Movies Set in the near future
Kinora's catalogue lists 52 films set in the near future, spanning 1927–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
Off World · Wildernessdir. Stanley Kubrick - 1971
A Clockwork Orange
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 2018
A Quiet Place
Rural · Wildernessdir. John Krasinski - 2019
Ad Astra
Off Worlddir. James Gray - 1988
Akira
Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo - 2018
Annihilation
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland - 2016
Arrival
Ruraldir. Denis Villeneuve - 2000
Battle Royale
Island · Wildernessdir. Kinji Fukasaku - 2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin - 1982
Blade Runner
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 2017
Blade Runner 2049
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 1985
Brazil
Urbandir. Terry Gilliam - 2006
Children of Men
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón - 2024
Civil War
Urban · Ruraldir. Alex Garland - 1991
Delicatessen
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet - 1990
Dreams
Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa - 1981
Escape from New York
Urbandir. John Carpenter - 1997
Event Horizon
Off Worlddir. Paul W. S. Anderson - 2015
Ex Machina
Urbandir. Alex Garland - 1999
eXistenZ
Ruraldir. David Cronenberg - 1997
Gattaca
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Andrew Niccol - 1995
Ghost in the Shell
Urbandir. Mamoru Oshii - 2013
Her
Urbandir. Spike Jonze - 2014
Interstellar
Off Worlddir. Christopher Nolan - 2018
Isle of Dogs
Island · Urbandir. Wes Anderson - 2017
Logan
Desert · Ruraldir. James Mangold - 2012
Looper
Urban · Ruraldir. Rian Johnson - 1979
Mad Max
Ruraldir. George Miller - 1981
Mad Max 2
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller - 1927
Metropolis
Urban · Undergrounddir. Fritz Lang - 2002
Minority Report
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2009
Moon
Off Worlddir. Duncan Jones - 2006
Paprika
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 1987
RoboCop
Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven - 2013
Snowpiercer
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Bong Joon Ho - 1972
Solaris
Off Worlddir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 2018
Sorry to Bother You
Urbandir. Boots Riley - 2007
Sunshine
Off Worlddir. Danny Boyle - 1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Urbandir. James Cameron - 2023
The Creator
Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Gareth Edwards - 2015
The Martian
Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott - 2009
The Road
Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat - 2024
The Substance
Urbandir. Coralie Fargeat - 2021
The Tomorrow War
Urban · Coastal Sea · Wildernessdir. Chris McKay - 2019
The Wandering Earth
Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Frant Gwo - 2024
The Wild Robot
Island · Wildernessdir. Chris Sanders - 1990
Total Recall
Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven - 1995
Twelve Monkeys
Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam - 2018
Upgrade
Urbandir. Leigh Whannell - 2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wilderness · Mountain · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves - 2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in the near future?
Kinora's catalogue lists 52 films set in the near future, spanning 1927–2024.
What are some movies set in the near future?
Films set in the near future in our catalogue include 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), A Quiet Place (2018), Ad Astra (2019), and Akira (1988).
What is the oldest movie set in the near future?
Metropolis (1927) is the earliest film set in the near future in our catalogue; the most recent is The Wild Robot (2024).