Urban Dystopian Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 26 films with a dystopian premise and set in cities, spanning 1927–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1971

  A Clockwork Orange

  London — Near Future
  Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
• 2001

  A.I. Artificial Intelligence

  New Jersey · New York City — Far Future
  Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 1988

  Akira

  Near Future
  Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo
• 1982

  Blade Runner

  Los Angeles — Near Future
  Urbandir. Ridley Scott
• 2017

  Blade Runner 2049

  Los Angeles · Las Vegas — Near Future
  Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve
• 1985

  Brazil

  Near Future
  Urbandir. Terry Gilliam
• 2006

  Children of Men

  London — Near Future
  Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón
• 2024

  Civil War

  Washington, D.C. · New York City · Virginia — Near Future
  Urban · Ruraldir. Alex Garland
• 2012

  Cloud Atlas

  San Francisco · London · Hawaii · Chatham Islands — 1800s · 1930s · 1970s · 2010s · Far Future
  Urban · Island · Coastal Sea · Off Worlddir. Lilly Wachowski
• 2009

  District 9

  Johannesburg — 2010s
  Urbandir. Neill Blomkamp
• 1964

  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

  1960s
  Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
• 2013

  Elysium

  Los Angeles · Space — Far Future
  Urban · Off Worlddir. Neill Blomkamp
• 1981

  Escape from New York

  New York City — Near Future
  Urbandir. John Carpenter
• 1997

  Gattaca

  Near Future
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Andrew Niccol
• 2018

  Isle of Dogs

  Japan — Near Future
  Island · Urbandir. Wes Anderson
• 1927

  Metropolis

  Near Future
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Fritz Lang
• 2002

  Minority Report

  Washington, D.C. — Near Future
  Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 1987

  RoboCop

  Detroit — Near Future
  Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven
• 2018

  Sorry to Bother You

  Oakland — Near Future
  Urbandir. Boots Riley
• 1973

  Soylent Green

  New York City — 2020s
  Urbandir. Richard Fleischer
• 2023

  The Creator

  Los Angeles · Space — Near Future
  Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Gareth Edwards
• 1940

  The Great Dictator

  1930s
  Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin
• 1999

  The Matrix

  Far Future
  Urban · Off Worlddir. Lana Wachowski
• 1988

  They Live

  Los Angeles — 1980s
  Urbandir. John Carpenter
• 1990

  Total Recall

  Near Future
  Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven
• 1982

  Tron

  1980s
  Urbandir. Steven Lisberger