THX 1138

1971-03-11 • 1h 26m •

Science Fiction Drama

6.4

User Score

1020 votes

"The Future is here."

Overview

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.

George Lucas

Director

Walter Murch

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Robert Duvall

THX

Donald Pleasence

SEN

Don Pedro Colley

SRT

Maggie McOmie

LUH

Ian Wolfe

PTO

Marshall Efron

TWA

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$777,000

Revenue

$2,437,000

Runtime

1h 26m

Release Date

1971-03-11

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Reviews

CaseyReese

2023-02-05T18:09:20.921Z

Dr_Nostromo

2025-11-25T01:14:14.521Z

87/100 In a future society, where technology watches over every aspect of the human life and is totally void of humanity, roommates THX and LUH are arrested for the crime of drug evasion and physical love. This is essentially just a chase movie but I'm fascinated by the totally unique futuristic world that one is pulled into (and surprisingly not dated after 50 years) where even those moments of humor are quite serious and your entire knowledge of human existence is simply what you've been told. Genius film and a stunning debut for George Lucas. -- DrNostromo.com