In honor of the release of the long-awaited game Cyberpunk 2077, we offer to watch well-known as well as lesser-known films with the most beloved elements of the genre.

Why does everyone love the Cyberpunk genre? For the clash between the 'street' and giant corporations. Future technology and wandering heroes, criminals and outcasts. A world of poverty, crime, and brutality. The romanticization of the modern city. Neon, noir, and a vibrant color palette, along with flashy advertisements. Artificial intelligence, conspiracies, secret uprisings, and 80s aesthetics. Ultimately, for a grim and dystopian world where cybernetics is the norm and Japan is an inspiration for every author.

Johnny Mnemonic

Keanu Reeves plays a young courier. His brain is used as a container to transport information. Here we have the power of megacorporations, a dystopian world, great information technology, and poverty, crime, social stratification. The whole combo set of true cyberpunk, seasoned with a yakuza boss played by Japanese director Takeshi Kitano.

Equilibrium

Christian Bale in a grim future where books, art, and music are banned, and human emotions are also prohibited. They are suppressed by a special drug. On screen, TV screens broadcast propaganda. The theme of rebellion against the system. A fictional city-state. And a man's struggle against a corporation.

Repo Men

According to the film's plot, we would have learned to create biomechanical organs in five years. And a big corporation would sell them on credit, and Jude Law would come to collect your debt. The film also features a device that immerses you in a dream world and the struggle of ordinary people against the system. Although 'Repo Men' was a box office failure and critics dislike the film, its universe theme is very close to the reality in Cyberpunk 2077.

The Code

We return again to mysterious corporations and the attractive work for them. The main character is hired to become a corporate spy. There is a special secret transmitter device capable of defeating competitors. But at the center of the plot is a mysterious, tangled story where nothing is as simple as it seems.

Gattaca

A dystopian thriller with cyberpunk elements raises the question of the future of genetic technology and its impact on human freedom of choice. Jude Law returns to the future, alongside Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. People are divided into 'valid' and 'invalid', and the world resembles the 50s, spiced up with new technologies. At the center of the story is the struggle to escape a disadvantaged social class and the path to one's dream. Interestingly, NASA specialists call the film the most scientifically accurate.

Strange Days

Ralph Fiennes invites you to join him in Los Angeles and follow a device that can give a person the ability to experience the memories and physical sensations of the memory authors. At the center of the story is a crime, the black market, and the FBI. Critics didn't love the film, but cyberpunk fans continue to pay attention to it after all these years.

Alita: Battle Angel

An action film with cyberpunk elements from Robert Rodriguez. We get acquainted with the story of a cyborg girl trying to regain her consciousness and all her memories. She also gets involved in solving crimes and a clan war. Excellent fight scenes, a futuristic city, and the theme of consciousness transfer.

Upgrade

A thriller beloved by audiences from Leigh Whannell, depicting the near future. At the center is the story of an ordinary auto mechanic who, at a certain point in his life, is affected by high technology. Chips and implants are embedded in people, significantly making life easier. And sometimes not. We watch how far a person will go to carry out a plan of revenge.

Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049

Two films that boldly call themselves the best in the cyberpunk genre. Besides the perfect visual presentation, we delve into the story of replicants, bioengineered humans, extraterrestrial colonies, and the doubts between the concepts of 'human-robot'. And another reason to watch Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling.

Bonus. Season 1 of the series 'Altered Carbon'

One of the few shows that has become a leader in the cyberpunk series genre. It has everything: a grim metropolis, the haves and have-nots, cloning, consciousness transfer, Japanese, artificial intelligence, hitmen, and crime. We watch the solving of a crime, as well as the struggle of the secret corporations of this world in the light of neon and the dark streets of the city.