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EXCELLENT Dystopian Movies by Movie Therapy

This dystopian trilogy explores the genre through multiple layers of storytelling, emotional intensity, and thematic depth. While each list can be explored independently, together they present a broader journey through dystopian cinema — from entertaining and accessible world-building to more complex and philosophically challenging narratives.
Check out previous 2 lists: GOOD and GREAT dystopian movies
This trilogy explores how dystopian cinema helps audiences understand fear, power, and survival through storytelling — part of the Movie Therapy Collection.
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Note: Arranged in order of liking.
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Never Let Me Go (2010)
Never Let Me Go (2010)
1
The Battery (2012)
The Battery (2012)
2
Serenity 2005 (2005)
Serenity 2005 (2005)
3
Blindness (2008)
Blindness (2008)
4
The Fifth Element (1997)
The Fifth Element (1997)
5
70%7.7
Snowpiercer (2013)
Snowpiercer (2013)
6
94%7.1
Hotel Artemis (2018)
Hotel Artemis (2018)
7
58%6.1
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
8
97%8.1
Moon (2009)
Moon (2009)
9
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
10
86%8.0
I Am Legend (2007)
I Am Legend (2007)
11
68%7.2
The Island (2005)
The Island (2005)
12
39%6.8
28 Days Later (2002)
28 Days Later (2002)
13
In Time (2011)
In Time (2011)
14
37%6.7
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
15
66%7.4
What Happened to Monday (2017)
What Happened to Monday (2017)
16
61%6.9
The Hunger Games (2012)
The Hunger Games (2012)
17
84%7.2
Minority Report (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
18
90%7.6
Knowing (2009)
Knowing (2009)
19
34%6.2
Upgrade (2018)
Upgrade (2018)
20
88%7.5
Lucy (2014)
Lucy (2014)
21
67%6.4
Looper (2012)
Looper (2012)
22
93%7.4
A Quiet Place (2018)
A Quiet Place (2018)
23
Bird Box (2018)
Bird Box (2018)
24
64%6.6
Æon Flux (2005)
Æon Flux (2005)
25
9%5.5
WALL·E (2008)
WALL·E (2008)
26
95%8.4
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
27
75%7.2
District 9 (2009)
District 9 (2009)
28
90%7.9
Extinction (2015)
Extinction (2015)
29
18%5.9
The Giver (2014)
The Giver (2014)
30
35%6.5
The Zero Theorem (2014)
The Zero Theorem (2014)
31
48%6.1
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
32
89%8.0
The Invention of Lying (2009)
The Invention of Lying (2009)
33
55%6.4
Downsizing (2017)
Downsizing (2017)
34
47%5.7
Land of the Blind (2006)
Land of the Blind (2006)
35
17%6.5
Perfect Sense (2011)
Perfect Sense (2011)
36
58%7.1
Ex Machina (2015)
Ex Machina (2015)
37
92%7.7
Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
38
52%5.8
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
39
26%5.3
Here Alone (2016)
Here Alone (2016)
40
65%5.6
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