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by gibsonrickenbacker-1 | created - 15 Dec 2011 | updated - 28 Mar 2017 | Publicall films Similar/referances or to do with Bladerunner(BR). PLEASE COMMENT esp. if u can think of a film similar to BR thats not mentioned here. All films are in timeline order the unknown set years are 2019(bladerunner) as default
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1. Immortal (2004)
R | 103 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the distant future, Earth is occupied by ancient gods and genetically altered humans. When a god is sentenced to death he seeks a new human host and a woman to bear his child.
Director: Enki Bilal | Stars: Linda Hardy, Thomas Kretschmann, Charlotte Rampling, Yann Collette
Votes: 21,781
set in 2095-this film is very similar to BR a love affair between man and a Replicant like Rach and Deck. i put this on top of the list coz i like the poster and blue hair
2. The Shining (1980)
R | 146 min | Drama, Horror
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Votes: 1,107,030 | Gross: $44.02M
1980- The ending title sequence in the theatrical cut of BR contains unused footage from The Shining. These were extra shots of the main title sequence, although none of the shots contain the road that was seen in The Shining.
3. Leviathan (1989)
R | 98 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Perched on the hull of a wrecked Soviet freighter, a team of deep-sea miners led by head oceanographer Steven Beck comes face to face with a mutant creature that's the product of a failed genetic experiment.
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern
Votes: 23,794 | Gross: $15.70M
same sceenwriter of BR
4. 12 Monkeys (1995)
R | 129 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Joseph Melito
Votes: 646,823 | Gross: $57.14M
1990-Same screenwriter of BR in BR animals are extinct due to a nuclear war in this film its the other way round.
5. The Crow (1994)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson
Votes: 203,226 | Gross: $50.69M
1994-At one point in BR, Deckard buys a bottle of Tsingtao beer from a street vendor. Tsingtao is a real Chinese beer, created in 1903 and still being produced. It is one of China's most successful beers and has also appeared in The Crow.
6. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
R | 136 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Votes: 881,489 | Gross: $6.21M
set in 1995-The villain turns good in the end like Roy Batty
7. Duke Nukem 3D (1996 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Blonde action hero Duke Nukem takes on murderous aliens and mutated Los Angeles police officers that have taken over Los Angeles.
Director: Greg Malone | Stars: Lani Minella, Jon St. John, Lee Jackson
Votes: 3,435
Soundtrack references BR as well as a very large screen which is based on BR
8. American History X (1998)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama
Living a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.
Director: Tony Kaye | Stars: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien
Votes: 1,186,536 | Gross: $6.72M
1998-the villain turns good in the end like Roy Batty
9. Predator 2 (1990)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Predator returns to Earth, this time to stake a claim on the war-torn streets of a dystopian Los Angeles.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Kevin Peter Hall, Rubén Blades
Votes: 182,665 | Gross: $30.67M
1997-the background in the famous sex scene is the same due to the same production designer Lawrence G. Paul
10. Class of 1999 (1990)
R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Three ex-military robots are reprogrammed as teachers and secretly placed in a school where most students are part of organized gangs. They begin to respond violently to unruly students, and their military training starts to take over.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach
Votes: 8,642 | Gross: $2.46M
teachers are replaced by replicants
11. Strange Days (1995)
R | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore
Votes: 78,441 | Gross: $7.92M
In the scene where Lenny uses the S.Q.U.I.D. to watch a clip of his past with Faith, Faith throws a blue towel and him and says, "Dry me." It is a reference to BR where Zhora throws a towel at Deckard and says the same line.
12. Hardware (1990)
R | 94 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, Carl McCoy
Votes: 16,448 | Gross: $5.73M
2000-the production design is very good as are the effects. It looks like BR with a red/orange filter used to film every scene which gives it a gritty, bleak feel its also similar to the novel BR where dackard brings an electric goat to his wife(in the book hes married) in a post apocalyptic USA
13. Death Machine (1994)
R | 120 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After a mad genius inventor of killer robots and cyborgs at Chaank Armaments Corp. kills execs, he unleashes his ultimate death machine on the new cute CEO firing him.
Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Brad Dourif, Ely Pouget, William Hootkins, John Sharian
Votes: 4,844 | Gross: $1.42M
2000-"Scott Ridley" is named after Ridley Scott, and "John Carpenter" is named after John Carpenter. "Weyland" and "Yutani" are named after the company in Alien, directed by Scott. I think this film owes more to BR than any other film, in look and soundtrack
14. Replicant (2001)
R | 100 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent, Brandon James Olson
Votes: 15,715
2001-The Term "Replicant" originates from BR
15. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
A retired mercenary is called upon by the U.S. government to handle a hostile takeover of an Alaskan military base by his former special forces group. A remake of Metal Gear Solid (1998).
Directors: Carey Murray, Hideo Kojima | Stars: David Hayter, Cam Clarke, Debi Mae West, Jennifer Hale
Votes: 1,720
2005- The Villains turn good in the end before they die
16. Pterodactyl (2005)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch...
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Cameron Daddo, Coolio, Amy Sloan, George Calil
Votes: 2,554
"like C-beams glittering off the Tannhauser gate"
17. Murder Party (2007)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Horror
A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Chris Sharp, Kate Porterfield, Tess Porterfield Lovell, Puff Snooty
Votes: 12,298
Lexi is dressed up as Pris
18. Paycheck (2003)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
What seemed like a breezy idea that would net an engineer millions of dollars ends up leaving him on the run for his life and trying to piece together why he's being chased.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Michael C. Hall
Votes: 113,288 | Gross: $53.79M
2007-Same Author of BR also The Main Character's friend is called "Rachel"
19. Next (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A Las Vegas magician who can see into the future is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann
Votes: 166,441 | Gross: $18.21M
2007-Same author of BR. Novel-"The Golden Man"
20. Freejack (1992)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Bounty hunters from the future transport a doomed race car driver to New York City in 2009, where his mind will be replaced with that of a dead billionaire.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins
Votes: 17,469 | Gross: $17.13M
2009-there are a couple of BR-inspired street scenes
21. Sci-fighters (1996 Video)
R | 94 min | Sci-Fi
Boston, 2009. A police detective (Roddy Piper) searches for Adrian Dunn, his ex-partner (Billy Drago) who murdered his wife. Dunn has escaped from prison on the moon and returned to Earth with an alien virus.
Director: Peter Svatek | Stars: Roddy Piper, Jayne Heitmeyer, Billy Drago, Tyrone Benskin
Votes: 652
A girl is made up like pris (same hair and eye paint); the water dripping in the bathroom; the 2 leads walk around an animoid row-like Chinatown setting
22. Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Terrorists kidnap the Russian Prime Minister's 2 kids, take Chernobyl nuclear power plant and threaten to blow up a reactor. 4 Universal Soldiers go in but are no match to a Next Gen. UniSol Luc (Jean-Claude Van Damme) goes in but faces 2 NGUs.
Director: John Hyams | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Andrei Arlovski, Mike Pyle
Votes: 26,544
The villain kills his maker in the same way as Batty
23. The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
PG-13 | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The affair between a politician and a contemporary dancer is affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.
Director: George Nolfi | Stars: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Lisa Thoreson, Florence Kastriner
Votes: 270,184 | Gross: $62.50M
2011-Same Author of BR. Novel-"Adjustment Team"
24. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
R | 100 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane
Votes: 117,151 | Gross: $5.50M
2013-same auther of BR
25. Guardian of the Realm (2004)
111 min | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller
Two demon hunters race to save the human race after an a cult accidentally releases a particularly dangerous demon.
Director: 'Evil' Ted Smith | Stars: Glen Levy, Tanya Dempsey, Lana Piryan, Tom Seymour
Votes: 315
2014- A futeristic horror detective movie the vid phones look exectly the same as BR
26. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the nations of the world rely upon private military companies to fight their battles for them, renegade Liquid Ocelot emerges as the head of a potent coalition of mercenary powers. Solid Snake returns to save the world once again.
Director: Hideo Kojima | Stars: David Hayter, Josh Keaton, Peter Lurie, Paul Eiding
Votes: 11,136
2014-Solid Snake is basically a Replicant(A clone of Big Boss) who has bin fitted in with a limited lifespan for safety reasons
27. RoboCop (1987)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
Votes: 283,202 | Gross: $53.42M
2015-Violent(but Fun) Cyberpunk action Movie ,writer of robocob Edward Neumeier came up with the idea for RoboCop after he had helped out on the set of BR, which was about cops hunting robots that looked like humans in the future. Intrigued, Neumeier turned the scenario around into a future where a cop looking like a robot would be hunting human criminals.
28. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Tom Wilson
Votes: 572,745 | Gross: $118.50M
In 2015, several cars from other sci-fi movies can be seen, including a Spinner from BR and the StarCar from The Last Starfighter. Other cars seen are (highly) modified Ford Probes and Mustangs, as well as concept cars.
29. The 6th Day (2000)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker
Votes: 127,943 | Gross: $34.60M
2015-Flying Cars
30. Terminator Salvation (2009 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Set in 2016 in Los Angeles, the game takes place between the events of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation.
Directors: Ulf Andersson, Jerker Josefsson | Stars: Gideon Emery, Moon Bloodgood, Rose McGowan, Common
Votes: 638
2016-The Resistance refer the terminators as "skinjobs"
31. Surrogates (2009)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
Director: Jonathan Mostow | Stars: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Rosamund Pike
Votes: 180,302 | Gross: $38.58M
2017-futeristic detective movie
32. Brazil (1985)
R | 132 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 211,260 | Gross: $9.93M
2019-weird ciberpunk movie
33. The Running Man (1987)
R | 101 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown
Votes: 167,762 | Gross: $38.12M
2019-the book takes place in 2025 but the film takes place in 2019 coz the screenwriter De Sauza is also a BR FAN
34. Cyborg (1989)
R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn, Alex Daniels
Votes: 34,240 | Gross: $10.17M
2019-"We have a Skinjob", a referance to BR
35. The Blood of Heroes (1989)
R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.
Director: David Webb Peoples | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy Lindo, Anna Katarina
Votes: 7,575 | Gross: $0.88M
2019-same screenwriter of BR
36. Dark City (1998)
R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt
Votes: 212,339 | Gross: $14.38M
2019-same city design as BR
37. TimeSplitters 2 (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
In 2401, humanity is at war with relentless aliens, TimeSplitters. Space marines Cortez and Hart travel through time to stop the aliens in various spots, including Wild West, zombie-infested Gothic church and Blade Runner-esque future.
Directors: David Doak, Stephen Ellis | Stars: Heidi Andrews, June Andrews, Kevin Bullock, Michelle Bullock
Votes: 845
The music used in the Neo-Toyko level is heavily inspired by the Vangelis score to BR. The future setting is also derived from BR and are both set in 2019
38. Absolon (2003)
R | 96 min | Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller
In a world ravaged by disease, he's the only cure... and the last hope for human-kind.
Director: David De Bartolome | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Kelly Brook, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ron Perlman
Votes: 3,346
2019- kelly brooks hot man
39. Moon (2009)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw
Votes: 376,768 | Gross: $5.01M
2019-Depicts Replicants who found out their limited life span and tried to return to Earth.
40. Blade Runner (1997 Video Game)
T | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
You play a blade runner investigating a series of violent replicant crimes, only to discover far more than you bargained for.
Director: Joseph D. Kucan | Stars: Martin Azarow, Mark Benninghoffen, Warren Burton, Gwen Castaldi
Votes: 2,004
November 2019-The game takes place at the same time as BR, and features some of the same locations. As a result, if you do the right things at the right time, you may see Dekard and/or evidence of his investigation. The most noteworthy place this may happen is when the man takes a photo of you to blind you with the flash. Upon examination of the photo in the Esper, Dekard may be seen in the background questioning someone. This does not always happen, however. Depending on what decisions you make in the game before the photo is taken, Dekard may *not* appear in the image. If Dekard is in the picture, McCoy will say that "That guy looks familiar" when you zoom in on him with the Esper.
41. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 823,279 | Gross: $32.87M
November 2019. My fave film coz the villain turns good in the end. Novel-"Do androids dream of electric sheep?"
42. Westworld (1973)
PG | 88 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.
Director: Michael Crichton | Stars: Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Norman Bartold
Votes: 62,983 | Gross: $16.06M
2020-tourists encounter a maulfunctioning/dangerous Replicant
43. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.
Director: Robert Longo | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Dina Meyer, Ice-T
Votes: 76,207 | Gross: $19.08M
2021-same title writing as BR and "Time to die" Line
44. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
R | 100 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.
Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 77,296 | Gross: $15.50M
2024- the interiors looks kind of familiar… to BR
45. Nemesis (1992)
R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Alex, a burned out LA cyborg cop, is forced by commissioner Farnsworth to find his former cyborg partner and lover Jared who's about to deliver sensitive data to cyborg terrorists who wish to wage war against humans. Is he being played?
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Merle Kennedy
Votes: 6,770 | Gross: $2.00M
2027- the main character is like a bladerunner who has to track down replicants,stars Brion “Leon Kowalski” James!
46. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a shadowy black ops team kidnaps several scientists security manager Adam Jensen was sworn to protect, he must harness the power of his new-found cybernetic augmentations to save their lives.
Directors: Jean-François Dugas, Blade Zavier | Stars: Elias Toufexis, Stephen Shellen, Andreas Apergis, Michelle Boback
Votes: 5,913
2027- In the police station, there is computer terminal for a user named Robin Deckard, same family name as the protagonist of 'Blade Runner', while the exchange of email with another user named Roy discusses borrowing Deckard's "Priss Coupe" versus Roy's "pleasure model". Roy Batty is of course the antagonist of 'Blade Runner', and Pris Stratton is another replicant from the film who is classed as a "pleasure model" when Richard Deckard, a blade runner (fictional class of special law enforcement personnel), is briefed by the police captain in the film.
47. Children of Men (2006)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine
Votes: 529,511 | Gross: $35.55M
2027-the van is called Holden
48. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
TV-14 | 83 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A hacker known as the Puppet Master is hunted by a female cyborg cop and her partner. This film is a revised version of Ghost in the Shell (1995).
Director: Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Tesshô Genda
Votes: 15,251
2029-im not into anime but ive been told this has a lot of BR Referances
49. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (I) (2004)
PG-13 | 100 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.
Directors: Naoko Kusumi, Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii | Stars: Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Tamio Ôki, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 40,310 | Gross: $1.04M
Dystopian, retro-futuristic film that features a grim detective and discusses the topic of "what is it to be a human?" and "what separates us from what we create in our own image?" Also, another thing to note is the lavash attention to design as well as some design similarities to BR
50. Demolition Man (1993)
R | 115 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.
Director: Marco Brambilla | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne
Votes: 193,406 | Gross: $58.06M
2032-Ridley Scott initially toyed with the idea of setting the BR in the fictional city of San Angeles; as if San Francisco and Los Angeles had become one massive population center. This idea was used in Demolition Man.
51. Gamer (2009)
R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'Doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive thirty sessions in order to be set free.
Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | Stars: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Ludacris, Amber Valletta
Votes: 139,616 | Gross: $20.49M
2034-When Gorge searches for a costume for Angie, one of the options is to make her look like Pris. Also a worm in a glass could be another referance to BR.
52. Soldier (I) (1998)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A soldier trained from birth is deemed obsolete and dumped on a waste planet where he is reluctantly taken in by a community of defenseless, stranded wayfarers.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen
Votes: 59,590 | Gross: $14.57M
2036-This is a sidesequal to BR set in the same universe and there are a number of references to BR; at least once, a spinner from BR can be spotted. In the beginning of the movie, among medals Todd (Russell) has earned, we also get a few BR references such as his fighting at Tennhauser Gate and also the Shoulder of Orion. Tennhauser Gate is even mentioned in dialogue.
53. Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (1998–1999)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Set in 2039-2040, This series is set in Megalo City, a city built over the ruins of Tokyo.
Stars: Yu Asakawa, Satsuki Yukino, Rio Natsuki, Hiroko Konishi
Votes: 913
one of the characters are called Pris and shes in a band called "the Replicants"
54. Snatcher (1988 Video Game)
T | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Set in the mid-21st century, Gillian Seed and his trusty robot sidekick Metal Gear investigate the mysterious infiltration of deadly snatchers into the general population of Neo Kobe City.
Directors: Hideo Kojima, Shinya Inoue, Yoshinori Sasaki | Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Mami Koyama, Kikuko Inoue, Kaneto Shiozawa
Votes: 267
2047-The whole game its self is modeled after BR its a cross between BR and Metal gear solid, just go on youtube and type "Snatcher Longplay"
55. Rise of the Dragon (1990 Video Game)
MA-17 | Action, Adventure, Crime
Director: Jeff Tunnell | Stars: Cam Clarke, David Platshon, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 67
2047-The name of the game protagonist William 'Blade' Hunter is a pun on BR. His clothing resembles Rick Deckard's. go on youtube and Type "Sega CD Rise of the Dragon Longplay"
56. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
R | 164 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista
Votes: 665,511 | Gross: $92.05M
2049
57. Minority Report (2002)
PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
John works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three 'PreCogs' who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow
Votes: 584,491 | Gross: $132.07M
2054 Same Author of BR
58. Total Recall 2070 (1999)
R | 44 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A detective for a police agency is teamed with a naive new officer, who is secretly an android, and often conflicts with the Assessor's Office and the security forces of "the Consortium", a small number of extremely powerful companies.
