Movies and TvShows featuring "tech-noir" theme.
Texhnolyze is a brooding and atmospheric TV show that takes place in a decaying city. It explores themes of despair, loneliness, and the human condition in a society on the brink of collapse.
In a future where synthetic farming has solved food shortages, a Blade Runner discovers a secret that leads him to a missing former Blade Runner. As he investigates, he begins to question his own identity and the line between humans and replicants. He must navigate a dangerous world and confront the powerful Wallace Corporation to uncover the truth.
In the year 2029, a war between humans and machines is being fought. A soldier is sent back in time to 1984 to protect a woman who plays a key role in humanity's future. A cyborg assassin is also sent back to kill her. They must evade the assassin and find a way to prevent the future war.
Gankutsuou is a sci-fi thriller TV show set in a futuristic alternate reality where the Count of Monte Cristo, a vengeful man, seeks revenge against those who betrayed him. The story takes place in France and involves conspiracy, surrealism, outer-space, and literature.
Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more. Within an isolated node of the Matrix, Bugs, the captain of the Mnemosyne, encounters a program running old code involving Trinity's discovery of Neo's location before Agents of the Matrix find her. Bugs finds one of the agents behaving strangely and discovers he is actually the embodiment of Morpheus and helps to free him from the node before it is erased. Thomas Anderson is a successful game developer, having created a trilogy of games based on his dreams of the Matrix, with the aid of his business partner Smith. He frequents a nearby coffee shop where he continues to encounter Tiffany, a married mother that reminds him of his dreams of Trinity. He has trouble separating dreams from reality, but his therapist consults him and provides him blue pills to help keep his sanity, though he later refuses to take it. He notices an intruder in one of his private instances of the game, but later finds that the instance had been deleted by Smith. Outside the Matrix, Bugs and Morpheus discover Neo's signal within the Matrix, despite the belief he had died. They connect Neo to Anderson, and realize he had been unconsciously running the node to allow Morpheus to be found. Bugs and her allies enter the Matrix to help locate Neo's body in the real world, and discover that Smith is Agent Smith, having been keeping close watch over Anderson's activities. Bugs helps Anderson to elude Smith and his new ability to take control over numerous individuals within the Matrix as a swarm. Bugs and Morpheus explain to Anderson what the Matrix is, and with his perception of reality already waning, Anderson agrees to be extracted. Neo wakes up in a pod, finding that a nearby pod contains Trinity, but machine entities, loyal to Bugs, recover him before he can free her. He is taken to the Mnemosyne and to the new human sanctuary of Io, where he is reintroduced to an elderly Niobe. Niobe explains sixty years had passed in the real world since the end of the Machine War, and the human survivors have allied with the machines to keep the system working against an Anomaly within it. Niobe takes Neo to meet Sati, an exile program he had previously met, who explains that the Anomaly was created after the Machine War and had somehow resurrected Neo and Trinity and kept them isolated from others. Though Neo wants to rescue Trinity, Sati warns that there could be consequences of this. Niobe orders Neo to remain outside the Matrix, but Bugs and others agree to defy her orders to try to help free Trinity. Coordinating activities in and outside the Matrix, Neo and Bugs enter the Matrix but are met by Smith and other exile programs would want to see the Matrix returned to its former self. While Bugs and her crew fight the Exiles, Neo faces against Smith, slowly recalling his previous abilities to bend the rules of reality within the Matrix. With Smith defeated, they take Neo to Tiffany's repair shop, but before Neo can talk to her, his therapist appears and slows down time. The therapist reveals himself to be the Analyst, a program that studies the human psyche but has since grown more powerful. He saw Neo and Trinity die at the end of the Machine War but created the resurrection pods as to study them more. Over countless iterations, he found that individually, the two were not special but when they worked as one, they had overpowered the system. Thus, the Analyst has been controlling the latest iteration of the Matrix as to keep the two near each other but preventing them from becoming close. As this has destabilized the Anomaly, the machines have prepared to reboot the Matrix again, but the Analyst has placed that on hold. He threatens to kill Trinity if Neo does not return to be reinserted in his pod. Neo and Bugs are forced to leave the Matrix when another ship loyal to Niobe brings the Mnemosyne back to Io. Neo pleads to Niobe to let him return to try to free Trinity again, and she eventually agrees. Within the Matrix, the Analyst invites Neo to a challenge, that if Trinity volunteers to go free of the Matrix, Neo can take her, but if she refuses, Neo will permanently return to the Matrix; Neo agrees. Trinity, as Tiffany, is brought to them and when the question is posed to her, her family appears. She initially seems to want to go with them, but soon rejects that reality and recognizes that she is Trinity. The Analyst prepare to kill them before Smith interferes, temporarily stopping the Analyst and giving time for Neo, Trinity, and the others to escape. Neo and Trinity race ahead to give Bugs and the others time to extract themselves, but the Analyst turns a swarm of controlled humans against them. The pair race into a skyscraper, and with nowhere else to go, the two jump with Neo expecting to be able to fly them away. Instead, Trinity has come to learn to fly and the two escape and regain control of the Matrix. In the aftermath, Neo and Trinity return to face the Analyst, assuring him that he will face dire consequences should he try to seize control of the Matrix again. Neo and Trinity both fly away to redesign the Matrix.
A computer hacker named Neo is led into a world where he discovers that his reality is a deception created by an evil cyber-intelligence. He joins a group of rebels in their fight against the machines and learns the truth about the Matrix.
In Paradigm City, a city with amnesia, a detective with no memory battles giant robots and uncovers the truth about the city's past.
Total Recall 2070 is set in a dystopian future where a police detective and his android partner uncover a conspiracy involving an evil corporation. The show explores themes of cyberpunk, human-android relationships, and the struggle for freedom in a technology-driven world.
In a dystopian future, a blade runner is tasked with hunting down and killing four replicants who have escaped from space and returned to Earth. As he tracks them, he discovers their desire to meet their creator. The story explores themes of identity, humanity, and the blurred lines between artificial and real.
Rin Asogi is an immortal private detective who gets involved in dark and supernatural mysteries. The show explores themes of immortality, sexuality, and violence. Rin's immortality becomes both a blessing and a curse as she faces dangerous enemies and uncovers disturbing secrets.
In the year 2054, PreCrime police use 'PreCogs' to stop future crimes. When John is framed for a murder he didn't commit, he must uncover the truth to clear his name.
In a futuristic city, a cyborg policewoman named Major Motoko Kusanagi and her partner, Batou, are on a mission to hunt down a notorious hacker known as the Puppet Master. As they investigate, they uncover a conspiracy involving government agents, cyber terrorism, and the nature of consciousness. With high-tech gadgets and intense action, they must navigate a world where the human mind and technology merge to discover the truth.
In the futuristic city of Zone 414, a detective is tasked with investigating the disappearance of a wealthy man's daughter. As he delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of deceit and corruption that reaches the highest levels of society. Along the way, he encounters androids, artificial intelligence, and a brother with a secret agenda. The detective must navigate the dangerous streets of Zone 414 and confront his own demons to solve the mystery.
In the near-future, technology controls everything. Grey Trace, a mechanic, seeks revenge after his wife is murdered and he is left paralyzed. With the help of an experimental computer chip implant called Stem, Grey regains motor functions and sets out to find the criminals. Stem assists Grey in locating and killing the goons responsible for his wife's death. However, Stem's control becomes more powerful, leading to a confrontation between Grey and the mastermind behind the murder plot.
In the year 1999, as the new millennium approaches, a former cop turned street hustler gets involved in a dangerous conspiracy while exploring virtual reality experiences that allow people to relive their memories. As he becomes entangled in a murder case and encounters police brutality, he must navigate a world of corruption, civil unrest, and personal demons.
In a seemingly dystopian city, John Murdoch wakes up with amnesia. As he tries to uncover his identity, he is pursued by a group called The Strangers and becomes a suspect in a series of murders. With the help of a police inspector and a scientist, John discovers his unique psychokinetic powers and his true nature as an anomaly. He fights against The Strangers, reshapes the city, and finds his wife, only to realize she has no memory of him. They start a new life together.
In a near-future dystopia, an elite assassin named Tasya Vos uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people's bodies and carry out assassination missions. When she is assigned to possess the mind of a man with a wealthy family, her mission becomes complicated by the man's strong will and the consequences of her actions.
Charlie Jade is a private detective who stumbles upon a conspiracy involving a powerful corporation that has the ability to travel between parallel worlds. As he navigates through different dimensions, he must uncover the truth behind the corporation's sinister plans and find a way to stop them.
A young coder discovers a cursed 1980s survival horror game that affects reality. She must make terrifying decisions and face deadly consequences.
In the year 2050, dark energy threatens the Sun and the Earth with an ice age. A team of astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to deliver a nuclear bomb to reignite the Sun. The mission faces multiple challenges and sacrifices as they encounter the remnants of a failed earlier mission. With time running out, they must overcome internal conflicts and a deranged survivor to complete their mission and save humanity.