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Cyberpunk around the World
Akira
(AKIRA
)
Neo-Tokyo is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.
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- Japan • 1988
- Director Takashi Nakamura
- Cast Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshou Genda, Hiroshi Ohtake, Kōichi Kitamura
- Genre Science Fiction, Animation
- Available on Hulu, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Vudu
Ghost in the Shell
(GHOST IN THE SHELL/攻殻機動隊
)
A group of cybernetically enhanced cops are called into a stop a biohacking threat.
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- Japan, United Kingdom • 1995
- Director Mamoru Oshii
- Cast Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Kouichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Tesshou Genda
- Genre Action, Animation, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Freevee
Dredd
Part judge, part jury, all executioner.
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- United Kingdom, South Africa, United States • 2012
- Director Pete Travis
- Cast Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris, Langley Kirkwood, Tamer Burjaq
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Peacock, AMC+, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Vudu, AMC on Demand
Upgrade
Not man. Not machine. More.
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- Australia • 2018
- Director Leigh Whannell
- Cast Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Simon Maiden, Benedict Hardie, Melanie Vallejo
- Genre Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Metropolis
This silent science-fiction classic follows a couple from different backgrounds who attempt to reform a dystopian city defined by class division.
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- Germany • 1927
- Director Fritz Lang
- Cast Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos, Fritz Rasp
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, FlixFling, Classix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Popflick
Ex Machina
After winning a contest to spend a week with the CEO of his company, coder Caleb is given the opportunity of a lifetime
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- United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Alex Garland
- Cast Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson, Claire Selby
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
Neptune Frost
A sci-fi punk musical about two lovers that create an anti-colonialist hacker collective in Rwanda.
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- United States, Rwanda • 2022
- Director Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
- Cast Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand Ninteretse, Eliane Umuhire, Elvis Ngabo, Rebecca Mucyo, Trésor Niyongabo
- Genre Drama, Music, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Alphaville
(Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)
A spy journeys to a tyrannical space city to complete three secret missions.
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- France, Italy • 1965
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Christa Lang, Valérie Boisgel
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Available on Hoopla, Kanopy
Technotise: Edit and I
(Technotise - Edit i ja)
A girl installs black-market cybernetics to give her an edge on an exam, but the chip ends up giving her so much more.
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- Serbia • 2009
- Director Aleksa Gajić, Nebojša Andrić, Stevan Đorđević
- Cast Sanda Knežević, Nikola Đuričko, Nebojša Glogovac, Marija Karan, Igor Bugarski, Tatjana Đorđević
- Genre Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex
Pulse
(回路)
After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents.
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- Japan • 2001
- Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Cast Haruhiko Katō, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo, Shinji Takeda
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Peacock, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex
eXistenZ
Play it. Live it. Kill for it.
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- Canada, United Kingdom, France • 1999
- Director David Cronenberg
- Cast Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Eccleston, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe, Don McKellar
- Genre Action, Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Avalon
A bleak future world finds young people increasingly addicted to a potentially deadly battle simulation game.
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- Japan, Poland • 2001
- Director Mamoru Oshii
- Cast Małgorzata Foremniak, Władysław Kowalski, Jerzy Gudejko, Dariusz Biskupski, Bartłomiej Świderski, Katarzyna Bargiełowska
- Genre Action, Science Fiction
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video
Gun-Fu Films
The Raid
(Serbuan maut)
A rookie cop must step up and defeat a crime lord after his fellow team members are captured.
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- Indonesia, France, United States • 2011
- Director Gareth Evans
- Cast Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Pierre Gruno
- Genre Action, Thriller, Crime
- Available on Netflix, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
The Night Comes for Us
A Triad assassin fights to rescue a young girl.
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- Indonesia, United States • 2018
- Director Timo Tjahjanto
- Cast Joe Taslim, Iko Uwais, Asha Kenyeri Bermudez, Sunny Pang, Salvita Decorte, Abimana Aryasatya
- Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Hard Boiled
(辣手神探)
A cop who loses his partner to gun smugglers embarks on a violent mission to catch them and avenge his partner.
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- Hong Kong • 1992
- Director John Woo
- Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Wong, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan Yan-Kin, Philip Kwok Chun-Fung
- Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video
The Raid 2
(The Raid 2: Berandal)
It's Not Over Yet
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- Indonesia, United States • 2014
- Director Gareth Evans
- Cast Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara, Tio Pakusadewo, Alex Abbad, Ken'ichi Endô
- Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
The Mission
(鎗火)
A Triad boss who narrowly escapes an assassination attempt hires five assassins of his own to be his bodyguards.
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- Hong Kong • 1999
- Director Johnnie To
- Cast Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Jackie Lui Chung-Yin, Roy Cheung, Lam Suet, Simon Yam
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy
Baby Assassins
Two high school girls work as part time assassins, but their relationship is strained when they are asked to room together.
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- Japan • 2021
- Director Yugo Sakamoto
- Cast Akari Takaishi, Saori Izawa, Masanori Mimoto, Yasukaze Motomiya, Takashi Nishina, Nagiko Tsuji
- Genre Action, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Peacock, Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Plex
Free Fire
An arms deal quickly devolves into a gun fight.
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- United Kingdom • 2017
- Director Ben Wheatley
- Cast Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Sam Riley
- Genre Action, Crime, Mystery
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Ballerina
(발레리나)
After her friend is driven to suicide by brutal gangsters, an ex-bodyguard gets revenge.
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- Korea • 2023
- Director Lee Chung-hyun
- Cast Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Ji-hun, Park Yu-rim
- Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Villainess
(악녀)
A female assassin leaves a trail of bodies behind her as she seeks revenge.
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- Korea • 2017
- Director Jung Byung-gil
- Cast Kim Ok-vin, Shin Ha-kyun, Sung-Joon, Kim Seo-hyung, Jo Eun-ji, Lee Seung-joo
- Genre Action, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Peacock, Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Plex
Léon: The Professional
An assassin takes a young orphan girl under his wing and helps her get revenge.
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- France • 1994
- Director Luc Besson
- Cast Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello, Peter Appel, Michael Badalucco
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Hardcore Henry
A newly-resurrected cyborg must save his creator/wife from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers.
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- Russia, United States • 2015
- Director Ilya Naishuller
- Cast Sharlto Copley, Andrey Dementyev, Haley Bennett, Danila Kozlovsky, Tim Roth, Ilya Naishuller
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
A Better Tomorrow
(英雄本色)
A member of a triad is forced to grapple with his identity when his police brother learns about his work
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- Hong Kong • 1986
- Director John Woo
- Cast Ti Lung, Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Emily Chu Bo-Yee, Waise Lee, Tien Feng
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV