BEST cyberpunk films
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Cyberpunk is a postmodern and science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life." The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk, and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk," published in 1983. It features advanced science, such as information technology and cybernetics, coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order. Cyberpunk works are well situated within postmodern literature.
Cyberpunk plots often center on a conflict among hackers, artificial intelligences, and megacorporations, and tend to be set in a near-future Earth, rather than the far-future settings or galactic vistas found in novels such as Isaac Asimov's Foundation or Frank Herbert's Dune. The settings are usually post-industrial dystopias but tend to be marked by extraordinary cultural ferment and the use of technology in ways never anticipated by its creators ("the street finds its own uses for things"). Much of the genre's atmosphere echoes film noir, and written works in the genre often use techniques from detective fiction.
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Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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Escape from L.A.
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
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Escape from New York
1981, in 5 top lists Check -
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Dark City
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
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Akira
1988, in 22 top lists Check -
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Kôkaku Kidôtai
1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check -
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Kôkaku kidôtai 2.0
2008 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell 2.0, in 0 top lists Check -
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Strange Days
1995, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Animatrix
2003, in 1 top list Check -
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Tank Girl
1995, in 2 top lists Check -
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GATTACA
1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check -
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Equilibrium
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
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Æon Flux
1991, in 0 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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Mad Max
1979, in 13 top lists Check -
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Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
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1984
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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Delicatessen
1991, in 15 top lists Check -
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THX 1138
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
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Cube 2: Hypercube
2002 — a.k.a. Cube²: Hypercube, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cube
1997, in 5 top lists Check -
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A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
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Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
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Brazil
1985, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Terminator
1984, in 24 top lists Check -
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RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
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RoboCop 2
1990, in 1 top list Check -
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RoboCop 3
1993, in 1 top list Check -
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The Fifth Element
1997, in 7 top lists Check -
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Total Recall
1990, in 8 top lists Check -
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001, in 11 top lists Check -
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Cyborg
1989, in 1 top list Check -
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Nemesis
1992, in 0 top lists Check -
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Solyaris
1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
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