Science Fiction & Fantasy - Utopia & Dystopias

These philosophical and allegorical films make fascinating and disturbing predictions. Studies of idealistic worlds with social, political and technological harmony or more frequently ominous futures where dehumanization, totalitarian government, disease, post-apocalyptic terrains, cyber-genetic technologies and widespread urban violence and choas reign.

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Science Fiction & Fantasy - Utopia & Dystopias Film Listing

Benh Zeitlin, 2012

£12.99

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Garnering both national and international praise upon its theatrical release, inc...

DVD

Fritz Lang, 1926

£12.99

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Metropolis (Reconstructed & Restored) (Masters of Cinema)

With its dizzying depiction of a futuristic citysca...

DVD

Stanley Kubrick, 1971

£7.99

A Clockwork Orange

Kubrick's controversial screen version of the novel by Anthony Burgess remains a shockingly viole...

DVD

Gary Ross, 2012

£13.49

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The Hunger Games (2 discs)

Sci-fi thriller The Hunger Games, based on the best-selling novels by Suzanne Col...

DVD

Roger Vadim, 1968

£5.99

Barbarella

In this infamous film version of the popular French comic strip by Jean-Claude Forest, Jane Fonda...

DVD

Richard Lester, 1969

£8.99

The Bed Sitting Room

In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a ‘nuclear misunderstanding’ (which last...

DVD+Blu-ray

Alfonso Cuaron, 2006

£5.99

Children of Men (Special Edition) (2 discs)

A hugely impressive sci-fi drama from Mexican director Cuaron. Set in London, 202...

DVD

Fritz Lang, 1926

£14.99

Recommended Star

Metropolis (Reconstructed & Restored) (Masters of Cinema)

With its dizzying depiction of a futuristic citysca...

Blu-ray

Mark Romanek, 2010

£6.99

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Never Let Me Go

Adapted for the big screen by writer Alex Garland, Never Let Me Go - based on Kazuo Ishiguro's no...

DVD

Bertrand Tavernier, 1980

£13.99

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Death Watch

A dystopian sci-fi drama based on David Compton's novel, The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe, or T...

DVD

Stanley Kubrick, 1971

£23.49

A Clockwork Orange (Special Edition)

Kubrick's controversial screen version of the novel by Anthony Burgess remains a ...

Blu-ray

Rian Johnson, 2012

£8.99

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Looper

A futuristic action thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt. In t...

DVD

Terry Gilliam, 1985

£6.99

Brazil

In Terry Gilliam's brilliant Brazil, the Orwellian world of Sam Lowry - a man seeking escape thro...

DVD

Benh Zeitlin, 2012

£16.99

Must Watch Star

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Garnering both national and international praise upon its theatrical release, inc...

Blu-ray

William Cameron Menzies, 1936

£14.99

Recommended Star

Things To Come (Special Edition)

A restored version of William Cameron Menzies’ sci-fi classic Things To Come, a p...

DVD

Gary Ross, 2012

£13.99

The Hunger Games

Sci-fi thriller The Hunger Games, based on the best-selling novels by Suzanne Collins, is set in ...

DVD

Roger Vadim, 1968

£9.99

Barbarella

In this infamous film version of the popular French comic strip by Jean-Claude Forest, Jane Fonda...

Blu-ray

Michael Radford, 1984

£6.99

1984 (Radford, 1984)

A visually austere version of Orwell's story, lent something of a novelty value by being released...

DVD