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Finished 'The Handmaid’s Tale' Season 6? Here Are 9 New Dystopian Films To Watch Now

Blessed be the watchlist.

By Panashe Nyadundu

If the series finale of The Handmaid's Tale left a dystopia-shaped hole in your watchlist, you're not the only one left reeling. For eight years, Margaret Atwood's brutal narration of Gilead has played a major role in popularising the dystopian genre, particularly through a feminist lens that champions strong female leads.

Now that the series has come to a close (until the premiere of its sequel The Testaments), you may have already begun to search for similar TV series to fill the void in your weekly watchlist. However, if you're not looking to commit to another emotionally heavy series just yet, but want to dip your toe back into the anti-utopian genre, the watchlist below will help you get there.

Whether you're drawn to psychological tension, feminist storylines, or slow-burning dystopias, these nine films depict a number of themes also at play in The Handmaid's Tale. From state surveillance and reproductive politics to apocalyptic landscapes and rebelling against the state, these films parallel the emotional and ideological hardship of living in Gilead. Blessed be the watchlist.

1

The Assessment (2024)

In a near-future authoritarian society, couples who wish to have children must undergo an extensive set of government evaluations to prove that they're worthy of having kids. When Mia (Elizabeth Olsen) and Aaryan (Himesh Patel) apply, their assessor, Alicia Vikander, pushes their desire for becoming parents, trauma and restrictions of freedom to the limit, echoing Gilead's dehumanising power structures.

2

I'm Still Here (2025)

During the peak of Brazil's 1970s military dictatorship, Eunice Paiva's (Fernanda Torres) husband 'disappears' at the hands of the government. Over a number of decades, Eunice embarks on a resilient fight for justice over the state persecution of her husband, and slowly transforms into a influential activist, much like June Osbourne.

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3

The Girl With The Needle (2025)

Based on true events, The Girl With The Needle sees a poor and desperate young seamstress (Vic Carmen Sonne) navigate like in a post WWI Copenhagen. After a mysterious midwife (Trine Dyrholm) takes a chance on her, and offers her a job conducting illegal adoptions, she's thrust into a sinister underworld of reproductive exploitation.

4

2073 (2024)

Set 40 years into the future in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco, environmental collapse and authoritarian control has taken over. One survivor recounts how the world has arrived at that point, similarly to how June recalls the demise of democracy and rise of Gilead's fascist values.

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5

She Said (2022)

Based on real events, She Said follows two investigative journalists at The New York Times, as they uncover Harvey Weinstein's decades-long sexual abuse, serving as a catalyst for the #MeToo movement. Despite the risk, they fight to give a voice to survivors as well as taking down an oppressive power.

6

Civil War (2024)

Set in the near future, America has been severed by internal conflict, which causes a civil war. Four journalists must travel across war-torn states to reach Washington D.C., and interview the President before rebellious forces plan to take over the capital.

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Robert Pattinson stars as 'expendable' space colonist Mickey, who has been sent to a frozen planet, where he has been designed to die over and over again on dangerous missions, and cloned afterwards. Following an incident of two clones accidentally being copied, Mickey begins to question his identity, agency amid a system that has categorised him as disposable.

8

28 Years Later (2025)

Almost three decades after a virus outbreak, complete societal collapse sees a family living in isolation off the coast of England.
A young boy, alongside his father journey back to the mainland in the hopes of finding medication for his sick mother.

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9

The Long Walk (2025)

The first novel that Stephen King ever wrote will come to life on our screens this November. Set in America, 100 teenage boys enter themselves into a competition that sees them tasked with walking without stopping. The consequences? Death. The last survivor wins whatever he desires. As the grueling march grinds on, friendships are birthed and psyches crack as emotional manipulation and forced obedience weighs heavy.

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