necessary consequences of the reification of 'human material' to the point of self-destruction are forcefully brought home to the viewer". Awards and honors Winner Best Science Fiction Film of Year – Saturn Award, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films (Richard Fleischer, Walter Seltzer, Russell Thacher) Winner Grand Prize – Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival (Richard Fleischer) Nominee Best Film of Year (Best Dramatic Presentation) – Hugo Award (Richard Fleischer, Stanley Greenberg, Harry Harrison) Winner Best Film Script of Year (Best Dramatic Presentation) – Nebula Award, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (Stanley Greenberg, Harry Harrison) "Soylent Green is people!" is ranked 77th on the American Film Institute's list AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes. Parodied Saturday Night Live – 1973 Saturday Night Live skit added to quote’s pop culture status. Home media Soylent Green was released on Capacitance Electronic Disc by MGM/CBS Home Video and later on LaserDisc by MGM/UA in 1992 (, ). In November 2007, Warner Home Video released the film on DVD concurrent with the DVD releases of two other science fiction films: Logan's Run (1976), a film that covers similar themes of dystopia and overpopulation, and Outland (1981). A Blu-ray Disc release followed on March 29, 2011. See also Soylent (meal replacement), a brand of meal replacement products whose creator was inspired by the book and film Cloud Atlas, a 2012 film, based on David Mitchell's 2004 novel Cloud Atlas, both depicting a future society in which workers are fed with human remains Judge Dredd - in Mega City One, the deceased are recycled into food after they have had the funeral. Tender Is the Flesh, a 2020 dystopian novel by Agustina Bazterrica in which humans are farmed for their meat An Excess Male, a 2017 dystopian novel by Maggie Shen King that critics compared to Soylent Green due to similar speculations on human overpopulation Logan's Run, a 1976 dystopian movie where the population and the consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by killing everyone who reaches the age of 30. Those who try to escape are captured, and frozen for food. References Further reading External links Soylent Green at Internet Archive 1970s dystopian films 1970s police procedural films 1970s science fiction thriller films 1973 films American dystopian films American police detective films American neo-noir films American science fiction thriller films Climate change films 1970s English-language films Environmental films Euthanasia Fictional food and