List of stories set in a future now past
This is an incomplete list of stories set in the future now considered the past.
| Work | Form | Year of publication | Year set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Novel | 1949 | 1984 |
| 1985 (Anthony Burgess novel) | Novel | 1978 | 1985 |
| 1985 (György Dalos novel) | Novel | 1983 | 1985 |
| 1990: The Bronx Warriors | Film | 1982 | 1990 |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Comic adaptation | 1976–1977 | 2001* (and other eras) |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Film | 1968 | 2001* (and other eras) |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Novel | 1968 | 2001* (and other eras) |
| 2009: Lost Memories | Film | 2002 | 2009 |
| 2010 | Film | 1984 | 2010 |
| 2012 | Film | 2009 | 2009–2012 |
| A Scanner Darkly | Novel | 1977 | 1994 |
| The Abyss | Film | 1989 | 1994 |
| Alien Soldier | Video game | 1995 | 2015 |
| Angel Cop | Manga, OVA | 1990 | 1990s |
| The Apple (1980 film) | Film | 1979 | 1994 |
| Assassin's Creed | Video game | 2007 | 2012 |
| Assassin's Creed II | Video game | 2009 | 2012 |
| Astro Boy | Comic | 1952–1968 | 2003 |
| Atomic Knight | Comic | 1960-1964 | 1992 |
| Back to the Future Part II | Film | 1989 | 1955 and 2015 |
| Battlefield 3 | Video game | 2011 | 2014 |
| Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Film | 1974 | Turn of the 21st century* (and other eras) |
| The Black Cloud | Novel | 1957 | 1964 |
| Blues Brothers 2000 | Film | 1998 | 2000 |
| The Bodyguard | Film | 1992 | 1994–1995 (set before & during the 67th Academy Awards) |
| The Broom of the System | Novel | 1987 | 1990 |
| Bullet Witch | Video game | 2006 | 2013 |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Video game | 2007 | 2011 |
| Carrie | Novel | 1974 | 1966-1988 |
| Childhood's End | Novel | 1953 | circa 2000 |
| Child's Play 3 | Film | 1991 | 1998 |
| Class of 1984 | Film | 1982 | 1984 |
| Class of 1999 | Film | 1990 | 1999 |
| Cloverfield | Film | 2008 | April–May 2009 |
| The Conduit | Video game | 2007 | March 1, 2012 |
| Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Film | 1971 | 1991 |
| Crimes of the Future | Film | 1970 | 1997 |
| Dan Dare (original stories) | Comics | 1950s | The late 1990s |
| Days of Future Past | Comics | 1980 | 1980 and 2013 |
| Death of a President | Film | 2006 | 2007 |
| Death Race 2000 | Film | 1975 | 2000 |
| Deep Impact | Film | 1998 | 1999 |
| Demolition Man | Film | 1993 | 1996 and 2032 |
| Destroy All Monsters | Film | 1968 | "The close of the 20th Century" (1999 in the subsequent English-dubbed versions) |
| Dino Crisis | Video game | 1999 | 2009 |
| District 13 | Film | 2004 | 2010, 2013 |
| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Novel | 1968 | 1992 (2021 in later publications) |
| Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb | Novel | 1964 | 1981, 1988 |
| Doctor Who | Telemovie | 1996 | 1999 |
| The Door into Summer | Novel | 1957 | 1970 and 2000 |
| Double Dragon | Film | 1994 | After 2007 |
| Earth Abides | Novel | 1949 | 1971 |
| EarthBound | Video game | 1994 | 199X |
| Eon | Novel | 1985 | 2005 |
| Equality | Novel | 1897 | ? |
| Escape from L.A. | Film | 1996 | 2013 |
| Escape from New York | Film | 1981 | 1997 |
| El Eternauta | Comic | 1957–1959 | 1963 |
| Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | Film | 2007 | 2015 |
| Extermination | Video game | 2001 | 2005 |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Novel | 1953 | After 1990 |
