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‘I Am Legend’ (2007) -

This film certainly is legendary. Will Smith stars as Robert Neville. In a future where all are dead or monsters, Neville must find the solution.

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‘Minority Report’ (2002) -

The idea is that people who are likely to commit a crime are arrested before they actually do. It all works, until Chief John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is ordered to be arrested.

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‘12 Monkeys’ (1995) - The theme of viruses is very topical. James Cole, played by Bruce Willis, is sent back into time to figure out where a man-made virus began.

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‘The Fifth Element’ (1997) -

Bruce Willis obviously has a thing for films set in the future. In this film, he plays a taxi driver who accidentally finds himself having to save the world.

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‘Oblivion’ (2013) -

The world has been destroyed and resources are limited. Another sci-fi veteran, Tom Cruise, plays Jack. He has to venture into Earth to find its final resources.

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‘Total Recall’ (1990) -

Before Arnold Schwarzenegger's political career, he played the character, Quaid. He goes for a virtual holiday but finds the lines between reality and the virtual world blurred.

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‘Surrogates’ (2009) -

The whole world is lived through robots and humans stay in their pods. Bruce Willis, playing Greer, has to venture into the real world to solve some non-virtual murders.

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‘Snowpiercer’ (2013) -

Bong Joon-ho directs this dystopian movie. The world has crumbled with climate change, except for one train, the 'Snowpiercer.' 

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‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ (2014) -

The social domination of humans over the rest of the animal kingdom is thrown off-balance when apes genetically mutate to become intelligent beings.

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‘Divergent’ (2014) -

Shailene Woodley stars in this freaky future film about a world where people are categorized by their virtues.

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‘The Hunger Games’ (2012) -

Jennifer Lawrence playing Katniss Everdeen has to fight to the death in a terrifying televised game show set in the future. 

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‘Children of Men’ (2006) -

In this dystopian future, women can no longer have children. There is only one pregnant woman in the world who Theo Faron (Clive Owen) has to protect.

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‘Prometheus’ (2012) -

The award-winning actor Michael Fassbender plays a superhuman on a planet that is the only hope for humans after the destruction of Earth.

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‘Elysium’ (2013) -

The Earth has fallen into chaos. The rich have gone to live far away and left the normal people on a hardly habitable planet. Max (Matt Damon) endeavors to bring equality to this unfair world. 

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‘Avatar’ (2009) -

This excellent futuristic movie won three Oscars! James Cameron directs this wonderful story of humans who enter into an unfamiliar world.

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‘A Clockwork Orange’ (1971) -

This unnerving film is set in the future where nothing makes sense and all is mean and sadistic. It is based on a book of the same name and remains pretty controversial. 

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‘District 9’ (2009) -

When aliens come to Earth, they are forced to live in horrible conditions. It is a tragic story of misunderstanding and fear towards an unknown species.

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‘Alien’ (1979) -

'Alien' is probably one of the best futuristic horror films out there. Space has become the normal environment for humans, but it is the first time aliens come upon the scene when they invade a spaceship. 

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‘Inception’ (2010) -

It does not seem so different from our world today, but 'Inception' gives us a scary glimpse into how we may manipulate the brain using technology. The soundtrack is great as well. 

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‘Looper’ (2012) -

Bruce Willis continues his sci-fi streak with 'Looper.' He plays a time-traveling assassin stuck in a dangerous time loop.

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‘Sunshine’ (2007) -

The sun is going out and it is up to a small group of astronauts to fix it. 'Sunshine' features an all-star cast with Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy, and Rose Byrne.

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‘Ad Astra’ (2019) -

Brad Pitt, playing Roy McBride, ventures across space to find the answers he needs about his past. But it's not just his livelihood at stake anymore, it is the future of the solar system.

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‘Back to the Future’ (1985) -

If you have not seen this film, you must. It is a right of passage for every human. Doc Brown sends his younger friend Marty McFly 30 years into the past.

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‘Mr. Nobody’ (2009) -

Jared Leto stars in this psychological puzzle of a film. In this future, it is possible for a man to never make choices and to live many lives at the same time.

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‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (2015) -

This hit film won a staggering six Oscars. The fourth instalment of the 'Mad Max' franchise tells of a wasteland where a tyrannical ruler is rebelled against by a female former-follower. 

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‘Cloud Atlas’ (2012) -

'Cloud Atlas' shows how every action a human being takes has consequences far into the future and the past. The all-star cast is absolutely worth watching. 

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‘WALL-E’ (2008) -

This heartwarming movie follows a robot around the wasteland of Earth. He has to put the rubbish in order, but in among it he finds new life.

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‘Aliens’ (1986) -

The brilliant sequel to the original 'Alien' (1985) continues the horror story. It won two Oscars. If you watch the first, you should definitely take a look at the second. 

Sources: (Polygon)(IMBd)

See also: The best sci-fi films of all time

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