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, suspenseful, serious, captivating, suspense and exciting films and TV shows about / with distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, survival, danger, death, space, blood, apocalypse and post apocalypse plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as 2040s: Ready Player One (2018), Me, Myself & I (2017), Looper (2012), Event Horizon (1997), Critters 4 (1992), Takt Op. Destiny (2021), The Cult (2015), Gaganachari (2024), Yonder (2022), The Forever Purge (2021).
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List of 2040s movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India, Singapore, Canada, UK, Japan, Australia
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, dystopia, teenage boy, love, quest, computer, teamwork, virtual world ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, jurassic, 80s ...
Place:
empire state building manhattan new york city, columbus ohio, ohio, new york, manhattan new york city
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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:
humorous, sitcom, sentimental, feel good, situational comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
aging, adolescence vs adulthood, teenager, life philosophy, multiple storylines, storytelling, nostalgia, personal growth, self discovery, midlife crisis, inventor, destiny ...
Time:
90s, 2040s
Place:
usa, los angeles, chicago
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626K
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, mind bending, thought provoking, neo noir, cerebral ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, distopia, hitman, time paradox, cyberpunk, time, self sacrifice, assassin, changing the past or future, organized crime, revenge ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, distant future, year 2012 ...
Place:
shanghai, kansas, seattle, usa
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213K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, spaceship, cosmic horror, space station, trapped in space, insanity, space and aliens, violence, supernatural, hallucination, nightmare ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
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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, splatter, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien abduction, little creatures, creature, monster, creature feature, apocalypse, halloween, killer animal, extraterrestrial, alien invasion, tiny, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
2040s, 90s, 20th century, year 1992, future ...
Place:
kansas
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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:
teenager, disorder, friends, misfit, escapades, blonde girl, female protagonist, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, child protagonist, occupation, adolescence ...
Time:
2040s, 90s, future, 21st century
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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, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
monster, girl, power, dystopian future, resistance fighter, against humanity, music, humanity, fate of humanity, struggle for survival, human existence, battles ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
In the year 2040, the city of Recife, Brazil, is deserted and in ruins, abandoned by the wealthy who migrated to space colonies. One young man, bored in his new address, decides to return. In Recife, he redecorates his old house and spends his time ...
Style:
captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, male nudity, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, distopia, youth, couples, friendship, friends, love ...
Time:
future, 2040s
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A dystopian comedy that takes place in the 2040's, where an apartment inhabited by three problematic bachelors soon becomes a haven for an extra-terrestrial female fugitive.
Style:
humorous, absurd, buddy comedy, fast paced, slapstick ...
Plot:
dystopia, extraterrestrial, satire, confined, social commentary, dark humor, roommate, bachelor, irreverent, female alien, culture clash, unhappiness ...
Time:
2040s, near future
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220
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Ja-hyun receives a message from his deceased wife inviting him to reunite with her in a place called 'Yonder'.
Style:
psychological, melancholic, emotional, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
bereavement, virtual reality, grief, death, loss, mourning, life & death, grieving widower, relationships, family relations, widower, relationship problems ...
Time:
future, near future, 2040s
Place:
korea
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: China, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their harsh historical past.
Style:
suspense, scary, saga, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival horror, killing spree, immigrant, social decay, desert, civil war, racist, racism, murder, dystopia, pregnant woman, distopia ...
Time:
2040s, 2020s, near future, 21st century
Place:
mexico, el paso texas, texas, usa
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9K
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, thought provoking, psychological, mind bending, surreal ...
Plot:
isolation, trapped in space, astronaut, space travel, stranded, space, space and aliens, space station, losing-it hero, loneliness, journal, survival ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 2040s, 2010s, 1860s
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Genre: Action, 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:
thrilling, tense, captivating, suspenseful, futuristic
Plot:
political oppression, social issues, dystopia, urban setting, distopia, dystopian society, dystopian future, social problems, robbery, burglar, class differences, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2040s, near future, future, 21st century
Place:
london
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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, suspenseful, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
space travel, astronaut, space colony, space station, post apocalypse, space exploration, nuclear radiation, spaceship, spacecraft, scientist, disaster, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
2020s, 2040s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease ...
Style:
apocalyptic, futuristic, cult classic, mecha
Plot:
robot, post apocalypse, stop motion, giant robot, giant monster, monster, pilot, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, epidemic, space opera, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
2040s, future
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123K
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, space horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, mars, creature, alien, deadly creature, good versus evil, danger, zombie, video game, gory, blood, virus ...
Time:
future, 2040s, jurassic, year 2005, 2020s ...
Place:
space western, nevada
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
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, melancholic, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, date night
Plot:
robot, androids and robots, androids, life philosophy, artificial intelligence, existentialism, dystopic future, love story, cyborgs, death, utopia, consciousness ...
Time:
future, 90s, 23rd century, 2040s, 22nd century ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, california, indiana, utah ...
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65K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands
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:
sexy, emotional, atmospheric, visually stunning, philosophical ...
Plot:
writers, love, writer's life, destiny, road not taken, androids, sensuality, haunted by the past, old friend, coincidence, memory, introspection ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2040s, 2000s, y2k ...
Place:
hong kong, china, singapore, east asia, asia
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 339 min.
TV show
Story:
An adolescent with the ability to control a looming war-golem becomes entangled in the Experts of Justice's fight against the infamous group Big Fire.
Style:
anime, mecha, futuristic, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
giant robot, superhero, secret organization, world domination, terrorism, evil corporation, dystopian future, child protagonist, spy thriller, urban, rescue, mad scientist ...
Time:
2040s
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 49 min.
Story:
16 years after the events of Interstelar (2014) as food shortage attacks yet again, another brave man goes on a space mission to bring food to Earth.
Style:
absurd, parody, dramatic, tense, emotional
Plot:
food shortage, adventurer, surrealism, mission, absurdism, protection, news report, shark, space mission, spacecraft, survival, space opera ...
Time:
future, 2040s
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62K
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, androids and robots, robot, post apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, cyberpunk, dystopian future, robot human relationship, post apocalyptic, cyborgs, investigation ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2014, 2040s ...
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12K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
In a near future where artificial intelligence reigns supreme, human emotions have become a threat. To get rid of them, Gabrielle must purify her DNA by going back into her past lives. There, she reunites with Louis, her great love. But she’s ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, futuristic, non-linear, crying ...
Plot:
pianist, doll, cat, fire, medium, home invasion, factory, flood, nightclub, artificial intelligence, earthquake, death ...
Time:
near future, 1910s, 2040s, 2010s, year 2014 ...
Place:
los angeles, paris france, california, naples italy, france
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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, dark future, distopia, artificial intelligence, androids, motorcycle, dystopia, corporate crime, dystopian future, computers and web, down on your luck, technology gone awry ...
Time:
2040s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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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:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
manhunt, heist, dystopian future, ambush, killer, friendship, group of friends, violence, armed robbery, male male relationship, revenge, survival ...
Time:
near future, 2040s
Place:
south korea, india
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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:
fighting crime, androids and robots, hi-tech, police partner, artificial intelligence, police detective, tough law enforcer, buddy cop, law enforcement, cop, haunted by the past, bonding ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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130K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, South Africa, USA
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, philosophical, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, dystopian future, youth, community, utopia, destiny, society, danger, humanity, rebelliousness, runaway ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2040s, 2010s
Place:
peru
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11K
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:
satirical, surreal, captivating, semi serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, androids, human versus robot, security, female robot, dystopia, hostage, family relations, eccentric family, sentient robot, dystopian future ...
Time:
2020s, 2040s, future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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, psychotronic, futuristic, intense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
post apocalypse, ape, gorilla, talking animal, planet of the apes, future war, chimpanzee, revenge, near death experience, journey, animal, killer animal ...
Time:
2010s, near future, future, 2040s, year 2017
Place:
north america
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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, disturbing, suspense, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
superhero, insanity, justice, save the day, heroic mission, secret identity, master villain, fighting crime, righting the wronged, aging, danger, imaginary ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea
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:
exciting, captivating, serious, fast, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, obsessive quest, on the run, superhero, chases and races, danger, escapades, imaginary, creator, technology gone awry, batman ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 2030s, 21st century
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