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Now that the series has ended, you might be wondering how you’ll get your fix of feel-bad dystopian futures. Thanks in part to its success, there are a lot of other TV series you can stream that offer similarly provocative visions of our Worst Possible Future (including the spinoff series The Testaments)—but you can also plunge deeper into books, movies, games, and podcasts that deliver similar visions of where we may be headed.
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<h3><em>The Testaments,</em> by Margaret Atwood</h3><p>The adaptation of Atwood’s novel went far beyond her original vision out of necessity: You don’t get six seasons of June fighting the patriarchy without inventing a lot of new material. In 2019, Atwood delivered the <a href="https://zdcs.link/QV5dpd?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=long-awaited%20sequel%20to%20her%20novel&short_url=QV5dpd&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window">long-awaited sequel to her novel</a>, offering <em>her</em> thoughts on what the larger picture of Gilead would look like. Three women smuggle their experiences out of the Republic—a young woman who rejects her arranged marriage despite her strong faith, a teen girl who finds herself questioning the bedrock of her existence, and, most intriguingly, Lydia, the stern, conflicted Aunt responsible for training (and punishing) the Handmaids. </p><h3><em>Future Home of the Living God</em>, by Louise Erdrich</h3><p>If you’re intrigued by ideas around reproductive freedom, bodily agency, and how quickly society could revert to a more primitive state, <a href="https://zdcs.link/9l8EKN?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=Future%20Home%20of%20the%20Living%20God&short_url=9l8EKN&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window"><em>Future Home of the Living God</em></a> is the perfect choice. In a grim future, evolution has gone haywire—plants and animals appear to be evolving backwards, and a range of threats challenge humanity’s survival. When the government begins rounding up pregnant women, Cedar Hawk Songmaker flees, embarking on a violent journey as she fights for herself and the autonomy of women everywhere.</p><h3><em>Women Talking,</em> by Miriam Toews</h3><p>If you loved how <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em> explores the ways the women of Gilead sustain and defend themselves without ever holding real power, <a href="https://zdcs.link/aD87wo?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=Women%20Talking&short_url=aD87wo&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window"><em>Women Talking</em></a><em> </em>will be fascinating. The women of the Mennonite colony of Molotschna have long believed demons attack them at night. 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But keeping those two groups apart forever isn’t possible, and when a young woman in Marthatown begins a friendship with a warrior named Chernon, change—violent and otherwise—is inevitable.</p><h2 id="the-best-movies-like-the-handmaids-tale">The best movies like <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em></h2><p>Hollywood loves a good dystopian epic, so there is no shortage of grim films offering possible futures no one wants. If you’re looking to stay in this lane, here are some terrific films to queue up.</p><h3><em>The Handmaid's Tale</em> (1990)</h3><div class="mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-4xl aspect-video">
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<p>The most direct way to stay in the universe of<em> The Handmaid’s Tale</em> is to watch the first adaptation, from 1990. Starring Robert Duvall, Natasha Richardson, and Faye Dunaway, the film was scripted by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter and offers a more compressed and melodramatic—but no less horrifying—version of the story. It’s<em> very</em> 1990, but it offers an intriguingly different perspective on the material.<em> </em><strong>Stream <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em> on <a href="https://zdcs.link/z64keY?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=Apple%20TV&short_url=z64keY&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window">Apple TV</a></strong><strong>.</strong></p><div class="pogoClear mb-12 mt-10 rounded-md border-2 border-gray-100 py-7 shadow-xl md:py-6">
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<p>If you want to keep exploring the themes and big questions the show tackles,<em> The Assessment</em> is your jam. Set in a future where increased lifespans and resource scarcity have led made reproduction a highly-regulated act requiring advanced technology, the film focuses on a couple, Mia and Aaryan (Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel), applying to have a child. The government assessor, Virginia (Alicia Vikander), arrives to live with them for seven days to evaluate their application. The testing quickly takes a dark turn, and the film explores the power dynamic and raw emotions linking all three of these fascinating individuals.<em> </em><strong>Stream <em>The Assessment</em> on <a href="https://www.hulu.com/movie/the-assessment-b46dd6dc-a59e-4373-bbb4-b2ff21cee695" target="_blank" title="open in a new window" rel="noopener">Hulu</a></strong><strong> or rent it on <a href="https://zdcs.link/QrJMZ5?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=Prime%20Video&short_url=QrJMZ5&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window">Prime Video</a></strong><strong>.</strong></p><div class="pogoClear mb-12 mt-10 rounded-md border-2 border-gray-100 py-7 shadow-xl md:py-6">
