So realistic that they seem redundant.
These movies focus on things that literally look like reality.
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- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn 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.This look at how a seemingly idealistic city is only such because people are forced to work in subhuman conditions was very prescient.
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsJames CaanJohn HousemanMaud AdamsIn 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.Using a violent sport as entertainment? It's too true.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsFaye DunawayWilliam HoldenPeter FinchA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about mass media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.Entertainment treated as news? It's happening.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsJohn RitterPam DawberJeffrey JonesA 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.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.
- DirectorGary RossStarsJennifer LawrenceJosh HutchersonLiam HemsworthKatniss 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.A stratified society with violent entertainment to pacify the masses.