- Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017) – Both films explore a dystopian future where synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by mega-corporations. The original is a cornerstone of the cyberpunk genre.
- Children of Men (2006) – Set in a future where humans have become infertile and society is on the brink of collapse, this film tackles themes of hope and survival in a falling civilization.
- The Matrix (1999) – A groundbreaking film that depicts a future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality, created by sentient machines.
- Minority Report (2002) – Based on Philip K. Dick’s work, this movie presents a future with a specialized police department that uses psychics to arrest criminals before their crimes are committed.
- Elysium (2013) – This movie portrays a future where the wealthy live on a pristine man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth.
- Snowpiercer (2013) – After a climate-change experiment goes wrong, the survivors of Earth’s new ice age are segregated by class on a perpetually moving train that travels around the globe.
- Wall-E (2008) – An animated film that tells the story of a small waste-collecting robot left to clean up an abandoned, trash-covered Earth. It explores themes of environmental catastrophe and renewal.
- The Hunger Games series (2012-2015) – In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided into districts with the wealthy Capitol controlling everything. The films focus on the struggle against the oppressive regime.
- The Midnight Sky (2020) – This post-apocalyptic tale follows a scientist in the Arctic as he tries to prevent a group of astronauts from returning to a globally catastrophic Earth after a mysterious global calamity.
- Ready Player One (2018) – Set in 2045, the film revolves around a virtual reality universe used as an escape from the desolation of the real world, where a teenager embarks on a quest for an Easter egg that will give him ownership of the virtual realm.
- Interstellar (2014) – In a future where Earth is becoming uninhabitable due to climate change and food shortages, this film follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity.