Films

Top50 dystopian movies

Thanks to Gustaf for this item

Incipient meme from SF Signal: “You know the drill” Copy the list and BOLD the movies you have seen.

Original list and discussion (very interesting) is at Snarkerati.

  1. Metropolis (1927)* - Owned by Gadget17
  2. A Clockwork Orange (1971) - LOVEFiLM
  3. Brazil (1985) - Amazon
  4. Wings of Desire (1987)* - Amazon
  5. Blade Runner (1982) - LOVEFiLM
  6. Children of Men (2006) - Amazon
  7. The Matrix (1999) - Owned by Gadget17
  8. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) - LOVEFiLM
  9. Minority Report (2002) - Owned by Gadget17
  10. Delicatessen (1991)* - Amazon
  11. Sleeper (1973) - Amazon
  12. The Trial (1962) - Amazon
  13. Alphaville (1965)* - Amazon
  14. Twelve Monkeys (1995) - LOVEFiLM
  15. Serenity (2005)- Owned by Gadget17
  16. Pleasantville (1998) - Amazon
  17. Ghost in the Shell (1995) - Amazon
  18. Battle Royale (2000)* - Amazon
  19. RoboCop (1987) - LOVEFiLM
  20. Akira (1988)* - Amazon
  21. The City of Lost Children (1995) - Amazon
  22. Planet of the Apes (1968)
  23. V for Vendetta (2005) - Amazon
  24. Metropolis (2001)* - Amazon
  25. Gattaca (1997) - LOVEFiLM
  26. Fahrenheit 451 (1966) - LOVEFiLM
  27. On The Beach (1959) - LOVEFiLM
  28. Mad Max (1979) - LOVEFiLM
  29. Total Recall (1990) - T.V.
  30. Dark City (1998) - LOVEFiLM
  31. War Of the Worlds (1953) - LOVEFiLM
  32. District 13 (2004)* - Owned by Gadget17
  33. They Live (1988) - LOVEFiLM
  34. THX 1138 (1971) - LOVEFiLM
  35. Escape from New York (1981) - LOVEFiLM
  36. A Scanner Darkly (2006) - LOVEFiLM
  37. Silent Running (1972) - LOVEFiLM
  38. Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) - LOVEFiLM
  39. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) - LOVEFiLM
  40. A Boy and His Dog (1975) - LOVEFiLM
  41. Soylent Green (1973) - LOVEFiLM
  42. I Robot (2004) - LOVEFiLM
  43. Logan’s Run (1976) - LOVEFiLM
  44. Strange Days (1995) - LOVEFiLM
  45. Idiocracy (2006) - LOVEFiLM
  46. Death Race 2000 (1975) - LOVEFiLM
  47. Rollerball (1975) - LOVEFiLM
  48. Starship Troopers (1997) - LOVEFiLM
  49. One Point O (2004) - Borrowed from a Friend
  50. Equilibrium (2002) - LOVEFiLM

Other Films that didn’t make to the original Snarkerati list for various reasons.

* = Foreign Language Films

IMDb’s - Top 100 Films (ranked)

My next Challenge, and this time I will watch the complete lot (again if needed).

  1. The Godfather (1972) - LOVEFiLM
  2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - LOVEFiLM
  3. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2003) - LOVEFiLM
  5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - LOVEFiLM
  6. Schindler’s List (1993)
  7. Casablanca (1942) - LOVEFiLM
  8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - LOVEFiLM
  9. The Seven Samurai (1954) (Jp.)
  10. Star Wars (1977)
  11. Citizen Kane (1941)
  12. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
  13. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  14. Rear Window (1954)
  15. Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  16. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - LOVEFiLM
  17. Memento (2000)
  18. The Usual Suspects (1995)
  19. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  20. North By Northwest (1959)
  21. Amelie (2001) (Fr.)
  22. Psycho (1960)
  23. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  24. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  25. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) (It.)
  26. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  27. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
  28. GoodFellas (1990)
  29. American Beauty (1999)
  30. Vertigo (1958)
  31. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
  32. The Matrix (1999)
  33. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  34. The Pianist (2002)
  35. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
  36. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  37. Taxi Driver (1976)
  38. Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) (It.)
  39. The Third Man (1949)
  40. Paths of Glory (1957)
  41. Fight Club (1999)
  42. Spirited Away (2001) (Jp.)
  43. Das Boot (1981) (Ger.)
  44. Double Indemnity (1944)
  45. L.A. Confidential (1997)
  46. Chinatown (1974)
  47. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
  48. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  49. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  50. M (1931) (Ger.)
  51. All About Eve (1950)
  52. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
  53. Se7en (1995)
  54. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
  55. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  56. Raging Bull (1980)
  57. City of God (2002) (Brazil/Fr.)
  58. Rashomon (1950) (Jp.)
  59. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  60. The Sting (1973)
  61. Alien (1979)
  62. American History X (1998)
  63. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  64. Leon, aka The Professional (1994) (Fr.)
  65. Life is Beautiful (1997) (It.)
  66. Touch Of Evil (1958)
  67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  68. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  69. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
  70. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  71. The Great Escape (1963)
  72. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  73. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  74. Amadeus (1984)
  75. Annie Hall (1977)
  76. Jaws (1975)
  77. Ran (1985) (Jp.)
  78. Modern Times (1936)
  79. On The Waterfront (1954)
  80. Braveheart (1995)
  81. High Noon (1952)
  82. The Apartment (1960)
  83. The Sixth Sense (1999)
  84. Fargo (1996)
  85. Aliens (1986)
  86. The Shining (1980)
  87. Strangers on a Train (1951)
  88. Blade Runner (1982)
  89. Metropolis (1927) (Ger.)
  90. Duck Soup (1933)
  91. Finding Nemo (2003)
  92. Donnie Darko (2001)
  93. The General (1927)
  94. The Princess Bride (1987)
  95. Toy Story 2 (1999)
  96. City Lights (1931)
  97. Run Lola Run (1998) (Ger.)
  98. The Great Dictator (1940)
  99. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
  100. The Seventh Seal (1957) (Swd.)

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