blonsky to be released from prison to join the Avengers Initiative.