Movies like Nineteen Eighty-Four
If Nineteen Eighty-Four's mix of dystopia, fascism 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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V for Vendetta
2006 · Directed by James McTeigue · 132 min7.9
Why you'll like itWith John Hurt · Shares: dystopia, fascism · Also thriller 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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Equilibrium
2002 · Directed by Kurt Wimmer · 107 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, fascism, totalitarian regime · Also science fiction and thriller
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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What Happened to Monday
2017 · Directed by Tommy Wirkola · 123 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, authoritarian · Also science fiction and thriller
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the…
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The Running Man
1987 · Directed by Paul Michael Glaser · 101 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, authoritarian · Also thriller and science fiction · From the same decade (1980s)
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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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Directed by James Cameron · 137 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also thriller 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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Blade Runner
1982 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 118 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and drama · From the same decade (1980s)
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their…
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The Terminator
1984 · Directed by James Cameron · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also thriller and science fiction · From the same decade (1980s)
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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Children of Men
2006 · Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · 109 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the…
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The Maze Runner
2014 · Directed by Wes Ball · 113 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller
A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze.
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Looper
2012 · Directed by Rian Johnson · 118 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also thriller and science fiction
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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A Scanner Darkly
2006 · Directed by Richard Linklater · 100 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and thriller
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
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The Running Man
2025 · Directed by Edgar Wright · 133 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also thriller and science fiction
Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort.