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10 Best Movies Like 1984

If you loved 1984, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Insurgent

Insurgent

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1984 for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart....

#2
THX 1138

THX 1138

1971★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1984 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government ...

#3
The Giver

The Giver

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1984 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "r...

#4
Allegiant

Allegiant

2016★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1984 for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare....

#5
Divergent

Divergent

2014★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1984 for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, ...

#6
Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1984 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a fellow member. Together they l...

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