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Dystopian series recommendations please - Netflix or Prime

46 replies

PreviewButton · 11/06/2021 20:23

I usually go for thrillers but want a bit more dystopia. Especially as dh and dc will be watching the football for the foreseeable future.

Seen Snowpiercer recommended so will try that. Anything else please?

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MissConductUS · 14/06/2021 14:07

I just wanted to say thanks to all who suggested Shadow and Bone. It's not something that I would have likely watched without a recommendation, but I'm on episode five now and it's brilliant.

Cooroo · 14/06/2021 23:31

The Wall - Spanish series called La Valla. Near future complete with a plague and a Neo fascist government. Recommended.

missnevermind · 15/06/2021 00:07

Better than us. On Prime Russian version of Humans but so much more.

Charmtaste · 15/06/2021 00:11

Sweet Toothon Netflix it is amazing. I watched it all in a day.

Mummaminnie · 15/06/2021 13:58

I've just about finished binge-watching The Handmaid's Tale. One episode to go. I'd started watching the first episode a month or two ago but only got to where June was about to be captured. It's very dark and not much to cheer for in the early episodes.

In saying that, season 3 is awesome - I loved the 'We're going to need a bigger boat' comment in episode 10 of season 3. A real punch in the air moment. And season 4 starts on Channel 4 on Sunday.

I watched Shadow and Bone with the family and we all really enjoyed it. Also another vote for Man in the High Castle.

AuntMasha · 15/06/2021 19:39

I liked ‘Tales from the Loop’ on Amazon Prime.

Flaunch · 15/06/2021 20:44

I had to stop watching ‘tales from the loop’ after the episode with the boy and the robot thingy as it properly freaked me out. It’s really dark!

Violetparis · 15/06/2021 20:51

The Last Wave on iplayer is good, french drama about a mysterious cloud.

Frazzledd · 15/06/2021 21:02

Just binged 'Sweet tooth', brilliant!
Also Utopia (British one, although the remake wasn't bad!)

I've been on a supernatural spree recently though, would totally recommend The Haunting of Hill House, Locke & Key, The Boys.

I'm really pleased Shadow & Bone has a few mentions, next on my list!

Frazzledd · 15/06/2021 21:03

@AuntMasha

I liked ‘Tales from the Loop’ on Amazon Prime.
Oooo, definitely this! A bit Creepypasta, loved it!
Gunpowder · 16/06/2021 07:40

More votes for:

Years and Years
Handmaids Tale
Dark (with subtitles rather than dubbed)

I’m going to check out some of these others.

Flaunch · 16/06/2021 09:08

Thanks for all the recommendations for ‘Years and Years’ it had completely passed me by! I’ve watched it over the last couple of days and it’s bloody brilliant!

ohforarainyday · 16/06/2021 10:48

Gosh yes Dark is one of the very best things ever. Time travel and the nature of reality, alongside dark family secrets and child murder. In German. It is VERY dark - I got so depressed watching it I had to binge watch Emily in Paris to cheer myself up.

Orphan Black isn't exactly dystopian though it contains dystopian themes around human cloning and corporate possession of technology used in human beings. The lead actress plays multiple characters, generally in scenes with herself, and is just wonderful. You can barely remember that they are the same actress. It's also really funny which not all dystopians are!

viques · 16/06/2021 18:19

If you like shouting at the telly then The 100.

Earth has been devastated by nuclear fallout, but a small selection of the worlds finest, I mean the USAs finest have been circling the world in a doughnut shaped spaceship for 90 years. Unfortunately they are running low on oxygen so decide to sent 100 troubled but mostly beautiful teens back to earth , one way, sink or swim.

Back on Earth though, things have not stood still, in a relatively small geographic area factional tribes have evolved, and when I say evolved I mean it, new belief systems, new languages, new spikey hand held weapons. It makes you proud to see what 90 years of no television can achieve creatively.

The only things that have survived from our broken world are good dentistry , hair products, black lipstick, tattoo skills and the ability to work with leather.

There are so many plot loops, back tracks, and wtf moments it’s hard to keep track, cult leaders with implanted electrodes and bad blood, other stuff with blood - not pleasant- , regenerated dynasties, artificial intelligences, cryogenically imprisoned baddies . Every season is a revelation. It is a joy.

Frazzledd · 16/06/2021 19:50

@viques screw Shadow & Bone, I'm watching the 100! Grin

Gunpowder · 29/06/2021 00:29

Just started watching the 100 after the recommendations and love it. Thank you.

viques · 29/06/2021 01:47

@Gunpowder

Just started watching the 100 after the recommendations and love it. Thank you.
Glad to hear it, just to warn you, it gets —better— a lot worse!

And by series three you wouldn’t wish a day with Cluck, I mean Clarke, on your worst enemy.

Grin
Soubriquet · 29/06/2021 03:11

Hey! Don’t diss the 100

Tis one of my favourite tv shows. I’ve even named one of my dogs after a character! Lexa

Gunpowder · 29/06/2021 11:47

It’s completely addictive and I’m only already at the end of series one.

I can well believe Clarke starts to grate. So righteous.

Popkids · 29/06/2021 11:55

Homecoming on prime. Julia Roberts and Janelle Monae involved in a dystopian military rehabilitation programme. I binged this a couple of months ago and loved it. It's shot beautifully as well.

Soubriquet · 29/06/2021 11:55

Ge smak daun, gyon op nodotaim

True 100 fans can translate this Grin

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