English movies about the future

List of the best English movies about the future, selected by visitors to our site: Voyagers, Archive, Zone 414, Interstellar, The Zero Theorem, The Call Up, ABE, Robot Overlords, Shank, Perfect Sense.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryUSA, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom

With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women -- bred for intelligence and obedience -- embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. When they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures. As life on the ship descends into chaos, they soon become consumed by fear, lust and an insatiable hunger for power.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Hungary, USA

2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrefantastic, thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

In the near future on a colony of state-of-the-art robots, a private investigator is hired by the colony's creator to bring his missing daughter home.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
Duration02:49

    Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Romania, France
    Duration01:46

    A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:03

    When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it’s a dream come true and impossible to resist. Arriving at the test site, the group step into hi-tech gear and prepare for a revolutionary, next-level gaming experience that brings modern warfare to life with frightening realism. At first it’s a unique and exhilarating experience. But what starts out like a dream encounter with cutting edge technology quickly takes a turn for the sinister. Once the group are attacked by enemy combatants, they soon realize this is no game after all. Make a mistake here and you pay with your life. Now these masters of the shoot ‘em up will have to fight for survival within a game gone bad, but this time it’s for real.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, short
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:08

    A short film about a robot programmed for love who wants to fix the humans who do not love him back.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
    Duration01:30

    Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:34

    Mo Ali’s futuristic knife-crime drama brings the dystopian environment of CHILDREN OF MEN and DISTRICT 13 to London’s East 17. SHANK delivers a ruthless vision of forthcoming urban life, where guns have been superseded by knives and are fiercely wielded by aimless youths. Amidst the chaos is the Paper Chazers gang, a rare morally conscious group who trade scavenged food for money. After Chazers gang member, Junior (Kedar Williams-Stirling), witnesses his brother, murder he must decide whether to get revenge of stick to the gangs moral code... In this superbly paced and artistic film, present-day social issues, and murky city streets, provide a perfect canvas for imagination and action.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:28

    Susan is a scientist searching for answers to important questions. So important that she has given up on other things, like love - until she meets Micheal. Susan and Michael find themselves embarking on a sensual adventure while the world around them seems to be falling apart. A life-affirming look at what it means to love and be loved in turbulent times.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, USA, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, China, Thailand
    Duration01:47

    In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:32

      Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the 'synthetic', David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, short
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration00:06

      Every time the beautiful Regina rejects his advances, James pushes a red button and tries again, all the while unaware of the reality and consequences of his actions.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:30

      16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:53

      Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:37

      A former soldier is taken captive and awakens in the back of a van where he learns that he only has less than 10 minutes to figure out how he got there.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:27

      A prison story. Father Jack finds love with a male guard in the prison. Some of the other inmates suspect he's been sentenced for paedophilia.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Mexico, Guatemala
      Duration01:59

      Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests from the Monsters, but the war is far from being won.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, action
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:33

      As the world succumbs to a zombie apocalypse, Cole - a hardened mercenary - is chasing the one person who can provide a cure. Not only to the plague but to Cole's own incumbent destiny.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, short
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:00

      In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:46

      Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

      Markimdb: 3.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic
      CountryCanada, United Kingdom
      Duration01:24

      The Lunar Base Ark explores ore and unexpectedly is hit by a meteor shower and has severe damages. Colonel Gerard Brauchman sends the crewwoman Ava Cameron to repair a wing that is full of CO2. Dr. Lance Krauss warns that the gas may cause paranoia and hallucinations. Ava brings a sample of the meteor for analysis and Dr. Krauss finds that there are spores attached to the meteor. Ava accidentally cuts her finger in a sample but she hides the cut from the doctor. Soon Ava gets pregnant and delivers an alien offspring. However, neither Col. Brauchman nor Dr. Kraus believes in her words and they believe that Ava is delusional. He offspring bites the crewman Bruce Johns and the crew discovers that Bruce has been cloned by the alien. Soon they find how dangerous the clone is.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantastic, comedy
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:23

