EPTWhat are your favorites including foreign films?
What are the best Cyberpunk movies of all time?
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Domonic
United States135 Posts
What are your favorites including foreign films? | ||
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United States1401 Posts
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er.misrah
United States55 Posts
Ghost in the shell (the entire movie list, episodes) NeoTokyo and those are my personal favorites  | ||
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Tracil
Australia505 Posts
brazil | ||
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Piy
Scotland3152 Posts
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REDBLUEGREEN
Germany1903 Posts
Matrix Blade Runner | ||
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Tabbris
Bangladesh2839 Posts
On September 10 2010 22:06 er.misrah wrote: akira Ghost in the shell (the entire movie list, episodes) NeoTokyo and those are my personal favorites Ghost in the shell was kinda boring. I admit the series is good but the movie was meh | ||
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Offhand
United States1869 Posts
Not nearly enough people have seen Dark City. If I had to suggest just one, that would be it. On September 10 2010 22:33 Piy wrote: Star Wars? Not cyberpunk, more of a space opera. | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
On September 10 2010 22:38 Offhand wrote: Not nearly enough people have seen Dark City. If I had to suggest just one, that would be it. ^^ srsly Edit: Also as far as recent ones Repo Men was alright. (as Offhand said as well.) | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
This is archetypal cyberpunk (meaning it's probably exactly what you are looking for, but at the same time that it doesn't have the most original story elements), and the main draw is how well it creates a unique visual experience that goes hand in hand with that feel. | ||
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Skvid
Lithuania751 Posts
The second renaissance. (part 1+2) World record Kid's story | ||
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worldEnder
Australia74 Posts
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garista
Germany165 Posts
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
Bladerunner Ghost in the Shell Akira Johnny Mnemonic Mad Max 12 Monkeys Minority Report Dark City All good movies. (Minority Report is probably the worst of them all) | ||
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Winter_mute
Germany40 Posts
More dystopian than cyberpunk, but still worth to watch: Escape from NY Escape from LA Tank girl And if you love neuromancer you will love the HL2 mod Dystopia. The mod is based on the novels. So you got the whole ICE/cyberspace stuff, you got camouflage suits and so on. For the guy who recommended NeoTokyo, there is also a HL2 mod called NeoTokyo. Great graphics, set in future japan. | ||
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BrownBear
United States6894 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
Might have missed some. Here's a nice list of (almost) all cyberpunk movies: http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/cyberpunk-movies-by-decade/ | ||
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ThunderGod
New Zealand897 Posts
On September 11 2010 00:52 Manit0u wrote: From the most to least CP: Bladerunner Ghost in the Shell Akira Johnny Mnemonic Mad Max 12 Monkeys Minority Report Dark City All good movies. (Minority Report is probably the worst of them all) Good list, I've enjoyed all these movies except Dark City (didn't like) and Johnny Mnemonic (haven't seen). Reminds me I need to rewatch Blade Runner. Edit: Total Recall is a must. | ||
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NormandyBoy
France200 Posts
On September 10 2010 23:22 ZapRoffo wrote: Renaissance. This is archetypal cyberpunk (meaning it's probably exactly what you are looking for, but at the same time that it doesn't have the most original story elements), and the main draw is how well it creates a unique visual experience that goes hand in hand with that feel. All the films listed so far are between decent and great, but this one...it just sucks. It sucks badly. The story is simplistic, the characters are transparent (specially the hero), the dialogues seem to have been written by me when I was 11, the visuals get boring really fast (GITS' ones are WAY better), the final twist leaves no room for any interpretation, it is just a lame moral shit that is SO expected...and the thing is it's French, I'd like to defend it in any way but I fucking can't. | ||
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gyth
657 Posts
Lawnmower Man Hackers Brainstorm Tron Runaway War Games FreeJack 13th Floor Pi Virtuosity P.S. and did you read Snow Crash? | ||
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THE_DOMINATOR
United States309 Posts
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Skvid
Lithuania751 Posts
On September 11 2010 01:35 ThunderGod wrote: Reminds me I need to rewatch Blade Runner. I think it has been re-released on bluray few years ago, so you should look for that if you decide to rewatch this awesome movie. | ||
