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Best 1 Alien Stage

Humans once lived like Earth was the center of the universe. Some people embraced religion and believed that God would deliver them from suffering. After humanity was enslaved by aliens, no one spoke of God any longer. Now the grim truth is that humans are mere property of aliens. Recently, entering...

2 Shadowrun: Dragonfall

Dragonfall is the definitive cyberpunk-fantasy tactical RPG, set in a gritty alternate-history Berlin. Players lead a crew of shadowrunnersfreelance operatives working in the margins of societyin missions involving magic, technology, and corporate espionage. The turn-based combat is satisfyingly tac...

Cyberpunk Tactical Immersive Turn Based Harebrained Scheme Cyberpunk Fantasy D20 Narrative Rich Alternate History Digital PC Dark Future
3 Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage

Rokurou "Rock" Okajima has joined the Lagoon Company, a pirate mercenary group which operates out of Roanapur, Thailand. Despite his initial protests, this filthy slum of depraved souls and merciless criminals now serves as the former salaryman's home. Stranded, with nothing left of his past life bu...

4 Black Lagoon

Salaryman Rokurou Okajima spends his days trying to climb his company's corporate ladder, until one day when a business negotiation in Thailand goes awry. During the botched deal, he falls hostage to the Lagoon Company—a band of ruthless pirate mercenaries. Left to the whims of his captors after his...

5 The Big O
The Big O

Paradigm City, a city of amnesia and a place of belonging. It remains populated by forgotten pasts and the ruins of their labors due to a calamity 40 years ago. Shrouded in a fog-like mystery, it is up to people like Roger Smith to shine a light through the mist. Acting as a professional negotiator...

6 Dollhouse
Dollhouse

Dollhouse was an American science fiction television series created by Joss Whedon and produced by Mutant Enemy Productions and 20th Century Fox Television. The show initially premiered on the Fox network in February 2009, running for twenty-seven episodes before its cancellation in January 2010. Pr...

7 Knights of Sidonia

After destroying Earth many years ago, the alien race Gauna has been pursuing the remnants of humanity—which, having narrowly escaped, fled across the galaxy in a number of giant seed ships. In the year 3394, Nagate Tanikaze surfaces from his lifelong seclusion deep beneath the seed ship Sidonia in...

8 Twisted Metal

Twisted Metal is an action-horror television series based on the popular video game franchise. Set in a dark future United States following a catastrophic event, it centers around teams engaging in intense vehicular combat races for survival and rewards. Anthony Mackie leads a cast navigating this p...

9 On Your Mark

In a post-apocalyptic future, a police raid devastates the imposing headquarters of a religious cult. Upon evaluating the casualties, two officers discover a winged girl lying unconscious in chains and attempt to resuscitate her. However, she barely awakens before a group of specialists wearing prot...

10 Dredd
Dredd

Dredd is a 2012 science fiction film depicting a law enforcement officer operating within Mega-City One. The story centers on Judge Dredd, who serves as judge, jury, and executioner in a post-apocalyptic metropolis. He confronts a drug lord and his associate while attempting to maintain order amidst...

11 Event Horizon

Event Horizon is a 1997 science fiction horror film concerning a rescue mission dispatched to investigate the sudden return of the Event Horizon spacecraft. Seven years prior, the ship vanished near Neptune and subsequently reappeared with its crew missing. The investigation reveals unsettling event...

12 Treadstone
Treadstone

Treadstone is a science fiction drama exploring a clandestine United States government initiative. It depicts individuals subjected to rigorous training and psychological manipulation within a dark future setting mirroring military-focused espionage. The series examines the origins of operatives fea...

13 The Lawnmower Man

The Lawnmower Man is a 1992 science fiction film concerning an experiment conducted by Dr. Angelo on a mentally disabled gardener, Jobe Smith. Utilizing drugs and virtual reality, the scientist sought to enhance Smith's intelligence, resulting in unexpected and increasingly violent superhuman abilit...

14 The Continental: From the World of John Wick

The Continental is a crime-drama television series offering an origin story for the shadowy organization central to the John Wick films. Set in a dark future United States, it explores the history of the Continental Hotel and its role as a neutral ground for assassins. The show delves into the compl...

15 Solty Rei
Solty Rei

In a future-based disaster-ridden city with an enormous gap between the rich and the poor, it is hard to tell which humans are walking around with cybernetic body parts. This makes Roy Revant's job as a renegade bounty hunter/bodyguard-for-hire even more difficult. When a young girl with unbeliveabl...

16 After War Gundam X

When one space colony declared its independence from the Earth Federation, the devastating 7th Space War, an all-out war between Earth and space, resulted. The Federation responded to the Space Revolutionary Army with mobile suits, called Gundams. However, the Space Revolutionary forces played their...

17 The Island (Film)

This film explores a seemingly perfect, controlled environment where 'imperfect' people are kept for 'repurposing.' It functions as a sharp critique of eugenics and the dangerous pursuit of genetic perfection. The narrative questions who gets to define 'normal' and who gets discarded by societal sta...

Dystopian Sci Fi Psychological Social Engineering Eugenic Genetic Perfection Thriller Biopunk Dark Future
18 Black Knight

Black Knight is a South Korean television series adapted from a webtoon about a future where air pollution has devastated the world. Elite delivery drivers, known as Black Knights, operate in this dystopian landscape providing oxygen and supplies to survivors reliant on tanks and masks. The show pre...

19 Mutant X
Mutant X

Mutant X is a television series about a team of genetically engineered individuals with extraordinary abilities. Developed under a Marvel Comics license, the group originated from covert government experiments and now operates to safeguard other new mutants. Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the s...

20 Universal Soldier

Universal Soldier is a 1992 action film about a Vietnam veteran resurrected through a clandestine military program. The returned soldier, Luc Deveraux, escapes with a journalist while confronting his former enemy, Sergeant Andrew Scott, who has become a mentally unstable leader seeking to control ot...

21 RoboCop 2
RoboCop 2

RoboCop 2 expands on the dystopian narrative of Officer Alex Murphy’s cybernetic existence. Peter Weller returns as the iconic RoboCop confronting a resurgence of organized crime and a dangerous technological threat. The film, directed by Irvin Kershner, offers a continuation of the series' explorat...

22 Bio Armor Ryger

It is 199X A.D. In Kushiro, Hokkaido, three bodies of Dragonite appear. Possessing overwhelming destructive force, they attack the city. They also awaken the evil Jashin Drago from the holy seal he was trapped in. 200 years ago, Drago was trapped in the seal by a holy warrior with the tattooed mark...

23 RoboCop 3
RoboCop 3

RoboCop 3 is a 1993 science fiction action film continuing the series following RoboCop’s pursuit of justice after his partner's death. The film depicts RoboCop (Robert Burke) battling OCP, led by Rip Torn, to prevent the demolition of Detroit and the construction of a replacement city. It is the th...

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