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1. Snowpiercer (2020–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a perpetually-moving train that circles the globe, where class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.
Stars: Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, Alison Wright, Iddo Goldberg
Votes: 62,616
2. Man of Steel (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane
Votes: 812,437 | Gross: $291.05M
3. Snowpiercer (2013)
R | 126 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future where a failed climate change experiment has killed all life except for the survivors who boarded the Snowpiercer (a train that travels around the globe), a new class system emerges.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris
Votes: 389,384 | Gross: $4.56M
4. What Happened to Monday (2017)
TV-MA | 123 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Marwan Kenzari
Votes: 134,676
5. Logan's Run (1976)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 61,096 | Gross: $25.00M
6. Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, 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.
Director: Ramin Bahrani | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Aaron Davis, Cindy Katz, Michael Shannon
Votes: 22,705
7. Fortress (1992)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a future, private underground prison/Fortress, the inmates are computer controlled with CCTV, dream readers and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife are inside but want to escape before birth.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith, Clifton Collins Jr.
Votes: 30,492 | Gross: $6.74M
8. Hardware (1990)
R | 94 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, Carl McCoy
Votes: 16,453 | Gross: $5.73M
9. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,701
10. Death Race 2050 (2017 Video)
R | 93 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Five long decades after Death Race 2000 (1975), in the overpopulated United Corporations of America, the annual Death Race is about to begin. This time, Frankenstein is up against no-nonsense challengers. How many points will he score?
Director: G.J. Echternkamp | Stars: Manu Bennett, Malcolm McDowell, Marci Miller, Burt Grinstead
Votes: 5,127
11. One Child Nation (2019)
R | 83 min | Documentary, History
After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.
Directors: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang | Stars: Nanfu Wang, Zaodi Wang, Zhimei Wang, Tunde Wang
Votes: 7,214 | Gross: $0.18M
12. Z.P.G. (1972)
PG | 97 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Concerned with population over-growth, the Earth government bans, under the penalty of death, all pregnancies but one couple decides to risk having a real baby rather than legally adopt a cyborg child.
Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Oliver Reed, Geraldine Chaplin, Don Gordon, Diane Cilento
Votes: 1,581
13. Requiem for the American Dream (2015)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary, Biography, News
Renowned academic and author Noam Chomsky elucidates 10 principles of concentration of wealth and power that have led to unprecedented inequality and the hollowing out of the American middle class.
Directors: Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Alan Greenspan, Malcolm X, Richard Nixon
Votes: 9,894 | Gross: $0.13M
14. 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position (2010)
83 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the near future, where government regulations are so restrictive our most intimate acts are considered acts of rebellion, Nora tries to break out of a lifetime of strict thought and sexual repression before it's too late.
Director: Alan Chu | Stars: William Russ, Anthem Moss, Natasha Melnick, Richard Riehle
Votes: 117
15. Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement (2007 Video)
Unrated | 139 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
For the New World Order, a world government is just the beginning. Once in place they can engage their plan to exterminate 80% of the world's population, while enabling the "elites" to live... See full summary »
Director: Alex Jones | Stars: Alex Jones, Jeremie Rhodes, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 2,181
16. Genkai jinkô keisû (1995)
54 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man sees a murder in the subways and is soon pursued by the killer, who wants him to join a group called The Engineers, who have taken it upon themselves to reduce Japan's overpopulation.
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura | Stars: Kisei Ishizuka, Jun Sasaki, Chikako Tone, Tomoko Haseyama
Votes: 182
17. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Nicholas Winand, Thomas Betthauser, Scott Thompson, Blaiden D. Cordle
Votes: 1,316
18. World War C (2021)
85 min | Documentary
It's war. War against an invisible enemy that is not as deadly as we are told. The world is changing rapidly. Disproportionate measures are taken worldwide that disrupt society as a whole. ... See full summary »
Director: Belgin Inal | Stars: Tucker Carlson, King Charles III, Bill Gates, António Guterres
Votes: 17
19. Le travail du furet (1994 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
By killing people as a profession, we end up asking ourselves questions. In the future, an "overpopulation regulator" is faced with a moral dilemma.
Director: Bruno Gantillon | Stars: Fabrice Eberhard, Marine Delterme, Charlie Nelson, Richard Sammut
Votes: 9
20. Child Reduction Act (2008)
14 min | Short, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The year is 2016. The President signs The Child Reduction Act. Families with more than one child under the age of 18, must pay a multiple child tax. Families unable to afford the tax, must ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Chen | Stars: Heidi Heller, Travis Beaty, P.J. Brown, Roshelle Baier
Votes: 8
21. Mundo Ultimate News Cp (2018–2021)
TV-14 | 48 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In a vast and mysterious multiverse with fantastic alternative realities, a metaphysical entity has a whole plan behind it, in order to protect the timeline of an island using a book that ... See full summary »
Stars: Henrique Brandão, Cristian Universe, Guilherme Lucas
Votes: 8
22. R.I.P., Rest in Pieces (1997)
Documentary, Biography, War
R.I.P Rest in Pieces is an intimate portrait of artist Joe Coleman, who is known around the world as a shamanic, moral voice diagnosing the ills of 21st century America.
