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Plot Summary:
2035, United States of Europe. Some humans are not sustainable anymore.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, grindhouse, bleak, serious, stylized, gloomy, futuristic
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The Last Battle (1983)
Plot Summary:
The plot explores the devastation of civilization and issues of brutality, hostility and isolation. Pierre Jolivet stars as the main character (identified only as "The Man" in the end credits) who is menaced by "The Brute" (played by Jean Reno) on his journey through a world filled by people rendered nearly mute by some unknown incident.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: black and white, bleak, apocalyptic, atmospheric, experimental, stylized, retro, anamorphic, serious, suspenseful
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The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
Plot Summary:
George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and hypnotically induces Mr. Orr to change reality for the benefit of mankind --- with bizarre and frightening results.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: cyber, surreal, intelligent, psychological, atmospheric, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
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Swerve (2012)
Plot Summary:
In a future post-apocalyptic California, the new frontier is a vast nano-contaminated Zone cut off from the all-connected Grid and the ceaseless flows of bodies and information outside its borders. Only the insane or criminal would venture into this low-tech, body-corroding backwater: that's what Kaja has been told. But when her best and only friend Adelle disappears, apparently kidnapped and taken to the Zone by an anti-nanotech revolutionary group, Kaja is forced to enter this bizarre and alien world. There, where even fundamental matter and individual identity are up for grabs, as a virtual assassination team moves in for the kill, anti-technology cultists plot a takeover, and a mad cyberscientist prepares a vast mind-harvesting experiment, Adelle will begin to suspect that her entire brain is an elaborate organic computer program... But what, exactly, does it do?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, surreal, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, cyber
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Dark Space (2013)
Plot Summary:
College friends Devin, Jack, Shelly, Kristy, Shaun, and Flower rent a spacecraft to autopilot them to Centauri Five for a holiday break. Impatient over the rental agency restricting the ship’s speed to 10x, Devin and the others convince Shaun to remove the craft’s constrictor device. Doing so damages the computer’s automated systems, as well as the ability to send a distress beacon, causing the six friends to crash land on an uncharted alien planet.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, futuristic, scenic, scary
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The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
Plot Summary:
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, France, Austria, UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, stylized, atmospheric, mind bending, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, offbeat, experimental
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Atomic Apocalypse (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two years after the nuclear bombs dropped and welcome to the future, where there’s no fuel or power, and society is a barbaric mess. Survivors Kate, husband Sam, and daughter Suzi are searching for a rumoured bunker that people say is full of food and medicine. En route, they meet the solitary Joe, who may not have the group’s best interests at heart. Kate will have to do everything possible to protect her family.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 345
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sincere, suspense, suspenseful
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The Time Travelers (1964)
Plot Summary:
A time travel experiment that was supposed to produce a window into time turns out to be a portal instead. One of the experimenters steps through into a not-too-distant-future world that has been destroyed by nuclear war. Some of the others follow, but then the portal phases out and they can't get back. Things just get worse after that. They run across a rocket that has landed to escape pursuing enemies, bearing scientists who survived the war, and many android "slaves." The time travellers are invited to escape when the ship is again ready to blast off - but just before that happens, the scientits' enemy returns and fires on the sitting-duck ship. A very bad day for the scientists turns terminal at that point, and the 20th-century Earthlings barely escape with their skins.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, mysterious, grindhouse, classic horror, independent film, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Quarantine (1989)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic society being decimated by plague, a fascist movement seizes power and quarantines not only the plague victims, but anyone related to them. Rebels trying to assassinate a particularly reactionary senator stumble onto a computer programmer trying to track and eradicate the disease.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Z.P.G. (1972)
Plot Summary:
In the not too distant future, a very smoggy and overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules and gets in a lot of trouble. (Z.P.G. stands for Zero Population Growth.).
