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DystopiUs-Bleak & Uncaring Futures in Film
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Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
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The grandaddy of them all, with social disparity grandly displayed. Thankfully we live in a time when such things couldn't possibly exist.
Blade Runner (Five-Disc Complete Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]Blade Runner (Five-Disc Complete Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $15.38
In the future you won't be able to figure out if you're even human! Watch out for unicorns!
EquilibriumEquilibrium
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You think you've got free will? Huh, do ya?!!!!! At least government jobs will get you some sweet kung fu moves.
Robocop [Blu-ray]Robocop [Blu-ray]
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $8.42
Not only is this future violent, if you're a good cop and you die, they'll bring you back just so you can get shot again and again and again...
A Clockwork Orange [Blu-ray]A Clockwork Orange [Blu-ray]
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Just keep watching your tv and ignore the rudeness of youth.
Soylent GreenSoylent Green
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Just don't get hungry.
Logan's Run [Blu-ray]Logan's Run [Blu-ray]
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A startling ode to ageism. Jenny Agutter, wowsa!
Escape from New York (Special Edition)Escape from New York (Special Edition)
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As if NYC wasn't bad enough, well now they've turned it into a prison and your depth perception is all jacked up.
Escape from L.A.Escape from L.A.
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At least this time there's surfing. Surfing!
Minority Report (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)Minority Report (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
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So you say you didn't commit any crime, huh? Well, we know that but you're still going to jail.
12 Monkeys [Blu-ray]12 Monkeys [Blu-ray]
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Live underground and Brad Pitt done gone crazy!
A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Robots that act just like us, so we can murder without the murder and other human on robot atrocities.
I, Robot [Blu-ray]I, Robot [Blu-ray]
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I'm telling you all right now, computers are evil. Robots are their vile offspring.
The Ultimate Matrix Collection [Blu-ray]The Ultimate Matrix Collection [Blu-ray]
Buy new: $49.99 / Used from: $42.74
So, the computers took over and you're all hooked up to tubes, except you'll never know, unless you do, which you won't.
Gattaca [Blu-ray]Gattaca [Blu-ray]
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So you wanna ride on a spaceship, huh? Well, let's just check the ol' DNA and see if you meet our criteria.
Children of Men [Blu-ray]Children of Men [Blu-ray]
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Save the baby, or pull my finger, whichever comes first.
The Running Man (Special Edition)The Running Man (Special Edition)
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Let's play a game and if you win you get to be the governor of California in twenty years.
Total Recall [Blu-ray]Total Recall [Blu-ray]
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Get your butt to Mars before Mars gets your butt.
Death Race 2000Death Race 2000
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Driving on the highway coupled with reality tv bloodsport? Nah, it could never happen?
Death Race (Unrated Edition)Death Race (Unrated Edition)
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Ok, so it could happen.
The Last Man on EarthThe Last Man on Earth
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Living all alone is terrible, especially with all those people trying to kill you.
The Omega Man [Blu-ray]The Omega Man [Blu-ray]
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Beware, you creature of the wheel, beware!
I Am Legend [Blu-ray]I Am Legend [Blu-ray]
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In this future Will Smith is plagued by terrible CGI. Oh, the Horror!
Mad Max (Special Edition)Mad Max (Special Edition)
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Even Australia gets hit hard.
The Road Warrior [Blu-ray]The Road Warrior [Blu-ray]
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Things just get worse.
Mad Max Beyond ThunderdomeMad Max Beyond Thunderdome
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In fact, things get so bad that Tina Turner shows up! Holy moly is that a terrifying fate!
Doomsday [Blu-ray]Doomsday [Blu-ray]
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It's not all bad, I mean sure there's cannibalism and wanton murder, but you get to look at Rhona Mitra in supertight latex/leather. This movie is like a hodgepodge of movies that are just like this movie.
Planet of the Apes 40th Anniversary Collection (Planet of the Apes / Beneath the Planet of the Apes / Escape From / Conquest of / Battle for) [Blu-ray]Planet of the Apes 40th Anniversary Collection (Planet of the Apes / Beneath the Planet of the Apes / Escape From / Conquest of / Battle for) [Blu-ray]
Buy new: $79.99 / Used from: $72.31
A future so horrible we turn back into monkeys! And damn dirty ones at that.
RollerballRollerball
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Strive to be an athlete, strive to get your head caved in on international television. Work for a corporation, die for a corporation. This could never, ever, ever become reality...
Starship Troopers (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray]Starship Troopers (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray]
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Become a citizen or get your brain sucked out of your skull trying!
Waterworld [Blu-ray]Waterworld [Blu-ray]
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Grow gills and catch a monster fish using yourself as bait!
Fahrenheit 451Fahrenheit 451
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What's that you were reading before we torched it?
The Postman [Blu-ray]The Postman [Blu-ray]
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You're Victoria's Secret catalog will arrive, no matter what.
THX 1138 - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)THX 1138 - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Just keep on walkin'
The Terminator [Blu-ray]The Terminator [Blu-ray]
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A future where the robots create their own failsafe plan. Ouch.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Skynet Edition) [Blu-ray]Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Skynet Edition) [Blu-ray]
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $12.71
The future robots send back LMG (liquid metal guy, c'mon) to stab a carton of milk to death.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [Blu-ray]Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [Blu-ray]
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Apparently, in the future, the robots can't do anything right.
Terminator Salvation (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]Terminator Salvation (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]
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This time John Connor gets to yell a lot.
Brazil - The Criterion Collection - (Single Disc Editon)Brazil - The Criterion Collection - (Single Disc Editon)
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $14.43
Workin' for the man is bad in all futures.
Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray]Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray]
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $14.67
In this future we're all fat, gelatinous, lazy slobs and the world is a trash heap. Totally unbelievable scenario that could never, ever, not in a billion years, happen. Until it does and we forget how to use our legs.