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Work	Form	Year of publication/ release	Year set	Predictions
Nano Breaker	Video game	2005	2021	The United States has established an island facility called Nanomachine Island to research and develop nanotechnology for implementation in military and civilian life.
Native Tongue	Novel	1984	1991	The novel is set in the 22nd century, but after the United States repealed women's rights in 1991.
NeoGeo Battle Coliseum	Video game	2005	2017	The Federal Government and the WAREZ Conglomerate vie for world domination via the Battle Colosseum event.
Neon Genesis Evangelion	Anime series	1995	2015	Children in giant mechas fight giant alien monsters. Followed by a clip show film, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth and a direct film sequel, The End of Evangelion.
"The Neutral Zone" (from Star Trek: The Next Generation)	TV series episode	1988	1994	Cryonics had become very popular and a cryonic satellite was launched into Earth orbit. The remastered version of this episode places these events in 1994.
Never 7: The End of Infinity	Video game	2000	2019	Visual novel that takes place during a time travel experiment.
The New Barbarians	Film	1983	2019	Post-apocalyptic film where two gangs clash over whether to destroy settlers or defend them. Inspired by the Mad Max films.
News from Nowhere	Novel	1890	1952	In 1952, a violent revolution in the United Kingdom overthrew capitalism, which eventually resulted in the creation of a socialist utopia.
Night of Power	Novel	1985	1996	In 1996, there is a race war in New York City.
Night Probe!	Novel	1981	1989	In 1989, the world is in the throes of an energy crunch and the United States is on the brink of financial disaster.
Nineteen Ninety-Four	Radio series	1985	1994	Household appliances are artificially intelligent. Household robots are common if ineffective. Government departments are privatised. Job interviews are predetermined by publicly available romantic and voting preferences. Jobs are gamified. The Lake District is underwater after a meteorite strike. Floppy disks are still in use.
The Ninja Warriors	Video game	1987	1993	In 1993, the US president declares himself dictator and institutes martial law.
"No Contact" (from Dimension X)	Radio drama	1950	1962–1987	In 1962, Louis Thorson became the first man to walk on the Moon. By 1972, travel to the Moon and other planets in the Solar System was routine. By 1982, humanity was exploring other parts of the galaxy.
No Escape	Film	1994	2022	Set on a private prison on a former island resort.
The Noah's Ark Principle	Film	1984	1997	In 1997, all weapons of mass destruction have been decommissioned. There is a European-American weather control space station FLORIDA ARKLAB in orbit of Earth.
North Atlantic '86	Video game	1983	1986	Warsaw Pact forces have successfully overrun most of Western Europe by the end of August 1986.
"Number 12 Looks Just Like You" (from The Twilight Zone)	TV series episode	1964	2000	Set in a world in which people can purchase their adult bodies, but everyone goes for a small number of popular options. Rod Serling opens the episode stating, "For want of a better estimate, let's call it the year 2000".
The Old Grey Hare (from Looney Tunes)	Cartoon short	1944	2000	The Voice of God (Mel Blanc) transports Elmer Fudd through time to the (then) far-off future year of 2000, when smellevision has replaced television and "Bing Crosby's horse still hasn't come in yet".
"The Old Man in the Cave" (from The Twilight Zone)	TV series episode	1963	1974	This episode takes place in 1974, ten years after the United States has been devastated by a nuclear war.
The Old New Land	Novel	1902	1923	By 1923, a Jewish state officially named the New Society has risen as European Jews have rediscovered and re-inhabited their Altneuland in the Land of Israel. In reality, the State of Israel was established in 1948.
Omega Cop	Film	1990	1999	Society all but collapses after Earth is devastated by a series of solar flares.
The Omega Man	Film	1971	1977	An adaptation of I Am Legend.
Omega Race	Video game	1981	2003	By 2003, space combat using lasers is routine.
On the Beach	Novel	1957	1963	The northern hemisphere has been devastated by World War III; the inhabitants of the southern hemisphere await the arrival of fallout.
On the Beach	Film	1959	1964	The film of the novel.
On the Beach	Film	2000	2007	Predicts a nuclear war between the United States and China over Taiwan that renders the Northern Hemisphere uninhabitable.
"On Thursday We Leave for Home" (from The Twilight Zone)	TV series episode	1963	1991–2021	In 1991, people fled from Earth due to perpetual war, and set out to colonize another planet. In 2021, a rescue ship arrives to take them home.
"One Way to the Moon" (from The Time Tunnel)	TV series episode	1966	1978	The first crewed mission to Mars is launched in 1978.
Outcast	Video game	1999	2007	Interdimensional travel is invented.
"The Outer Limit" (from Dimension X)	Radio drama	1950	1965	On April 10, 1965, the United States is testing a cosmic ray bomb which is many times more powerful than a nuclear bomb. By this time, 20 other countries have nuclear weaponry. Videophones called vidiscreens are widely used.
OutRun 2019	Video game	1993	2019	Racing game involving rocket-powered cars.
Outside	Album	1995	1999	An album by David Bowie which tells a nonlinear murder mystery in 1999, when murder and the mutilation of corpses is an accepted art form.
The Outward Urge	Novel	1959	1994–2194	A future history from 1994 to 2194 at 50-year intervals. Depicts a missile attack on a British space station in 1994.
Pacific Rim	Film	2013	2020	In 2013, a rift to another dimension unleashes gigantic creatures onto the Earth, which humans fight with mechas. Whether this film qualifies as a prediction or alternate future depends on whether the rift opens before or after July 2013.
Parable of the Sower	Novel	1993	2024	By 2024, society has destabilised due to climate change and wealth inequality.
Parasite	Film	1982	1992	Post-apocalyptic future in which Earth is run by a class called Merchants.
