Near future movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant near future movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting and captivating films and TV shows about / with distopia, dystopia, death, cyberpunk, dystopian future, chase, murder, danger, survival and escape plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as near future: Snowpiercer (2013), Upgrade (2018), Nude (2018), The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Upload (2020), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Childhood's End (2015), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), A.I. Rising (2018).

List of near future movies

 7.1
 418K
Snowpiercer (2013)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot: train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time: future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place: east asia, britain, south korea
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 7.5
 231K
Upgrade (2018)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that ...
Style: futuristic, thought provoking, surprise ending, neo noir, experimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, revenge, murder, surgery, microchip, dystopia, nanotechnology, technology, super soldier, cyborgs, super computer ...
Time: near future, future, 2010s
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 6.0
 378
Nude (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: In 2026, a radical change requires everyone to live naked in a pacified and peaceful France. But the murder of a young woman found dressed revives tensions. The investigation is entrusted to a young inspector who collaborates with her ex-partner, ...
Style: controversial, humorous, not serious, light, detective
Plot: nudism, nude, female pubic hair, female nudity, police inspector, police officer, dystopian future, police investigation, obstacle, lesbian, disabled character, nudity ...
Time: near future
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The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Style: suspense, lovecraft, apocalyptic, rough, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: trapped in space, space station, alternate reality, alternate dimension, scientist, alien, astronaut, giant monster, parallel world, parallel universe, multiverse, alternate world ...
Time: near future, 2000s, 2010s, future, 2020s
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 7.8
 89K
Upload (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In the future where humans are able to “upload” themselves into their preferred choice of afterlife, Nathan meets his early death and is greeted by Nora in his version of heaven. Follow the two as Nathan grows accustomed to life away from his ...
Style: futuristic, romantic, humorous, light, funny ...
Plot: virtual reality, virtual world, looking for sex, mysterious death, hi-tech, life after death, afterlife, love interest, murder, technology, love and romance, sex scene ...
Time: near future, 2030s, future, 2020s
Place: brooklyn new york city
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Spain
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, ...
Style: futuristic, neo noir, detective, tech noir, thought provoking ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, dystopia, investigation, dark future, technology, robot, flying car, bounty hunter, violence, police detective, memory ...
Time: future, near future, 2040s, distant future, year 2017 ...
Place: california, nevada, space western, san diego california, los angeles ...
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Childhood's End (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
TV show
Story: After peaceful aliens invade earth, humanity finds itself living in a utopia under the indirect rule of the aliens, but does this utopia come at a price?
Style: philosophical, futuristic, thought provoking, suspense, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien invasion, science, demon, space travel, humanity, religion, alien, technology, space and aliens, adaptation, world domination, life philosophy ...
Time: near future, future, 21st century
Place: usa, israel
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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does ...
Style: futuristic, action adventure, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, female protagonist, cyborgs, distopia, post apocalypse, female warrior, tough girl, adaptation, martial arts, woman fights a man, bounty hunter, danger ...
Time: future, near future, year 2019, 2010s
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, India, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, exciting, clever, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, invasion, battles, space and aliens, changing the past or future, evil alien, soldier, repeated event, foreknowledge ...
Time: future, near future, year 2014, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place: united kingdom, france, paris france, europe, big ben london ...
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 4.9
 12K
A.I. Rising (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Serbia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: On a lonely mission to Alpha Centauri, Milutin is teamed up with Nimani 1345, a female cyborg designed to fulfill his every need. At first thrilled to be able to control her, Sebastian grows tired of having his desires fulfilled so easily. Longing ...
Style: atmospheric, thought provoking, intellectual, sentimental, cyber ...
Plot: female robot, robot human relationship, trapped in space, artificial intelligence, space, male female relationship, space mission, corporation, androids, dystopia, cyborgs, love ...
Time: near future, future, 2010s
Place: soviet union, ussr
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 5.8
 15K
Dual (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Finland, Canada, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A terminally ill woman opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, independent film ...
Plot: clone, terminal illness, personal trainer, mother daughter relationship, dead body, strained relationship, human clone, attempted murder, murder, duel, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Time: near future
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 7.1
 378K
Real Steel (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the near-future, Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After Charlie's robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
Style: futuristic, inspirational, feel good, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: boxing, father son relationship, underdog, robot, androids and robots, technology, against the odds, boy, contests and competitions, giant robot, arena, artificial intelligence ...
Time: future, near future, year 2011, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place: usa, austin texas, iran, north america, brazil ...
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 7.7
 633K
Ex Machina (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style: psychological, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: artificial intelligence, robot, androids, technology, existentialism, cyborgs, cyberpunk, isolation, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, consciousness ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place: england
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 6.2
 5K
Ares (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: In a near future, the world order has changed. With its 10 millions of unemployed citizens, France has now become a poor country. Its people wavers between rebellion and resignation and find an outlet in the shape of TV broadcast ultra brutal fights ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspense, captivating, cyber
Plot: distopia, cyberpunk, fight, anarchist, capitalism, dystopia, murder, death, corruption, death of mother, prison, suicide ...
Time: near future, future
Place: france, paris france
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 6.6
 88K
Revolution (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Revolution focuses on the struggle to survive 15 years after a global blackout.
Style: exciting, serious, apocalyptic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: survival, apocalypse, fate of humanity, worldwide chaos, escapades, twists and turns, dictatorship, chaos and mayhem, chase, chaos, danger, nanotechnology ...
Time: near future, 2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: america, north america, usa
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The Space Between Us (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.
Style: romantic, futuristic, sweet, realistic, rom com ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, date night, girls' night ...
