15 NOVEMBER 2022
LIST WITH SCI-FI FILMS THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE FUTURE
TWELVE MONKEYS (1995)
DIR. BY TERRY GILLIAM
A SENTENCED PRISONER IS GIVEN A SECOND CHASE WITH TAKING A SUICIDE MISSION TO BE SENT TO THE PAST AND SAVE THE WORLD FROM FATAL EVENTS. NO MORE OTHER SPOILERS
AELITA (1924) DIR. BY YAKOV PROTAZANOV
SOVIET ASTRONAUTS TRAVEL TO MARS. A BLACK-AND-WHITE MASTERPIECE WITH AMAZING PRODUCITON DESIGN AND MUSIC BY MAESTROS SKRYABIN AND STRAVINSKY, BASED ON A NOVEL BY ALEXEY TOLSTOY.
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015)
DIR. BY GEORGE MILLER
IN THE WORLD THAT TURNED INTO A DRY AND ENDLESS DESERT, MAX TAKES ON HIS ONLY CHANCE TO ESCAPE AND GETS INTO A CAR RACE OF LIFE AND DEATH.
WORLD ON A WIRE (1973)
DIR. BY RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER
WAY BEFORE INCEPTION (2010), THIS FILM EXPLORES REALMS OF SIMULATED REALITIES AND HUMAN PERCEPTION. A FIRST ADAPTATION OF AN AMERICAN SCI-FI NOVEL SIMULACRON-3, ORIGINALLY MADE FOR TELEVISION BY LEGENDARY R.W. FASSBINDER.
METROPOLIS (1927) DIR. BY FRITZ LANG
THE OG FUTURISTIC STORY ABOUT ANDROIDS AND INDUSTRIAL WORLD MADE OF HORRORS AND INEQUALITY. A MASTERPIECE OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM AND AN INSPIRATION FOR MANY OTHER ICONIC FILMMAKERS.
PAPRIKA (2006) DIR. BY SATOSHI KON
A TERRIFYING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER LOCATED IN JAPAN OF THE FUTURE AND CREATED BY A LEGENDARY ANIME STORYTELLER SATOSHI KON. A DETECTIVE AND A MYSTERIOUS GIRL NAMED PAPRIKA ATTEMPT TO SOLVE A MYSTERY BEHIND STOLLEN VIDEO RECORDINGS OF PEOPLE’S DREAMS.
THE WIZARDS (1977) DIR. BY RALPH BAKSHI
A CULT ANIMATION THAT INSPIRED MANY ARTISTS AND FILMMAKERS ALIKE, THIS STORY TAKES PLACE IN A FAR FUTURE WHERE THE WORLD IS TORN BETWEEN A PURE GOOD AND A PURE EVIL. THE MAGIC CHALLENGES THE TECHNOLOGY TO FIGHT IN THE FINAL BATTLE.
2001: A SPACE ODESSY (1968)
DIR. BY STANLEY KUBRICK
PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS FILM ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE OUTER SPACE, STANLEY KUBRICK TELLS A STORY OF A SPACESHIP CREW TRAVELING TO DISCOVER MYSTERIES BEHIND WHY THE HUMANS ARE BEING SPIED ON.
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)
DIR. BY JOHN CARPENTER
IN THE NEAR FUTURE, NEW YORK CITY’S MANHATTAN ISLAND IS TURNED INTO A HUGE PRISON WITH MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS, EX-SOLDIER SNAKE HAS ONLY 24 HOURS TO RESCUE A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE 1980S SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE AN ULTIMATE NOSTALGIC TREAT.
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