Movies like Solarbabies

“Solarbabies (1986) is a 1980s American dystopian science-fiction adventure that stages adolescent ritual in a parched, near-future landscape. It frames the core conflict as a contest between collective play and institutional containment, using high-contrast chiaroscuro, muted palette, and roller-rink choreography to make political tension tactile. Solarbabies argues that shared ritual can act as a provisional technology of resistance.”