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10 Best Movies Like This Is The Future

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

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#1
Automata

Automata

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is The Future for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the futu...

#2
Silent Running

Silent Running

1972★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is The Future for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. However, he rebels after being order...

#3
Dark Star

Dark Star

1974★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is The Future for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intell...

#4
Upgrade

Upgrade

2018★ 7.5

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

A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called ...

#5
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#6
Her

Her

2013★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to This Is The Future for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic rel...

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