British dystopian films

2005 film directed by James McTeigue

1971 film directed by Stanley Kubrick

2006 film directed by Alfonso Cuarón

2004 film directed by Alexander Witt

1985 dystopian film by Terry Gilliam

2014 film directed by Alex Garland

28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It stars Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to discover that the accidental release of a highly contagious, aggression-inducing virus has caused the breakdown of society. Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns, and Brendan Gleeson appear in supporting roles.

1966 film directed by François Truffaut

2015 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

2007 film directed by Danny Boyle

28 Years Later is a 2025 post-apocalyptic coming-of-age horror film produced and directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. The third film in the 28 Days Later film series, it stars Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, and Ralph Fiennes. The film tells the story of a boy living in a post-apocalyptic world who undertakes a hazardous journey with his ill mother in an effort to obtain medical treatment for her.

1984 film by Michael Radford

2008 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

Dredd is a 2012 science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland. It is based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd and its eponymous character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Karl Urban stars as Judge Dredd, a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury, and executioner in a vast, dystopic metropolis called Mega-City One that lies in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Dredd and his rookie partner, Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), are forced to bring order to a 200-storey high-rise block of apartments and deal with its resident drug lord, Ma-

2024 film directed by Alex Garland

2010 film by Mark Romanek

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a 2026 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland. It is the direct sequel to 28 Years Later (2025) and the fourth instalment in the 28 Days Later film series. It stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film follows Spike as he is adopted into "Sir Lord" Jimmy Crystal's satanic cult while Dr. Ian Kelson makes an unexpected connection with Samson, an Alpha Infected.

Zardoz is a 1974 science fantasy film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling. It depicts a post-apocalyptic world where barbarians (the Brutals) worship the stone idol Zardoz while growing food for a hidden elite, the Eternals. The Brutal Zed, driven by curiosity about Zardoz, instigates a confrontation between the two peoples.

The Running Man is a 2025 science-fiction action film co-produced and directed by Edgar Wright, from a screenplay by Wright and Michael Bacall. It is the second adaptation of the 1982 novel by Stephen King, following the 1987 film. It stars Glen Powell as Ben Richards, a competitor on a lethal reality television show. The cast also features William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin.

1956 film by Michael Anderson

1984 television film directed by Mick Jackson

1986 film by Jimmy T. Murakami

1963 film by Peter Brook

2018 film by Drew Pearce

2016 film by Colm McCarthy

1936 film by William Cameron Menzies

2015 film by Ben Wheatley

1965 television film directed by Peter Watkins

Franklyn is a 2008 British science fantasy film written and directed by Gerald McMorrow as his debut feature. The film stars Eva Green, Ryan Phillippe, and Sam Riley.

2018 film by Duncan Jones

1995 film by Richard Loncraine

2006 film by Christian Volckman

1993 film by David Hugh Jones

2006 film by Robert Edwards

2016 film directed by Steven Gomez

1970 film by Cornel Wilde

upcoming British-American film directed by Taika Waititi

2015 film

1967 film by Peter Watkins

2023 film directed by Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya

1961 film directed by Val Guest

2023 film directed by Mahalia Belo

2024 film by Asif Kapadia

1935 film by Maurice Elvey

1985 cyberpunk television movie

2022 film directed by Andrew Legge

1981 film by David Gladwell