Top Technophobe Films of All Time

Before The Matrix Trilogy and before The Terminator there were other cinematic explorations of technology wreaking havoc on poor, unsuspecting humans.

Technological innovations make life better and easier, right? Not for the characters in these films. Technology has run amok, and human kind needs to be saved.

If you haven't seen any of these examples of technology run amok on celluloid, then you are truly missing out.

Next time you're in the mood to rent a flick, find one or a couple of these films, turn off your computer and enjoy!

Warning: this article does contain some spoilers, if you have never seen the movies.

Top Technophobe Films of All Time

Top Technophobe Films of All Time: 1960s

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) directed by Stanley Kubrick.

When your life is in the hands of a computer, and that computer screws up, what do you do then? Chances are you've already seen this classic.

Top Technophobe Films of All Time: 1970s

Logan's Run (1976) directed by Michael Anderson.

Logan's Run is more than just a pretty face. Young, fit attractive people seem to be living a hedonistic lifestyle in one big enclosed mall.

Farrah Fawcett does have a bit role in this sci-fi film in which anyone beyond the age of 30 is killed off in order to control the population. Everyone has a crystal embedded in their hand that changes color as they age. When the crystal turns black your life is over. Technophobes will appreciate this movie because what started out as a technological innovation to control the population became unnecessary, yet the majority of the population simply accepted their fate without question. (A precursor to The Matrix?)

Michael Anderson also directed Millennium (1989), a time travel movie with Cheryl Ladd and Kris Kristsofferson.

Westworld (1973) directed by Micheal Chrichton.

Visiting Westworld for vacation sounds like such a good idea. Guests get to visit an Old Western town, complete with robots programmed to entertain. Yul Brenner is a robot cowboy, how cool is that? Westworld is a nice place to visit....until something of course goes awry.

Top Technophobe Films of All Time: 1980s

Looker (1981)