List of films set in the future

This is a list of films with settings beyond the year they were released, even if that setting is now in the past, and films with a futuristic setting despite of unspecified date. It also includes films that are only partially set in the future.

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Title Released Setting
1. April 2000 1952 2000
The 10th Victim 1966 unspec.
12 Monkeys 1995 1996–2035
1984 1956 1984
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 2001
2009 Lost Memories 2002 2009
2010 1984 2010
2012 2009 2012
2012: Supernova 2009 2012
2019, After the Fall of New York 1983 2019
2046 2004 2046
2081 2009 2081
2BR02B: To Be or Naught To Be 2016 2202
The 6th Day 2000 2015
964 Pinocchio 1991 2064
A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001 2142–4142
A.P.E.X. 1994 2073
The A.R.K. Report 2013 2063
Aachi & Ssipak 2006 2500
Acción mutante 1993 2012
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush 1996 2007
An Adventure Through Time 2007 2900s
The Adventures of Pluto Nash 2002 2080
Aelita 1924 1974
Æon Flux 2005 2415
After Earth 2013 3071
The Age of Stupid 2009 2055
Akira 1988 2019
Algol 1920 1920–1940
Alien 1979 2122
Alien 3 1992 2179
Alien Intruder 1993 2022
Alien Nation 1988 1991
Alien: Resurrection 1997 2379
Aliens 1986 2179
Americathon 1979 1998
Android 1982 2036
Android Cop 2014 2045
The Andromeda Nebula 1967 3000
Any Day Now (Vandaag of Morgen) 1976 2006
The Apple 1980 1994[1]
Appleseed 2004 2131
Appleseed Ex Machina 2007 2135
Arcadia of My Youth 1982 2960
Das Arche Noah Prinzip 1984 1997
Arena 1989 4038
Ark 2004 2204
Armitage III: Dual-Matrix 2002 2185
Astro Boy 2009 2108
Astro Boy vs IGZA 2005 2956
The Atlantis Interceptors 1983 1994
Automata 2014 2044
Avalon 2001 unspec.
Avatar 2004 unspec.
Avatar 2009 2148–2154
Baar Baar Dekho 2016 2018-2034
Babylon A.D. 2008 2059
Back to the Future 1985, July 1985, October
Back to the Future Part II 1989 2015
Barb Wire 1996 2017
Barbarella 1968 4000
Barbie: A Perfect Christmas 2011 2012
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker 2000 2030
Battle for the Planet of the Apes 1973 2001–2670
Battle for Terra 2009 unspec.
Battle in Outer Space (released in Japan as Uchu daisenso) 1959 1965
Battle: Los Angeles 2011, March 2011, August
Battle Royale 2000 unspec.
Battle Royale II: Requiem 2003 unspec.
Battlefield Earth 2000 3000
The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell 2007 2097
Beneath the Planet of the Apes 1970 3978
Beyond the Time Barrier 1960 2024
Bicentennial Man 1999 2005–2205
Big Hero 6 2014 2032
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 1991 2691
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 1989 2688
The Black Hole 1979 2130
Blade Runner 1982 2019
Blood Car 2007 unspec.
The Blood of Heroes 1989 unspec.
The Book of Eli 2010 2043
A Boy and His Dog 1975 2024
Brazil 1985 unspec.
Brick Mansions 2014 2018
Bronx Warriors / 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx 1982 1990
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 1979 2491
The Butterfly Effect 2004 2010
Captive Women 1952 3000
Cargo 2009 2267–2270
Casshern 2004 2075
A Certain Magical Index - Supernaturals 2010 2026
A Certain Magical Index - Supernaturals Return 2012 2029
A Certain Magical Index - Supernaturals Rise 2014 2034
Chappie 2015 2016
Cherry 2000 1987 2017
Children of Men 2006 2027
Child's Play 3 1991 1998
The Chronicles of Riddick 2004 2583
Chrysalis 2007 2025
Circuitry Man 1990 unspec.
City Beneath the Sea 1971 2053
City of Ember 2008 unspec.
Class of 1984 1982 1984
Class of 1999 1990 1999
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute 1994 1999
Click 2006 2006–2030s
A Clockwork Orange 1971 unspec.
Cloud Atlas 2012 2144–2321
Cloverfield 2008, January 2008, May
Code 46 2003 2050
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 1972 1991
Conquest of Space 1955 unspec.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 2001 2071
Crash and Burn 1990 unspec.
The Creation of the Humanoids 1962 unspec.
Creature 1985 unspec.
Creepozoids 1987 1998
Crimes of the Future 1970 1997
Crimetime 1996 unspec.
Cyborg 2 1993 2074
Cyborg 2087 1966 2087
Cyborg 3: The Recycler 1994 unspec.
Cypher 2002 unspec.
Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 1966 2150
Damnation Alley 1977 1979
Dante 01 2008 unspec.
Dark Metropolis 2010 2202
Dark Star 1974 2150
Darkdrive 1996 unspec.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2014 unspec.
Day Zero 2007 unspec.
Daybreak 1993 unspec.
Daybreakers 2010 2019
Dead End Drive-In 1986 1995
Dead Leaves 2004 unspec.
Dead Space: Aftermath 2011 unspec.
Dead Space: Downfall 2008 unspec.
Death Machine 1994 2003
Death Race 2008 2012–2013
Death Race 2000 1975 2000
Death Racers 2008 2033
Deathlands: Homeward Bound 2003 unspec.
Deathsport 1978 3000
Deep Impact 1998 2000
Demolition Man 1993 1996-2032
Le Dernier Combat 1983 unspec.
Destroy All Monsters 1968 1999
Deterrence 1999 2008
District 13 (French title Banlieue 13) 2004 2010
Doctor Who 1996 1999
Doom 2005 2046
Doom Runners 1997 unspec.
Doomsday 2008 2035
Double Dragon 1994 2007
Dracula 3000 2004 3000
Dredd 2012 unspec.
Dune 1984 10,191
Earth 2100 2009 2009–2100
Edge of Tomorrow 2014 2015 (beginning cutscene), 2020 (the movie itself)
Elysium 2013 2154
Encrypt 2003 2068
Ender's Game 2013 2083
Endgame 1983 2025
Enemy Mine 1985 2100
Equilibrium 2002 2072
Escape from the Bronx 1983 unspec.
Escape from L.A. 1996 2013
Escape from New York 1981 1997
Escape from the Planet of the Apes 1971 1973
Event Horizon 1997 2040–2047
Executioners 1993 unspec.
eXistenZ 1999 unspec.
Eyeborgs 2009 unspec.
Fahrenheit 451 1966 unspec.
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions 2004 unspec.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 2006 2013
The Fifth Element 1997 2263
The Final Cut 2004 unspec.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 2065
Firebird 2015 AD 1981 2015
First Spaceship on Venus 1960 1985
Forbidden Planet 1956 2220
Fortress 1993 2017
Fortress 2: Re-Entry 2000 2027
The Fountain 2006 2500
Frankenstein 1970 1958 1970
Frankenstein Unbound 1990 unspec.
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 1991 1999
Freejack 1992 2009
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning 1985 1989
Friday the 13th Part 2 1981 1984
Friday the 13th Part III 1982 1984
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives 1986 1990
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 1988 1990-2000
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 1989 2002
Furia 1999 unspec.
Future Cop 1978 unspec.
Future Schlock 1984 unspec.
Future War 1996 unspec.
Futuresport 1999 2025
Futureworld 1976 1985
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 2013 2024
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 2009 2020
Galaxina 1980 3001
Gamer 2009 2034
Gattaca 1997 c. 2150–2200
The Gene Generation 2007 unspec.
Genesis II 1973 1979–2133
Ghost in the Shell 1995 2029
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 2004 2032
Ghosts of Mars 2001 2176
The Giver 2014 2200
Godzilla 2000 1999 2000
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla 2002 2003
Godzilla: Final Wars 2004 2044
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack 2001 2002
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. 2003 2004
Godzilla vs. Biollante 1989 1990
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah 1995 1996
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991 1992–2204
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II 1993 1994
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus 2000 2001
Godzilla vs. Mothra 1992 1993
Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla 1994 1995
Gorath 1962 1976-1982
H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come 1979 unspec.
Habitat 1997 unspec.
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn 2012 2526
The Handmaid's Tale 1990 unspec.
Happy Accidents 2000 2470
Hardware 1990 2000
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man 1991 1996
Harrison Bergeron 1995 2053
Health Warning 1982 unspec.
Heartbeeps 1981 unspec.
Hellraiser: Bloodline 1996 2127
Her 2013 2025
High Treason 1929 1940/50
Highlander II: The Quickening 1991 2024
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance 2007 2187
The Hunger Games 2012 2280 (A.D.D. 74)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013 unspec.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 2014 unspec.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 2015 unspec.
I.K.U. 2001 2030
I Am Legend 2007 2009–2012
I, Robot 2004 2035
The Ice Pirates 1984 unspec.
Idiocracy 2006 2505
The Illustrated Man 1969 unspec.
Immortel (Ad Vitam) 2004 2095
Impostor 2002 2079
In Time 2011 2169
In the Year 2889 1967 2889
Interstellar 2014 2065-2154
Iron Sky 2012 2018
Iron Sky: The Coming Race 2017 2018
The Island 2005 2019
It! The Terror from Beyond Space 1958 1973
It's All About Love 2003 2021
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday 1993 2003
Jason X 2002 2008–2455
La jetée 1962 unspec.
Jetsons: The Movie 1990 2100
Johnny Mnemonic 1995 2021
Journey to the Center of Time 1967 6967
Judge Dredd 1995 2139
Just Imagine 1930 1980
Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace 2004 2008
Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future 2015 2035
Kamikaze 1989 1982 1989
Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time 2003 unspec.
Knowing 2009, March 2009, October
Land of the Dead 2005 unspec.
The Last Chase 1981 unspec.
The Last Man on Earth 1924 1960
The Last Man on Earth 1964 1968
The Last Warrior 2000 unspec.
The Lathe of Heaven 1971 2002
"The 6th Day" 2000 2015
Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma 1995 2037
Liquid Dreams 1991 unspec.
Lockout 2012 2079
Logan's Run 1976 2274
Looper 2012 2044–2074
Lost in Space 1998 2058
Love 2011 2039
Love Story 2050 2009 2050
Macross Plus: The Movie 1994 2040
Mad Max 1979 1994
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 1981 1997
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome 1985 2012
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 2015-2018
Malevil 1981 1999
The Martian 2015 2035
The Matrix 1999 2199
The Matrix Reloaded 2003 2199
The Matrix Revolutions 2003 2199
Maximum Overdrive 1986 1987
Mechanical Violator Hakaider 1995 unspec.
Meet the Hollowheads 1991 unspec.
Meet the Robinsons 2007 2037
Megaforce 1982 unspec.
Megaville 1990 unspec.
Memoirs of a Survivor 1981 unspec.
Memories 1995 2092
Memory Run 1996 2015
Men Must Fight 1933 1940
Metropolis 1927 2026
Metropolis 2001 unspec.
Millennium 1989 2989
Mindwarp 1990 2037
Minority Report 2002 2054
Mission to Mars 2000 2020-2022
Moon 2009 2035
Moon 44 1990 2038
Moon Child 2003 2014
La Mort en direct 1979 unspec.
Moscow-Cassiopeia 1973 unspec.
Mr In-Between 2001 2002
Mr. Nobody 2009 2092
Mutant Chronicles 2008 2707
My Future Boyfriend 2011 3127
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie 1996 3000
Nabi 2001 unspec.
Natural City 2003 2080
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984 3000
Nemesis 1993 2027
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 1997 2015
The New Barbarians 1982 2019
New Rose Hotel 1998 unspec.
