The future and the horrors it might hold have long fascinated moviegoers.

While that makes perfect sense,Blade Runnerstems from a long legacy of dystopian imaginings and their cinematic renderings.

Movies as varied as2001: A Space Odysseyto the originalPlanet of the Apeshave imagined stark visions for our future.

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Here are nine classic dystopian science fiction films to check out before you seeBlade Runner 2049.

Wells had a direct hand in production, writing the screenplay.

Thorn finds himself drawn into a web of conspiracy and cover-ups that put his life in danger.

METROPOLIS, 1927

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THINGS TO COME, Raymond Massey, 1936

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THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, Harry Lauter (left), Michael Rennie (in space suit), 1951, TM & Copyr

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FORBIDDEN PLANET, Anne Francis, Jack Kelly, Robby the Robot, 1956.

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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, from left: Dana Wynter, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Kevin McCarthy,

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ON THE BEACH, 1959

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FAHRENHEIT 451, from left: Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, 1966

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SOYLENT GREEN, from top: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, 1973

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LOGAN’S RUN

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