Plot: mars, love story, teenage love, astronaut, life & death, nasa, road trip, travel, teenager, relationships, beautiful scenery, space mission ...
Time: future, near future, year 2017
Place: usa, california, las vegas
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 5.9
 70K
Reminiscence (2021)
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious ...
Style: neo noir, psychological, suspense, futuristic, psychotronic ...
Plot: flood, reminiscence, memory, femme fatale, female singer, riot, climate change, veteran, inheritance, nightclub, piano, environmental issue ...
Time: near future, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: miami, new orleans
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 6.5
 3K
Omniscient (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: In a city where citizens are monitored 24/7, a tech employee must outsmart her surveillance drone in order to investigate a murder.
Style: psychological, philosophical, erotic, sensual, bleak ...
Plot: lone hero, security system, distopia, sex, resistance, life is a bitch, dictatorship, criminal, loss of family member, betrayal, fighting the system, human nature ...
Time: near future
Place: sao paulo, brazil, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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 4.3
 906
The Tangle (2019)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In the near future, The Tangle, an A.I. utilising airborne nanotech, connects the world. It is a benevolent guardian, returning law and order to society. To ensure that The Tangle never turns rogue, a government agency watches over the tech from ...
Style: tense, thrilling, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Plot: distopia, murder mystery, futuristic technology, dystopian future, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, hi-tech, special agent, threat, agent, technology, government agent ...
Time: near future, future
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Cruel & Unusual (2014)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Wrongly condemned for killing his wife, a man finds himself in a mysterious institution where he is sentenced to relive her death for eternity.
Style: psychological, suspense, captivating, tense, retro ...
Plot: time loop, false accusation, life is a bitch, dishonesty, life sentence, violence, danger, afterlife, twists and turns, paradox, time travel, mental health ...
Time: near future, 21st century
Place: canada
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The Directive (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In the aftermath of an incurable virus spread, a robot seeking to eradicate humanity deceptively guides a Red Cross survivor to sanctuary with the false hope of his family awaiting in Safe Zone 57.
Style: epic, psychotronic, educational, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot: sole survivor, zombie outbreak, robot, cholera, infection, journey, expedition, top secret, quarantine, zombie attack, imagination, loss of father ...
Time: future, 2020s, near future, year 2019
Place: utah, china, usa, washington d.c., colorado ...
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 6.7
 108K
Hardcore Henry (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through ...
Style: stylized, grindhouse, intense, exciting, cult classic ...
Plot: murder, violent, cyborgs, one man army, point of view, memory loss, fight scenes, hitman, violence, gunfight, found footage, car chase ...
Time: near future, year 2016, year 2015, 2010s
Place: moscow russia, russia
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Last Sentinel (2023)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Estonia, Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth, four exhausted soldiers man Sentinel - a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. While their tour of duty ended three months ago, the relief crew still hasn't arrived ...
Style: disturbing, minimal cast, suspenseful, captivating, action thriller ...
Plot: storm at sea, distopia, dystopian society, enemy, planet earth, military base, soldier, earth, planet, dystopian future, rainstorm, dystopia ...
Time: future, near future
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 7.7
 15K
Happiness (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: A new type of deadly virus spread throughout the city, and the apartment where has different social classes of people is sealed off. With the fear of the virus, and the conflicts of the different classes, the residents have to spend and survive in ...
Style: dorama, apocalyptic, tense, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: epidemic, apartment building, locked in, zombie, illness, survival, virus, social problems, struggle for survival, isolated place, society, fighting illness ...
Time: near future
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The Time Machine (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
Style: futuristic, atmospheric, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, time machine, steampunk, dystopic future, apocalypse, escapades, changing the past or future, utopia, destiny, chase, time warp, post apocalypse ...
Time: future, distant future, 2030s, victorian era, near future ...
Place: usa, new york, egypt
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 6.7
 44K
Freaks (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat - or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really ...
Style: suspense, exciting, psychotronic, tense, independent film ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, mind control, grandfather granddaughter relationship, overprotective father, invisibility, super powers, escape, neighbor, supernatural power, new world, little girl, isolation ...
Time: year 2019, future, near future
Place: canada
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 8.0
 722K
Her (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style: melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, crying, clever ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, melancholy, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, solitude, love story, relationship problems ...
Time: near future, future, year 2013, distant future, 2030s ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 7.4
 16K
Mars (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The maiden crew of the Daedalus spacecraft must push itself to the brink of human capability in order to successfully establish the first sustainable colony on Mars. Set both in the future and in the present day, this series blends scripted elements ...
Style: exciting, serious, clever, captivating, semi documentary ...
Plot: mars, space colony, problem solving, space, friendship, catastrophe, journey, space exploration, adaptation, storytelling, twists and turns, life philosophy ...
Time: near future, year 2016, future, 21st century
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Infinite Dendrogram (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In the year 2043, Infinite Dendrogram, the world's first successful full-dive VRMMO was released. In addition to its ability to perfectly simulate the five senses, along with its many other amazing features, the game promised to offer players a ...
Style: anime, entertaining, stylized, captivating, light
Plot: graduate, video game, isekai, virtual reality, rivals, fight, teamwork, heroes, friendship, battles, reward, teen superhero ...
Time: near future, future, 2040s
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 5.4
 132K
Geostorm (2017)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: ...
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, exciting, suspenseful, disgusting ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, disaster, tsunami, humanity in peril, storm, ecological disaster, malfunction, climate change, hurricane, natural disaster ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2017, year 2019 ...
Place: afghanistan, hong kong, orlando florida, rio de janeiro, new york ...
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