This is a list of dystopian films.
Dystopian societies appear in many speculative fiction works and are often found within the science fiction and fantasy genres.
''Dystopias'' are often characterized by
dehumanization
Dehumanization is the denial of full humanness in others and the cruelty and suffering that accompanies it. A practical definition refers to it as the viewing and treatment of other persons as though they lack the mental capacities that are c ...
,
totalitarian
Totalitarianism is a form of government and a political system that prohibits all opposition parties, outlaws individual and group opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high if not complete degree of control and reg ...
governments, ruthless
megacorporations,
environmental disasters
An environmental disaster or ecological disaster is defined as a catastrophic event regarding the natural environment that is Human impact on the environment, due to human activity.Jared M. Diamond, ''Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or S ...
,
or other characteristics associated with a dramatic decline in society.
List
See also
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List of dystopian literature
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List of dystopian comics
This is a list of dystopian comics.
*'' Akira'' by Katsuhiro Otomo
*'' Bitch Planet'' by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro
*"Days of Future Past" (''The Uncanny X-Men'' #141-142) by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin
*'' V ...
* List of
biopunk
Biopunk (a portmanteau of "biotechnology" or "biology" and "punk") is a subgenre of science fiction that focuses on biotechnology. It is derived from cyberpunk, but focuses on the implications of biotechnology rather than mechanical cyberware ...
and
cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and ...
works
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Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; as ...
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Dystopian films
A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- "bad, hard" and τόπος "place"; alternatively cacotopiaCacotopia (from κακός ''kakos'' "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 1818 Plan of Parliamentary Reform (Works, vol. 3, p. 493) ...
Dystopian films
A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- "bad, hard" and τόπος "place"; alternatively cacotopiaCacotopia (from κακός ''kakos'' "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 1818 Plan of Parliamentary Reform (Works, vol. 3, p. 493) ...