Nirvana 1997 unspec.
No Escape 1994 2022
Oblivion 2013 2017–2077
Odyssey 2050 2013 2050
Omega Cop 1990 unspec.
The Omega Man 1971 1977
On the Beach 1959 1964
On the Beach 2000 2007
Open Your Eyes 1997 unspec.
Origin: Spirits of the Past 2006 2306
Outland 1981 unspec.
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank 1983 unspec.
Pacific Rim 2013 2020–2025
Pandorum 2009 2173–3097
Paprika 2006 2012
Paragraph 78, Punkt 1 2007 unspec.
Paragraph 78, Punkt 2 2007 unspec.
Parasite 1982 1992
Patlabor 2: The Movie 1993 2002
Patlabor: The Movie 1989 1999
Paycheck 2003 2007
The Phantom Planet 1961 1980
Phoenix 2772 1980 2772
Phoenix the Warrior 1988 unspec.
Pinocchio 3000 2004 3000
Pitch Black 2000 2578
Planet Earth 1974 2133
Planet of the Apes 1968 1972–3978
Planet of the Apes 2001 2029–5021
Planet of Dinosaurs 1978 unspec.
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II 1994 unspec.
Le Plus vieux métier du monde 1967 2000
Point of No Return 1993 un spec.
The Postman 1997 2013
Prayer of the Rollerboys 1991 unspec.
Predator 2 1990 1997
Prince of Darkness 1987 1999
The Princess Blade 2001 unspec.
Privilege 1967 1970
Project Moonbase 1953 1970
Prometheus 2012 2089–2094
The Purge 2013 2018-2022
The Purge: Anarchy 2014 2023
The Purge: Election Year 2016 2025
The Purifiers 2004 unspec.
Quintet 1979 unspec.
Rain Without Thunder 1993 unspec.
Real Steel 2011 2020
Red Planet 2000 2045
Reign of Fire 2002 2008–2020
Renaissance 2006 2054
Repo! The Genetic Opera 2008 2057
Repo Men 2010 2025
Ressha Sentai ToQGer: Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams 2015 2025
Retrograde 2004 2204
Returner 2002 2084
Revengers Tragedy 2003 2011
Riddick 2013 2592
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky 1991 2001
Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011 unspec.
The Road 2009 2019
RoboCop 1987 c. 2040s
RoboCop 2014 2028
RoboCop 2 1990 c. 2040s
RoboCop 3 1993 c. 2040s
Robot Holocaust 1986 unspec.
Robot Jox 1990 unspec.
Robot Stories 2003 unspec.
Robot Wars 1993 2041
Robotech: The Movie 1986 1999-2027
Rock & Rule 1983 unspec.
Rollerball 1975 2018
Rollerball 2002 2005
Runaway 1984 unspec.
The Running Man 1987 2017–2019
Saturn 3 1980 unspec.
Saviour of the Soul 1991 unspec.
A Scanner Darkly 2006 2013
Sci-Fighters 1996 2009
Screamers 1995 2078
The Second Civil War 1997 unspec.
The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb 1993 unspec.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World 2012 2021
Serenity 2005 2517
Sexmission 1984 1991-2044
Shame 1968 unspec.
Shank 2010 2015
Shopping 1994 unspec.
Silent Running 1972 unspec.
Sin: The Movie 2000 2027
Sleep Dealer 2008 unspec.
Sleeper 1973 2173
Sleeping Dogs 1977 unspec.
Slipstream 1989 unspec.
Snowpiercer 2013 2031
Solar Crisis 1990 2050
Solarbabies 1986 unspec.
Solaris 1972 unspec.
Solaris 2002 unspec.
Soldier 1998 2013–2036
A Sound of Thunder 2005 2055
Southland Tales 2006 2008
Soylent Green 1973 2022
Space Men 1960 2116
Space Truckers 1996 2196
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 1983 2101
The Spirit of '76 1990 2176
Split Second 1992 2008
Stalker 1979 unspec.
Star Crystal 1986 2032
Star Trek 2009 2233–2387
Star Trek Beyond 2016 2263
Star Trek: First Contact 1996 2063–2373
Star Trek Generations 1994 2293–2371
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 2285
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1984 2285
Star Trek: Insurrection 1998 2375
Star Trek Into Darkness 2013 2259–2390
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986 2286
Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979 2273
Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 2379
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 1989 2287
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 2293
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin 1985 2985
Stark 1993 unspec.
Starship Troopers 1997 2200s
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation 2004 unspec.
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder 2008 unspec.
Stealth 2005 2020
Steel Dawn 1987 unspec.
Steel Frontier 1995 2019
Stranded: Náufragos 2002 2020
Strange Days 1995 1999
Strange New World 1975 2155
Sunshine 2007 2057
Supernova 2000 2101
Surrogates 2009 2017
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space 2002 2010
Tank Girl 1995 2033
Teenage Caveman 2002 unspec.
Teens in the Universe 1974 unspec.
Tekken 2010 2039
Ten Years 2015 2025
The Terminator 1984 2029
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 1995–2029
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003 2004
Terminator Genisys 2015 2017—2029
Terminator Salvation 2009 2018
Test pilota Pirxa 1978 unspec.
Testament 1983 unspec.
Things to Come 1936 1940–2036
The Thirteenth Floor 1999 2024
Thunderbirds 2004 2010
THX 1138 1971 c. 2401–2500
Time Cop 1994 2004
The Time Guardian 1987 1988–4039
The Time Machine 1960 1966-802,701
The Time Machine 2002 2030–635,427,810
The Time Travelers 1964 unspec.
Timestalkers 1987 2501
Titan A.E. 2000 3028–3044
Titanic II 2010 2012
Tokyo Gore Police 2008 unspec.
Total Recall 1990 2084
Total Recall 2012 2112
Trancers 1982 2247
Transcendence 2014 2021
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011 2012
The Transformers: The Movie 1986 2005
Transmorphers 2007 2009, 2307
Treasure Planet 2002 unspec.
Trouble in Mind 1985 unspec.
The Tunnel 1935 1940
Turkey Shoot 1982 unspec.
Twilight of the Dark Master 1997 2089
Two Thousand Maniacs 1964 1965
Ultraviolet 2006 2076
Undersea Super Train: Marine Express 1979 2002
Until the End of the World 1991 1999
V for Vendetta 2006 2015–2028
Vampire Hunter D 1985 12,090
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 2000 12,090
Vanilla Sky 2001 2151
Venus Wars 1989 2089
Vexille 2007 2077
Virtuosity 1995 unspec.
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet 1965 2020
WALL-E 2008 2805
The War in Space 1977 1988
War, Inc. 2008 unspec.
Warriors of the Year 2072 1984 2072
Waterworld 1995 unspec.
Way...Way Out 1966 1989
Wedlock 1991 unspec.
Westworld 1973 1983
The White Dwarf 1995 unspec.
Wild, Wild Planet 1965 unspec.
Wing Commander 1999 2654
Wizards 1977 unspec.
The Wolverine 2013 2021–2023
Woman in the Moon 1929 unspec.
Wonderful Days 2003 2140
World Without End 1956 2508
Woundings 1998 unspec.
X 1996 1999
X2 2003 2004
XChange 2000 unspec.
X-Men 2000 2004
X-Men: Days of Future Past 2014 2023
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 2007
Yor, the Hunter from the Future 1983 unspec.
Z.P.G. 1972 unspec.
Zabil Jsem Einsteina, Panove 1970 unspec.
Zardoz 1974 2293
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century 1999 2049
Zenon: The Zequel 2001 2051
Zenon: Z3 2004 2054
Zombie Strippers 2008 2016
Zone 39 1996 unspec.
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Returns: Hundred Years After 2014 2114
Black road 2016 2029
Space Tripping 2017 2091

See also

References

  1. "The Apple (1980)". IMDb. 21 November 1980.
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