Paris in the Twentieth Century	Novel	1863	1960	Written in 1863 and published in 1994. Predicted gas-powered cars (and gas stations), fax machines, electric street lighting, maglev trains, the record industry, the internet, WMDs and many other things.
"Patient Zero" (from The Outer Limits)	TV series episode	2001	2015	By 2015, a devastating plague has wiped out more than three billion people worldwide.
"Past Tense" (from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)	TV episode	1995	2024	Most US cities are home to "sanctuary districts"; designated regions for homeless and destitute that have proliferated as wealth inequality increases.
Patlabor	OVA	1988–1989	1998–2002	Robots called "Labors" are integrated into society. The film adaptation, Patlabor: The Movie, is set in 1999.
The Peace Keepers	Video game	1993	2015	After the "economic wars" of 2011, the Deutschland Moldavia corporation rules most of the world.
Perfect Dark (Game Boy Color)	Video game	2000	2022	Terrorists pay for cybernetic enhancements. Alien contact has been made.
Perfect Dark	Video game	2010	2023	Two alien races involved in an interstellar war join rival companies on Earth. Anti-gravity devices, holographics, first sentient artificial intelligence computer.
Perfect Dark: Initial Vector	Novel	2006	2016, 2020	The world is dominated by megacorporations. Canada is quarantined after a deadly flu epidemic in 2016.
Perfect Dark Zero	Video game	2005	2020	A large percentage of the world is controlled by corporations.
Perry Rhodan, "The Third Power" story arc	Novel series	1961–1962	1971–1975	The first moon landing discovers a crashed alien ship, and, after dealing with its occupant, returns alien technology to Earth, the desire for which nearly triggers a world war.
The Phantom Planet	Film	1961	1980	The United States has bases on the moon.
Philip Dru: Administrator	Novel	1912	1920–1935	Philip Dru leads the democratic western United States in the Second American Civil War against the plutocratic East. After becoming a benevolent dictator and an acclaimed leader, he steps down, having restored justice and democracy.
Phoenix Point	Video game	2019	2022	An alien virus mutates all life on Earth.
"Pilot" (from Odyssey 5)	TV series episode	2002	2007	Earth is destroyed on August 7, 2007.
Plague 99	Novel	1989	1999	In 1999, the majority of the population of London is wiped out by a plague in a matter of weeks.
Platinumhugen Ordian	Anime	2000	2020	Japanese high school students can pilot Mechas.
Play for Tomorrow	TV series	1982	1999	BBC series offering many alternate views of the future, several set in 1999: "Bright Eyes": The UK is in the middle of a Europe-wide war. "The Nuclear Family": The British government is on a nuclear war footing in the hope of advancing technological development. A father takes his family on a working holiday, cleaning floors in an underwater missile base. "Shades": Youths in a tower block are kept passive by pornographic virtual reality.
Policenauts	Video game	1994	2010–2013	Beyond Coast, mankind's first fully functional space colony, is completed. Three years later, five policemen from Earth are chosen to enforce the law among the first wave of general immigrants, becoming the titular Policenauts. The main story is set 27 years later in 2040, when one of the original Policenauts, Jonathan Ingram, is now working as a detective in Old Los Angeles after an accident during a space walking experiment left him stranded in space for 24 years in suspended animation, preserving his youth.
Police Quest: SWAT 2	Video game	1998	1999	Terrorists battle police on the streets of Los Angeles.
The Postman	Film	1997	2013	Sixteen-plus years after unspecified apocalyptic events, US society has collapsed due to racially motivated attacks by a fanatical militia-like group, culminating in nuclear war and followed by plagues, that collectively left a huge impact on civilization and erased most technology.
"The Potters of Firsk" (from Dimension X)	Radio drama	1950	1992	By 1992, humanity has established colonies on other planets.
Predator 2	Film	1990	1997	Depicts a turf war between Jamaican and Colombian drug cartels in Los Angeles in 1997.
"Preview of the War We Do Not Want"	Novella	1951	1952–1960	World War III breaks out on May 10, 1952. After three years of fighting, the United Nations emerges victorious over the Soviet Union, which is subsequently occupied.
Prince of Darkness	Film	1987	1999	Characters in the present (1987) share a recurring dream which is a transmission from the future (1999), in which the apocalypse is occurring.
Privilege	Film	1967	1970s	A rock singer becomes the figurehead of a fascist UK government.
Project Moonbase	Film	1953	1970	People can live on the Moon.
Prophecies of Nostradamus	Film	1974	1999	Examines an interpretation of the prophecies of Nostradamus; in particular Quatrian 10–72: "In the year 1999 and seven months from the skies will come the great king of terror".
Psychic Force and Psychic Force 2012	Video game	1995 1998	2010 2012	Set in a future where "phychiccers" are shunned by normal humans.
The Psychotechnic League	Novel series	1949–1957	1958	Future history series by Poul Anderson concerning the world rebuilding itself after a nuclear conflict in 1958.
The Puma Blues	Comic	1986–1989	1995–2002	Predicted a nuclear detonation in 1995. Time skip in issue No. 21 to 2002.
The Puppet Masters	Novel	1951	2007 and later	The US and the Soviet Union engaged in a limited nuclear war, but are still hostile. The Sino-Soviet split never happened and China is part of the Soviet Bloc. Flying cars and interplanetary travel are commonplace.
The Purge	Film	2013	2014–2022	In 2014, an economic collapse presages the election of a totalitarian government. By 2022, the US celebrates an annual national holiday known as "the Purge", during which all crime, including murder, are decriminalized for a 12-hour period.
The Purge: Anarchy	Film	2014	2023	United States is a dystopian country ruled by a totalitarian government known as the "New Founding Fathers". The Purge is being used to save the country's collapsing economy. Most of the film concerns activities near the Sixth Purge on March 21, 2023.
Quantum Leap	TV series	1989–1993	1995–1999	Sam Beckett is in 1995 when he starts leaping. Other events in the TV series bring the present time to 1999.
"Quarantine" (from The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series))	TV series episode	1986	2023	Matthew Forman is put into cold sleep on June 18, 2023, in the hopes that his inoperable cancer can be cured in the future. Majority of episode takes place in 2347.
Queen of Blood	Film	1966	1990	In 1990, a spaceship from Mars crash-lands on Earth.
Queen of Outer Space	Film	1958	1985	Venus is inhabited by women.
"The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper"	Short story	1932	1971	A newspaper dated November 10, 1971, features references to lower birth rates, an emphasis on psychological motivation in fiction, geothermal energy, the extinction of gorillas and a world government. By 1971, there is also a simplified spelling of English – the name of the newspaper is the Even Standrd as opposed to the Evening Standard – and a 13-month reformed calendar.
A Quiet Place	Film	2018	2020	Extraterrestrial sightless creatures annihilate most of Earth's human and animal life.
Radioactive Dreams	Film	1985	2011	Nuclear war breaks out in 1996, placing the two main characters in a bunker for 15 years.
Raid 2020	Video game	1989	2020	The police force is almost completely corrupt.
Rats: Night of Terror	Film	1984	2015	A nuclear holocaust occurs in 2015.
Real Steel	Film	2011	2020	Human boxers are replaced by robots.
Rebuild of Evangelion	Film series	2007–2009	2015	Reboot of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The first two films take place starting in 2015.
Reign of Fire	Film	2002	2008 and 2020	The introductory part of the film, in which dragons are found under London, is set in 2008. The remainder of the film is set in 2020, in a post-apocalyptic Earth overrun with dragons.
"The Repairer of Reputations"	Short story	1895	1920	This short story, part of the weird fiction book The King in Yellow, is set in a future New York City where suicide has been legalized and facilitated by the American government, with 'lethal chambers' that provide a painless death readily available to the public. While the United States is a prosperous and militarily strong nation, much of Europe has become anarchic.
Resiklo	Film	2007	2021	Earth is invaded by insect-like beings.
"Resurrection" (from The Outer Limits)	TV series episode	1996	1997–2009	On July 24, 1997, humanity destroyed itself (as well as all other mammals) in a biological war in what became known as the Day of Silence or the Biocaust. Only a few hundred androids were left to populate the Earth. In 2009, two androids created a human, Cain, from unaffected DNA samples to lead the Second Coming of humankind.
Revengers Tragedy	Film	2002	2011	Science fiction adaptation of The Revenger's Tragedy set in a post-apocalyptic Great Britain that has been devastated by a natural disaster.
Revolution X	Video game	1994	1996	Takes place in a dystopian future where music, television and video games are banned, and the rock band Aerosmith is kidnapped.
Rig 'n' Roll	Video game	2010	2014	California has declared independence.
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky	Film	1991	2001	Loose Hong Konger adaptation of the Riki-Oh manga. By 2001, all prisons and other correctional facilities have been handed over to the private industry. A nuclear war devastated the planet and the economy, leading to high crime rates.
Ring Raiders	Cartoon series	1989	1998	Depicts a future war between time traveling airmen.
"The Roads Must Roll"	Short story	1940	1945–1960	In 1950, the first mechanized road was built between Cincinnati and Cleveland.
"Robbie" from I, Robot	Short story	1939	1982, 1996	By 1982 (1996 in later reprints), household robots are common. The revised version of the story states the birth year of Susan Calvin as 1982.
RoboCop	TV series	1994	2005	In 2005, robotic policemen patrol the streets of Detroit, Michigan.
Robotics;Notes	Video game	2012	2019	Visual novel about a boy trying to construct a mecha.
RobotWar	Video game	1981	2002	Human soldiers have been replaced by military robots.
"Future Schlock" (from Rocko's Modern Life)	TV episode	1996	2013	In a Star Trek-esque 2010s, Filburt's children ask him the meaning of a banana which they found in a refrigerator from 1996. At the end of the episode, Rocko, Spunky, Heffer and Filburt all get blasted off into space in Rocko's house and would return to O-Town in a retconed 2016, in the 2019 special Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling.
Rollerball	Film	1975	2018	By 2018, the world is a corporate dictatorship. US football is no longer an active sport and rollerball is the only sport shown on cable television. Books are replaced by summaries on computers. Households have about four television monitors in a room. People are required to stay home to watch sports. The reboot is set only three years into its future and is regarded more as contemporary.
Roujin Z	Film	1991	2020	Set in early 21st century Japan (c. 2020). A group of scientists and hospital administrators, under the direction of the Ministry of Public Welfare, have developed the Z-001: a computerized hospital bed with robotic features.
"Runaround"	Short story	1942	2005–2015	By 2005, humanity has established mining stations on Mercury.
Runaway	Film	1984	1991	Set in a future in which household robots are commonplace. Predicted domestic robots, video mail, social media, the Internet, voice-activated computers, facial recognition, retinal identification, camera drones, smart bullets, tablet PCs, wireless headsets, and that police officers would use semi-automatic pistols as sidearms (in 1984, most police officers used revolvers). The year is inferred from the main character's age (35) and birthdate (1956).
The Running Man	Film	1987	2019	Predicts an economic collapse and totalitarian takeover of the US in 2017. The film itself takes place in 2019. Refers to the "Great Quake of '97".
