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41) Equals
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In a future dystopia where emotions are controlled with inoculations and coupling is strictly prohibited, two young illustrators defy societal law by falling in love. When the "cure" for all emotion is invented, the couple must plot a way to escape the totalitarian state.
42) Captive state
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Chicago of the future looks vastly different than the iconic American city it is today. It has been occupied by aliens, and now the city is Ground Zero in a battle for control. Some residents are more than willing to work with the extra-terrestrial forces, but others are determined to resist. People on both sides believe that they are doing what is best for the city. Is Chicago better off with these alien occupiers, or should it return to its previous...
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Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and...
44) Brazil
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A comedy/romance about a surreal world in which terrorists scare the citizens, and where nothing can be accomplished without paperwork. Highly critically acclaimed.
45) The long walk
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"How far could you go? Fifty teenage boys are about to find out in the grueling competition called The Long Walk. Overseen by the merciless Major, the contest is the ultimate expression of every man for himself. To the walk's winner will go the ultimate prize: riches beyond belief... and any wish he desires. When local kid Garraty arrives at the starting line and meets McVries, they find a moving camaraderie amidst the peril of the walk. But the soul-crushing...
46) Elevation
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Set in the post-apocalyptic Rocky Mountains, a single father and two women venture from the safety of their homes to face monstrous creatures to save the life of a young boy.
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In the epic finale to the saga, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
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Set in the near future where climate change has wreaked havoc in parts of the American Midwest, a government agency exiles members of society deemed unproductive to a colony known as New Eden. An ambitious and impartial caseworker, Noah Kross investigates a case appealed by a single mother and her son. Determined to expose government secrets, Kross sets off to save the lives of the mother and child.
49) Civil war
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Alex Garland's new film careens through a near-future, fractured America balanced on the razor's edge.
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Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began, The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
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Based on the novel by George Orwell which is the story of impossible love and tragic betrayal set in the twisted, horrific world of "1984"
Winston Smith (Hurt) endures a squalid existence in totalitarian Oceania under the constant surveillance of Big Brother. But his life takes a horrifying turn when he begins a forbidden love affair and commits the crime of independent thought. Sent to the chillingly labeled 'Ministry of Love, he is placed at the...
52) THX 1138
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Dystopian futuristic story about a man struggling to escape a robot-like society that forbids sex and enforces human assimilation.
54) Civil war
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In a dystopian future America, a team of military-embedded journalists race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
55) Fahrenheit 451
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In a terrifying carefree future, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn all books, questions his actions after meeting a young woman, and begins to rebel against society.
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In THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, a visionary thriller that drops viewers into an extraordinary world where mutations in human genetics cause people to transform into hybrid creatures, François (Roman Duris) does everything he can to save his wife, who is affected by this mysterious condition. As some of the creatures disappear into a nearby forest, François embarks with Emile (Paul Kircher), their 16-year-old son, on a quest to find her with help from a local...
57) The Circle
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When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
58) The first purge
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Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
59) Hotel Artemis
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Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, a nurse operates a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
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Four American astronauts crash-land on an uncharted planet and discover it is ruled by a race of intelligent apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) soon finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall)
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