Stars: Michael Easton, Karl Pruner, Cynthia Preston, Michael Anthony Rawlins
Votes: 1,419
in the first episode a detective has to track down Replicants
59. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
TV-14 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit.
Directors: Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Yoshiyuki Takei | Stars: Beau Billingslea, Melissa Fahn, Nicholas Guest, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 53,155 | Gross: $1.00M
2071-film noir/cyberpunk
60. Equilibrium (2002)
R | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.
Director: Kurt Wimmer | Stars: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs
Votes: 347,082 | Gross: $1.20M
2072
61. Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993 Video)
R | 99 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
2 companies battle for Cyborg domination. One's built a cyborg/Angelina Jolie so human, that they hope, she'll get into the competition's HQ and explode. But she escapes with her human martial arts instructor.
Director: Michael Schroeder | Stars: Elias Koteas, Angelina Jolie, Jack Palance, Billy Drago
Votes: 5,150
love afair between man and machine like deck and rachel
62. Fallout: New Vegas (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After surviving a bullet to the head, Courier Six traverses the post-apocalyptic Mojave desert in search of the men who wronged him, while making an impact on thousands in the process.
Director: Josh Sawyer | Stars: Matthew Perry, Wayne Newton, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman
Votes: 13,951
2077- The Gun used in BR,2019 LAPD Blaster can be used in this game however in this game its dubbed "That Gun"
63. Screamers (1995)
R | 108 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.
Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin, Andy Lauer
Votes: 29,462 | Gross: $5.78M
same author of BR, Novel "Second Variety"
64. Impostor (2001)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In the future, an alien race uses androids as bombs to attack Earth. A government weapons specialist is accused of being one such android and sets out to prove his innocence.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Shane Brolly, Vincent D'Onofrio, Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe
Votes: 24,562 | Gross: $6.11M
2079-Same Author of BR
65. Natural City (2003)
R | 114 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the near future, humans rely heavily on androids to maintain society, but some of the machines revolt. A military officer in charge of doing away with the unruly cyborgs also loves the gynoid that looks over him.
Director: Byung-chun Min | Stars: Yoo Ji-tae, Lee Jae-un, Rin Seo, Jeong Eun-pyo
Votes: 4,615
2080-This movie shares traits with other films like BR and Ghost in the shell
66. Total Recall (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 354,667 | Gross: $119.39M
2084-same author of BR, Novel- "we can remember for your wholesale"
Trivia: The book is very serious whereas the film is more of an action entertaining Arnie movie.
67. Total Recall (I) (2012)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.
Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale
Votes: 266,429 | Gross: $58.88M
City designs and over population
68. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 951,144 | Gross: $78.90M
2122-One of the crew turns out to be a maulfunctioning/Dangerous Replicant.
69. Judge Dredd (1995)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 124,961 | Gross: $34.69M
2139-Flying Cars
70. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards
Votes: 323,082 | Gross: $78.62M
2142-The themes are in the same arena as BR and some of the cityscape
71. Trancers (1984)
PG-13 | 76 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A gruff bounty hunter travels back in time to 1980s Los Angeles to stop a twisted criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures.
Director: Charles Band | Stars: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Michael Stefani, Art LaFleur
Votes: 7,551
2247-cross between BR and terminator
72. The Fifth Element (1997)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm
Votes: 506,401 | Gross: $63.54M
2263-the flying cars are based on spinners
73. Logan's Run (1976)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 61,053 | Gross: $25.00M
2274- Life is limited (30 years). And just like the replicants, they want more life. Not really a reference but some kind of similarity between the two stories.
74. Æon Flux (2005)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Æon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government. When she is sent on a mission to kill the Chairman, a whole new mystery is found.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo, Marton Csokas
Votes: 132,785 | Gross: $25.87M
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75. Barbarella (1968)
Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In the 41st century, an astronaut partakes in sexy misadventures while seeking to stop an evil scientist who threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea
Votes: 37,731
4000-i would love to *beep* Jane Fonda too
76. Dune (1984)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino
Votes: 179,573 | Gross: $30.93M
set in 10191...wow. Original director Ridley Scott left the production after his older brother suddenly passed away. Scott wanted to start working as soon as possible, but Dune would take far to long to reach production. Scott decided to leave the project in favor of BR, which was ready to start production immediately.
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