Movies like Dredd
If Dredd's mix of metropolis, corruption and police stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Dredd's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Escape from New York
1981 · Directed by John Carpenter · 99 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future · Also action and science fiction
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to…
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Demolition Man
1993 · Directed by Marco Brambilla · 115 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: police, crime fighter, dystopia · Also action and science fiction
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Directed by James Cameron · 137 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, post-apocalyptic future · Also action and science fiction
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000.
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Looper
2012 · Directed by Rian Johnson · 118 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, criminal · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is…
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The Chronicles of Riddick
2004 · Directed by David Twohy · 119 min6.6
Why you'll like itWith Karl Urban · Shares: dystopia · Also action and science fiction
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race.
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Repo Men
2010 · Directed by Miguel Sapochnik · 111 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, cyberpunk · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess…
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V for Vendetta
2006 · Directed by James McTeigue · 132 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and science fiction
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government.
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The Terminator
1984 · Directed by James Cameron · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and science fiction
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st…
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The Running Man
1987 · Directed by Paul Michael Glaser · 101 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and science fiction
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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Kick-Ass
2010 · Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 118 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: crime fighter · From the same decade (2010s)
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
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Monkey Man
2024 · Directed by Dev Patel · 122 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: corruption
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash.