25 Best Movies Like The Giver Every Fan Needs To Watch
The Giver is a classic dystopian novel that has inspired numerous film adaptations. Its themes of conformity, individuality, and the power of knowledge have resonated with audiences for decades. If you enjoyed The Giver and are looking for more movies that explore similar themes, then you’re in luck! Here is a list of the best movies like The Giver that are sure to satisfy your cravings for thought-provoking science fiction.
The Giver tells the story of a society that values conformity above all else. In this world, all memories, emotions, and choices are controlled by a select group of individuals known as the Givers. When a young man named Jonas is chosen to become the Receiver of Memory, he begins to question society’s values and ultimately fights to bring change. This powerful coming-of-age story is a must-see for fans of dystopian fiction.
The Host (2013)
The story is set in the future where the Earth has been colonized by parasitic aliens who take over human bodies and thus destroy the individual’s personality and memories.
Humanity is on the verge of destruction, and one of the last uninfected is Melanie Stryder, who will risk everything to save the world and prove that love can conquer all. The problem arises when she too is taken over by an alien: she does not want to surrender, and at the same time she develops an intimate relationship with him…
Divergent (2014)
The action is set in the future where the world is divided into factions according to individual personality types. Beatrice “Tris” Prior lives in a crumbling Chicago, a city divided into five factions, according to beliefs and passions.
But Tris faces her deepest fears when she discovers that she is Divergent and therefore a target for dangerous leaders. At the same time, she embarks on a romantic and violent relationship with the instructor, and the story turns into an unpredictable and inevitable adventure.
Passengers (2016)
During a routine journey through space that takes them to their new home, the two travelers wake up ninety years too early, after the ship breaks down.
Soon, Jim and Aurora are faced with the fact that they will spend the rest of their lives on a ship where they will enjoy all the benefits they could ever imagine, and not long after that mutual sympathy appears… Until they discover that the ship is in mortal danger. With the lives of five thousand passengers they are responsible for, Jim and Aurora will have to work together to save them all.
Utopia Falls (2020)
In the distant future, a colony of humans lives in a city called New Babyl under a dome to protect them from the aftermath of a great war that killed all other life on Earth. The city is divided into four sectors – Progress, Industry, Nature, and Reform – and is ruled over by a governing authority known as the Tribunal. Each sector has a distinctive colored uniform that is a type of jumpsuit/overall – Progress citizens wear blue, Nature citizens wear green, Industry citizens wear orange, and Reform citizens wear grey.
A yearly performing arts contest called the Exemplar is held for teens who have turned 16. While competing, a group of competitors discovers an ancient archive hidden in the forest on the outskirts of New Babyl filled with forbidden historical, cultural, and musical relics which forces them to question everything they have been taught.
The Handmaid’s Tale (1990)
Wars are raging in the America of the future, and the pollution is so great that almost all women have become sterile. Kate is a young woman who escaped that fate, but her husband is killed while trying to cross the border illegally, and her daughter is kidnapped. Soon she too falls into the captivity of the authorities, where she becomes the servant of a powerful married couple.
Equilibrium (2002)
After the third world war, humanity suffered great losses and it was known that no one would survive the fourth. Therefore, the leaders of the states decided to use a drug called Prozium to eliminate all feelings from human bodies, because feelings are considered the cause of wars.
In order to facilitate the removal of feelings, a new branch of law was established, the Gramaton Priests, whose sole aim is to find and destroy everything that could encourage feelings (music, books, pictures…) as well as the people themselves who do not take their dose of Prozium and thereby breaking the command of the Father. One morning, Preston (Christian Bale) misses his usual dose of Prozium and becomes aware of feelings he didn’t even know existed. He begins to doubt the system he thought was perfect until then.
Equals (2015)
The plot of the film revolves around colleagues Nije and Silas, who live in a futuristic utopian society called ‘Collective’ where there is no crime or violence. They were erased by genetic engineering, which also erased all human feelings, while love is forbidden by law.
However, the characters of Stewart and Hoult feel a forbidden attraction that turns into a real passionate romance, which causes great suspicion among their bosses. They must choose whether to return back to the safety of the ‘Collective’ or risk everything and try to escape.
Brave New World (2020)
The story focuses on Bernard Marx and Lena Crowne, residents of New London who want to explore the world outside the boundaries of their perfectly ordered society and go on a journey into the wilderness where they get involved in a fierce and violent rebellion.
They are saved from this by John the Savage, who escapes with them to New London. His arrival in the New World soon threatens to disrupt the utopian harmony, and Bernard and Lenina find themselves in trouble.
The Hunger Games (2012)
The totalitarian state of Panem consists of 12 poor regions, and in the center of the country is the capital city Capitol, where the powerful have devised a cruel game to demoralize the people and forestall any attempt at rebellion. By drawing in the lotto game, every year all regions have to give one young man and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18, who will fight to the death in the game, in which wealth and fame await the winner, and the whole cruel “spectacle” is broadcast on television.
In the twelfth region, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) offers to participate in the games instead of her younger sister Primrose (Willow Shields), who was drawn as a contestant. She and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) head to the Capitol to attract sponsors and do some callous PR before entering the game, where only one contestant can survive.
Childhood’s End (2015)
The Overlords, a mysterious group of aliens, invade Earth in a peaceful manner. Their arrival brings about decades of utopia on Earth, but at the cost of human identity and culture. Under the rule of the Overlords, humans must forfeit their individuality and traditions.
I, Robot (2004)
Chicago, 2035. The world has created a well-branched system of robots that are programmed to, like personal guards, help and protect people. But detective Del Spooner (W. Smith) is not sure about the 100% safety of the machines, especially when the news spreads that the distinguished scientist in the field of robotics, Dr. Alfred Lanning (J. Cromwell), has been killed under unexplained circumstances.
Spooner immediately thinks, although without concrete proof, that the robots are to blame for this, which seems impossible, because they are programmed to do no harm. However, if they were able to do so, it would have dire, perhaps disastrous, consequences for humanity. Spooner begins an investigation into the scientist’s death, and turns to Susan Calvin (B. Moynahan), an expert in robot psychology, for help. The trail will lead him to the robot Sonny (A. Tudyk), who may be involved in the case.
Never Let Me Go (2010)
Kathy, Tommy and Ruth live in a time and society similar to ours, but in a very different world. They spend their childhood in Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. After finishing school, they are eager to explore the world. But their dreams of freedom soon disappear when they are faced with the fact that they are just ordinary clones bred for the purpose of organ donation.
Faced with near death, the three of them experience strong emotions in a short time, realizing that their wishes will remain unfulfilled due to the real purpose of their existence.
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Jupiter Jones was born under a starry night sky and with signs that predicted she was destined for great deeds. But in reality, the now grown-up Jupiter is an ordinary cleaner.
Things change when Cain, a genetically modified ex-soldier, comes to Earth with the intention of finding her because his genetic record indicates that he is a person who can upset the balance of the universe.
Ender’s Game (2013)
The film follows an exceptionally gifted boy, Ender. He will be selected for elite military training to save the world destroyed in the war against aliens. Namely, only the way children think and react can save humanity.
Children of Men (2006)
In the year 2027, the world is in a chaotic state, and the human race is on the verge of extinction because children have not been born for more than a decade. One of the few countries in which there is some kind of peace is Great Britain, where an authoritarian regime is in power and which is under constant pressure from emigrants from the disintegrating societies of Africa and Eastern Europe.
Xenophobia and nationalism are rampant like never before and in these conditions a disillusioned government operative (Owen) becomes the key person to save humanity. He becomes in charge of securing the transport of a woman who miraculously became pregnant to a medical center where scientists hope her case will help them save the human race. Although harmless at first glance, the road is not harmless…
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians (also known as Percy Jackson) is a two-film series based on the novel series of the same name by the author Rick Riordan.
The first film, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), was directed by Chris Columbus and was released on February 12, 2010. The second installment, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, was originally intended to be released in March 2013 but was instead pushed back to August 7, 2013, and was directed by Thor Freudenthal.
The films follow the adventures of the demigod Percy Jackson and his comrades at the demigod training ground of Camp Half-Blood. In the first film, Percy must go on a quest to save his mother from the underworld and prove his innocence when he is accused of stealing lightning from Zeus.
