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Theme: Far Future Settings

Far Future Settings take place in a very distant version of The Future. Unlike other works set in the future, a far future setting is a long time beyond the present-day – not a mere dozen or few hundred years but thousands and sometimes millions of years.

In these setting, the present-day world is forgotten (although sometimes artefacts may be unearthed) and Earth barely recognisable. New civilisations may have emerged, humanity been obliterated, devolved or evolved into something else. Other variations have humanity having spread out to the stars and populated the galaxy where Earth is forgotten backwater or their origins not remembered.


A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) (2001)

29 June 20019 January 2021

Rating: ★★★★½

Android Boy’s Quest

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, …
Category: Science Fiction

After Earth (2013)

7 June 20131 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Planetary Survival Adventure

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Sophie Okonedo, Zoe Kravitz
Category: Science Fiction

Gandahar (1988)

19 June 20051 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Animation/Planetary Adventure

Director: Rene Laloux
Actors: Jennifer Grey, Christopher Plummer, Glenn Close, Penn Jillette, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)

4 January 20193 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Hiroyuki Sashita, Kobun Shizuno
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)

18 February 20183 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Hiroyuki Seshita, Kobun Shizuno
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)

7 April 20193 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Hiroyushi Seshita, Kobun Shizuno
Category: Science Fiction

Josh Kirby … Time Warrior! The Human Pets (1995)

26 April 199921 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Juvenile Adventures Through Time

Director: Frank Arnold
Actors: Corbin Allred, Jennifer Burns, Barrie Ingham, John DeMita, …
Category: Science Fiction

Last and First Men (2020)

6 June 20204 April 2021

Rating: ★★★½

The Future Evolution of Humanity

Director: Jóhann Jóhansson
Actors: Tilda Swinton
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time (2018)

14 December 201814 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Storm of Sharks/Deliberately Bad Film

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Actors: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassandra Scerbo, Judah Friedlander, …
Category: Horror

The Time Machine (1960)

19 January 20012 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: George Pal
Actors: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Machine (1978)

1 April 201615 February 2023

Rating: ★

Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Henning Schellerup
Actors: John Beck, Priscilla Barnes, Andrew Duggan, Rosemary DeCamp, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Machine (2002)

9 April 20023 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Simon Wells
Actors: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Turkish Star Wars (1982)

27 February 20156 May 2020

Rating: 0­

Planetary Adventure/Bad Movie Classic

Director: Cetin Inanc
Category: Science Fiction

Wizards (1977)

3 May 20039 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Post-Holocaust Sword and Sorcery/Animation

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Bob Holt, Jesse Wells, Richard Romanus, Stephen Gravers, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Zardoz (1974)

26 January 201128 June 2022

Rating: ★

Barbarian Disrupts Utopia of Immortals

Director: John Boorman
Actors: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton, …
Category: Science Fiction

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  • Films About Atlantis
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  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
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  • Animals Attack Films
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