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The Giver is probably my fav. Read the book in 7th grade when it was out for a year. Solid book.
Lately as odd as it sounds, Mocking Jay and the Divergent line have a really similar line with self important people ruining the lives of peons.
Since you said movie, from the list, I'm going to have to go, without reservation, with Blade Runner. Metropolis warrants a mention too.
If it was expanded to books, then 1984. Though the latter isn't exactly light reading, but it is one of the greats. In the same vein, though I'm not a devotee of her work, We the Living, by Ayn Rand is a fictional, almost semi-autobiographical, glimpse into the horrors of Soviet communism. The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick, is an early example of alternative history, and covers a world ruled by the Axis powers.
And I'm sure there are more than a few that will come to mind later.
Solar Babies
Does Idiocracy qualify?
The Road and 12 Monkeys are at the top of my list.
The underlying theme behind the story is what I'm referring to. May not see it well, if you want they did make a movie out of it that gives a better visual to how the society is.I'll have to look for that book. Hadn't heard of it before. And you're right about those two movies, you think they will be classics of the future?
"The Road" is pretty grim. Not a happy ending, in fact the whole movie is downright depressing but realistic in what a nuclear type winter would look like.
(Solarbabies) Eh? Tell us more about this one!
The movie is about a post apocalyptic government that holds back water from the people. It hasn't rained as long as many if the characters have been alive. There is a government orphanage that hokds kids in a semi confined facility and uses them as slaves. A celestial body named Bodi comes to Earth and is found by a deaf boy. Soon, his deafness is cured and other orphans learn of its powers and turn against the government and breach a dam that releases the water and frees the people.
Sounds like a win!
Bodi Sutva?
Great documentary on what would happen in a land completely controlled by liberals.Does Idiocracy qualify?