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NickC
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NickC
233 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
On September 11 2010 03:50 NickC wrote: demolition man? Oh man, I remember laughing pretty hard when watching this movie. | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
On September 11 2010 00:52 Manit0u wrote: From the most to least CP: Bladerunner Ghost in the Shell Akira Johnny Mnemonic Mad Max 12 Monkeys Minority Report Dark City All good movies. (Minority Report is probably the worst of them all) Mad Max has nothing common with cyber punk | ||
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silentsaint
Germany540 Posts
Darkside Blues GitS Shadowrun and Syndicate if that would be turned into a movie :D One can dream. | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
but I still think the Neuromancer movie will suck. You can't put that book on movie | ||
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Pobearo
United States351 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cyberpunk_works | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
On September 11 2010 04:46 Pobearo wrote: WTF is with the lack of The Matrix in this thread? Not only easily the greatest cyberpunk movie of all time, but one of the best overall movies ever. Obviously only the original though. Let's not talk about the others please. I agree | ||
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UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
On September 10 2010 22:01 Domonic wrote: My favorite book is Neuromancer, and after much excitement of the upcoming movie that should be coming in 2011 I haven't heard anything about this :< | ||
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
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Wawa
United States215 Posts
A clockwork orange is always a great thing to watch. I don't know if this fits the category, but watch "old boy". Its a korean film. Very good too! | ||
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
On September 11 2010 04:33 freelander wrote: Mad Max has nothing common with cyber punk Yea, Mad Max is post apoc, which is an entire genre in itself. The anime series AD Police is pretty awesome, and Battle Angel Alita's pretty cool, although it's more of a mesh of cyberpunk and post apoc than pure cyberpunk. Edit: Really, cyberpunk dated 1980 is a theme that hasn't really been explored enough through modern media, I feel, and that's a shame. It's an amazing setting. Also, I feel kind of bad suggesting animes for cyberpunk quality since there's so much horrible pseudo-cyberpunk (which is simply just overeffectualized scific) which can easilly turn you off the entire genre, but then again, there's not much live-action cyberpunk movies either, so you take what you can get. | ||
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ZaplinG
United States3818 Posts
I'd think it would be the penultimate cyberpunk movie. Totally looking forward to the remake ^^ | ||
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.risingdragoon
United States3021 Posts
This right here is the most seminal work of cyberpunk ![[image loading]](http://xorsyst.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ghost-in-the-shell.jpg) This is cyberpunk: Gunnm ![[image loading]](http://jajatom.moo.jp/album_e/file/kazaana.jpg) Deus Ex ![[image loading]](http://www.brainygamer.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/26/deus_ex_poster_by_egoyette.png) System Shock ![[image loading]](http://www.cannonade.net/pics/games/sshock.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://www.kotaku.com/assets/2006/06/shodan.jpg) Shanghai is looking cyberpunk, photo from STX's China/Korea tourney ![[image loading]](http://www.fomos.kr/board/photo/1283222696_1.jpg) | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
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Yamoth
United States315 Posts
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
On September 11 2010 06:48 Yamoth wrote: Wtf? No one even give an honorable mention to 5th Element? it was mentioned | ||
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Holden Caulfield
102 Posts
Labels apart, AKIRA is a must see. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21242 Posts
Also if you watch/don't mind anime Texhnolyze is highly recommended. | ||
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Yamoth
United States315 Posts
So it was, I stand corrected. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
On September 11 2010 07:01 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: No one mentioned A Scanner Darkly? Love that movie. Philip K. Dick stories/novels just transition very easily to movies IMO, and they're all fairly enjoyable. Except for the fact that in most cases directors/screenwriters fail to grasp what the books are about (vide Next) or use wrong tools to show it - wrong actor choices, unfortunate scenery choices etc. etc. (vide Paycheck) and the original message is twisted or lost completely. | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21242 Posts