R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)	Play	1921	c. 2000	The synthetic protoplasm that makes robots a possibility is discovered in 1932. The play itself takes place some decades after that. One of the earliest, if not the earliest, example of an AI takeover in fiction. The 1948 BBC adaptation takes place from 1980 to 1990.
Saints Row IV	Video game	2013	c. 2020	Earth is invaded and subsequently destroyed by aliens. A small number of survivors, including the President of the United States, are abducted and placed in a virtual world.
Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell	Video game	2015	c. 2020	The entire universe is reset by God, with no one remembering their previous lives.
Sealab 2020	TV series	1972	2020	The opening narration predicts that underwater sea labs will be able to house 250 people.
Sealab 2021	TV series	2000	2021	Redubbed parody of Sealab 2020
seaQuest DSV	TV series	1993–1996	2015–2018	By 2018, the ocean floor has been colonised. The dolphin Darwin can communicate with humans with a translation device. The first crewed mission to Mars was launched in 2015 and returned to Earth in 2018.
A Scanner Darkly	Novel	1977	1994	A narcotics agent wears a "scramble suit" that hides his identity and uses video to spy on a drug-using household. Made into a film in 2006.
Sci-Fighters	Film	1996	2009	A convict escapes from the Moon and returns to Earth on the run, carrying a deadly virus.
The Secret People	Novel	1935	1964	Correctly predicts Queen Elizabeth II being named as the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom at the time she was only third in the line of succession.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Film	2012	2021	An asteroid collides with Earth. The date of the final published newspaper is "March 21, 2021".
Sekirei	Manga, Anime	2004	2020	Takes place in Tokyo of the "New Eastern Imperial Capital", where "Sekirei" (women fighters) battle to determine the fate of the world.
Senran Kagura	Video game	2011	2020	Female ninjas are commonplace and fight off evil.
The Sentinel	Short story	1951	1996	An expedition to Mare Crisium unearths an alien artifact. The inspiration for 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The Sentinels of the New Dawn (from Doctor Who)	Audio drama	2011	2014	This audio drama correctly predicted that there would be a widespread Ebola epidemic in 2014.
Seven Days in May	Film	1964	1974	Military leaders opposed to a treaty with the Soviet Union plot a coup to take over the United States government.
Sexmission	Film	1984	1991	By 1991, suspended animation has been perfected. Begins in 1991, when the main characters enter hibernation, before awakening in 2044.
Shadowrun	Roleplaying game	1989	2021	On April 30, 2021, ten percent of the world's population suddenly transform into new racial types, resulting in the ork and troll races.
The Shadows of Avalon (from Doctor Who)	Novel	2000	2012	By 2012, the United Kingdom has a king.
Shank	Film	2010	2015	London has fallen under the influence and reign of gangs.
The Shape of Things to Come	Novel	1933	1933–2017	Contains several books covering future periods including an extensive Second World War, a dictatorship and other dystopian ideas.
Shattered Union	Video game	2005	2008–2014	Set in a future in which the United States has split into warring factions.
Shooting War	Comic	2006	2011	In 2011, US President John McCain is aggressively pursuing the War on Terror while taking Prozac.
Silent Mobius	Anime	1998	2023	A group of all-female police officers protecting Tokyo from an invasion of extra-dimensional creatures called Lucifer Hawks. The manga was started in 1989 and is set in 2024, but the anime starts with an episode set in 2023.
SimCity	Video game	1989	2010	Boston suffers a nuclear meltdown in January 2010.
SimCity 2000	Video game	1993	1993–2007	Malibu is affected by wildfires in November 1993, Chicago by November 1999 suffers from high pollution, a giant monster ravages Hollywood in January 2001, and New York City's Manhattan is affected by a nuclear meltdown in 2007.
SimCity 3000	Video game	1999	2020	Microwave power plants are invented.
Sin and Punishment	Video game	2000	2007	In 2007, humanity is undergoing severe global famine. Scientists build bionic creatures to help grow food, but the creatures eventually revolt against them and start a war.
Sire	Novel	1991	1999	In 1999, France restores the monarchy and the 18-year-old Philippe Pharamond de Bourbon assumes the throne.
The 6th Day	Film	2000	2015	By 2015, the creation of duplicate humans, including memory, physique and age, is possible, but illegal.
The Sky Pirate	Novel	1909	1930s	Several years prior to 1939, France and the UK fought each other in a war in which aeros were prominently used.
Slaughterhouse-Five	Novel	1969	1976	Partially set in a future in which a "Balkanized" United States has been partitioned into twenty separate countries "so that it will never again be a threat to world peace." Chicago has been completely destroyed and rebuilt after being "hydrogen-bombed by angry Chinamen." The novel's protagonist Billy Pilgrim is assassinated with a laser gun.
Smash TV	Video game	1990	1999	In 1999, violent reality TV shows are popular with audiences. The contestants fight each other, often to their deaths.
Snatcher	Video game	1988	1991 (Japanese), 1996 (English)	Predicts the deaths of 80% of the world's population due to a biological hazard in the fictional city of Chernoton, Russia. The original Japanese story depicts this event occurring on June 6, 1991, but the later-released English localization moves the year to 1996. The main story is set 51 years later on the manmade island of Neo Kobe City, where the titular race of androids are secretly killing members of the high echelon of society and disguising themselves as their victims. Inspired by Blade Runner and Akira.
"Sneak Attack" (from Tales of Tomorrow)	TV series episode	1951	1960	In 1960, an unnamed foreign power launches 22 robot airplanes carrying hetrodyne bombs and threatens to detonate them in the major cities of the United States unless the US president surrenders the entire nation to this foreign power. Denver is destroyed, resulting in the deaths of 46,000 people.
Snow Crash	Novel	1992	2000s	California has split into two, hyper-Libertarian independent republics in which no law applies nationwide. Guard dogs are augmented cyborgs. Predicted virtual worlds and Google Earth.
A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--	Novel	1835	20th century	An American anti-abolitionist satire set in a future city where racial mixing of blacks and whites is socially mandatory. Correctly predicts the abolition of slavery in the US by the 20th century.
Soldiers of Anarchy	Video game	2002	2015	A deadly virus wiped out most of the human population in 2010.
Songbird	Film	2020	2024	A more deadly variant of COVID-19 leads to multi-year lockdowns in the United States, which has devolved into a police state.
Soylent Green	Film	1973	2022	Adaptation of Make Room! Make Room! The world is severely overpopulated, and resources are depleting. In 2022, the population of New York City was actually around 18.8 million instead of 40 million.
Space: 1999	TV series	1975–1977	1999–2006	The Moon is knocked out of the Earth's orbit on September 13, 1999.
Spaceflight IC-1	Film	1965	2015	In 2015, the overpopulated civilized world is controlled by an all-powerful computerized government that is carefully choosing colonists for its newest space launch. The candidates are selected on the basis of their age, health and IQ.
Space Force	Radio series	1984–1985	2010	Sequel to Journey into Space.
Space Probe Taurus	Film	1965	2000	In 2000, humanity is investigating the feasibility of colonizing other galaxies.
"Space Seed" (from Star Trek: The Original Series)	TV series episode	1967	1992–1996, 2018	The Eugenics Wars were fought from 1992 to 1996. During this time, Khan Noonien Singh ruled a quarter of the world. Before this, interplanetary ships and suspended animation had been perfected. In 2018, advancements in sublight propulsion technology make sleeper ships obsolete.
Spiral Zone	TV series	1987	2007	On June 18, 2007, a renegade military scientist, Dr. James Bent, uses a hijacked space shuttle to drop his deadly Zone Generators across half of the Earth, thus creating a region called the Spiral Zone due to its shape. Millions of people are trapped in the dark mists of the Spiral Zone and transformed into "Zoners" with lifeless yellow eyes and strange red patches on their skin.
Split Second	Film	1992	2008	Global warming causes London to be a flooded city.
Spooks: Code 9	TV series	2008	2012	There is a nuclear attack in London during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Stand on Zanzibar	Novel	1968	2010	Predicted the decline of Detroit, electric cars, overpopulation, the European Union, in-flight entertainment, Viagra, terrorism, TiVo, reality television and a president named Obomi.
State of Emergency	Video game	2002	2023	In 2023, because of an economic collapse, the United States government is overthrown by The Corporation and a totalitarian police state is established. The video game takes place in 2035.
"Steel" (from The Twilight Zone)	TV series episode	1963	1974	This episode takes place in 1974, six years after boxing between human fighters was criminalized in 1968. The sport is dominated by robots instead.
Steel Frontier	Film	1995	2019	Post-apocalyptic neo-Western. Stars Brion James, who also starred in Blade Runner, another film set in 2019.
Stranded	Film	2001	2020	Begins as the Ares crewed spacecraft enters orbit around Mars.
Strange Adventures No. 1	Comic	1950	The late 20th century	Earth was completely covered by water during the latter part of the 20th century.
Strange Days	Film	1995	1999	Events occur near the end of the 1990s; a person's memories in their brain can be recorded on a disc called a "SQUID" that others can steal.
Street Fighter 2010	Video game	1990	2010	Aliens and bionic enhancements.
Strike Commander	Video game	1993	2011	War in the Middle East destroys most oil fields, leading to a global oil crisis and a second Great Depression. As the US begins to collapse, mercenary armies gain massive power, and begin to use high-end military craft like F-16s.
Strike Gunner S.T.G	Video game	1991	2008	Aliens invade Earth.
Summer Day's Dream	Play	1949	1975	Depicts a world in which a nuclear war has reduced the United Kingdom to a pre-industrial, pre-capitalist state and greatly reduced its population; the United States, Soviet Union and India are the world's great powers.
Super Baseball 2020	Video game	1991	2020	The sport of baseball is played entirely by robots.
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross	Anime series	1982	2009–2012	Episode 1 describes events from 1999 to 2009 when Macross first landed. Most of the story takes place starting in 2009. The final episode takes place in January 2012. A feature film, Macross: Do You Remember Love?, was made in 1984 covering the same events. An OVA epilogue subtitled Flash Back 2012 was produced in 1987 and takes place in September 2012. Was adapted into an English language version called Robotech that aired in syndication around 1985. A prequel, Macross Zero, set in 2008, was released between 2002 and 2004, but since many events in the series timeline had already occurred by that point, it could arguably be viewed as alternate history, rather than future.
Super Force	TV series	1990	2018, 2020	In 2018, the United States sent a crewed mission to Mars. Some episodes are set in 2020.
Super Glove Ball	Video game	1990	2005	Predicted motion control technology for console games.
Supreme Ruler 2020	Video game	2008	2020	The protagonist is on a quest to unify a region of fragmented states into a single government.
Supermale	Novel	1902	1920s	In the 1920s, certain men are supermales who are capable of prodigious feats of endurance and sexual athleticism. Perpetual-motion food gives cyclists the strength and stamina to keep up with the train. Love machines can make one person fall in love with another.
Superman No. 128	Comic	1959	2000	By 2000, Earth has a world government led by the President of the United Worlds, Mars has been colonized and space travel is common. All of the planet's oceans were dissolved due to an atomic experiment.
