2040s movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant 2040s movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out futuristic, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, captivating and serious films and TV shows about / with dystopian future, space, dystopia, danger, distopia, murder, blood, cyberpunk, outer space and apocalypse plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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2040s movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as 2040s: Ready Player One (2018), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Me, Myself & I (2017), Takt Op. Destiny (2021), Looper (2012), The Kitchen (2023), The Midnight Sky (2020), Event Horizon (1997), Doom (2005), Bicentennial Man (1999).

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Ready Player One (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
Style: exciting, captivating, atmospheric, stylized, cyber ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot: virtual reality, cyberpunk, video game, virtuality, geek, love, teenage boy, dystopia, computer, teamwork, evil corporation, friendship ...
Time: future, 2040s, 2010s, jurassic, near future ...
Place: ohio, empire state building manhattan new york city, columbus ohio, new york, manhattan new york city
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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, 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, tech noir, thought provoking, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, dystopia, investigation, robot, dark future, mission, police detective, flying car, violence, bounty hunter, memory ...
Time: future, 2040s, year 2017, near future, distant future ...
Place: california, san diego california, space western, los angeles, las vegas
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Me, Myself & I (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A comedy examines one man's life over a 50-year span. It explores three distinct periods in his life - as a 14-year-old in 1991, a 40-year-old in present day and a 65-year-old in 2042.
Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, funny, sentimental
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: adolescence vs adulthood, aging, teenager, storytelling, multiple storylines, life philosophy, destiny, inventor, father daughter relationship, twists and turns, family relations, teaching the ways of the world
Time: 2040s, 90s
Place: usa
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Takt Op. Destiny (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Music is the light that illuminates people's hearts-- and that "light" was suddenly taken from the world. The world changed the night the black "Kuroya Meteorite" fell. Grotesque monsters known as D2 emerged from the ...
Style: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: monster, power, girl, dystopian future, against humanity, resistance fighter, save the world, music, battles, fate of humanity, human existence, teamwork ...
Time: 2040s, future, near future
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 7.4
 600K
Looper (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a ...
Style: futuristic, clever, mind bending, exciting, thought provoking ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: time travel, time loop, hitman, distopia, organized crime, cyberpunk, time paradox, assassin, shooting, self sacrifice, changing the past or future, parallel universe ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, 2040s, near future ...
Place: seattle, kansas, shanghai, usa
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 4.8
 7K
The Kitchen (2023)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Izi's close to escaping The Kitchen, one of London's last remaining housing estates. But when young Benji enters his life, he faces some hard decisions.
Style: futuristic
Plot: dystopia, urban decay, urban setting, bicycle, afrofuturism, political oppression, street vendor, graffiti, exploration, city, motorcycle, son ...
Time: 2040s, near future, future, 21st century
Place: london
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The Midnight Sky (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: space travel, space station, astronaut, survival, post apocalypse, nuclear radiation, space colony, scientist, spaceship, space exploration, snow, space ...
Time: 2020s, 2040s, 21st century
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Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Zenon Kar, a 13-year-old girl who lives on a space station in the year 2049, gets into some trouble and is banished to Earth. With help from some Earth friends she must find her way back.
Style: teen, futuristic, not serious, humorous, whimsical
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: friends, disorder, misfit, escapades, teenager, black girl, preteen, occupation, adolescence, computer virus, earth, friendship ...
Time: 2040s, 90s, future, 21st century
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 6.6
 196K
Event Horizon (1997)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the ...
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, scary, lovecraft, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, outer space, supernatural, space station, spaceship, trapped in space, insanity, space and aliens, cosmic horror, hallucination, nightmare, rescue team ...
Time: future, 90s, year 1997, 2040s, 21st century
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 5.2
 118K
Doom (2005)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Czech Republic, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer ...
Style: suspense, rough, action packed, splatter, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: monster, mars, alien, creature, deadly creature, zombie, good versus evil, virus, danger, first contact, video game, future war ...
Time: future, 2040s, year 2005, jurassic, 2020s ...
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Bicentennial Man (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to ...
Style: futuristic, philosophical, inspirational, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, date night
Plot: robot, androids, androids and robots, artificial intelligence, life philosophy, cyborgs, dystopic future, love story, existentialism, utopia, mad scientist, man versus machine ...
Time: future, 90s, 2040s, 23rd century, 22nd century ...
Place: san francisco, bay area, california, indiana, south dakota ...
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 7.4
 61K
2046 (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Style: touching, surreal, contemplative, emotional, art house ...
Plot: writers, writer's life, love, androids, road not taken, sensuality, haunted by the past, old friend, coincidence, destiny, memory, introspection ...
Time: future, 60s, year 2004, 2040s, y2k ...
Place: hong kong, china, singapore, east asia, asia
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 5.4
 9K
Love (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a ...
Style: futuristic, psychological, thought provoking, mind bending, surreal ...
Plot: isolation, space travel, trapped in space, space, astronaut, space and aliens, loneliness, survival, human nature, stranded, solitude, losing-it hero ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2030s, 2040s, 1860s
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 4.1
 8K
Critters 4 (1992)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Just before bounty hunter Charile triggers his gun to destroy the last two Critter-eggs, he gets a message that it would be illegal to extinguish the race from the galaxy. He's sent a transporter where he puts the eggs - unfortunately the ...
Style: futuristic, space horror, cult horror, classic horror, horror comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, space, creature, little creatures, monster, creature feature, apocalypse, alien abduction, extraterrestrial, tiny, killer animal, alien invasion ...
Time: 90s, future, 2040s, year 1992, 20th century ...