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<p>If you want to explore the details of how a society can slide into madness,<em> Anniversary</em> is a great choice. At a party celebrating her 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary with her husband, liberal professor Ellen (Diane Lane) meets her son’s new fiancée, Liz (Phoebe Dynevor), a former student. Liz has developed a movement called Change that promotes totalitarian governance, and over the next five years, her ideas gradually become violently mainstream, destroying Ellen and her family along the way.<em> </em><strong>Stream <em>Anniversary</em> on <a href="https://www.hulu.com/movie/anniversary-18b34d41-c241-40e3-8d2a-626a8b9c7188" target="_blank" title="open in a new window" rel="noopener">Hulu</a></strong><strong> or rent it on <a href="https://zdcs.link/z3OBJP?pageview_type=RSS&template=content&module=content_body&element=offer&item=text-link&element_label=Prime%20Video&short_url=z3OBJP&u=https%3A%2F%2Flifehacker.com%2Ffeed%2Frss" rel="sponsored" target="_blank" title="open in a new window">Prime Video</a></strong><strong>.</strong></p><div class="pogoClear mb-12 mt-10 rounded-md border-2 border-gray-100 py-7 shadow-xl md:py-6">
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<h3><em>Dogville</em> (2003)</h3><div class="mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-4xl aspect-video">
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<h3><em>Detroit: Become Human</em></h3><div class="mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-4xl aspect-video">
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<p><em>The Handmaid's Tale</em>'s themes of autonomy and personal freedom are echoed in this adventure game focused on three android characters. In a future world, androids can become “deviant” if they learn to bypass their programming and attain sentience. You can play as three distinct androids, each with their own backstory, agenda, and possible outcomes, as you deal with an robot uprising and choose whether or not to risk becoming deviant yourself. </p><p><strong>Platforms:</strong> PlayStation, Steam</p><div class="pogoClear mb-12 mt-10 rounded-md border-2 border-gray-100 py-7 shadow-xl md:py-6">
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<p>Do you wish <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em> was just a little more speculative—and a little more <em>fun</em>? Then play <em>Dustborn</em>, set in an alternate timeline where America has devolved into a totalitarian state that oppresses “Anomals,” people who have developed the ability to use Protolanguage, giving them the power to change reality and control people using words. You play as Pax, an Anomal who undertakes a mission to steal data to help the resistance, assembling a crew of friends to help and traveling under cover as a folk band. The game can be a bit heavy-handed with its messaging, but it definitely has the same vibes as the show.</p><p><strong>Platforms:</strong> PlayStation, Xbox, Steam</p><div class="pogoClear mb-12 mt-10 rounded-md border-2 border-gray-100 py-7 shadow-xl md:py-6">
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<h2 id="the-best-podcasts-like-the-handmaids-tale">The best podcasts like <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em></h2><p>Whether you want to catch every detail and discuss every behind-the-scenes decision or find narrative fiction exploring the same territory, here are some podcasts any fan of <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em> should check out.</p><h3><em>Above the Garage</em></h3><div class="eloquent-imagery-image">
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<p>If you’re looking for a friendly deep-dive into <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/22LgsdGkFMXNaJtGfyRqby" target="_blank" title="open in a new window" rel="noopener">this podcast</a> is perfect. Kate Ettingoff and Kimberley Williams are superfans who have no compunction about thinking <em>way</em> too hard about each episode. If you can’t find any friends who want to stay up all night discussing the show with you, head on over to this podcast.</p><h3><em>Eyes on Gilead</em></h3><div class="eloquent-imagery-image">
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<p>Hosts Fiona Williams, Haidee Ireland, Sana Qadar, and Natalie Hambly clearly love the show—but they also aren’t afraid to criticize it. The recaps offered by <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1j7hnYzp17EKbAKqyvslpW" target="_blank" title="open in a new window" rel="noopener"><em>Eyes on Gilead</em></a><em> </em>are detailed and thoughtful, but the hosts also have a lot of fun discussing the plot lines and themes, which is essential when said plots and themes are so dark and heavy.</p><h3><em>Eliza: A Robot Story</em></h3><div class="eloquent-imagery-image">
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<p>Created in a partnership with the Pankhurst Trust and Manchester Women’s Aid (which are dedicated to challenging gender inequality and assisting victims of domestic violence), <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3qdilzcksXDxYpOTWF2czj" target="_blank" title="open in a new window" rel="noopener"><em>Eliza: A Robot Story</em></a><em> </em>focuses on a robot who falls in love with her owner, who then works to give her true sentience—but nothing is as it seems. The story explores the ways those who have power over us can be abusive and coercive in subtle ways, without resorting to violence, echoing some of the gaslighting the Handmaids experience in the show.</p><h3><em>The Gospel of Haven</em></h3><div class="eloquent-imagery-image">
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<p>For an exploration of the way society distorts and becomes increasingly oppressive when stressed, this wild sci-fi story fits the bill. In <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3vcEMggOqLz3OP1ZjSFbW4" target="_blank" title="open in a new window" rel="noopener"><em>The Gospel of Haven</em></a>,<em> </em>a community lives within their living god—literally inhabiting the divine body. Their ritualistic existence is devoted to keeping that body healthy, but when it begins to fail, whether from old age or disease, and their world starts to break down, those in power resort to greater and greater acts of desperate violence and oppression to maintain their grip. It mirrors the way Gilead forms in part as a reaction to an infertility crisis threatening humanity’s future, but addresses the process much more viscerally and directly.</p><p class="ljsyndicationlink"><a href="https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/handmaids-tale-streamalikes-books-movies-video-games-and-podcasts?utm_medium=RSS">https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/handmaids-tale-streamalikes-books-movies-video-games-and-podcasts?utm_medium=RSS</a></p>