Superman No. 300	Comic	1976	1990–2001	By 1990, the New Empire State Building has regained its status as the tallest building in the world, an impenetrable dome has been built around the White House to protect the US president and a moonbase has been built by the United States, equipped with a destructive laser beam weapon. In that year, World War III was averted by Skyboy, who came to Earth in 1976. 3D television known as Tri-Vision was invented prior to 2001. On January 1, 2001, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC merged to form the huge city of Metropolis.
Superman No. 400	Comic	1984	1990s	In the 1990s, World War III was averted by the efforts of Kuhan Pei-Jing.
Supervolcano	Docudrama film	2005	2020	The caldera of Yellowstone National Park undergoes a supereruption.
Surrogates	Film	2009	2017	Humans live at home and interact with the world through remotely operated androids.
SWAT 3	Video game	1999	2003–2005	World leaders gather in Los Angeles to sign a United Nations treaty abolishing nuclear weapons in 2005; meanwhile various terrorists try to disrupt the treaty signing or use it to garner attention for their causes.
Sword Art Online	Light novel	2009	2022	Virtual reality technology has advanced to the point that helmets called NerveGear can directly interface with the player's brain and allow them to see the game world and control their avatars with their minds rather than through displays and controllers. The first game designed for it, a MMORPG called Sword Art Online, launches on November 6 of this year, with the developer revealing that he made everyone unable to logout, and in-game deaths or external attempts to remove the NerveGear will result in real death by means of a microwave pulse to the head.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time	Video game	1991	2020	The stage "Neon Night Riders" features battles on hoverboards.
Telerop 2009 – Es ist noch was zu retten	TV series	1974	2009	As a result of environmental pollution during the 1970s and the 1980s, the natural environment has largely been destroyed in 2009. The use of pesticides killed off plants with only insects surviving, water is scarce and smog is a permanent problem. Germany has partly turned to a steppe landscape and the share of oxygen in the air has fallen to 16%.
"Tell David..." (from Night Gallery)	TV series episode	1971	1991	In 1991, homes have one-way security windows, video telephones and technology similar to web mapping services.
"Ten In 2010"	Song	1996	2010	In 2010, the world's population is ten billion.
The Terminator	Film	1984	2021	In 2021, Kyle Reese begins serving with the 132nd Special Forces Unit of the Resistance under Justin Perry against the machines.
The Terminator: Future Shock	Video game	1995	2015	Depicts Judgement Day as occurring in 1995, rather than 1997.
Terminator: Dark Fate	Film	2019	2020	The film mainly takes place in 2020 when an advanced Terminator, Rev-9, is sent back in time to kill Dani Ramos, who will become a threat to the machines in the future. The Legion's rise is averted when Rev-9 is destroyed.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Film	1991	1995	John Connor was conceived on May 14, 1984, meaning he was born early in 1985. The police computer lists him as ten years old. The film predicts a future AI takeover and nuclear war in 1997, with August 29, 1997 being the "Judgement Day". This is averted when the Cyberdyne Systems headquarters is destroyed.
Terminator Genisys	Film	2015	2017	First part of the film takes place in 2027, but a later part of the film is set in 2017 when the Terminator from the 1980s has aged. A new operating system, "Genisys", is released worldwide and will eventually evolve into Skynet.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	TV series	2008–2009	2011	A near-human AI named "John Henry" is developed.
The Tenth Planet (from Doctor Who)	TV series	1966	1986	In December 1986, Earth's former sister planet Mondas returns to the Sol System. The 1985 Doctor Who serial Attack of the Cybermen also references these events.
Terrahawks	TV series	1983	2020	An alien force has destroyed NASA's Mars base and threatens Earth.
The Texas-Israeli War: 1999	Novel	1974	1983–1999	In 1983, the nations of the world agreed to the Oslo Disarmament, resulting in nuclear stockpiles being severely reduced. In the early 1990s, the Republic of Ireland declared war on the UK, conquered Northern Ireland and expelled Protestants from that region. In August 1992, Irish commandos introduced LSD into the water supplies of much of the UK. Under the influence of the drug, the Prime Minister and Parliament ordered the use of nuclear weapons against Ireland and her allies, South Africa and China. The Commonwealth backed the UK in the emerging World War III. By the end of 1992, half of the world's population was dead; 90% had perished from plague and famine by 1994. Texas declared its independence from the United States and became the Second Republic of Texas. It went to war with Israel in 1999.
"There Will Come Soft Rains"	Short story	1950	1985	In 1985, computer-controlled houses cook and clean for their inhabitants. In that year, humanity is wiped out by a nuclear war.
"They Have Taken Over" (from NET Playhouse)	TV series episode	1970	1990	In 1990, the US government has been taken by the youth. It has decreed that the middle-aged are a drain on society's resources. At 55, people are sent to detention camps and given a maximum of ten years to live.
Things to Come	Film	1936	1940–1970	Film adaptation of The Shape of Things to Come. A global war breaks out on Christmas Day 1940. The war continues into the 1960s.
Thrice Upon a Time	Novel	1980	2009–2010	In 2009, the technology to send messages back and forth through time is invented. In 2010, the Soviet Union still exists, video telephones are commonplace and all modern automobiles come with an automated control system allowing one to cruise hands-free on most official roads and highways.
Thunderbirds	Film	2004	2020	Loosely based on the 1960s TV series, in which a family owns a private space station.
"Time Bomb" (from Wonder Woman)	TV series episode	1978	2007	A 22nd-century time traveler refers to a nuclear apocalypse in 2007.
"The Time of the Ice Box" (from Timeslip)	TV series episode	1970	1990	In 1990, human cloning has been perfected and longevity drugs are being tested on human volunteers.
