Cyberpunk Around the World
Cyberpunk is the sci-fi genre of “high-tech and low-life,” but it’s not just neon and rain. Cyberpunk examines human relationships with technology and the corruption of progress by greed. Look to the future for a grim picture of the present.
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Date Created: April 17, 2024
Akira
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Akira
Takashi Nakamura
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1988
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Japan
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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: Fandango At Home, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Crunchyroll
Ghost in the Shell
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Ghost in the Shell
Mamoru Oshii
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1995
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Japan, United Kingdom
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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: YouTube, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Plex, Fandango at Home Free, Plex Channel, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
Dredd
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Dredd
Pete Travis
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2012
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United Kingdom, South Africa, United States
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Dredd
Part judge, part jury, all executioner.
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- United Kingdom, South Africa, United States, India · 2012
- Director: Pete Travis
- Cast: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris, Langley Kirkwood, Tamer Burjaq
- Genre: Action, Science Fiction
- Available on: Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Plex, HBO Max, Fandango At Home, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, YouTube
Upgrade
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Upgrade
Leigh Whannell
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2018
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Australia
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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, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Netflix, Amazon Video, Netflix Standard with Ads
Metropolis
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Metropolis
Fritz Lang
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1927
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Germany
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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: Amazon Video, Kino Film Collection, Artiflix, Mometu, Eternal Family, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Darkroom, Plex, Apple TV, Pluto TV, YouTube, Google Play Movies, Tubi TV, JustWatch TV, Plex Channel, Kanopy, fuboTV, The Roku Channel, Fawesome
Ex Machina
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Ex Machina
Alex Garland
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2015
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United Kingdom
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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: Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Fandango At Home, Apple TV, HBO Max, Fandango at Home Free, Spectrum On Demand, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Google Play Movies
Neptune Frost
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Neptune Frost
Saul Williams,
Anisia Uzeyman
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2022
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United States, Rwanda
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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
- Directors: Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
- Cast: Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand Ninteretse, Eliane Umuhire, Elvis Ngabo, Rebecca Mucyo, Trésor Niyongabo
- Genre: Drama, Music, Science Fiction
- Available on: Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kino Film Collection, Fandango At Home, Kanopy, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Alphaville
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Alphaville
Jean-Luc Godard
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1965
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France, Italy
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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: MUBI, Fandango At Home, Apple TV, MUBI Amazon Channel, Kino Film Collection, Google Play Movies, Hoopla, Kanopy, YouTube, Amazon Video
Technotise: Edit and I
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Technotise: Edit and I
Aleksa Gajić,
Nebojša Andrić,
Stevan Đorđević
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2009
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Serbia
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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
- Directors: 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: Mometu, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Pulse
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Pulse
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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2001
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Japan
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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: AMC+, Fandango At Home, Kanopy, Apple TV, Plex Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel, Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Amazon Video, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel, Fawesome
eXistenZ
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eXistenZ
David Cronenberg
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1999
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Canada, United Kingdom, France
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eXistenZ
A marketing trainee must play an enigmatic and bodily-intrusive video game to determine whether the only known copy has been damaged.
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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: Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Avalon
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Avalon
Mamoru Oshii
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2001
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Japan, Poland
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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: Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies
Burst City
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Burst City
Gakuryu Ishii
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1982
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Japan
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Burst City (爆裂都市)
Bikers, yakuza, and real-life punk bands gather in a dystopic Tokyo after a nuclear powerplant is set to be constructed.
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- Japan · 1982
- Director: Gakuryu Ishii
- Cast: Michiro Endo, Shigeru Izumiya, Takanori Jinnai, Kou Machida, Shigeru Muroi, Hitomi Tsurukawa
- Genre: Action, Music, Science Fiction
- Available on: Amazon Video, Philo, Google Play Movies, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, YouTube, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Cineverse, ARROW
Dark City
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Dark City
Alex Proyas
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1998
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Australia, United States
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Dark City
Memory loss, manipulation, and paranoia abound in this neo-noir sci-fi film.
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- Australia, United States · 1998
- Director: Alex Proyas
- Cast: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson
- Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction
- Available on: The Roku Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Tubi TV, Fandango at Home Free, Google Play Movies, Plex, YouTube, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Decoder
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Decoder
Muscha
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1984
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West Germany
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Decoder
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- West Germany · 1984
- Director: Muscha
- Cast: FM Einheit, William Rice, Christiane Felscherinow, William S. Burroughs, Genesis P-Orridge, Ralf Richter
- Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Available on: Fandor Amazon Channel
World on a Wire
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World on a Wire
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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1973
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West Germany
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World on a Wire (Welt am Draht)
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
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- West Germany · 1973
- Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast: Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Wolfgang Schenck, Günter Lamprecht
- Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on: Criterion Channel
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Kei Fujiwara
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1989
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Japan
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man (鉄男)
A salaryman undergoes a gruesome transformation which turns his flesh into metal.
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- Japan · 1989
- Director: Kei Fujiwara
- Cast: Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Shinya Tsukamoto, Naomasa Musaka, Renji Ishibashi
- Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on: Kanopy, The Roku Channel, AsianCrush, Midnight Pulp, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Cineverse, Apple TV, YouTube, Night Flight Plus, ARROW