10 Great Dystopian Movies You Never Heard Of

Idiocracy

In 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers is selected to take part in a secret military experiment to put him in hibernation for a year along with a woman named Rit. The slumbering duo is forgotten when the base they are stored on is closed down and are left in stasis until 2505. When they finally wake up, they discover the average intelligence of humans has decreased so much that Joe is now the smartest man in the world.

City of Ember

For generations, a massive generator has sustained the needs of the underground city of Ember. However, the generator will only last for 200 years. Therefore, as its lights start to flicker and fade, it remains to two youths, Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow, to follow the clues that will restore light to the place.

Elysium

In the year 2154, humanity is sharply divided between two classes of people. The rich live aboard a luxurious space station called Elysium, and the rest live a hardscrabble existence in Earth’s ruins. Max, an extremely injured line worker in a robotics factory, agrees to undertake a dangerous mission that could bring equality to the population. With his life hanging in the balance, he fights against the authority that eager to preserve the pampered lifestyle of Elysium.

Oblivion

In the year 2077, Jack Harper works as a security repairman on an Earth left empty and devastated after a war with aliens. Jack has two weeks left before his mission ends and he joins his fellow survivors on a faraway colony. However, Jack’s concept of reality comes crashing down after he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. The woman’s arrival triggers a chain of events that culminates in Jack’s nearly single-handed battle to save mankind.

Snowpiercer

Set in 2031, the entire world is frozen except for those aboard the Snowpiercer. For seventeen years, the world’s survivors are on a train hurtling around the globe creating their own economy and class system. Led by Curtis, a group of lower-class citizens living in squalor at the back of the train are determined to get to the front of the train and spread the wealth around. Each section of the train holds new surprises for the group who have to battle their way through. A revolution is underway.

So, have you ever heard of those great dystopian movies?