The Trial of Tony Blair	TV film	2007	2010	After his resignation as British Prime Minister in 2010, Tony Blair is put on trial for war crimes. Hillary Clinton won the 2008 US presidential election. Under the leadership of Gordon Brown, the Labour Party wins the 2010 general election. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The Thirteenth Floor	Film	1999	2024	A company in 1999 creates a simulated reality of 1937, only to realise that it is in fact a simulated reality generated in 2024. The film leaves open ended whether 2024 is itself a simulation.
Threads	TV film	1984	1988–2003	In 1988, nuclear war breaks out between the United States and the Soviet Union, leading to millions of deaths all over the world and society reverting to medieval levels.
Thundarr the Barbarian	TV series	1980–1982	1994	In 1994, a runaway planet hurtles between Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction and causing radical changes to Earth's climate and geography.
Thunderbirds	Film	2004	2010	Loosely based on the television series of the same name.
Timecop	Film	1994	2004	Time travel is used to fight crime. Voice-activated self-driving cars are in general use. The film's antagonist is a candidate in the then-future 2004 United States presidential election. It is mentioned in passing that a white supremacist party has qualified for matching funds in said election, leading to calls to end the practice.
Timecop	TV series	1997	2007	Based on the film.
The Time Machine	Film	1960	1966	George witnesses the beginning of a nuclear war on August 19, 1966.
Time Out of Joint	Novel	1959	c. 1998	Depicts a nuclear conflict between Earth and the lunar colony.
Timescape	Novel	1980	1998	In 1998, Earth is ravaged by ecological disasters such as algal blooms and diebacks on the brink of large scale extinctions. Various other events are mentioned in passing, such as student riots and an event of nuclear terrorism against New York City which took place before the events of the novel.
TimeSplitters	Video game	2000	2005 (and other eras)	Cyborgs are present in 2005; interplanetary (or interstellar) travel is invented before 2020.
Time Traveler	Video game	1991	1998 (and other past and future dates)	By 1998, the world has become a crime-ridden punk dystopia.
Time Under Fire	Film	1997	2008	A segment is set in 2008. The rest of the film is set in the 1990s and 2077.
Titan	Novel	1997	Early 21st century	Features a crewed mission to Titan during a predicted intellectual Dark Age.
Tom Clancy's EndWar	Video game	2008	2016–2020	Predicted the rise of a unified European superstate called the "European Federation". Also predicted that a militarization of space would reach its peak in 2020.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon	Video game	2001	2008	Predicts a war between Russia and NATO in 2008 after a coup d'état in Moscow by ultra-nationalists. Correctly predicted a Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter	Video game	2006	2013	A civil war in Mexico erupts, orchestrated by Mexicans opposed to the pending ratification of a military alliance by Mexico with Canada and the United States.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2	Video game	2007	2013	A civil war in Mexico erupts, orchestrated by Mexicans opposed to the pending ratification of a military alliance by Mexico with Canada and the United States.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege	Video game	2002	2009	Predicts a war between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 2009 following a revanchist coup d'état in the former. To protect shipping lanes in the Red Sea, the US militarily intervenes on Eritrea's side and ejects the invading Ethiopians from the country.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	Video game	2012	2024	A paramilitary group seizes control of Russia and launches a nuclear missile at London.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder	Video game	2002	2010	Fidel Castro dies in 2006; this is followed by years of violent instability in Cuba. By 2010, Cuba prepares to host its first free and fair elections in decades, but various terrorist groups still pose a threat to the democratization process. The US dispatches special forces to Cuba to safeguard the transition to democracy, and despite efforts by terrorists and even the Colombian FARC to stop it, the transition happens successfully.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm	Video game	2004	2010	The United States dispatches special forces to Colombia in 2010 to battle leftist terrorists after the latter attacks United Nations personnel in the country.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2	Video game	2004	2007–2011	GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions of the game depict a war between North Korea and South Korea in 2007, with the Xbox version of the game depicting US special forces operating in North Korea 4 years later during a quasi-civil war there to stop a rogue North Korean general from launching nuclear missiles.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike	Video game	2005	2012	A civil war occurs in Kazakhstan; the US deploys special operations forces there to help put a stop to it.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands	Video game	2017	2019	Depict rural Bolivia as taken over by a Mexican drug cartel called Santa Blanca. It also show optical camouflage being a prototype.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six	Video game	1998	1999–2000	Depicts an attempted terrorist attack on the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia that is foiled by special operations forces.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Black Thorn	Video game	2001	2004	Terrorists attempt to attack the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but are foiled by special operations forces.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown	Video game	2005	2009	The South African president is kidnapped by terrorists and there is a terrorist attack on the Scottish Parliament in the United Kingdom.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield	Video game	2003	2005–2007	A former Croatian Ustase member launches a series of terrorist attacks across the world to exact revenge on the former Allies for defeating the Axis in World War II and in the hopes that said attacks will revitalize the neo-fascist movement.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Take-Down – Missions in Korea	Video game	2001	2003	The Japanese yakuza battle special operations forces in South Korea in a gang war.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell	Video game	2002	2004–2005	A nationalistic strongman takes over Georgia in a coup d'état and surreptitiously invades Azerbaijan using special forces; the Georgians then conduct a secretive genocide against Azerbaijanis. Upon learning of this through the National Security Agency, NATO and the United States intervene militarily to depose the Georgian leader and eject the Georgian military from Azerbaijan.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory	Video game	2005	2007	North Korea invades South Korea and an attempted coup d'état in Japan by Japanese ultra-nationalists is foiled by the United States through the National Security Agency. Correctly predicted North Korea becoming a nuclear weapons state by 2007.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction	Video game	2010	2011	Terrorists attack Washington, DC using an electromagnetic pulse device and then proceed to take over the White House and hold the US president hostage; predicted a female US president holding office in 2011.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent	Video game	2006	2007–2008	Depicts a civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow	Video game	2004	2006	An Indonesian terrorist, angered by the independence of former Indonesian colony East Timor and US support for it, launches a terroristic war against East Timor and the United States, the latter over its support for East Timorese independence and sovereignty.
