Historical Inspiration & Moments For Dystopian Films

• 1895 - Introduction of radio technology
• 1897 - Discovery or radioactivity and it's dangers
• 1898 - The first novel about an alien invasion on Earth called 'War of the Worlds'
• 1901 - Establishment of transatlantic wireless communication
• 1902 - The first science-fiction film called 'A Trip To The Moon' 

• 1903 - First successful flight of the aeroplane
• 1915 - Introduction of chemical weapons e.g. chlorine gas
• 1918 - The worst pandemic, the Spanish Influenza claims over 21 million lives
• 1920 - The first robots
• 1924 - First totalitarian dystopian novel by Yevgeny Zamiatin
• 1926 - First successful television transmission
• 1927 - First dystopian film by Fritz Lang called 'Metropolis'
• 1930s - The dust bowl
• 1936 - Spanish rebellion leads to the Spanish Civil War
• 1939 - WWII
• 1942 - The Holocaust
• 1946 - Nuremberg Trials
• 1949 - George Owell's novel '1984' introduces themes such as mind control. 
• 1950 - Artificial Intelligence theory is created by Alan Turing
• 1967 - First successful heart transplant operation performed, humans suddenly seen as sources for spare parts
• 1971 - First space station called the Soviet Salyut 1 is made and used
• 1979 - Ridley Scott's box office hit 'Alien' is released
• 1982 - Ridley Scott releases his new science-fiction hit 'Blade Runner'
• 1984 - James Cameron's box office hit 'The Terminator' is released
• 1995 - Terry Gilliam's film '12 Monkey's' is released
• 1997 - Luc Besson directs the film 'The Fifth Element'

• 1999 - The film 'The Matrix' is released
• 2006 - 'V for Vendetta' is released
• 2012 - Mars is explored
• 2013 - Orson Scott Card's novel 'Ender's Game' adapted into film by Gavin Hood
• 2014 - Films like 'Divergent' and 'The Maze Runner' are released
• 2015 - Films like 'Divergent: Insurgent', 'CHAPPiE' and 'The Scorch Trials' released