Movies like Elysium
If Elysium's mix of future, capitalism and dystopia 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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Chappie
2015 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 120 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Neill Blomkamp · With Sharlto Copley and Jose Pablo Cantillo · Shares: future, dystopia · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he…
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013 · Directed by Jay Oliva · 78 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: future, dystopia · Also science fiction and action · From the same decade (2010s)
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
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They Live
1988 · Directed by John Carpenter · 93 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: capitalism, dystopia · Also science fiction and action
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
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Equilibrium
2002 · Directed by Kurt Wimmer · 107 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith William Fichtner · Shares: dystopia · Also action and science fiction
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
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Demolition Man
1993 · Directed by Marco Brambilla · 115 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: future, 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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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, space station · Also drama and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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Logan
2017 · Directed by James Mangold · 137 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: future, dystopia · Also action and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark…
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The Terminator
1984 · Directed by James Cameron · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and thriller
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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Serenity
2005 · Directed by Joss Whedon · 119 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and action
A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 · Directed by Michael Radford · 113 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also drama and science fiction
Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light.
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The Chronicles of Riddick
2004 · Directed by David Twohy · 119 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: 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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The Running Man
1987 · Directed by Paul Michael Glaser · 101 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and thriller
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…