Title |
Year |
Credits |
Country |
Subgenre |
La signora di tutti[1] |
1934 | Directed by Max Ophüls Written by Salvator Gotta (novel), Curt Alexander, Hans Wilhelm, Max Ophüls | Italy | Drama |
A Face in the Crowd[2] |
1957 | Directed by Elia Kazan Written by Budd Schulberg | United States | Drama |
A Bucket of Blood[3] |
1959 | Directed by Roger Corman written by Charles B. Griffith | United States | Comedy horror |
The Manchurian Candidate[4] |
1962 | Directed by John Frankenheimer Written by George Axelrod and based on The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon | United States | Thriller (Political, neo-noir, psychological) |
Le Mépris[5] |
1963 | Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Based on Il disprezzo by Alberto Moravia | International (France, Italy) | Drama (French New Wave) |
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb[6] |
1964 | Directed by Stanley Kubrick Based on Red Alert by Peter George | International (United Kingdom, United States) | Comedy-science fiction |
Night of the Living Dead[7] |
1968 | Directed by George A. Romero Written by Romero, John Russo |
United States | Horror (Zombie) |
Sleeper[6] |
1973 | Directed by Woody Allen Written by Allen, Marshall Brickman |
United States | Comedy-science fiction |
The Werewolf of Washington[8] |
1973 | Written and directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg | United States | Horror-comedy |
House of Whipcord[5] |
1974 | Directed by Pete Walker Written by David McGillivray, Walker |
United Kingdom | Horror |
Network[2] |
1976 | Directed by Sidney Lumet Written by Paddy Chayefsky |
United States | Drama |
Dawn of the Dead[9] |
1978 | Directed and written by Romero |
United States | Horror (Zombie) |
This Is Spınal Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi[10] |
1984 | Directed by Rob Reiner Written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Reiner |
United States | Mockumentary |
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future[5] (TV-film) |
1984 | Directed by Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel |
United Kingdom | Science fiction (Cyberpunk) |
Nineteen Eighty-Four[11] |
1984 | Written and directed by Michael Radford | United Kingdom | Dystopian |
Brazil[12] |
1985 | Directed by Terry Gilliam Written by Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown |
United Kingdom | Science fiction drama |
Desert Bloom[13] |
1986 | Directed by Eugene Corr and written by Corr and Linda Remy |
United States | Drama |
RoboCop[6] |
1987 | Directed by Paul Verhoeven Written by Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner |
United States | Science fiction-action |
They Live[14] |
1988 | Directed by John Carpenter Written by Frank Armitage and based on "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson |
United States | Science fiction-action |
The Distinguished Gentleman[10] |
1992 | Directed by Jonathan Lynn Written by Marty Kaplan, Jonathan Reynolds |
United States | Comedy |
Bob Roberts[10] |
1992 | Written and directed by Tim Robbins | United States | Mockumentary |
Demolition Man[15] |
1993 | Directed by Marco Brambilla Written (disputed) by Daniel Waters, Robert Reneau, Peter M. Lenkov
| United States | Science fiction-action |
Starship Troopers[2] |
1997 | Directed by Paul Verhoeven Based on Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
| United States | Science fiction-action |
The Truman Show[16] |
1998 | Directed by Peter Weir Written by Andrew Niccol
| United States | Comedy drama |
But I'm a Cheerleader |
1999 | Directed by Jamie Babbit Written by Brian Wayne Peterson | United States | Comedy[17] |
Fight Club |
1999 | Directed by David Fincher Written by Jim Uhls
| United States | Drama |
Battle Royale [5] |
2000 | Directed by Kinji Fukasaku Based on Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
| Japan | Thriller-action |
Dumplings[5] |
2004 | Directed by Fruit Chan Written by Lilian Lee
| Hong Kong | Horror |
Land of the Dead [18] |
2005 | Written and directed by George A. Romero
| International (Canada, France, United States) | Horror (Zombie, Post-apocalyptic) |
Idiocracy[19] |
2006 | Written by Mike Judge and Etan Cohen Directed by Mike Judge | United States | Science fiction-Comedy |
Long Pigs [20] |
2007 | Written and directed by Chris Power and Nathan Hynes | Canada | Horror-Pseudo-documentary |
District 9[15] |
2009 | Directed by Neill Blomkamp Written by Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
| International (South Africa, United States, New Zealand) | Science fiction-action |
The Cabin in the Woods[21] |
2011 | Directed by Drew Goddard Written by Goddard, Joss Whedon
| United States | Comedy-horror |
Nightcrawler[22] |
2014 | Directed and written by Dan Gilroy | United States | Crime thriller |
The Final Girls[23] |
2015 | Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson Written by M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller | United States | Comedy-horror |
Friend of the World[24] |
2020 |
Written and directed by Brian Patrick Butler |
United States |
Body horror |
Tughlaq Durbar |
2021 | Directed by Delhi Prasad Deenadayalan Written by Deenadayalan, Balaji Tharaneetharan |
India | Political |
Triangle of Sadness[25] |
2022 | Directed and written by Ruben Östlund | International (Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom) | Black comedy |
The Menu[26] |
2022 | Directed by Mark Mylod Written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy | United States | Horror thriller |
Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea[27] |
2023 |
Directed by Tony Olmos
Written by Brian Patrick Butler |
United States |
Political dystopian |