| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 54 | 28 Days Later… | 2002 | Danny Boyle | UK | Zombie | Post-Apocalyptic, Epidemic, Road Movie, Survival, Dystopian | 442 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 77 | Eraserhead | 1977 | David Lynch | USA | Psychological | Surrealism, Psychological Horror, Body Horror, Experimental, Absurdist Comedy, Dystopian, Family Drama, Black Comedy, Slow Cinema, Gothic, Chamber Film | 171 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 85 | Day of the Dead | 1985 | George A. Romero | USA | Zombie | Post-Apocalyptic, Splatter, Epidemic, Satire, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Drama, Siege Film | 165 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 260 | They Live | 1988 | John Carpenter | USA | Science Fiction | Dystopian, Satire, Action, Alien Invasion, Black Comedy, Buddy, Postmodernism, Political Thriller | 77 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 340 | Batoru rowaiaru | 2000 | Kinji Fukasaku | Japan | Action | Thriller, Dystopian, Death Game, Satire, Splatter, Survival, Romance, Black Comedy, Teen Movie, Young Adult Dystopian | 58 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 414 | Threads | 1984 | Mick Jackson | UK | Natural Horror | Post-Apocalyptic, Disaster, Drama, War, Docudrama, Survival, Dystopian, Political Drama, Psychological Horror | 18 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 573 | Possessor | 2020 | Brandon Cronenberg | Canada | Science Fiction | Psychological Thriller, Tech-Noir, Techno-Horror, Cyberpunk, Splatter, Psychological Horror, Body Horror, Crime, Toronto New Wave, Dystopian | 48 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 633 | The Long Walk | 2025 | Francis Lawrence | USA | Thriller | Death Game, Dystopian, Road Movie, Young Adult Dystopian, Buddy, Psychological Drama, Psychological Thriller, Melodrama, Survival, Satire | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 634 | 28 Weeks Later | 2007 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | UK | Zombie | Dystopian, Epidemic, Thriller, Post-Apocalyptic, Action, Family Drama, Science Fiction, Survival | 82 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 796 | The Girl with All the Gifts | 2016 | Colm McCarthy | UK | Zombie | Post-Apocalyptic, Thriller, Drama, Dystopian, Coming-of-Age | 45 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 808 | Infinity Pool | 2023 | Brandon Cronenberg | Canada | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Science Fiction, Psychological Horror, Satire, Crime, Surrealism, Erotic Thriller, Body Horror, Toronto New Wave, Dystopian, Sadistic Horror | 28 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 867 | Hardware | 1990 | Richard Stanley | UK | Science Fiction | Post-Apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Techno-Horror, Splatter, Action, Tech-Noir | 19 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 888 | Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu | 2008 | Yoshihiro Nishimura | Japan | Splatter | J-Splatter, Body Horror, Action, Dystopian, Black Comedy, Satire, Cyberpunk, Girls With Guns, Police Procedural, Absurdist Comedy | 34 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 903 | Antiviral | 2012 | Brandon Cronenberg | Canada | Body Horror | Satire, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Psychological Horror, Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Tech-Noir, Toronto New Wave | 22 | IMDb ↗ |
| 15 | 916 | A Clockwork Orange | 1971 | Stanley Kubrick | UK | Science Fiction | Dystopian, Crime, Satire, Black Comedy, Psychological Drama, Prison Film | 18 | IMDb ↗ |
| 16 | 926 | Lik wong | 1991 | Ngai Choi Lam | Hong Kong | Splatter | Prison Film, Kung fu, Black Comedy, Dystopian, Gross-Out Comedy, Body Horror, Absurdist Comedy | 15 | IMDb ↗ |
| 17 | 986 | Delicatessen | 1991 | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France | Comedy | Black Comedy, Dystopian, Absurdist Comedy, Cannibal, Post-Apocalyptic, Satire, Romance, Food, Gothic | 13 | IMDb ↗ |
| 18 | 1015 | Citadel | 2012 | Ciaran Foy | Ireland | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Dystopian | 20 | IMDb ↗ |
| 19 | 1096 | El hoyo | 2019 | Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia | Spain | Thriller | Dystopian, Prison Film, Psychological Thriller, Satire, Chamber Film, Cannibal, Survival, Psychological Horror, Death Game, Food | 18 | IMDb ↗ |
| 20 | 1224 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | 2008 | Darren Lynn Bousman | USA | Musical | Rock Opera, Splatter, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Black Comedy, Gothic, Cyberpunk, Horror Comedy | 20 | IMDb ↗ |
| 21 | 1312 | Mad God | 2021 | Phil Tippett | USA | Body Horror | Stop-Motion, Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Surrealism, Live-Action Animation, Steampunk, Sadistic Horror, Cosmic Horror, Adventure, Splatter | 21 | IMDb ↗ |
