Dystopian Sci-Fi movies

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Tense Steady Raw Claustrophobic Stylish

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In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help his ailing mother. (Based on the short film “Code 8,” 2016.)

Themes

Loyalty under coercion, Economic marginalization of powers, Drug economy and crime, Surveillance driven policing, Regulation of powers, Family duty under illness

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Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Dry Stylish

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A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.

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Class inequality, Collective action under pressure, Scarcity and rationing, Social experiment ethics, Dehumanization and survival, Power dynamics under constraint

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Realistic Raw Claustrophobic Bleak Eerie

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Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat—or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really happening outside, Chloe soon finds that while the truth isn't so simple, the danger is very real.

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Deception and manipulation, Mistrust of authority, Ethics of power, Parental control and isolation, Fear of the outside world, Protective vs exploitative guardians

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Bleak Intense Cynical Melancholic Haunting

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A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

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Tense Claustrophobic Atmospheric Dry Stylish

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Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored. In a working-class Chicago neighborhood occupied by an alien force for nine years, increased surveillance and the restriction of civil rights have given rise to an authoritarian system -- and dissent among the populace.

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Class inequality, Surveillance state, Civil rights suppression, Resistance under occupation, Loyalty and betrayal, Alien occupation and resistance

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Tense Dry Fast-paced Stylish Intense

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Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

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Revenge as motive, Technology as weapon, Resource scarcity, Shifting loyalties and alliances, Exploitation and survival, Predator cities and static settlements

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Tense Claustrophobic Dry Fast-paced Gritty

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Los Angeles, June 21st, 2028. While the streets are being torn apart by riots, the Nurse, who runs a clandestine hospital for criminals in the penthouse of the Artemis, a closed old hotel, has a rough night dealing with troublemaker clients: thieves, assassins, someone from the past and the one who owns the place and the whole city.

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Trust under pressure, Loyalty under threat, Resource competition, Fear under confinement, Power under duress, Institutional rules under stress, Violence as bargaining

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Tense Dry Relentless Stylish Intense

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Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as 'The Girl', Sal must find her before he becomes the next victim.

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Serial killer dynamics, Privacy erosion, Procedural constraints, Augmented reality ethics, Dystopia pressures

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Tense Claustrophobic Procedural Clinical Oppressive

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The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect femininity. But what exactly are they being trained for? Vivien intends to find out.

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Deception and cover-up, Educational coercion, Gender conformity pressure, Body commodification, Betrayal among peers, Elite consumerism

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Realistic Tense Raw Claustrophobic Bleak

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Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

Themes

Rebellion and resistance, Survival under oppression, Pursuit of a cure, Risk and leadership sacrifice, Group cohesion under danger, Distrust of authority

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