Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Genres

DramaScience FictionTV Movie

OverView

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 look to help bring down the party.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

7.4/10

Release Date

16 December 1954

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Winston Smith

Yvonne Mitchell

Yvonne Mitchell

Julia

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Syme

Arnold Diamond

Arnold Diamond

Emanuel Goldstein

Campbell Gray

Campbell Gray

Parsons

André Morell

André Morell

O'Brien

Hilda Fenemore

Hilda Fenemore

Mrs. Parsons

Pamela Grant

Pamela Grant

Parsons Girl

Keith Davis

Keith Davis

Parsons Boy

Janet Barrow

Janet Barrow

Woman Supervisor

Norman Osborne

Norman Osborne

First Youth

Tony Lyons

Tony Lyons

Second Youth

Malcolm Knight

Malcolm Knight

Third Youth

John Baker

John Baker

First Man

Victor Platt

Victor Platt

Second Man

Van Boolen

Van Boolen

Barman

Wilfrid Brambell

Wilfrid Brambell

Old Man / Thin Prisoner

Leonard Sachs

Leonard Sachs

Mr. Charrington

Sydney Bromley

Sydney Bromley

Waiter

Janet Joye

Janet Joye

Canteen Woman

Harry Lane

Harry Lane

Guard

Richard Williams

Richard Williams

Narrator

Nigel Kneale

Nigel Kneale

Telescreen Announcer (voice)

Roy Oxley

Roy Oxley

Big Brother

Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis

Man (uncredited)

Similar Movies

2.2

The Corrupted

May 2010 •English

A group of twenty-somethings are enjoying their stay at a lakeside cabin when a series of frightening and bizarre events derail their weekend.

7.1

Fahrenheit 451

September 1966 •English

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…

7.8

Z

February 1969 •French

Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. A thinly veiled dramatization of the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis and its aftermath, “Z” captures the outrage at the US-backed junta that ruled Greece at the time of its release.

7.6

The Butterfly Effect

January 2004 •English

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

6.5

1984

March 1956 •English

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

7.5

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

August 2007 •Romanian

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

7.9

Persepolis

June 2007 •French

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

6.6

Before Night Falls

September 2000 •English

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

6.7

Absolute Power

February 1997 •English

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.

7.7

Brazil

February 1985 •English

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

6.4

Short Working Day

November 1995 •Polish

A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.

7.6

JFK

December 1991 •English

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

6.9

The X-Files

June 1998 •English

Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

7.1

WarGames

June 1983 •English

High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

6.5

The Running Man

November 1987 •English

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.

7.0

Equilibrium

December 2002 •English

In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

6.8

Salvador (Puig Antich)

May 2006 •Catalan

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.

5.6

The Day the Earth Stood Still

December 2008 •English

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

5.3

Beyond Skyline

October 2017 •English

Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an alliance with a band of survivors to take back the planet once and for all.

5.7

Gamer

September 2009 •English

Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.