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, experimental, grindhouse, frightening, thought provoking, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, controversial
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Real Playing Game (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a future not too far away, Steve Battier, an elderly, terminally ill multi-millionaire, accepts the offer of a company - RPG - that in exchange for a high monetary sum, provides a very select group of clientèle the chance to be young again. For 10 hours, 10 millionaires from around the world, men and women of fame and power, are transferred to attractive and healthy younger bodies, to live in a world of temporary rejuvenation, in a game of real thrills, where every hour someone must die.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Portugal
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, futuristic
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Idaho Transfer (1973)
Plot Summary:
A crew of young researchers escape into the future to avoid the shutdown of their project. They find that some type of 'eco-crisis' disaster has de-populated the area around their lab (in rural Idaho) and, by implication, the nation or maybe the world. Stranded in the barren future, in their travels they encounter an abandoned freight train possibly full of corpses (maybe, it isn't very clear). One of them travels further into the future and meets a family in a futuristic automobile, implying that that humankind has recovered from the disaster (or have they?).
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, weird
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Empty (2011)
Plot Summary:
A suspenseful drama about a young couple on a road trip who get caught in the midst of a worldwide gas shortage.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense, independent film
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World's End (2010)
Plot Summary:
Wes Keller is a young man living in a world where oil has collapsed, the food supply has been wiped out, and cancer rates for women have skyrocketed, depleting the female population. In a barbaric environment where bio fuel, batteries, bullets and people are currency and marauders roam free, Wes tries to escape to a mythical world run on cold fusion "Plutopia", a place that may only exist in the mind. THE BILL IS DUE. 'Downstream' is a view of the not so distant future. We follow a young man (everyone's son) as he pays the price for society's decadence.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, thought provoking, serious, surreal, apocalyptic, captivating, psychological, bleak, suspenseful
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Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)
Plot Summary:
In the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has his own plans as he is forcing a female scientist to help him manufacture life extending longevity chips which he intends to sell to rich and powerful clients.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, tech noir, independent film, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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Johnny 2.0 (1997)
Plot Summary:
When Dr. Johnny Dalton awakens, after being beaten by a group of eco-terrorists who were vandalizing his lab at biotech firm Azina, his business partner Frank Donahue tells him him that 15 years have passed and Johnny is merely a clone of himself. He's been created to track down the real Dr. Dalton who has disappeared, taking with him Azine's most devastating discovery as well as the key to disarming Johnny's genetic time-bomb. Johnny is captured, however he finds an ally among the rebels in Nikki Holland, leading him to the real Dr. Dalton, who reveals secrets about Azine, Donahue and the mysterious Mr. Bosch that are far more shocking than anything they ever expected. This futuristic thriller takes the concept of genetic engineering to a whole new level, and into a frightening world that may be just over the horizon.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: cyber, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Plot Summary:
Only a few people still live in New York in 2015. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, depressing, grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic
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Encrypt (2003)
Plot Summary:
2068, the ozone layer is gone and the world is a wasteland. A band of mercenaries attempt to break into a Estate that is guarded by a automated defence system called "Encrypt" in order to steal priceless artwork.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating, tech noir, futuristic
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Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
Plot Summary:
Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a city that's at the point of collapse following a catastrophic nuclear war; lawlessness and violence rule the day, and gangs of brutal youth roam the streets. With the help of her teenage companion Emily (Leonie Mellinger), D tries to make her way, and in order to cope, she often escapes into a fantasy world in which she lives in genteel Victorian surroundings in the 19th century.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: independent film, atmospheric, offbeat, bleak, serious, futuristic, stylized
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Dragon Day (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Duke Evans, out of work NSA analyst, is evicted from his home he moves his family to his grandfather's old cabin. However here they are also threatened when a hellish cyber-attack is unleashed on the US rendering anything with a computer chip useless. He must now keep his family alive, fight off would be thieves and a newly corrupted government and ultimately make the hardest decision of his life- to survive. Written by Patterson, Matt (V).
