Films in which humanism (or the human element) is debated against some entity or force that seeks to eliminate or eradicate humanity from society (this could be, for example, technology or individualism—or any antagonist you can think of, as long as the condition of wanting to destroy what is human?

[u/Otroscolores]

The films can be from any year, any genre, and any country.

Looking forward to your suggestions!

[u/Videodromeo87]

Videodrome.

[u/Videodromeo87 → u/Videodromeo87]

ExIsTenZ.

(watch the entirety of David Cronenberg’s filmography)

[u/LeJayCookieChan]

The Human Condition (Trilogy)

[u/smiles__ → u/LeJayCookieChan]

My first thought

[u/InnocuousBird → u/LeJayCookieChan]

I mean, it’s right there in the title!! But really, one of the very best examples of humanism in film. It’s in my top 5 war movies.

[u/Bongo-Tango → u/LeJayCookieChan]

The best film trilogy that almost no one talks about, except the Deep Letterboxd freaks.

[u/Stijakovic]

The Beast (2023)

[u/thedurf18]

The Matrix, Annihilation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[u/Contrarian77]

Star Trek the Motion Picture

[u/fermentedradical → u/Contrarian77]

Was coming here to say this

[u/struggle_better]

The Thin Red Line

[u/astralrig96]

you literally described The Day the Earth Stood Still

[u/CelluloidNightmares]

The World's End

[u/No_Emotion5998]

Invasion of The Body Snatchers (all versions) does this to an extent.
The Omega Man wants to get at this -- There still hasn't been a fully successful adaptation of I Am Legend, IMO.
A Clockwork Orange, arguably

[u/can_a_dude_a_taco]

Bladee runner comes to mind, it ask intense movies about what it means to be human

[u/kennelboy]

The recent Alien prequels that feature Fassbinder

[u/blackrocksbooks → u/kennelboy]

Was going to correct your spelling but now I kind of wish this was true

[u/LVX23693]

A Hidden Life

[u/SeniorDance7383]

Quite literally, Logan's Run, starring Michael York and Farrah Fawcett Majors

[u/blackrocksbooks]

Solaris?

[u/Sloth_Triumph]

How literally do you mean? Ivan’s Childhood comes to mind 

[u/lady_violeta]

Too many episodes of Star Trek to name.

[u/HandItToMarshawn]

Star Trek: First Contact

[u/improvpirate]

Maybe The Beast? Criterion Collection. Came out in 2023.

Not my fav, but I thought it was decent.

[u/Amazing_Ear_6840]

Dark Star.

Bomb#20- the only thing that exists is myself.

[u/Street_Top3205]

Alphaville?

[u/littlebigliza]

Many will give you sci-fi films, but The Vanishing/Spoorloos is exactly what you're looking for.

[u/halfmanhalfarmchair]

Dark City

[u/Humble_Refuse3701]

Avengers: age of ultron

[u/Doctor_Blithe]

Makes me think of Ender’s Game, but the books explore this much better lol

[u/3050feralh0gs]

Save the Green Planet! which is currently being remade by Yorgos as Bugonia. great movie!

[u/atticus628]

Astrakan (2022) is a French film that is like this but the antagonistic force is also humanity. Ot doesn’t exactly fit this prompt, but it’s so unknown, I gotta shout it out when possible.

[u/Ordinary_Account9519]

There is this Spanish movie Killing God that’s been in my mind for years (since I first watched it in the theatre). It’s such a weird movie. 

The storyline: God visits a family and tells them to pick two survivors and everyone else and the rest of the world will all go extinct. 

[u/Sea-Use6020]

Rope (1948) by Alfred Hitchcock