Top Ten: Dystopian Movies

Dystopian futures are a really popular trope in cinema, until I tried putting this list together I didn't realise that a lot of my favourite movies can be classed as having dystopian themes and if you take a look at the Science Fiction chapter of my DVD guide you'll find the majority of them are set in a dystopia of one kind or another. To avoid repetition this Top Ten will try to skip selecting the same old faces and attempt to offer ten films yet to be mentioned during dystopia week or previously at any length here on blahblahblahgay.


Gattaca (1997) Dir. Andrew Niccol

Back To The Future Part II (1989) Dir. Robert Zemeckis

Planet of the Apes (1968) Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner

A Scanner Darkly (2006) Dir. Richard Linklater

Dark City (1998) Dir. Alex Proyas

The City of Lost Children (1995) Dir. Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Delicatessen (1991) Dir. Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Wings of Desire (1987) Dir. Wim Wenders

Akira (1988) Dir. Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Dir. George Lucas

What's your favourite dystopian movie? Should I have written something to accompany these screenshots? Is Star Wars Episode V a better example of a dystopia from the Lucasfilm franchise? Leave your comments below.