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Hootie and the Blow Job
Most Prophetic Movie From 20th Century?
Domutwo
Idiocracy.
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1212
1st thing that came to mind.
ig88420
i know its a bit of cliche, but the way things are going: Nineteen Eighty Four (1984). Mainly because we are staring into a post truth world (we are not too far from the powerful being able to decide what is actually true and false and the masses just accepting it) and the planet is being parceled up into spheres of influence just like Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Maybe mixed in with a bit of Idiocracy (2006) just like Domutwo wrote.
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quagmirewrangle
gotta be blade runner :-)
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Domutwo
Certainly hope so, but I demand more dystopian ambience ...
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TWDuke
I'm just back from watching Ghost In The Shell at a London cinema with my son.

It doesn't get any more relevant than that.

I must admit that Blade Runner holds a soft spot in my heart as it blew my mind when I saw it as a teenager.

But if you merely want purely dystopian movies you're spoiled with 70s stuff:
- THX 1138
- Silent Running
- No Blade of Grass
- Logan's Run
- Planet of the Apes (the first two movies)
- Soylent Green
- Clockwork Orange
- Rollerball
- Zardoz
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Domutwo
A lucky Son with a great Dad, GITS is so immersive on the big screen!
Might have to have a rewatch later on
Some real greats in your recommendations too
Was always a big fan of the whole post-humanism thing, probably nurtured by some of the works you have already mentioned, plus Cronenbergs' take on a human- technological evolutionary symbiosis has always been somewhat captivating too.

Also, has anyone done a serious cinematic take on 'A Brave New World' yet?
Turned out to be rather more relevant than '1984' I think.
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TWDuke
Hi Domutwo

Apparently there has been a 90s TV version (with Leonard Nimoy) but I haven't seen it.

Not sure if the original question was about prophetic vs simply dystopian but if the latter then there are loads of scifi movies.

I obviously left out all the 80s and 90s stuff (Robocop's TV ads, minority report, all the Shwarzenegger stuff, etc).
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Kwood
Team America: World Police
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TWDuke
Hi Kwood

Funny you said that because in the light of the latest events I remembered that movie this week.

And today I thought about Judge Dredd - Judge, Jury and Executioner.

The 2012 Dredd is much better than the sub-standard Stalone flick.
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Californiarudralis
Im going to apologise in advance. Because it isnt a movie. Its a song.
Zager and Evans. In the year 2525.
A scary prophetic song. Truly.
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