15 best films about the future

The creators of "A Space Odyssey of 2001" assumed that at the beginning of the 21st century, mankind would conquer distant planets. The movie "Back to the Future" revealed that by 2015 there will be self-tying sneakers and flying skateboards. And "Blade Runner" - that in 2019 there will be artificial replicants among us. All these predictions turned out to be inaccurate, but there are many films that we have not yet lived to see the time of action.

1. Matrix

The matrix

• USA, Australia, 1999.
• Science fiction, thriller.
• Duration: 136 minutes.
• IMDb: 8.7.

Thomas Anderson's life is divided into two parts. During the day he works in a regular office, and at night he turns into a hacker named Neo. But one day he learns that the whole world around him is just a computer simulation and that he will have to save people from the power of machines.

The Wachowski sisters showed one of the saddest prospects for the development of the world. In their plot, humanity began to play only the role of batteries that ensure the operation of machines.

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2. Interstellar

Interstellar

• USA, UK, 2014.
• Drama, adventure, fantasy.
• Duration: 169 minutes.
• IMDb: 8.6.

Climate change sets in on the Earth, leading to a food crisis. To save humanity, a group of researchers is sent to space tripto find a habitable planet.

The plot of Christopher Nolan quite realistically shows the near future: climate change can lead to an environmental disaster and threaten the very survival of mankind.

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3. Alien

Alien

• USA, UK, 1979.
• Science fiction, thriller, horror.
• Duration: 116 minutes.
• IMDb: 8.4.

The crew of the small space tug "Nostromo" receives a signal from the planet LV-426. The team thinks that someone is asking for help. Having landed, they find an unknown and very dangerous life form there.

Ridley Scott's film has evolved over time into a whole franchise. And there, in the world of the future, they have already shown not only contact with alien life forms, but the creation of colonies in distant space and even entire planets set aside for prisons.

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4. WALL-I

WALL-E

• USA, 2008.
• Science fiction, adventure, melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 98 minutes.
• IMDb: 8.4.

By the beginning of the XXII century, mankind completely littered the Earth with non-recyclable waste. Then people flew into space, leaving the cleaning robots WALL-I to clean the planet. But gradually they all broke down. 700 years later, the last WALL-E meets the research robot EVA and immediately falls in love with her.

Pixar's animation masterpiece shows where reckless consumption and irresponsibility can lead to garbage recycling, and also demonstrates the evolution of artificial intelligence that can even develop empathy by becoming like person.

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5. She

• USA, 2013.
• Melodrama, drama, fantasy.
• Duration: 126 minutes.
• IMDb: 8.0.

The lonely writer Theodore acquires a new technical development - an operating system designed to help a person in all matters. Artificial intelligence takes the name Samantha and speaks in a female voice. And soon warm feelings arise between Theodore and the program.

Today, voice assistants like Siri or Alice are already very common, so the plot of Spike Jones' film seems realistic. As well as the fact that artificial intelligence cannot replace human communication.

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6. Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

• USA, UK, Canada, 2017.
• Science fiction, drama, thriller.
• Duration: 164 minutes.
• IMDb: 8.0.

30 years after the events of Blade Runner, the replicant Kay is trying to investigate tangled cases, and at the same time to figure out his past. And only Rick Deckard, who disappeared many years ago, can help him in this.

The first film was set in November 2019. Fortunately, in reality, life turned out to be somewhat different from what was shown in the picture. In the sequel, director Denis Villeneuve suggests that by the middle of the XXI century, in addition to replicants indistinguishable from humans, there will also be holograms with artificial intelligence that can replace a house assistant and even a loved one person.

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7. 12 monkeys

12 Monkeys

• USA, 1995.
• Science fiction, thriller, drama.
• Duration: 129 minutes.
• IMDb: 8.0.

By 2035, a terrible virus has wiped out almost the entire population of the planet. The few survivors are forced to dwell underground. Criminal James Cole is offered amnesty in exchange for a trip to the past. With help time machines he finds himself in 1990, where he must understand the causes of the appearance of the virus.

In a science fiction film with Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt, they showed one of the main fears of humanity: a global pandemic that will lead to the extinction of civilization. It is not for nothing that now literally every few years the media are talking about a new dangerous virus.

