In response to your query for Utopian films, here's a short list I came up with: Things to Come (1936) and THe Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) are two early SF pictures which present "perfect" societies ruled by benign monarchs. Excalibur (1981) and Camelot (1967) also present "perfect" societies of justice and harmony ruled by a just and good (but all powerful) monarch, but both Utopias fall by the end. Many filmsd about Native American cultures present idyllic societies, which are almost invariably destroyed and/or corrupted by Western society. Just a few of them: A Man Called Horse (1970), Little Big Man (1970), Dances WIth Wolves (1990), RUn of the Arrow (1957). Interestingly enough, all of these films are told from the perspective of a white figure from society who prefers the utopian existence of the Native American over his own society's. This kind of mediated understanding is typical of almost all films made about other cultures, such as the following films that take place in South America. Emerald Forest (1985) and Medicine Man (1992).In the latter film, the white figure doesn't become one of the tribe; rather, he becomes a benign authority figure by virtue of his western education. Thus, I prefer Emerald Forest, where the boy embraces and becomes one with the culture, choosing to remain with the natives and their lifestyle rather than return to his white father's world. Finally, Paint Your Wagon (1969) must be the strangest utopia ever presented on film. It's a terrible film, but the endearing anarchy does have a certain fantasy-like charm to it, and again the corrupting forces of society (in the forms of mores, religioun-based ethics and proper modes of behavior brought by settler families) destroy the little piece of testosterone heaven carved out by our miners. It seems that all of the utopian films I mentionned are only partly utopian, because the societies only exist when the corrupting or destroying forces of other cultures (usually our own) are out of reach or out of contact. Once contact is made, the utopia begins its descent, sometimes to dystopia. Hope the list helps out. Yours in cinema, Sean Axmaker