        Three men walk into a bar; two geeks and a cynic. They are three ordinary blokes who all have dreams and hopes for an exciting and better future

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Bulgaria
        Duration02:27

        Bill Pope is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous ex-convict Jericho Stewart. When he wakes up with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and eliminate him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom, South Africa
        Duration01:45

        Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and all, are transferred to another prison where they will compete in a Death Race in the desert. Also, at the same time, Ceaser runs into a marketer who wants to franchise the Death Race program.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, cartoon
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Poland, India, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, France
        Duration01:27

        NYC, Central Park, 2010. Five young teenagers are violently assaulted. But they’re not your average teenagers… they’re prodigies. The trauma of the assault incites them to lash out against the world in a cold and calculating way. The five chillingly brilliant minds come together to concoct a perfect revenge. The only person aware of the pending doom is Jimbo Farrar, a sixth prodigy, who has gathered them. As long as he fights against his five counterparts with all his might, there’s hope for the world. But should he turn over to their side, it’s only a matter of time before a disaster of apocalyptic proportions ensues…

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
        Duration02:12

          In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
          Duration02:10

          A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, short
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration00:17

          In the futuristic city of Vanille, with properly tuned ImmerSyst Eyes & Ears the world can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his young son threatens to disintegrate when the father's device begins to fail. Desperate to avoid facing his own traumatic reality, the man must venture outside to find a replacement, into a city where violence and danger lurk beneath a skim of beautiful illusion.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
          Duration01:41

          In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrefantastic, thriller
          CountryCanada, United Kingdom

          Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredocumentary, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          Discover the meteoric rise of Elon Musk, the man who is transforming the way we think about travel technology through electric cars, the Hyperloop, and revolutionary ideas on how we live through artificial intelligence and colonizing Mars.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:29

            The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration02:13

              In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrefantastic, action, adventure
              CountryUnited Kingdom, China, Japan, USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
              Duration02:11

                When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed-up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

                Markimdb: 5.9
                Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
                Duration02:05

                A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.

                Markimdb: 5.6
                Genrefantastic, adventure, family
                CountryUnited Kingdom
                Duration01:22

                Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Doctor Who, his two grand-daughters, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet's other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, cartoon, short
                CountryAustralia, United Kingdom
                Duration00:15

                A boy finds a strange creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to.

                Markimdb: 6
                Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom
                Duration01:38

                Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As these worlds collide, a single bullet determines the destiny of these four characters.

                Markimdb: 6
                Genrehorror, fantastic, action, detective
                CountryUnited Kingdom
                Duration01:30

                In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer) hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada
                Duration02:44

                A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

                Markimdb: 4.2
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
                CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Argentina
                Duration01:49

                In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the supposed lack of ozone. Also, flashbacks show the story behind MacLeod and Ramirez's exile from Ziest.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genredrama, biography, history
                CountryUnited Kingdom, France
                Duration02:35

                  Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genremelodrama, drama
                  CountryUnited Kingdom
                  Duration02:12

                  There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

                  Markimdb: 6.3
                  Genrecomedy, drama, music
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                  Duration01:27

                  A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, "The Office" as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the road.

                  Markimdb: 5.9
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                  Duration01:41

                  A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot, electronically attached to a female prisoner.

                  Markimdb: 6.4
                  Genrehorror, thriller, drama
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
                  Duration01:35

                  The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

                  Markimdb: 5.5
                  Genrehorror
                  CountryUnited Kingdom

                  London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her own traumatic past and deepest fears.

                  Markimdb: 4.9
                  Genremelodrama, drama, biography
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                  Duration01:23

                  William & Kate is the first of two unrelated American television films about the relationship between Prince William and Catherine "Kate" Middleton (now The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge), directed by Mark Rosman and written by Nancey Silvers. The film was a ratings success, despite the negative reception from critics. The second film William & Catherine: A Royal Romance was produced by a different company and released in August 2011.

                  Markimdb: 6.3
                  Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Luxembourg
                  Duration01:48

                    A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.




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