The second film revolves around Percy’s escapades as he must retrieve the legendary Golden Fleece from the Sea of Monsters, or the Bermuda triangle, which is the only thing that will save the camp from the forces of darkness.
In Time (2011)
You stop aging when you turn 25. But the problem is that you only have one more year left to live, if you can’t buy yourself more time. The rich ensure themselves another decade, while the rest beg, steal and make do with every hour they can get to survive another day.
A young man finds himself in a situation where he gets more time than he can imagine, but he is forced to run from the corrupt police in order to save his life.
The Maze Runner (2014)
In a post-apocalyptic world, a young man named Thomas was left behind in a community of boys after his entire memory was wiped. Soon, they discover that they are imprisoned in a labyrinth and that they will need to join forces in order to achieve an impossible escape.
Minority Report (2002)
In the year 2054, humanity has reached such a level of technological development that it can recreate people’s dreams using computers and monitors that turn them into holograms. After John Anderton (Tom Cruise) loses his son, in order to prevent others from experiencing the same pain, he joins a special police team which catches criminals before they commit murder. Three mediums with special mental abilities are able to see future murders, and what they see, with the help of modern technical aids, can also be seen by the members of Anderton’s unit, who analyze the data, identify the victim and the perpetrator, and try to prevent the murder.
One day, however, John’s life is turned upside down when the media has a vision of him killing a man he doesn’t even know. On the run from his own colleagues, Anderton must prove his innocence and find out if this murder really is one of the rare cases where one medium sees things differently from the other two – known as a special report.
Elysium (2013)
The film is set in the year 2159, and our planet has been destroyed due to overpopulation, pollution and wars. The rich have left Earth and live in the space station Elysium where they enjoy all the luxuries they can afford. Max (Matt Damon) is also stranded on Earth, and things get even more complicated when he is exposed to deadly radiation. He only has 5 days left to live, and he’s trying to find a way to get to Elysium to heal.
Now Max must return to his criminal past, and at the same time, secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) will try to prevent him from his plan because she is one of the people in charge of ensuring that people from Earth do not destroy the perfect world of Elysium…
The Space Between Us (2017)
In the space adventure, the space shuttle embarks on its first mission to colonize Mars, but right after takeoff they find out that one of the astronauts is pregnant. Shortly after landing, she dies of complications from giving birth to the first human on the red planet – without discovering who his father is. Thus begins the unusual life of Gardner Elliot.
In researching his origins, Gardner begins an online friendship with a girl from Colorado, Tulsa. When he finally gets the chance to go to Earth, he wants to try all the wonders he could read about on Mars. However, when scientists begin to prepare for his departure, they discover that his organs cannot survive in Earth’s atmosphere
After the Dark (2013)
At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy professor challenges his class of about twenty high school seniors to choose ten who will take refuge underground and rebuild the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.
Insurgent (2015)
After discovering that she does not belong to any faction, Beatrice Prior must choose her future life. Torn between social rules and her own path, which she considers the only correct one, she will show that being Divergent is no longer a disadvantage, but the greatest advantage.
The 100 (2014–2020)
Nuclear Armageddon ravaged the Earth and wiped out almost all traces of life. The only survivors are now the inhabitants of 12 international space stations in Earth’s orbit. Three generations later, more precisely 97 years later, about 2,000 people inhabit the stations under the common name – Ark. However, the Ark population is also in danger and is threatened with extinction.
The only way they can save the population is to send 100 young prisoners back to Earth. Their task is to explore the possibility of reestablishing life. What they will discover on their return to Earth will be a surprise to many – humanity is not completely destroyed after Armageddon. Groups of survivors underwent all kinds of transformations in an attempt to avoid extermination.
Upside Down (2012)
Ever since Adam and Eden fell in love as teenagers, everything, even astronomy, stands against their relationship. They have different social statuses, political systems that separate them and the strangest thing, different planets. They live on strange parallel worlds that stand opposite each other and the gravity of each pulls in its own direction.
Adam lives in the lower, impoverished world, and Eden in the upper, rich world. Their already almost impossible relationship is interrupted by agents who prohibit contact between the two worlds, with Eden suffering a tragic fall. Adam thought she didn’t survive, but after ten long years, he saw her on the TV screen.
His lost love is alive and now nothing will stop him from getting to her.
