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Dystopia

Dystopia TV Series

Oppressive imagined societies and the people caught in them.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 48 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

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The Handmaid's Tale

★ 8.3
301K 66 2017–2025
Dystopia · Bleak
10/10

The Man in the High Castle

★ 7.9
125K 40 2015–2019
Dystopia · Deep worldbuilding
10/10

Brave New World

★ 7.0
19K 9 2020–2020
Dystopia · Social commentary
10/10

The Testaments

★ 8.3
11K 11 2026–present
Dystopia · Female perspective
10/10

Silo

★ 8.1
217K 40 2023–present
Dystopia · Mystery box
9/10

Snowpiercer

★ 6.9
75K 41 2020–2024
Class divide · Dystopia
9/10

Colony

★ 7.3
42K 36 2016–2018
Dystopia · Espionage
9/10

3%

★ 7.2
30K 33 2016–2020
Dystopia · Class divide
9/10

Psycho-Pass

★ 8.1
26K 41 2012–2019
Dystopia · Anime · Dark tone
9/10

The Purge

★ 6.6
22K 20 2018–2019
Dystopia · Graphic violence
9/10

Ergo Proxy

★ 7.8
19K 23 2006–2006
Anime · Dystopia · Philosophical
9/10

Leila

★ 5.1
10K 6 2019–present
Dystopia · Social commentary
9/10

Black Knight

★ 6.5
9K 6 2023–2023
Dystopia · Post-apocalyptic
9/10

Incorporated

★ 7.2
6K 10 2016–2017
Dystopia · Class divide
9/10

The Barrier

★ 6.8
5K 13 2020–2020
Dystopia · Class divide
9/10

From the New World

★ 7.8
4K 25 2012–2013
Dystopia · Deep worldbuilding
9/10

Max Headroom

★ 7.3
3K 14 1987–1988
Dystopia · Near-future tech
9/10

Black Mirror

★ 8.7
741K 34 2011–present
Near-future tech · Anthology
8/10

Altered Carbon

★ 7.9
203K 18 2018–2020
Near-future tech · Dystopia
8/10

The Society

★ 7.1
43K 10 2019–2019
Young adult · Dystopia
8/10

Years and Years

★ 8.2
38K 6 2019–2019
Near-future tech
8/10

Dark Angel

★ 7.4
36K 42 2000–2002
Strong female lead · Dystopia
8/10

The Prisoner

★ 8.4
16K 17 1967–1968
Puzzle plot · Dystopia
8/10

Extrapolations

★ 6.2
9K 8 2023–2023
Social commentary · Dystopia
8/10