
Movies that feel likeSoylent Green (1973)
If you loved Soylent Green, the closest films we have are Dark City (1998), Blow Out (1981) and Twelve Monkeys (1995). All three share Soylent Green's twisty and paranoid feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Cutter's Way (1981).
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If Soylent Green hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: paranoia, dystopia
The difference: Takes it somewhere less gritty than Soylent Green does

One thread runs through both: paranoia
The difference: Trades the ideas of Soylent Green for an angle of its own

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Soylent Green does

Gritty and twisty in the same breath
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Paranoid crime, and it commits to that

Mystery built on twists, twice over

Both keep coming back to the same thing: overpopulation
The difference: 44 years apart, and the 2010s show

Science fiction with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Both land ideas and bleakness at once

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction

Bleak crime in both cases

Cerebral mystery, and it commits to that
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