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Cyberpunk movies

High-tech, low-life futures: megacorps, augmentation, hacking, neon cities, and tech-driven power imbalance.

Transformers One

1. Transformers One

Animation Science Fiction Adventure Family Family Animation
7.6
20241h 44min

Overview

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

Themes

Loyalty vs ambition, Betrayal of leadership, Control of scarce resources, Rebel alliance formation, Formation of social hierarchy, Deception and treachery

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Mars Express

2. Mars Express

Animation Science Fiction Action Mystery Adult Animation
7.5
20231h 29min

Overview

In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet's capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change the face of the universe.

Themes

Corporate influence, Autonomy vs control, Exploitation of androids, Coexistence tension, Activism and liberation, Mind manipulation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Altered Carbon: Resleeved

3. Altered Carbon: Resleeved

Animation Science Fiction Anime Cyberpunk
6.4
20201h 15min

Overview

On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.

Themes

Tattoo program secrecy, Distant future aesthetic, Neo-noir ambiance, Yakuza influence under pressure, Adult animation tone, Cyberpunk power dynamics

Available on

Netflix
Netflix Standard with Ads
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Alita: Battle Angel

4. Alita: Battle Angel

Action Science Fiction Adventure Superhero Action Cyberpunk
7.3
20192h 2min

Overview

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

Themes

Class inequality, Loyalty and betrayal, Corporate manipulation, Memory and identity, Body augmentation ethics, Autonomy vs control, Sport as power

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Overview

A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Loyalty under pressure, Surveillance and coercion, Protecting a child, Underground economy, Forged identity

Available on

Netflix
Netflix Standard with Ads
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Hardcore Henry

6. Hardcore Henry

Action Adventure Science Fiction Epic Action Cyberpunk
6.7
20151h 37min

Overview

Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Memory manipulation, Identity fragmentation, Deception as control, Power through technology, Cybernetic augmentation ethics

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
The Roku Channel
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RoboCop

7. RoboCop

Science Fiction Action Crime Cyberpunk Epic Action
6.1
20141h 58min

Overview

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.

Themes

Corporate control of law enforcement, Leadership manipulation of policy, Public safety vs civil rights, Human-technology boundary erosion, Deception and transparency, Accountability under surveillance

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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TRON: Legacy

8. TRON: Legacy

Adventure Action Science Fiction Epic Action Adventure Epic
6.8
20102h 6min

Overview

Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Dual realities, Autocracy vs autonomy, Utopia vs dystopia, Hidden potential of algorithms, Pursuit of perfection

Available on

Disney Plus
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

9. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

Animation Action Thriller Crime Science Fiction
7.8
20071h 45min

Overview

The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in cyber-warfare, which has expanded to a team of 20 field operatives with Togusa acting as the field lead.

Themes

Mass media manipulation, Refugee labor politics, State corporate collusion, Power struggles in governance, Ethics and autonomy, Urban surveillance and control

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

10. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Animation Drama Science Fiction Anime Cyberpunk
7.4
20041h 40min

Overview

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

Themes

Surveillance and control, Corporate exploitation, Human ghosts in machines, Duplicated consciousness, Manipulation through hacking, Dehumanization by design, Ethics of artificial life

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Rakuten TV
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