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8. Child of man

Children of men

• UK, USA, Japan, 2006.
• Science fiction, thriller, drama.
• Duration: 104 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.9.

The film is set in 2027. Humanity was struck by mass infertility - the last child was born 18 years ago. The world is in chaos, and Britain has become a military camp. Former activist Theo is already disillusioned with people, but suddenly there is hope for change.

In the dark film by Alfonso Cuarona, another version of the extinction of humanity is shown - the problem of childbirth. Lack of prospects and instability in the economy can lead to the most dire consequences.

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9. Moon 2112

Moon

• UK, USA, 2009.
• Science fiction, drama, dystopia.
• Duration: 97 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.9.

Sam has been working all alone on the moon for three years now. He monitors the production of rare gas. The hero can only communicate with a talking robot and everything is waiting for the contract to come to an end. But suddenly Sam meets a replacement - himself.

Extraction of minerals on satellites and other planets is another model for the development of civilization in the future. In addition, director Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie) touched on the important topic of human cloning.

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10. Avatar

Avatar

• USA, 2009.
• Science fiction, action, adventure.
• Duration: 162 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.8.

Former Marine Jake Sully, confined to a wheelchair, becomes a member of Project Avatar. Earthlings want to colonize the planet Pandora in order to extract a rare and very valuable mineral. But they are opposed by the local residents of Na'vi.

James Cameron in his films he has repeatedly addressed the environmental theme. In Avatar, people learned to fly to other planets, but still treat nature carelessly, destroying other worlds just like the Earth.

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11. Mr. Nobody

Mr. Nobody

• Belgium, Canada, France, USA, 2009.
• Drama, fantasy.
• Duration: 138 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.8.

118-year-old Nemo Nobody is the only mortal person at the end of the 21st century where people have overcome aging. He is living out his last days in the hospital, talking about his past. But often his words contradict each other, as if Mr. Nobody recalls options for his own destiny.

Although this film is more philosophical than fantastic, it shows the victory of humanity over age, as well as a theme that is closer to the modern viewer - a reality show. Nemo is just becoming the star of one of these programs.

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12. Time loop

Looper

• USA, China, 2012.
• Action, science fiction, drama.
• Duration: 118 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.4.

In 2074, the mafia finds a way to get rid of their opponents: they are sent 30 years in the past to the killers who erase victims from history. One day it turns out that Joe Simmons must kill himself. But he lets his old version escape and tries to change his own future.

In the center of the plot is the influence of the past on the future and the changes to which a person's knowledge of his fate leads. But also two worlds are shown here: 2044, where complete anarchy reigns, and the opposite year 2074, with strict control of society by the state.

13. The fifth Element

The Fifth Element

• USA, France, 1997.
• Science fiction, adventure, action.
• Duration: 126 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.7.

Every 5,000 years, the dark forces try to destroy the world. This time, they will have to confront Corben Dallas - a taxi driver from New York of the XXIII century. He must collect four important elements, and then add to them the main, the fifth, - the fragile girl Leela.

In the famous film Luc Besson the distant future is described. In its version, flying cars will be used with might and main on Earth, and cruises will be sent on space liners. But they will not give up smoking until the end.

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14. Special opinion

Minority Report

• USA, 2002.
• Science fiction, thriller.
• Duration: 145 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.6.

By the middle of the 21st century, the police had a special department dealing with crime prevention. The seers predict the place and time, and the police detain the person before he breaks the law. Captain John Anderton is confident in the effectiveness of this method until he himself is accused of uncommitted murder.

Adaptation of a fantastic story Philip K. Dick by Steven Spielberg shows the development of forensics. Although with such a future, a moral dilemma invariably arises: a person is arrested before he has committed a crime, which means that he is still innocent.

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15. Remember all

Total Recall

• USA, 1990.
• Science fiction, action, adventure.
• Duration: 113 minutes.
• IMDb: 7.5.

Builder Doug Quaid is tired of the usual boring life. He decides to go to Recoll, which invites clients to implant fake memories. But it turns out that Doug is indeed a secret agent who visited Mars, and his real memories were erased. Remembering everything, the hero tries to figure out his past.

Another adaptation by Philip Dick is devoted to technology that will allow you to create fake memories. This could be a great help for burnout.