soylent green is people!

[datasuspect]

what are your favorite dystopic books or films?

mine are

the omega man
soylent green
zombie movies
warday
planet of the apes movies

[Philostopher]

1. Damnation Alley.

The cockroach scene gets to me every time.

On edit -- Brazil is pretty creepy, too, though it's not really supposed to be 'post apocalyptic' you sure feel like it was after it's over.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Blade Runner

[ET Awful]

3. As far as books go, the obvious ones like

1984
Brave New World
Handmaids Tale

I'm interested in checking out Phillip Roth's "The Plot Against America" as well. It's more an alternative history than a dystopian future though. It's based on the premise that FDR was defeated by Charles Lindbergh (a known anti-semite) in the 1940 election, resulting in an administration that was friendly towards Hitler and began it's own method of eliminating Jewish influence through breaking up concentrations of Jews and spreading them thinly throughout the country so they could be separated and assimilated. Sounds like an interesting read.

Of course if the alternative history concept is interesting to you, you should also check out Harry Turtledoves excellent series based on a premise of the Confederacy winning the Civil War (currently the series continues through the period just following WWI, with a completely different structure of allies during the Great War, (i.e. Canada and the Confederate States allied against the US).

[datasuspect]

4. check out

"the man in the high castle, by philip k. dick.

alternate history where the axis wins WWII and take over control of the US.

from the same guy who wrote, "do androids dream of electric sheep," the basis for the movie bladerunner, which was a cinematic masterpiece in my opinion.

[KurtNYC]

5. Silent Running

[Ian David]

6. favorite dystopic books or films

Logan's Run

Bladerunner

The Robocop movies (along with Solyent Green, the most plausible)

Metropolis

1984

Farenheit 451

Brave New World

THX 1138

The Matrix movies

[tyedyeto]

7. Earth Abides

one of my favs from waaaaay back.