# 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.

*By YPB Team · Published October 25, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-20-greatest-cyberpunk-movies-of-all-time*

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1. **Blade Runner** — score 1000/1000
   Ridley Scott's 1982 neo-noir about a cop hunting replicants in a rain-soaked Los Angeles.
2. **The Matrix** — score 780/1000
   The Wachowskis' 1999 film about a hacker who learns reality is a simulation.
3. **Tron** — score 738/1000
   1982 Disney film about a programmer trapped inside a computer.
4. **Upgrade** — score 715/1000
   2018 action thriller about a paralysed man controlled by an AI implant.
5. **Brazil** — score 579/1000
   Terry Gilliam's 1985 satire of a bureaucratic dystopia.
6. **Akira** — score 571/1000
   Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 anime set in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo.
7. **Dredd** — score 571/1000
   2012 action film where Judge Dredd fights up a 200-storey block.
8. **Strange Days** — score 571/1000
   Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 thriller about black-market recorded memories.
9. **Ex Machina** — score 511/1000
   Alex Garland's 2014 thriller about a programmer testing a humanoid AI.
10. **The Terminator** — score 511/1000
   James Cameron's 1984 thriller about a cyborg assassin sent from the future.
11. **Johnny Mnemonic** — score 443/1000
   1995 adaptation of William Gibson's story with Keanu Reeves as a data courier.
12. **Blade Runner 2049** — score 443/1000
   Denis Villeneuve's 2017 sequel following a replicant blade runner named K.
13. **Tetsuo: The Iron Man** — score 365/1000
   Shinya Tsukamoto's 1989 body-horror about a man turning into metal.
14. **Alita: Battle Angel** — score 275/1000
   2019 adaptation of the manga about a cyborg girl in Iron City.
15. **eXistenZ** — score 275/1000
   David Cronenberg's 1999 thriller about organic virtual-reality game pods.
16. **Total Recall** — score 275/1000
   Verhoeven's 1990 adventure about implanted memories and a trip to Mars.
17. **RoboCop** — score 275/1000
   Paul Verhoeven's 1987 satire about a murdered cop rebuilt as a cyborg.
18. **Ghost in the Shell** — score 170/1000
   Mamoru Oshii's 1995 anime about a cyborg agent hunting the Puppet Master.
19. **Minority Report** — score 170/1000
   Spielberg's 2002 thriller about a precrime officer accused of a future murder.
20. **Paprika** — score 170/1000
   Satoshi Kon's 2006 anime about a device that lets therapists enter dreams.

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