Director: Robert-Adrian Pejo | Stars: Hasil Adkins, Bill Coleman, Joe Coleman, Manuel De Landa
Votes: 145
23. Devil Inside (2019)
22 min | Short, Fantasy
Director: Nick Peterson | Stars: Alex Hall, Vincent X. Hall, Tony Henden, Old-Nick
24. Devil's Life (2020)
125 min | Biography, Crime, Fantasy
4 avengers of the apocalypse are trying to save the world paralyzed by a mysterious virus.
Director: Nick Peterson | Stars: Alex Hall, Old-Nick, Vincent X. Hall, Tony Henden
25. The Notice: Second Sunrise of the Mayfly
Sci-Fi, Thriller | Pre-production
Set in a dystopian post-apocalyptic world, the Global population is controlled by a random selection system called the Global Benefactor Protocol. Those selected are notified of their final... See full summary »
Stars: Vincent Kinne, Jesse McFaddin
26. New World Order: Blueprint of Madmen (2012)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Star: Alex Jones
Votes: 23
27. Population (1999)
7 min | Sci-Fi, Short
A possible American social outcome of continued global population growth.
Director: Benjamin T. Brammeier | Stars: Colin Gregg, Katherine Dischinger, Mark Dischinger, Brad Hodge
28. Splendour (2012)
5 min | Short, Sci-Fi
In a future where pregnancy is illegal, a mother and father fight to protect their newborn.
Director: Rob McLellan | Stars: Sven Hornsey, Claire Huskisson
Votes: 10
29. The Movement That Inspired the Holocaust (2022)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Héloïse Dorsan Rachet | Star: Christina Greer
30.
Sliders (1995–2000)
Episode:
Luck of the Draw
(1995)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In a seemingly Utopian world where population control is a priority, citizens play the lottery at local ATM machines. The more they withdraw from the public account, the more chances they ... See full summary »
Director: Les Landau | Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Sabrina Lloyd, Cleavant Derricks, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 389
31.
The Starlost (1973–1974)
Episode:
The Goddess Calabra
(1973)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Searching for a way to repair the Ark, Devon, Rachel and Garth arrive at the Omicron biosphere, which may have some ancient technical books. All the women died long ago, and Rachel is mistaken for the goddess the men worship.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gay Rowan, Robin Ward, John Colicos
Votes: 54
32.
Love, Death & Robots (2019– )
Episode:
Pop Squad
(2021)
TV-MA | 18 min | Animation, Short, Action
In a future where resources are controlled by the rich, "unregistered offspring" are forbidden by the state. A police officer charged with enforcing population control faces a crisis of conscience.
Directors: Franck Balson, Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Stars: Nolan North, Elodie Yung, Emily O'Brien, Michelle C. Bonilla
Votes: 13,795
33.
Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
The Most Eclectic and Interesting Content of All Time
(2019 Podcast Episode)
News
Star: Scott Adams
34.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
Episode:
China's One Child Policy
(2019)
TV-MA | 34 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
John explains the troubling history, brutal enforcement and questionable results of China's highly controversial, decades long, one-child policy, a punitive measure conceived originally as ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Pennolino | Stars: Ryan Barger, Susan Evans, David Kaye, John Oliver
Votes: 259
35.
The Propaganda Report (2016– )
DNB: Fauci Pushes Fauci Sponsored Drug that Does Nothing. Bill Gates Human Harvesting & a Warning for Businesses that Have Reopened
(2020 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Monica Perez, Brad Binkley
36.
The Age of Nature (2020)
Episode:
Understanding
(2020)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary
A new understanding of the way Nature works is helping us find some ways of fixing it. As our understanding deepens, we realize that everything is connected, and by helping to restore Nature we all benefit, humans and animals alike.
Stars: Robert Elofson, Alan Watson Featherstone, Anna Friel, Deborah Giles
Votes: 27
37.
Conspiracy Clearinghouse (2020– )
A Cavalcade of COVID-19 Crackpottery
(2020 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Misinformation, disinformation, misconceptions and outright lies about the COVID-19 virus are on a worldwide tour aided and abetted by social media.
Director: Derek DeWitt | Star: Derek DeWitt
39.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Enter the Biggest Prison System in History
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Eddie Conway, Abby Martin, Eugene Puryear
Votes: 17
40.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
State Violence and Counter Violence
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Eddie Conway, Chris Hedges, Ojore Lutalo
41.
Black Mirror (2011– )
Episode:
Men Against Fire
(2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Future soldiers Stripe and Raiman must protect frightened villagers from an infestation of vicious feral mutants.
Director: Jakob Verbruggen | Stars: Malachi Kirby, Madeline Brewer, Ariane Labed, Sarah Snook
Votes: 41,613
42.
RichPlanet TV (2009– )
Episode:
Free Tommy
(2018)
106 min | Documentary, History, News
Richard calls for the release of the innocent Tommy Mair, who was convicted without a trial; looks at population control; sheds new light on the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings; plus, an interview with 86-year-old historian, Alan Wilson.
Stars: Hugh Callaghan, Richard D. Hall, Paddy Hill, Richard McIlkenny