On September 11 2010 07:06 Manit0u wrote: Except for the fact that in most cases directors/screenwriters fail to grasp what the books are about (vide Next) or use wrong tools to show it - wrong actor choices, unfortunate scenery choices etc. etc. (vide Paycheck) and the original message is twisted or lost completely. I guess I would agree with Next, haven't seen Paycheck thought. But Blade Runner, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly I liked. | ||
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BlackJack
United States10406 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
Blade Runner is one of the best movies ever, regardless of genre. Minority Report was ok and I didn't really like the visual formula they used in A Scanner Darkly so I won't say anything about it. | ||
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doss
Canada137 Posts
(manga is often underrated as a form of media, a lot of the more sophisticated series have a lot of quality in them) | ||
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Delerium
United States324 Posts
It's infinitely amusing to me that Gibson vaulted the use of the word "matrix" and invented the term "cyberspace," as well as the fact that he was hilariously immortalized in the later phrase "hack the gibson" For a while I debated what I should do with my 250th post, but posting about William Gibson makes me happy enough that I don't care! Thanks for this thread. Even though I have seen many of the suggestions already, some of them I haven't, and I want to make sure that I do. Sorry! but everything I would have suggested is here already, I think. I guess, Domonic, if you liked Neuromancer, I can also suggest Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive, since I've read both. I don't know if you realized they're an interrelated trilogy. I think my best friend liked Virtual Light? but I'm not sure. My same friend also liked GitS Stand Alone Complex a lot, and the original movie and its source manga both come highly recommended. I even tend to shy away from Japanese stuff just because of the otaku fanbase, but I'll make exceptions in this case. | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
On September 11 2010 01:59 NormandyBoy wrote: All the films listed so far are between decent and great, but this one...it just sucks. It sucks badly. The story is simplistic, the characters are transparent (specially the hero), the dialogues seem to have been written by me when I was 11, the visuals get boring really fast (GITS' ones are WAY better), the final twist leaves no room for any interpretation, it is just a lame moral shit that is SO expected...and the thing is it's French, I'd like to defend it in any way but I fucking can't. It's a matter of what you are looking for in a movie. I didn't have a problem with the dialogue, it's functional, same as the story, and the themes are basically the constant themes of cyberpunk, questioning the interaction of freedom and technological advance in the type of world we live in (corporation dominated and such) and the underworld vs. glossy upper world dynamic. Don't see what was more or less moral than others, sure it has a closed ending rather than open, but it doesn't close it off to disagreement, it doesn't imply or say that if you disagree with the character(s) you are wrong. The key is that the focus isn't on making a super intricate story with witty and memorable dialogue, it's to put you into a certain state, like make the viewer feel like he's experiencing the cyberpunk world, and the visuals are a technique used to enhance that. It's effective for some people and ineffective for others like you, but you have to go into it with the right mindset and judge it by the right criteria or you'll never like it. | ||
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accela
Greece314 Posts
On September 11 2010 10:10 doss wrote: If you can get into manga, blame! is an amazing cyberpunk read. kinda offtopic but still blame! is indeed a masterpiece, highly recommended. Would love to see a proper anime. Actually all Nihei's works are great cyberpunk stories. about movies, most important works have already mentioned, of course Blade Runner is at the very top of the list, tho i'm not a great fan of "Ghost in the Shell", instead i prefer "Serial Experiments Lain" and "Texhnolyze". | ||
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tomatriedes
New Zealand5356 Posts
Oh and this Polish-Japanese movie Avalon. Almost nobody knows of it but it's amazing/ | ||
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tomatriedes
New Zealand5356 Posts
On September 11 2010 07:13 BlackJack wrote: robocop My favorite movie of all time. | ||
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braammbolius
179 Posts
On September 10 2010 22:28 Tracil wrote: blade runner brazil Obviously the nuts. | ||
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Energies
Australia3225 Posts
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.risingdragoon
United States3021 Posts
On September 11 2010 06:36 freelander wrote: wtf, deus ex was made into a movie? wow no that's just a fan poster a movie was proposed but never made. Deus Ex is too complex for anyone but the best moviemakers to tackle | ||
