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.
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
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
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
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,
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,
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
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, 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, Pluto TV, Kanopy
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 Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
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
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 MUBI, Shudder, Fandor Amazon Channel, MUBI Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, AsianCrush, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, ARROW, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
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
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, Tubi TV
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 ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
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
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
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, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Popflick,