Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Future

If you loved The Future, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Argentina 1985

Argentina 1985

2022★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Future for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time....

#2
The Red Virgin

The Red Virgin

2024★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Future for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Hildegart is conceived and educated by her mother Aurora to be the woman of the future, to become one of the most brilliant minds of Spain in the 1930s and one of the European refe...

#3
Operation Ogre

Operation Ogre

1979★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Future for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Ad...

#4
6 Days

6 Days

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Future for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the authorities decide whether a military...

#5
Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Future for fans of History & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequite...

#6
Beirut

Beirut

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Future for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. ...

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