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setzer
United States3284 Posts
Of mentioned, my favorite are Blade Runner (of course) 12 Monkeys and Brazil. You should also check out the phenomenal manga Eden: It's an Endless World. | ||
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Smorrie
Netherlands2922 Posts
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Delerium
United States324 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(2001_film) I'm glad I had a suggestion for this thread after all : D | ||
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PanN
United States2828 Posts
Robocops definitely one of my favorites | ||
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RoarMan
Canada745 Posts
Other then that Blade Runner is simply epic | ||
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hideo
Canada1641 Posts
Blade Runner is also great, but truth be told, sci-fi in general (and cyberpunk in particular) is pretty poorly represented in most mainstream film+tv media. What with prospective Hollywood adaptations like Neuromancer, Forever War, Battle Angel Alita, GitS, etc. etc. that'll hopefully change for the better. Wait, who am I kidding?  If you liked Neuromancer, definitely check out Snow Crash, and with a more modern flavour, Rainbows End. | ||
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LoveSponge
Australia237 Posts
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Bacondemon
Sweden149 Posts
On September 11 2010 18:44 tomatriedes wrote: Oh and this Polish-Japanese movie Avalon. Almost nobody knows of it but it's amazing/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6M9cMdq8MA Thank you kindly for this suggestion, enjoyed it very much! | ||
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ELA
Denmark4608 Posts
On September 11 2010 01:59 NormandyBoy wrote: All the films listed so far are between decent and great, but this one...it just sucks. It sucks badly. The story is simplistic, the characters are transparent (specially the hero), the dialogues seem to have been written by me when I was 11, the visuals get boring really fast (GITS' ones are WAY better), the final twist leaves no room for any interpretation, it is just a lame moral shit that is SO expected...and the thing is it's French, I'd like to defend it in any way but I fucking can't. Hehe, reading this from a frenchman made me giggle Just watched War Games again because of this thread - Not at all as impressive as I remember it - But it raises a relevant discussion. EDIT - Oh, and btw - I am not really 100% sharp on what exactly defines a Cyperpunk movie - Gathering from what I've seen so far, I would like to throw in the Firefly serie. Unfortunately, it not a big succes and was canceled after only 1 season (Plus the movie, Serenity). If you like the Starcraft-theme of cowboys/rednecks in space, that serie is definetly one for you | ||
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-yoda
Canada30 Posts
Oh! and Blame is supposed to be getting a movie! ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Blame!-v10--Cover.jpg) | ||
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
as for movies, my favorites are: Akira (best hands down) The Matrix The 5th Element GiTS | ||
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Archerofaiur
United States4101 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17238 Posts
Also, Gamer was pretty good when we're talking about recent stuff. Still no one mentioned Equilibrium? | ||
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gyth
657 Posts
Still no one mentioned Equilibrium? But is it cyberpunk? If we're including this, toss in 1984 too. ^_^ | ||
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Gryffes
United Kingdom763 Posts
A Scanner Darkly/Dark City are probably the best films, but for "got me into the whole thing", Akira/GITS. Still love the original GITS movie, so good for it's time. | ||
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
hands down the best; the first too for dome if you don't count metropolis; bladerunner did more for the cyberpunk genre than any other.. my personal favorite will always be THX-1138 but arguably some will consider include it pre-cyberpunk anyway this thread is owned by this site: http://cyberpunkreview.com/ hope it helps tl cp fans ~ | ||
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TheJet
Canada21 Posts
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rathe
United States109 Posts
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Kashmir
New Zealand178 Posts
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stroggos
New Zealand1543 Posts
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Shizuru~
Malaysia1676 Posts
if you haven't seen it before, its an extremely dark (think David Lynch multiply by 10), cyberpunk japanese movies, its pretty disturbing at times but a pretty good film imo.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096251/ ![[image loading]](http://asian-horror.benitronic.com/images/tetsuo-the-iron-man/tetsuo-the-iron-man-cover-1.jpg) | ||
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