| Fist of the North Star | Manga | 1983–1988 | 199X |
| Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said | Novel | 1974 | 1988 |
| The Forge of God | Novel | 1987 | 1996 |
| Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | Film | 1991 | 1999 |
| Freejack | Film | 1992 | 2009 |
| Friday the 13th Part 2 | Film | 1981 | 1984 |
| Friday the 13th Part III | Film | 1982 | 1984 |
| Futurama | Exhibit | 1939 | 1959 |
| Future-Drama | Television series episode | 2005 | 2013 |
| Grand Theft Auto 2 | Video game | 1999 | 2013 |
| The Great War in England in 1897 | Novel | 1894 | 1897 |
| The Guns of the South | Novel | 1992 | 1864/2014 |
| Half-Life | Video game | 1998 | 200- |
| Hardline | Video game | 1996 | 1998 |
| Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Film | 1991 | 1996 |
| The Hidden II | Film | 1993 | 2002 |
| Hong Kong 97 | Video game | 1995 | 1997 |
| I Am Legend | Film | 2007 | 2009, 2012 |
| I Am Legend | Novel | 1954 | 1976–1979 |
| Infinite Jest | Novel | 1996 | Approximately 2008-2010 |
| The Invasion of 1910 | Novel | 1906 | 1910 |
| The Jagged Orbit | Novel | 1969 | 2014 |
| Just Imagine | Film | 1930 | 1980 |
| Knight Rider 2000 | Telemovie | 1991 | 2000 |
| The Last Gasp | Novel | 1983 | 1990 |
| The Last Man on Earth | Film | 1924 | 1960 |
| The Last Man on Earth | Film | 1964 | 1968 |
| The Lathe of Heaven | Novel | 1971 | 1998-2002 |
| Lisa's Wedding (from The Simpsons) | Television series episode | 1995 | 2010 |
| Looking Backward | Novel | 1888 | 2000–1887 |
| Lost In Space | Television series | 1965–1968 | 1997 (Jupiter 2 was launched on October 16, 1997) |
| Make Room! Make Room! | Novel | 1966 | 1999 |
| Malevil | Novel | 1974 | The late 20th century |
| Malevil | Film | 1981 | The late 20th century |
| Manhunter: New York | Video game | 1988 | 2004 |
| The Martian Chronicles | Short stories | 1947–1950 | 1999–2026* (A 1997 edition of the book advances all the dates by 31 years; thus running from 2030 to 2057) |
| Mega Man 2 | Video game | 1988 | 200X |
| Men into Space | Television series | 1959–1960 | The series was not set in a specific era, but clues throughout the scripts indicated that it took place in the mid-1970s to mid-1980s, with the first moon landing somewhere around 1975. |
| Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | Video game series | 1987, 1990, 1998, 2001, 2008 | 19XX (later identified as 1995), 1999, 2005, 2007–2009, 2014 |
| The Ninja Warriors | Video game | 1987 | 1993 |
| The Omega Man | Film | 1971 | 1977 |
| Omega Race | Video game | 1981 | 2003 |
| On the Beach | Novel | 1957 | 1963 |
| On the Beach | Film | 1959 | 1964 |
| On the Beach | Film | 2000 | 2007 |
| Operation Flashpoint: Red River | Video game | 2011 | 2013 |
| Outcast | Video game | 1999 | 2007 |
| Paris in the Twentieth Century | Novel | 1990 (written 1896) | 1960 |
| Patlabor | OVA | 1988–1989 | 1998–2002 |
| The Peace Keepers | Video game | 1993 | 2015 |
| Perry Rhodan, "The Third Power" story arc | Novel series | 1961–1962 | 1971–1975 |
| The Postman | Film | 1997 | 2013 |
| Predator 2 | Film | 1990 | 1997 |
| Prince of Darkness | Film | 1987 | 1987, 1999 |
| Prophecies of Nostradamus | Film | 1974 | 1999 |
| Psychic Force | Video game | 1995 | 2010 |
| Psychic Force 2012 | Video game | 1998 | 2012 |
| Red Dawn | Film | 1984 | 1990 |
| Revolution X | Video game | 1994 | 1996 |
| Ring Raiders | Animated TV Series | 1989 | 1998 |
| Robbie | Short story | 1940 | 1982 |
| RobotWar | Video game | 1981 | 2002 |
| Rollerball | Film | 2002 | 2005 |
