Movies Set in the near future

Kinora's catalogue lists 28 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

  Space · Africa — Ancient · Near Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. Stanley Kubrick
• 1971

  A Clockwork Orange

  London — Near Future
  Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
• 2018

  A Quiet Place

  Near Future
  Rural · Wildernessdir. John Krasinski
• 1988

  Akira

  Near Future
  Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo
• 2018

  Annihilation

  Near Future
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland
• 2016

  Arrival

  Near Future
  Ruraldir. Denis Villeneuve
• 2012

  Beasts of the Southern Wild

  Near Future
  Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin
• 1982

  Blade Runner

  Los Angeles — Near Future
  Urbandir. Ridley Scott
• 2017

  Blade Runner 2049

  Los Angeles · Las Vegas — Near Future
  Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve
• 2006

  Children of Men

  London — Near Future
  Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón
• 2015

  Ex Machina

  Near Future
  Urbandir. Alex Garland
• 2013

  Her

  Los Angeles — Near Future
  Urbandir. Spike Jonze
• 2014

  Interstellar

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Christopher Nolan
• 2017

  Logan

  Near Future
  Desert · Ruraldir. James Mangold
• 1981

  Mad Max 2

  Near Future
  Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller
• 2015

  Mad Max: Fury Road

  Near Future
  Desert · Wildernessdir. George Miller
• 1927

  Metropolis

  Near Future
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Fritz Lang
• 2009

  Moon

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Duncan Jones
• 1987

  RoboCop

  Detroit — Near Future
  Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven
• 2013

  Snowpiercer

  Near Future
  Mountain · Wildernessdir. Bong Joon Ho
• 1972

  Solaris

  Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Andrei Tarkovsky
• 2007

  Sunshine

  Sydney — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Danny Boyle
• 1991

  Terminator 2: Judgment Day

  Los Angeles — 1990s · Near Future
  Urbandir. James Cameron
• 2015

  The Martian

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott
• 2009

  The Road

  Near Future
  Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat
• 2024

  The Substance

  Los Angeles — Near Future
  Urbandir. Coralie Fargeat
• 1995

  Twelve Monkeys

  Philadelphia — 1990s · Near Future · Far Future
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam
• 2021

  Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

  Japan — Near Future
  Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi