Flash forward movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant flash forward movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out atmospheric, suspense, serious, interesting, weird and captivating films and TV shows about / with flash forward, flashback, death, fear, blood, friendship, dialogue, mentor, photograph and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as flash forward: Joe Bell (2020), Arrival (2016), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), Cosmoball (2020), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), Don't Look Now (1973), Frequency (2000), The Last Emperor (1987), Your Name Engraved Herein (2020), Once Upon a Time in America (1984).
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10K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.
Style:
psychological, touching, talky, melancholic, anamorphic ...
Plot:
gay son, gay teenager, gay interest, father son relationship, gay, high school, cheerleader, high school student, american football, gay student, flash forward, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, idaho, colorado, salt lake city utah, new york
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852K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, intellectual, reflective, twist ending ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
first contact, alien, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, extraterrestrial, alien contact, time, alien invasion, creature, science, alien race ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
montana, china, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sequel to the box-office hit film "Venom."
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
superhero, revenge, villain, monster, heroes, shapeshifting, alien monster, fight, anti hero, human versus alien, alien, multiverse ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 2020s
Place:
san francisco, california, north america, mexico, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist ...
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, contemplative, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
gender, nun, medieval, saint, healing power, composer, visionary, seer, monk, nobility, prophet, convent ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 12th century
Place:
germany, rome italy, europe
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
What will Moscow look like if it turns off the electricity, stops all production, and the whole world will only watch the alien game? As a result of the galactic war that occurred near the Earth, the Moon collapsed and the poles of the planet ...
Style:
exciting, disturbing, computer animated, stylized, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
save the day, save the world, flash forward, athlete, football, fate of humanity, soccer, underdog, football team, heroes, friendship, supernatural ...
Time:
future
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671K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, christian film, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, survival, us military, combat, american soldier, religion, bible, military, pacifist ...
Time:
1940s, year 2016, 20th century, middle ages, year 1945 ...
Place:
okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After Laura and John Baxter lose their only child in a horrible drowning, they are greeted by strange sightings of her throughout their everyday lives. When two old ladies approach them in Italy with news that their daughter may still be alive, it ...
Style:
sexy, twist ending, erotic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drowning, sex scene, blindness, serial killer, haunted by the past, hallucination, death of daughter, supernatural, psychic, grief, loss of child, marriage ...
Time:
70s, near future, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
italy, venice, europe
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123K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal ...
Style:
psychological, clever, feel good, serious, touching ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time, radio, father son relationship, investigation, police detective, parallel universe, altering history, murder mystery, changing the past or future, murder, rescue ...
Time:
future, year 1999, year 1969, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: China, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, political, visually appealing, visually stunning ...
Plot:
childhood, chinese history, world war two, biopic, revolution, emperor, politics, prison, eunuch, drug addiction, communism, symbolism ...
Time:
1950s, 1930s, 1920s, 1940s, 1900s ...
Place:
china, beijing china, asia, japan, east asia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Style:
lgbt cinema, romantic, captivating, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay love, gay couple, gay asian, gay relationship, homosexual, lgbt, gay interest, gay lead character, first love, gay romance ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
taiwan, asia, taipei, ontario canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style:
ambiguous ending, melancholic, epic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, gunfight, murder, corruption, flashback ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, america, china ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Style:
creepy, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban legend, private detective, obsession, stalker, stalking, threatening telephone call, home invasion, psychopath, babysitter, serial killer, telephone call, murder ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment. By stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience. As the ...
Style:
disturbing, medical horror, serious, surprise ending, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hospital, haunted by the past, medical experiment, friendship, redemption, guilt, death, near death experience, afterlife, medical student, medical, obsession ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 2000s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Desperate characters stake their fortune on a Depression-era dance marathon.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, atmospheric, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
depression, dancing, social commentary, survival, contest, competition, great depression, cynicism, mental breakdown, exhaustion, contests and competitions, heart attack ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1969, 1920s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, chicago, dallas texas ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
"Listen: Billie Pilgrim has come unstuck in time." Slaughterhouse-Five is an award-winning 1972 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel of the same name. Director Hill faithfully renders for the screen Vonnegut's obsessive story ...
Style:
atmospheric, surreal, philosophical, cerebral, non-linear ...
Plot:
world war two, time travel, surrealism, existentialism, assassination, sent to the future, aerial bombardment, slaughterhouse, prisoner of war camp, stream of consciousness, alien abduction, soldier ...
Time:
future, 1940s, 20th century, 1900s, 1930s ...
Place:
montana, indiana, europe, philadelphia, new england ...
Is relevant?
709K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bleak, neo noir, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, incest, violence, psychopath, captivity, older man younger woman relationship, hypnosis, mind game, plot twist, psychological torture, torture ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, distant future, near future, y2k ...
Place:
south korea, korea, stockholm sweden, oceania, east asia ...
Is relevant?
665K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style:
exciting, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, island, stranded, mysterious place, desert island, stranded on an island, lost, human nature, death, plane crash, destiny, air disaster ...
Time:
y2k, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
French adaption of DH Lawrence's infamous novel about forbidden passion across the class divide. Winner of the 2007 Cesar Award for Best Film.
Style:
sexy, erotic, romantic, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, lady, sex, husband wife relationship, extramarital affair, passion, female pubic hair, forbidden love, affair, sensuality, unhappy marriage, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2006, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
mediterranean sea, riviera, europe, france
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Romania, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
Style:
scary, tense, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural horror, death, haunted by the past, rape, supernatural, sexual abuse, chase, paranormal phenomena, curses spells and rituals, teenage daughter, flash forward ...
Time:
year 2006, 19th century, ancient times, year 2005, 2000s ...
Place:
tennessee, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
With 8 ½ Frederico Fellini leaves a self-portrait where dreams and reality are a mix. With help from a most excellent cast and unique scenery this self reflecting film is one of his master works.
Style:
psychological, art house, cerebral, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, childhood, filmmaking, midlife crisis, loneliness, stream of consciousness, flashback, memory, satire, catholic, dream, actress ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, 60s, 1930s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, france, england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
Style:
slasher, humorous, parody, spoof, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
satire, virginity, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, camp counselor, serial killer, characters murdered one by one, teenager, summer camp, camp, killer, scream queen ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1986, year 1987, 1950s ...
Is relevant?
364K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, twist ending, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demon, fear, afterlife, nightmare, paranormal activity, boy, psychic, danger, evil spirit, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, year 2000, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
america, usa
Is relevant?
113K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Forced to confront revelations about her past, paramedic Cassandra Webb forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures...if they can all survive a deadly present.
Style:
captivating, psychological, anime, psychological thriller, psychotronic ...
Plot:
spider, superheroine, superhero, multiverse, spider man, accident, birth, cat, taxi, baby, cobweb, female protagonist ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 1973, 70s, year 2003 ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, new jersey, south africa, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot:
psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, childhood, guilt, prison visit, depression, teenager, sociopath, antisocial behavior, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, america, connecticut, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, exciting, captivating, social
Plot:
violence, opera singer, hostage, chess, murder, singer, negotiator, military, terrorist, interracial romance, flash forward, revolution ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A cafe owner discovers that the TV in his cafe suddenly shows images from the future, but only two minutes into the future.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, mystic ...
Plot:
time travel, time warp, money falling through the air, time portal, stolen money, flash forward, money, escapades, gang, bandit, criminal gang, changing lives ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, sweet, powerful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
theater, believe in yourself, broadway, gay interest, composer, music, musician, gay friend, male male relationship, screenwriter, lost love, best friend ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, year 1992, year 1990
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, north america
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to ...
Style:
suspenseful, mind bending, stylized, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
investigation, destiny, uncover truth, time loop, direction and purpose, paranormal activity, foreknowledge, premonition, supernatural, worldwide chaos, team, talented ...
Time:
2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the dead of winter, Kat and Rose, two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil entity, and their lives are about to change ...
Style:
demonic, scary, disturbing, psychological horror, creepy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
possession, teenage girl, satanism, nun, murder, supernatural horror, demonic possession, supernatural, satan, mental disorder, evil child, flash forward ...
Place:
new york state
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Joanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She has few friends, an estranged father, and a crazy ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. Joanna begins having terrifying visions of a woman's murder, ...
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological, scary, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nightmare, murder, death, amateur detective, danger, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, a vision, wound, obsession, eye, pursuit ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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