Why does the Hunger Games hit so much harder than other recent dystopian books and films?

I feel as if the Hunger Games hits so much harder than other more recent dystopian books, think Uglies or Divergent. It hits just as hard as the original dystopians like 1964 or Fahrenheit 451, maybe harder just due to generational differences and how relatively recent it is. The Ballad of Songbirds and snakes is especially hard hitting imo.

Why do you think this is? More real world references? More relevant?