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating
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Mutant World (2014)
Plot Summary:
A decade after a disastrous meteor impact wipes out most of society, a group of survivalists emerge to find themselves on a twisted version of the old Earth, with a nascent society besieged by vicious marauders, ferocious mutants, and the dreadful symptoms of a post-apocalyptic environment.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, scary
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Afterworld (2007)
Plot Summary:
Afterworld is a computer-animated American science fiction television series created by writer Brent V. Friedman and artist/filmmaker Michael DeCourcey. Its naturalistic future setting, modeled after traditional Western movie motifs, presents an atypical science fiction backdrop for the narrative. Friedman served as executive producer, along with Stan Rogow. Afterworld premiered in the United States on YouTube and Bud.tv on February 28, 2007 with the production website being launched in May, 2007. The series quickly built a loyal fanbase but did not really take off until August, 2007 when it was 're-released' on MySpace. In conjunction with that release the series was also released in Australia on the Sci Fi Channel, as a mobile podcast, and as a web series on US based Crackle. The series was also made available by Sony Pictures Television International as 13 half-hour episodes for traditional broadcasters.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, bleak, futuristic, computer animated
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H+: The Digital Series (2011)
Plot Summary:
H+: The Digital Series is a web series produced by Bryan Singer and created by John Cabrera and Cosimo De Tommaso. The series, which touches on the subject of transhumanism, premiered on August 8, 2012 on YouTube with two episodes. Two new episodes were then released every week on Wednesdays until the season finale on January 16, 2013. A second season is currently in production.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, stylized, serious, cyber, apocalyptic, futuristic
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The Lottery (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children, "The Lottery" reveals a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this global crisis unfolds, the government’s interests and power begin to dominate, igniting a highly controversial debate over our fundamental and personal freedom to raise a family.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, thought provoking, bleak, serious, cerebral, mind bending, futuristic
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The Last Train (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Last Train is a British six-part post-apocalyptic television drama serial first broadcast on the ITV network in 1999. It has since been repeated on ITV2 in 1999/2001 and on numerous occasions on the UK Sci-Fi Channel. The serial was written by Matthew Graham and produced for ITV by Granada Television. In the United States, the Fox Network purchased the rights to produce a new version of the series soon after its original UK transmission. Retitled The Ark, the idea did not progress beyond the pilot stage. As of May 2013, the series has not been released on DVD or any other format, and has never aired in the US.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, gloomy, bleak, serious, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, disaster movie
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Shepherd (1998)
Plot Summary:
aka Cybercity It's the year 2017, the Earth's surface is destroyed and its citizens flee to an underground wasteland ruled by warring religious cults. In this sinful cybercity, Mercenary Dakota's (C. Thomas Howell) family is murdered by a perverse virtual prophet (Roddy Piper) bent on world domination. Seeking justice, Dakota, beautiful assissin Lilith (Heidi Von Palleske) and an arsenal of hi-tech weaponry battle for the Earth's most precious resource - Humanity. It's time for the false prophets to meek their makers! Packed with innovative special effects and teeth-clenching action, "CyberCity" will make you rethink the millennium.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: futuristic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Death Squad (2014)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2047. Our planet is ruled by the repressive Confederate Central Government (CCG). Ryan is a Green War rebel agent sent on a mission by Sponge to collect evidence against the CCG for its heinous crimes. Ryan soon faces the sinister Colonel Asimov, Major Anderson and a group of mercenaries lead by Lobo. His mission quickly turns chaotic when he meets Tuage, a mutant survivor of the CCG rebellion who swears to help Ryan save what is left of their world … or does she?.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, futuristic, tense, apocalyptic, bleak
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Ever Since the World Ended (2001)
Plot Summary:
Twelve years ago, a plague swept through, wiping out most of the population; in San Francisco, only 186 people remain. Two of them use jury-rigged batteries to power a camera and make a documentary. We see a variety of approaches to survival, from the artist and engineer who trade for their needs, to the surfers and woodsmen who fish and hunt, to the scavengers, and a communal farm. We also see how the community deals with those who threaten it, and how the youth are growing up with different values from those who knew our world.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, tense, bleak, serious, sincere, atmospheric, suspense, realistic, independent film, thought provoking
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Android Apocalypse (2006)
Plot Summary:
Machines have taken over, but left humans thinking that they are still the ones in charge. The androids need humans because of the human brain fluid; without it the android brains can't work. Until the mad scientist finds out how to make this brain fluid artificially that is.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic, epic
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2084 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, apocalyptic, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, bleak
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20 Years After (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, bleak, serious, suspenseful, independent film, futuristic, dystopian, disaster movie