Watching the movies, you would think that the end of the world is the coolest thing that can happen on planet Earth.
From stylish techno-nightmares like The Matrix in post-apocalyptic wastelands Mad Max: Fury Road, sci-fi dystopia films provide a kind of anti-escape fantasy.
And we’re not going to lie: we’d rather wear leather jackets and fight evil computer programs.
Today, Watch With Us features our top five sci-fi dystopia movies, ranked from best to greatest.
Go ahead and see which of your favorite movies made the cut.
5. ‘Wall-E’ (2008)
Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class, AKA WALL-E, is a robot that collects the remaining waste from an inactive Earth covered in mountains of trash. Still, WALL-E can find pockets of happiness and beauty in an empty world, while trying to gather as much as he can. But after collecting trash alone for 700 years (and not getting on with it), WALL-E has become a loner – so he falls deeply in love with a soft, robotic bottle named EVE. The romantic WALL-E follows EVE into space, where he discovers humans living in a giant spaceship.
WALL-E it was an ambitious experiment for Disney and Pixar at the time: a children’s film with no dialogue in the first 45 minutes. But WALL-E beat the odds and became another classic in Pixar’s hit list, a sweet and sad exploration of humanity found in the dark ages. This film does a great job of conveying deep emotions not just through the lack of words, but through the lack of speech. Despite its vision of the future of the world, WALL-E it’s consistently optimistic and a dystopian feel-good film that’s rare in the subgenre.
4. ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (2015)
In the desolate wastelands following the fall of civilization, lonely Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) do whatever it takes to survive. When Max is captured by the tyrant Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), manages to escape and sneak into Joe’s armored warship destined to pick up more oil and ammunition. But the pilot of the war rig, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), has other plans: he will make a daring race to freedom, with Joe’s enslaved wives in tow. And so begins the madcap chase across the desert as Max teams up with Furiosa to free not only themselves, but all of Joe’s oppressed people.
While Mad Max: Fury Road actually the fourth installment of the franchise that started from the ’70s, the widespread feeling that Fury Road it is the best. I Max is crazy the movies they started with George Miller to direct Mel Gibson like Max in 1979, however Miller seems to have developed more enthusiasm and direction in his old age. Fury Road it’s a non-stop, high-octane ride from start to finish, with action-packed car stunts that will blow your mind. But it’s not all physical action – Theron and Hardy support a strong emotional film.
3. ‘People’s Children’ (2006)
In the far-off year of (gulp) 2027, two decades of human infertility have brought the world to the brink of collapse. War, depression and oppressive police states plague the world, along with a disillusioned executive named Theo Faron (Clive Owen) was kidnapped by a militant group led by his estranged wife Julian (Julianne Moore). Julian offers Theo money to find safe haven for a young refugee woman named Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey). When Theo finds out that this woman is pregnant, he understands that he must do whatever it takes to protect his safety and that of humanity.
Children of Men a science fiction drama, a moving portrait of faith in the face of despair and a thrilling political thriller. Alfonso Cuaron adapts the PD James novel into a complex visual cycle and technical masterwork (the one-car ambush is iconic; you’ll know it when you see it). The brilliance of Cuarón’s dystopia is that it’s quite ordinary, but it’s not entirely empty – and yet, it ends with a glimmer of hope.
2. ‘Blade Runner’ (1982)
Threatened by his old boss to return to work, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) resumes his career as a blade runner, a person who tracks down and “kills” bioengineered humanoids known as replicants. Deckard must hunt down four clones who have illegally escaped from Earth: Leon (Brian James), Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), Pris (Daryl Hannah) and Zhora (Joanna Cassidy). The characters returned to Earth in search of their creator, longing for their short lives to be extended. Meanwhile, Deckard finds himself falling for a beautiful maid named Rachael (Sean Young).
Blade Runner is one of those movies whose cultural cache is so strong, you’d be forgiven if you didn’t know it was a huge flop upon release. Now, it’s widely regarded as one of the best fantasy films ever made, leading to a 2017 sequel. Blade Runner 2049. The film perfectly combines neo-noir mystery with sci-fi action, in a world made surprisingly rich thanks to detailed production design, immersive sound and functional and minimalist sets. Blade Runner has influenced many sci-fi films in its run, such as Ex Machina, The Matrix again Ghost in the Shell (1995).
1. ‘The Matrix’ (1999)
General programmer Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) moonlights as a hacker named Neo and digs into the mystery surrounding “The Matrix.” His research attracts the attention of a hacker named Trinity (Carrie-Ann Moss), who informs Neo that a mysterious man named Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) can answer all his questions. Neo learns the sad truth – that the world he knows is a simulation, and that AI has taken over the real world, using artificially born humans to power it. Morpheus increasingly believes that Neo is the messiah of mankind, but first Neo must prove himself, master of the Matrix and defeat the evil system known as Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving).
If you haven’t seen it The Matrix, one viewing is all it takes to understand why the movie has maintained such a hold on pop culture over the years. In an accessible narrative, i Wachowskis combine exciting action, a thrilling adventure setting, state-of-the-art special effects and a romantic love story into a film experience that is everything you could want in a well-made blockbuster. The film explored the technological concerns of the time while burdening us with the perennial question: Are we really living in the Matrix?
