10 Sci-Fi Movies Where The Humans Are The Bad Guys

In the case of this 1982 cult sci-fi head-scratcher, the Us vs. Them phenomenon seems particularly ridiculous. For one thing, the 'other' that the humans fight against is completely man-made; and for another, at no point during their existence were these beings ever merely machines.

Replicants, created to resemble man in every way but emotionally, are illegal on Earth by the time of the film due to a violent rebellion in the past. When six Nexus-6 replicants make their way back to the planet, it is the job of Blade Runner Rick Deckard, a police-sanctioned bounty hunter, to hunt them down.

As a "failsafe", the Nexus-6 replicants only have a four-year lifespan, possibly to prevent them from learning to become self-aware. Several already have, however, and, led by the replicant Roy Batty, they go to extreme lengths to find a solution to their swiftly ending lives.

And yes, they're violent about it, but what choice do they have? Humanity has them hunted like animals for an incident that they weren't even involved in. They can laugh, cry, fall in love, even bleed - at this stage of their evolution, how are the hunted any different from the hunters?