The 20 Greatest Cyberpunk Movies of All Time

Neon rain, cyborg cops and hand-drawn megacities share this list with cult oddities critics took years to appreciate.

1. 1
   Blade Runner

   Ridley Scott's 1982 neo-noir about a cop hunting replicants in a rain-soaked Los Angeles.
   1000pts
2. 2
   The Matrix

   The Wachowskis' 1999 film about a hacker who learns reality is a simulation.
   780pts
3. 3
   Tron

   1982 Disney film about a programmer trapped inside a computer.
   738pts
4. 4
   Upgrade

   2018 action thriller about a paralysed man controlled by an AI implant.
   715pts
5. 5
   Brazil

   Terry Gilliam's 1985 satire of a bureaucratic dystopia.
   579pts
6. 6
   Akira

   Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 anime set in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo.
   571pts
7. 7
   Dredd

   2012 action film where Judge Dredd fights up a 200-storey block.
   571pts
8. 8
   Strange Days

   Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 thriller about black-market recorded memories.
   571pts
9. 9
   Ex Machina

   Alex Garland's 2014 thriller about a programmer testing a humanoid AI.
   511pts
10. 10
    The Terminator

    James Cameron's 1984 thriller about a cyborg assassin sent from the future.
    511pts
11. 11
    Johnny Mnemonic

    1995 adaptation of William Gibson's story with Keanu Reeves as a data courier.
    443pts
12. 12
    Blade Runner 2049

    Denis Villeneuve's 2017 sequel following a replicant blade runner named K.
    443pts
13. 13
    Tetsuo: The Iron Man

    Shinya Tsukamoto's 1989 body-horror about a man turning into metal.
    365pts
14. 14
    Alita: Battle Angel

    2019 adaptation of the manga about a cyborg girl in Iron City.
    275pts
15. 15
    eXistenZ

    David Cronenberg's 1999 thriller about organic virtual-reality game pods.
    275pts
16. 16
    Total Recall

    Verhoeven's 1990 adventure about implanted memories and a trip to Mars.
    275pts
17. 17
    RoboCop

    Paul Verhoeven's 1987 satire about a murdered cop rebuilt as a cyborg.
    275pts
18. 18
    Ghost in the Shell

    Mamoru Oshii's 1995 anime about a cyborg agent hunting the Puppet Master.
    170pts
19. 19
    Minority Report

    Spielberg's 2002 thriller about a precrime officer accused of a future murder.
    170pts
20. 20
    Paprika

    Satoshi Kon's 2006 anime about a device that lets therapists enter dreams.
    170pts

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