The film Gattaca reminded me of Huxley's "Brave New World". In fact the premise is extremely similar in that both involve a defining people solely by there social standing, which essentially equates to how close they are to "perfect" humans. The social structure is very alike, no one associates with anyone outside of their class. While there are slight differences in the irrelevant side functions of these interactions, they remain essentially the same, anti-utopian versions of the future of society brought on by science and peoples' need to feel superior.
The key difference in social workings is that the genetically superior in Gattaca are the majority (it seems), while there are almost set amounts of how many of each type of person can exist in Huxley's world. Instead of ingrained segregation the altered people in Gattaca make the choice to disown all the lower people. Its as though technology had advanced and those who could climbed aboard, while everyone else who was left behind is forgotten and looked down on.
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