| 22 | 1331 | Crimes of the Future | 2022 | David Cronenberg | Canada | Body Horror | Drama, Tech-Noir, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Satire, Erotica, Spy, Political Thriller | 23 | IMDb ↗ |
| 23 | 1362 | Alien: Romulus | 2024 | Fede Alvarez | USA | Science Fiction | Extraterrestrial, Survival, Artificial Intelligence, Dystopian, Body Horror, Space Exploration, Thriller | 15 | IMDb ↗ |
| 24 | 1417 | Daybreakers | 2009 | Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Australia | Vampire | Dystopian, Science Fiction, Action, Splatter, Satire | 27 | IMDb ↗ |
| 25 | 1453 | Monsters | 2010 | Gareth Edwards | UK | Science Fiction | Giant Monster, Drama, Alien Invasion, Road Movie, Romance, Disaster, Dystopian | 19 | IMDb ↗ |
| 26 | 1919 | Doomsday | 2008 | Neil Marshall | UK | Action | Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Splatter, Carsploitation | 8 | IMDb ↗ |
| 27 | 2034 | Aniara | 2018 | Hugo Lilja, Pella Kagerman | Sweden | Science Fiction | Psychological Drama, Dystopian, Survival, LGBTQ, Post-Apocalyptic, Cosmic Horror, Space Exploration | 8 | IMDb ↗ |
| 28 | 2313 | Blindness | 2008 | Fernando Meirelles | Canada | Drama | Dystopian, Thriller, Epidemic, Prison Film, Psychological Thriller | 6 | IMDb ↗ |
| 29 | 2454 | Turkey Shoot | 1982 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Australia | Action | Ozploitation, Dystopian, Prison Film, Death Game, Splatter, Survival | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 30 | 2493 | Metropolis | 1927 | Fritz Lang | Germany | Science Fiction | Dystopian, German Expressionism, Romance, Artificial Intelligence, Epic, Steampunk | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 31 | 2634 | 9 | 2009 | Shane Acker | USA | Fantasy | Computer Animation, Post-Apocalyptic, Adventure, Gothic, Dark Fantasy, Steampunk, Dystopian, Action | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 32 | 2810 | Turbo Kid | 2015 | François Simard, Anouk Whissell | Canada | Action | Post-Apocalyptic, Splatter, Black Comedy, Dystopian, Superhero, Adventure, Romance, Comedy | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 33 | 2891 | Death Machine | 1994 | Stephen Norrington | UK | Action | Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Techno-Horror, Thriller, Comedy | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 34 | 4001 | Street Trash | 2024 | Ryan Kruger | South Africa | Splatter | Body Horror, Gross-Out Comedy, Black Comedy, Dystopian | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 35 | 4096 | Mad Max | 1979 | George Miller | Australia | Action | Ozploitation, Carsploitation, Dystopian, Crime, Bikersploitation, Vigilante, Neo-Western | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 36 | 4275 | Split Second | 1992 | Tony Maylam | UK | Science Fiction | Cyberpunk, Mystery, Police Procedural, Dystopian, Tech-Noir, Action, Buddy Cop | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 37 | 4648 | Dead End Drive-In | 1986 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Australia | Action | Ozploitation, Dystopian, Carsploitation, Satire, Black Comedy, Prison Film | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 38 | 4795 | Gusha no bindume | 2004 | Hiroki Yamaguchi | Japan | Science Fiction | Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Chamber Film, Splatter, Psychological Horror | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 39 | 6323 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | 1985 | George Miller, George Ogilvie | Australia | Action | Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Ozploitation, Adventure | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 40 | 7369 | Innocence | 2004 | Lucile Hadzihalilovic | France | Mystery | Coming-of-Age, Magical Realism, Psychological Drama, Dystopian | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 41 | 7776 | The Animatrix | 2003 | Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Peter Chung, Takeshi Koike, Kôji Morimoto, Mahiro Maeda, Andrew R. Jones | USA | Science Fiction | Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Anthology, Anime, Computer Animation, Action, Virtual Reality, Tech-Noir, Martial Arts, Surrealism, Psychological Thriller, War, Mystery, Sports, Artificial Intelligence, Chambara, Isekai | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 42 | 8085 | Cyborg 2087 | 1966 | Franklin Adreon | USA | Science Fiction | Dystopian, Time, Travel | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 43 | 8261 | Class of 1999 | 1990 | Mark L. Lester | USA | Action | Dystopian, Cyberpunk, Teen Movie, Satire, Splatter, Techno-Horror | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 44 | 8564 | Le bunker de la dernière rafale | 1993 | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France | Science Fiction | War, Dystopian, Experimental, Chamber Film | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
Keyword data is still being added, so some films have incomplete or missing keywords.