| Shank | Film | 2010 | 2015 |
| The Shape of Things to Come | Novel | 1933 | 1933-2106 |
| Shattered Union | Video game | 2005 | 2008-2014 |
| The 6th Day | Film | 2000 | 2015 |
| Smash TV | Video game | 1990 | 1999 |
| Snow Crash | Novel | 1992 | 2000s |
| Soldiers of Anarchy | Video game | 2002 | 2015 |
| Southland Tales | Film | 2007 | 2008 |
| Space: 1999 | Television series | 1975-1977 | 1999-2006 |
| The Stand | Novel | 1978 & 1989 | 1980–1990 (The 1978 Edition and 1980 paperback were set in 1980 and 1985, respectively. The expanded edition released in 1989 was set in 1990.) |
| Stand on Zanzibar | Novel | 1968 | 2010 |
| Strange Days | Film | 1995 | December 1999 |
| Street Fighter 2010 | Video game | 1990 | 2010 |
| Strike Commander | Video game | 1993 | 2011 |
| The Super Dimension Fortress Macross/Robotech: The Macross Saga, Macross: Do You Remember Love?, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012 | Anime franchise | 1982–1983/1985, 1984, 1987 | 1999–2013 |
| Super Glove Ball | Video game | 1990 | 2005 |
| Tao | Video game | 1989 | 1999 |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Film | 1991 | 1995 |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Film | 2003 | 2004 |
| Things to Come | Film | 1936 | 1940-2036 |
| Thunderbirds | Film (loosely based on the Television series of the same name) | 2004 | 2010 |
| Time Out of Joint | Novel | 1959 | c. 1998 |
| Timecop | Film | 1994 | 2004 |
| TimeSplitters | Video game | 2000 | 2005* (and other eras) |
| Titan | Novel | 1997 | Early 21st century |
| Titanic II | Film | 2010 | 2012 |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | Video game | 2001-2004 | 2008-2010 |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | Video game | 1998 | 1999 |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | Video game | 1999 | 2001 |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Take-Down – Missions in Korea | Video game | 2001 | 2003 |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | Video game | 2003 | 2005 |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | Video game | 2002 | 2004 |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow | Video game | 2004 | 2006 |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory | Video game | 2005 | 2007 |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent | Video game | 2006 | 2007 |
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction | Video game | 2010 | 2011 |
| The Transformers: The Movie | Animated film | 1986 | 2005 |
| The True Meaning of Smekday | Children's Book | 2007 | 2012–2013 |
| The Turner Diaries | Novel | 1978 | 1983 (1991 in later editions) |
| Twelve Monkeys | Film | 1995 | 1990, 1996, 2035 |
| Ubik | Novel | 1969 | 1992 |
| Undersea Super Train: Marine Express | Film | 1979 | 2002 |
| UFO | Television series | 1970 | 1980 |
| Until the End of the World | Film | 1991 | 1999 |
| Uplink | Video game | 2001 | 2010 and beyond |
| Urban Strike | Video game | 1994 | 2001 |
| V for Vendetta | Comic | 1982–1985 | 1980s – 1990s |
| Way...Way Out | Film | 1966 | 1989 |
| The White Plague | Novel | 1982 | 1996 |
| Wicked City | OVA | 1987 | "The end of the 20th Century" |
| The World Jones Made | Novel | 1956 | 2002 |
| The World Next Door | Novel | 1990 | 1997 |
| Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth | Video game | 1991 | 1999 |
| X | Comics | 1992 | 1999 |
| Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders | Video game | 1988 | 1997 |
| Zombie Nation | Video game | 1990 | 1999 |