Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves. Dystopias, Post-Apocalypses and Science Fiction Films as Didactic Tools for Teaching Álvarez Jiménez, David Didactics of Geography Estudio de investigación de didáctica de la geografía Área o categoría del conocimiento: Didáctica de la geografía This publication analyses the potential of the use of science fiction films, in particular the post-apocalyptic and dystopian sub-genres, for the teaching of human geography in secondary education. After a brief review of the usefulness of the use of cinema and in particular of the science fiction genre for teaching social sciences in education, three films belonging to these categories (Akira, Children of Men and District 9) are highlighted with their corresponding activities. This paper ends with an annotated list of films suitable for showing in the “Geography and History” classroom of Third of ESO (the Spanish Compulsory Secondary Education), equivalent to the United States’ 9th grade High School or Britain’s Year 10. 2025-04-22T12:18:39Z 2025-04-22T12:18:39Z 2025-04-22 journal article Álvarez Jiménez, D (2025). «Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves». Dystopias, Post-Apocalypses and Science Fiction Films as Didactic Tools for Teaching. REIDOCREA, 14(14), 189-217. ISSN: 2254-5883 2254-5883 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/103735 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional Universidad de Granada