Place: kansas
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 6.0
 59K
Automata (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Style: futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, robot, dystopia, androids and robots, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, distopia, cyborgs, robot human relationship, ecology, dystopian future, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, near future, year 2014, 2010s, 2040s ...
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Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (1998)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 is a Japanese anime series produced by Anime International Company and funded by ADV Films. A retelling of the 1987 original video animation Bubblegum Crisis, the series premiered on TV Tokyo on October 8, 1998 where it ...
Style: anime, cyber, stylized, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: police, distopia, dark future, artificial intelligence, androids, dystopia, motorcycle, technology gone awry, down on your luck, computers and web, battles, chaos ...
Time: 2040s
Place: tokyo, japan
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 6.3
 7K
Time to Hunt (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Wanting to leave their dystopian world behind for a faraway paradise, three outlaws plot a money heist — and draw the attention of a vicious killer.
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: manhunt, heist, dystopian future, group of friends, friendship, friendship between men, armed robbery, male male relationship, violence, teenager, survival, urban setting ...
Time: 2040s, near future
Place: south korea
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 7.9
 52K
Almost Human (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Almost Human is an American science fiction/crime drama on Fox. In 2048, the uncontrollable evolution of science and technology has caused crime rates to rise an astounding 400%. To combat this, the overwhelmed police force has implemented a new ...
Style: futuristic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cyber ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night
Plot: artificial intelligence, androids and robots, police partner, hi-tech, police detective, fighting crime, buddy cop, law enforcement, cop, haunted by the past, bonding, robot ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 6.4
 125K
The Giver (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
Style: thought provoking, futuristic, atmospheric, exciting, philosophical ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, date night, kids, family outing
Plot: distopia, youth, dystopia, community, utopia, post apocalypse, society, life is a bitch, humanity, memory, danger, rebelliousness ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future, year 2014, 2040s
Place: peru
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 5.5
 10K
Bigbug (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Humans have ceded most tasks to AI in 2045, even in nostalgic Alice's home. So when robots stage a coup, her androids protectively lock her doors.
Style: surreal, semi serious, satirical, captivating, cult classic ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, robot, androids, security, human versus robot, dystopia, hostage, sentient robot, family relations, eccentric family, talking robot, locked in ...
Time: 2020s, 2040s, future
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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the ...
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, futuristic, intense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: post apocalypse, ape, planet of the apes, gorilla, future war, talking animal, revenge, chimpanzee, animal, killer animal, near death experience, journey ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, near future, future, 2040s
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The Promised Neverland (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The one adored as the mother is not the real parent. The people living here together are not actual siblings. The Gracefield House is where orphaned children live. An irreplaceable home where 38 siblings and Mom live happy lives, even with no blood ...
Style: anime, tense, touching, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, murder, hopes, death, betrayal, survival, scheming, danger, dishonesty, livestock, broken leg, vengeance ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: japan
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 8.0
 2K
Jack & Bobby (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack and Bobby McCallister for example: two bright young brothers growing up ...
Style: sincere, realistic, thought provoking, touching, political ...
Plot: childhood, president, head of state, parents and children, sibling relationship, youth, state affairs, first love, siblings relations, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, politics ...
Time: 2040s, 21st century
Place: usa, missouri
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The Orbital Children (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 38 min.
TV show
Story: In the year 2045, where the Internet and AI are commonplace even in space, and centers on a group of children stranded in space after a large-scale accident occurs in a space station. By using narrowband, social networking, and a drone that they can ...
Style: anime, disturbing, captivating, entertaining, futuristic ...
Plot: child, moon, space station, space adventure, space exploration, teamwork, save the day, technology, childhood, outer space, life, space ...
Time: distant future, 2040s, near future, future
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Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it ...
Style: exciting, absurd, ironic, not serious, cult classic ...
Plot: hitler, moon, outer space, alien race, dinosaur, adam and eve, space, exploitation, post apocalypse, nazi, dystopian future, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., germany
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Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: The Joker is back with a vengeance, and Gotham's newest Dark Knight needs answers as he stands alone to face Gotham's most infamous Clown Prince of Crime.
Style: anime, stylized, intense, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: superhero, good versus evil, insanity, justice, save the day, heroic mission, master villain, fighting crime, secret identity, righting the wronged, danger, undercover ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
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The Zeta Project (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Zeta Project is an American science fiction animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It first aired on Kids' WB in January 2001. It is a spin-off series based on the character Zeta from the Batman Beyond episode of the ...
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, futuristic, fast ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: robot, artificial intelligence, on the run, obsessive quest, superhero, chases and races, danger, imaginary, escapades, technology gone awry, creator, batman ...
Time: future, 2030s, 2040s, 21st century
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 4.8
 33K
The Titan (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.
Style: suspense, sad, rough, exciting, disgusting ...
Plot: human experiment, genetic mutation, creature, nasa, experiment, mental breakdown, soldier, transformation, mutation, laboratory, military base, space ...
Time: future, 2040s, near future, 21st century
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 4.9
 250
Atolladero (1995)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Western
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the near future, the areas between major cities are lawless wastelands. Atolladero is a town run with an iron fist by a corrupt tyrant named The Judge and his murderous enforcer, Madden. One decent cop decides to leave town, but the powers that ...
Style: manga, futuristic
Plot: zoophilia, cowboy, sex crime, modern western, dog sex, modern west, russian roulette, bondage, pedophilia, desert, blood, police ...
Time: 90s, 2040s
Place: mexico, sonora
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TekWar: TekJustice (1994)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 21st Century detective Jake Cardigan is arrested for murdering the husband of his ex-wife. It seems like a frame up, yet Cardigan refuses to let the authorities investigate further or even deny any involvement in the killing.
Style: futuristic, detective
Time: 2040s, 21st century
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