Movies like Split Second
If Split Second's mix of pollution, dystopia and coffee stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Split Second's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Upgrade
2018 · Directed by Leigh Whannell · 100 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, cyberpunk · Also action and thriller
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body.
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Sin City
2005 · Directed by Robert Rodriguez · 124 min7.5
Why you'll like itWith Rutger Hauer · Shares: dystopia · Also crime and thriller
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes.
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Demolition Man
1993 · Directed by Marco Brambilla · 115 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, cyberpunk · Also crime and action · From the same decade (1990s)
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong.
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Repo Men
2010 · Directed by Miguel Sapochnik · 111 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, cyberpunk · Also action and science fiction
In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess…
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The Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, cyberpunk · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 137 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and crime
In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013 · Directed by Jay Oliva · 78 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also science fiction and action
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
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The Terminator
1984 · Directed by James Cameron · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and thriller
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st…
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Resident Evil
2002 · Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · 100 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also horror and action
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain…
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014 · Directed by Frank Miller · 102 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and crime
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.