With its dizzying depiction of a futuristic cityscape and female robot, Metropolis is the mother of sci-fi cinema and its jaw-dropping production values, iconic imagery, and modernist grandeur remain as powerful as ever.

"★★★★★ – Essential viewing" – BBC

"★★★★★ – A fantastical monument to Fritz Lang's megalomania, this sci-fi silent remains one of the gems of the genre" – Empire

"★★★★★ – Unmissable" – Guardian

"★★★★★ – An eternal masterpiece" – Daily Telegraph

★★★★★ – Time Out

With its dizzying depiction of a futuristic cityscape and female robot, Metropolis is the mother of sci-fi cinema and its jaw-dropping production values, iconic imagery, and modernist grandeur remain as powerful as ever.

Drawing on and defining classic sci-fi themes, director Fritz Lang depicts a dystopian future in which society is divided in two: while anonymous workers conduct their endless drudgery below ground, their rulers enjoy a decadent life of leisure and luxury.