Movies like Nineteen Eighty-Four
If Nineteen Eighty-Four's mix of mind control, government and totalitarian regime stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Nineteen Eighty-Four's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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THX 1138
1971 · Directed by George Lucas · 86 min6.4
Why you'll like itWith Donald Pleasence · Shares: mind control, totalitarian regime · Also science fiction and drama
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people.
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Star Wars
1977 · Directed by George Lucas · 121 min8.2
Why you'll like itWith Peter Cushing · Shares: totalitarianism
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo…
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WarGames
1983 · Directed by John Badham · 114 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: government · Also drama and science fiction
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and…