So realistic that they seem redundant.
by lee_eisenberg | created - 06 Feb 2013 | updated - 06 Feb 2013 | PublicThese movies focus on things that literally look like reality.
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1. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,568 | Gross: $1.24M
This look at how a seemingly idealistic city is only such because people are forced to work in subhuman conditions was very prescient.
2. Rollerball (1975)
Approved | 125 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck
Votes: 29,306 | Gross: $30.00M
Using a violent sport as entertainment? It's too true.
3. Network (1976)
R | 121 min | Drama
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall
Votes: 170,690
Entertainment treated as news? It's happening.
4. Stay Tuned (1992)
PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A husband and wife are sucked into a hellish television set and must survive the gauntlet of twisted versions of shows in which they find themselves.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, David Tom
Votes: 14,223 | Gross: $10.74M
Oh yes, it might look like a silly comedy, but the idea that people are supposed to degrade themselves for entertainment has come true in the era of the reality show.
5. The Hunger Games (2012)
PG-13 | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.
Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 1,003,913 | Gross: $408.01M
A stratified society with violent entertainment to pacify the masses.
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