From the beginning of filmmaking, directors seem obsessed with tales of a devastating planet filled with corrosion, violence, and unimaginable threats to humanity. On the other hand, audiences gravitate towards the genre because the idea of a world being taken over by an infection or an established villain seems like something that could become a reality.
While thrillers or horror films are just as exciting, there is nothing better than a dystopian movie. Here are the top 10 dystopian movies based on characters and unique storylines.
10 Judge Dredd (1995)
In 2080, the Earth became an uninhabited planet and is considered the "Cursed Earth". The population turned to larger cities to stay alive, but crime and violence got out of hand. There is no power, no government until a new force comes into play.
Instead of three separate systems, the new system of justice combined the police, the jury, and the executioner. A select group of judges governs the system. The story centers on a strict judge named Joseph Dredd (Sylvester Stallone). When his villainous brother Rico (Arman Assante) frames him for murder, he is sentenced to prison. Will Rico get away with his evil plan and cause havoc in the city, or does Dredd have plans of his own to avenge himself behind bars? From the comics to the big screen, some people think Dredd Stallone's portrayal was terrible, but there are a few things behind the story that viewers may not be aware of.
9. Skyscraper (2015)
High-Rise is a 2015 dystopian sci-fi drama centered on a posh city block in 1970s London. Once a chic and modern building for all classes, the main purpose is to keep its residents so they don't have a reason to explore the outside world. When Dr. Robert Lang (Tom Hiddleston) moves to the 39th floor, he meets a new woman, befriends a lower-class family, and apparently leads a good life... until that happens.
After being kicked out of a costume party for his boring costume, the situation sets off a series of events that lead to a man jumping out of a building and looming over the building and its sinister inhabitants."High-rise" based on the novel of the same name by J. J. Ballard and is still one of the best films directed by Ben Wheatley.
8. Terminator (2019)
Every Terminator fan knows that "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" - the best film of Arnold Schwarzenegger, but the last part, Terminator: Dark Fate performed well. The sixth film directed by Tim Miller came out in 2019 and brought back some familiar faces. After a woman is attacked by a powerful terminator from the future, she is rescued by an enhanced human named Grace (Mackenzie Davis).
During their journey, they meet Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and turn to a T-800 Terminator (Schwarzenegger) living in isolation for more help. Terminator: Dark Fate saturated action and still revolves around an abandoned world where people still have to worry about robots from the future.
7. Aniara Aniara (2018)
After a continuous series of natural disasters, the planet was left uninhabitable. To save humanity, the survivors are transported on a spaceship to Mars. During the three-week journey, the ship veers off course and crashes into space debris. Captain Chefone (Arvin Kananian) tells the passengers that everything is fine, but in reality the ship will never get back on course again.
"Aniara" is a film that takes a detailed look at how humanity is mired in a dystopian world and how they will deal with their new life ahead.
6. Predator 2 (1990)
After its 1987 predecessorPredators 2 continued its existence in a world full of violence and wars. Centered in Los Angeles, California, the LAPD and rival gangs fight side by side. But little they know, something far more sinister is on the horizon.
The Predator has reached the United States and will destroy anyone in its path."Predator 2" with Danny Glover as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan and Bill Paxton as his partner Jerry Lambert, it's pretty damn cool, and it turns out to be the definitive sequel to the series.
5 Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure is the third and final film to complete the series. Protagonist Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) embarks on his most dangerous mission ever, where he leads a group of familiar faces to get to the last surviving city, WCKD. They need to find out what caused the Outbreak virus and why they are the only immunity left.
The city is experimenting with immune children, and the group suddenly realizes just how evil humanity can be.
4. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
After the carnage in the film "28 days later" the sequel shows the survivors in the UK. After a man named Don (Robert Carlyle) nearly escapes a group of zombies, he is reunited with his children Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mac Muggleton) in the city. But when their mother, who was thought to be dead, returns, things go awry and the area gets infected with the virus again.
Also starring Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner and Harold Perrineau, the film "28 weeks later" focused on a dystopian world full of raging undead.
3. Dredd (2012)
After the 1995 film, director Pete Travis decided to remake the dystopian fantasy film. Set in a violent futuristic world, the story once again focuses on an authoritarian system run entirely by the police. Cities have merged into one large territory and are filled with chaos, bloodshed and wars.
A panel of judges oversees the right to be judge, jury, and executioner, but Judge Dredd is the chief controller. When he fights a rookie named Cassandra Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), they work together to take down a drug lord named Ma-Ma (Lena Headley) before the town's drug epidemic gets worse.
2. I am Legend (2007)
Years have passed since a mysterious plague wiped out most of the population, and Dr. Robert Neville (Will Smith) is alive, alone and working on a cure. Since the movie is about the life he spent in the city with his dog Sam, one wrong move could put everything in jeopardy.
"I'm a legend" - a film about loss, companionship, a terrible plague and the discovery of one man who saved what he could not before.
1. 28 Days Later (2002)
A month after a mysterious illness has stricken much of the world, a man named Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up in an abandoned hospital after falling into a coma. When he goes outside, he realizes that something is wrong. After being nearly hit by a group of people, he encounters a group of survivors and realizes what's going on.
But it's not just the undead that Jim and the rest of the cast need to watch out for, because they feel more secure when something really goes wrong.
