THX 1138
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THX 1138

1971Movie1 h 26 minPG

Drama
70
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6Letterboxd3.4/5Metacritic756.6Rotten Tomatoes72%73%
70
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6Letterboxd3.4/5Metacritic756.6Rotten Tomatoes72%73%

Summary

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

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  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults
  • Public viewing safe

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  • Weighs on you.
  • Feasts your eyes.
  • Holds up a mirror.
  • Gets under your skin.
  • Leaves you longing.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

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Tropes

Dystopia Is HardRare · in 25 titlesThroughout the movie, there are hints that THX's world is only kept in motion by sheer inertia.NovelizationRare · in 37 titlesA novelization based on the film was written by Ben Bova and published in 1971.All 58 tropes

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