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I give you the year and a brief description of each of these stories set at a future date which has passed. How many can you name?
a tilde (~) indicates the date isn't explicitly stated but can be attained from certain clues
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Last updated: April 10, 2025
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1949
1984
A dystopian Britain (now Airstrip One) is controlled by totalitarian INGSOC party and Big Brother
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1968
2001
A doomed space crew sojourns to Iapetus/Jupiter to find an obelisk, impeded by supercomputer HAL 9000
2001: A Space Odyssey
1982
2019
Bio-engineered "replicants" escape to Earth from a space colony, and a burnt-out cop is sent to hunt them down
Blade Runner
1991
1995
Skynet sends a regenerating cyborg back in time to kill a young John Connor, who forms a bond with Arnold Schwarzenegger
Terminator II: Judgement Day
1989
2015
Marty McFly and Doc Brown see a 2015 full of wild technology, like hoverboards and VR, while Biff steals a sports record book
Back to the Future Part II
1995
2015
Adolescents pilot powerful mechas called "EVAs" to prevent extraterrestrial angels from causing the Third Impact
Neon Genesis Evangelion
1988
2019
Tetsuo Shima gains god-like psychic powers which among other mishaps lead the 2020 Neo-Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled
Akira
1898
~1910s
Martians bring their tripods to Earth in a war in which humanity prevails, giving British radio patrons a good scare
War of the Worlds
2004
2019
After the Black Mesa Incident, the alien Combine takes over the world; Gordon Freeman is called into City-17 to depose them
Half-Life 2
1887
2000
Julian West wakes up in a futuristic Boston featuring credit cards, socialist utopia, and conflict with China
Looking Backward
2013
2022
In the future, violent crime rates have dropped 99%; The catch--one night every year, anything goes
The Purge
1975
2018
In a world run by corporations, a sport featuring motorbikes, physical combat, and multiple deaths per game is en vogue
Rollerball
1981
1997
The president is trapped in America's only maximum security prison--Manhattan; Snake Plissken is tasked with saving him
Escape from New York
1969
1976
Aside from alien shenanigans featuring Billy Pilgrim on Tralfamadore, the US is balkanized and nuked by China
Slaughterhouse Five
2015
2023
Michael Afton visits and burns down a horror attraction after finding his murderous father trapped in an animatonic suit there
Five Nights At Freddy's 3
1983
~1989
Residents of Lawrence, KS reckon with nuclear war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, terrifying Gen X kids everywhere
The Day After
1975
2000
Sylvester Stallone takes part in a coast-to-coast road race in which racers score points for running over pedestrians
Death Race 2000
1950
~1985
The day-to-day operations of a smart home break down in sunny Allendale, California, where the sun will never shine again
There Will Come Soft Rains
1979
~2000s
The Outback of a collapsed Australia is littering with brutal biker gangs, and Mel Gibson's vigilante justice is the only solution
Mad Max
1973
2022
The future holds horrible environmental degradation, resource depletion, and a nutritious/suspicious verdant food alternative
Soylent Green
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2 Comments
Insaniot
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Level 63
Apr 10, 2025
It wasn't until FNAF that I clued into the fact that it wasn't just movies on this quiz, lol. I've thought about stuff like this in the past and I think you've done a pretty good job making a quiz out of it! Nommed :)
Shadywyvern
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Level 85
Apr 10, 2025
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed :)
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