Top 5 Cyberpunk Movies to Watch Before Running a TTRPG! | Two D Ten

[@1IGG]

God I loved Johnny mnemonic. Taped it on VHS and watched it over and over as a teen. While obsessing over Shadowrun Second Edition. Creating the perfect street Sam.. Ah, good times.

[@TwoDTen]

A lot of people give that movie a ration of crap, but it really is one of my favorites. I could watch it over and over.

[@idrinkthereforeiam7427]

Love it! Akira, Demon City Sinjuku, and Wicked City are also on my go to list for Cyberpunk/Shadowrun.

[@TwoDTen]

Good choices! I might do an animated list some day if enough people give a shit about this list.

[@Slainte_Mhath]

Ghost in a Shell (Both Anime and Liveaction Movies) is definitely missing on your list :)

[@TwoDTen]

I didn't include the anime because, well, I didn't include any animated films. I've seen the LA version, and I liked it, but it just didn't inspire me like the movies on the list. Maybe a top 10 (or part two) is in order some day.

[@danweber6972]

1992 nemesis is not great but it is a good b movie time that leans hard into the genre. Almost like an rpg session. Something worth tossing in the mix of ppl haven't seen for cyberpunk vibes and inspiration.

[@charlessmith5465]

The Cyberpunk 2020 and Red corebooks also have recomended reading and film lists. Some of my netrunner favorites: _Hackers_ (not as much futuristic body-aug cyberpunk, but has many [cyber and punk] elements, _WarGames_ (especially for running a game with a lot of system interaction or AIs), _Sneakers, The KGB the Computer and Me_ (a documentary about Cliff Stoll's adventures which are also covered in his book _Cuckoo's Egg,_ where an accounting error on a university system leads to the unraveling of an early cybercrime ring), Jason Scott's Bulletin Board System (BBS) documentary, _Serial Experiments Lain, Cowboy Bebop_ (if you run low on adventure seeds, imagine a character like Ed is running around somewhere in your game-world 🤭), _The Animatrix, Scanner Darkly_ (if the game'll have heavy surveillance elements. Another PKD book film adaptation. I enjoy reading the books, and most sci-fi has not been turned into films: Gibson, Dick, Sterling, Stephenson, Rucker, Herbert, Asimov, Verne, Wells, et al)

[@NerdStoryteller]

Robocop is one of the greatest movies ever made, and I will die on that hill if needs be.

[@TwoDTen]

It is and I'll go with you.

[@samantharoe2150]

A bit late to the party, but the movie s and manga that got me into cyberpunk are Bladerunner(obviously) , Akira, Ghost in the shell(anime), and Battle Angel Alita (manga). Oh and Judge dredd /Dredd. I just discovered the cyberpunk ttrpg scene and am trying to get my dnd friends to let me run a shadowrun adventure for a change of scenery

[@Iwuznothere]

I also recommend eXistenZ, Tetsuo the Ironman, Andromedia, Demolition Man, Videodrome and Escape from New York.

[@poipoiparty8427]

Hell yeah, Death Machine. Great movie.

[@thetrashpanda9085]

All great movies!! I've watched all of them excessively with the exception of Death Machine which I've never seen. I will correct that very soon :)

[@Thugctc]

I’ve seen all but #4

[@logancaine9616]

A Scanner Darkly gives me ideas in regards to daily life of normal everyday drug addicts in a cyberpunk setting. Granted the move isn't really cyberpunk, but it is close. Plus it has Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson, and RDJ, in one movie. What's not to love.

[@frigginsepone446]

Inception (2010), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Anon (2018), Tenet (2020) Not Cyberpunk, but great Shadowrun inspiration IMO: The Accountant (2016), Hard Boiled (1992), Atomic Blonde (2017), The Town (2010)

[@asaskald]

Robocop is insanely good. I grew up on it. Satirical cyberpunk at its best. I enjoyed the new version but only because I refuse to compare the two.

[@sandytolar8285]

give that man a hand.

[@mathewweeks9069]

Awesome😎👍👍

[@sirnoobalot2632]

“I Can hold 8gb in my head” Funny to Think that 8gb was a lot, now days it is a low USB

[@thetyrantofsyracuse]

The running man. Dredd. Both the Stallone and Karl Urban versions are great for their own reasons.