The Transformers: The Movie	Animated film	1986	2005	By 2005, the presence of the Autobots on Earth has elevated human technology to highly advanced levels.
Trauma Center: Under the Knife and Trauma Center: Second Opinion	Video game	2005	2018	By 2018, AIDS and cancer have cures. Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2, released in 2008, takes place in 2021.
"Trends"	Short story	1939	1973–1978, 2008	After a failed attempt in 1973, the first free-return trajectory is made around the Moon in 1978.
The True Meaning of Smekday	Children's book	2007	2012–2013	Aliens colonise Earth and force the human race to relocate to Florida. Later adapted into the 2015 DreamWorks animated film Home.
The Tunnel	Film	1935	After 1940	The film concerns the building of a transatlantic tunnel. The Channel Tunnel was noted to have been built in 1940.
The Tunnel Thru the Air; Or, Looking Back from 1940	Novel	1927	1930–1932	From 1930 to 1932, the United States fights a major war against Japan. The war began when Japan attacked the East Coast in April 1930. Many American cities were attacked and destroyed but the US emerged victorious on July 4, 1932.
Tunnel Vision	Film	1976	1985	In 1985, a new television network called TunnelVision is entirely free of censorship (aided by a new Bill of rights, written in 1983). George Wallace won the 1976 presidential election and served one term.
The Turner Diaries	Novel	1978	1983	1991 in later editions. Depicts the violent overthrow of the US government by racist terrorists and a subsequent global race war.
"The Truth" (from The X-Files)	TV series episode	2002	2012	The final date set for alien colonisation. See also: 2012 phenomenon.
Twisted Metal 3	Video game	1998	2008	The game predicted that Hollywood would be leveled by a great earthquake in 2007.
Ubik	Novel	1969	1992	The moon has been colonised, psychic powers are common and cryonic suspension has been perfected.
Undersea Super Train: Marine Express	Anime film	1979	2002	An undersea train connects North America with Japan.
UFO	TV series	1970	1980	Depicts a covert alien invasion of Earth.
The Ultimate Warrior	Film	1975	2012	In 2012, a virus holocaust has devastated the planet.
"The Unparalleled Invasion"	Short story	1910	1922–1987	On May 1, 1976, the United States and other Western powers launch a biological warfare campaign against China, resulting in the destruction of the Chinese population. China is later colonized by the Western Powers.
Until the End of the World	Film	1991	1999	An Indian nuclear satellite loses control and heads towards Earth, causing mass chaos. A means of recording dreams is invented.
Uplink	Video game	2001	2010	Correctly predicted that computers would have up to 8 CPUs by 2010, though it overestimated processor speed at 200 GHz.
Urban Strike	Video game	1994	2001	Predicts a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center Towers in 2001.
Vendetta dal futuro	Film	1986	1997	In a dystopian United States, an industrialist builds a cyborg and gives him a mission to kill the leader of an ecological faction. However, he fails and takes asylum in Arizona, where he must choose between his human and robotic natures.
Venus Wars	Manga/Anime	1986 (manga) 1989 (anime)	2003-2089	In 2003, a large comet strikes Venus, dispersing its atmosphere, speeding its rotation and providing it with acidic oceans. Colonisation begins in 2012. By 2089 the two native populations (on Ishtar and Aphrodite Terra) are at war.
A Very British Coup	TV miniseries	1988	1991–1992	Harry Perkins, an unassuming, working class, very left-wing Leader of the Labour Party and Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central, becomes Prime Minister in March 1991. The priorities of the Perkins Government include dissolving all newspaper monopolies, withdrawal from NATO, removing all US military bases on UK soil, unilateral nuclear disarmament and true open government. The royal cypher on one of the Prime Minister's red boxes is shown as "C III R," suggesting that the monarch is Charles III.
V for Vendetta	Comic	1982–1985	1997–1998	The storyline of the comic takes place from November 5, 1997, to November 5, 1998. The 2005 film adaptation is set between these dates in 2025 and 2026, but there are references to 2014 and 2015.
"Vincent Deem 1997" (from Exploring Tomorrow)	Radio drama	1958	1977–1997	Time travel was discovered in 1977. After the War of 1980, which destroyed all plant life, guns were outlawed all over Earth. In 1997, the credit is the American unit of currency. By this time, health rays, video phones and moving sidewalks are commonplace and supermarkets are equipped with robot cashiers.
Virtual Light	Novel	1993	2006	Simulated reality via direct stimulation of the brain's visual cortex has recently been invented. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is now a shanty town.
Vortex	Novel	1991	1993–1994	Depicts a civil war in South Africa after a soft coup d'état by reactionaries attempts to forestall anti-apartheid legislative reforms; correctly predicted the end of South African apartheid and South Africa transitioning to majority rule in 1994.
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet	Film	1965	2020	In that film, the moon is colonized. A group of men land on Venus, where they find a prehistoric world consisted of plants, various monsters, and so on.
The War Game	Film	1965	1966	A pseudo-documentary about the effects of a nuclear attack in Kent. The nuclear war was caused as a result of the Vietnam War escalating.
The War in Space	Film	1977	1988	Space combat is routine and a "United Nations Space Force" is established.
The War in the Air	Novel	1907	Late 1910s	Depicts a world war, initiated by Germany against the United States, who later ally with a combined China/Japan empire and the British Empire, respectively, fought using fixed-wing heavier-than-air craft. Predicted the use of military aircraft, a world war before 1920, an attack by Japan against the United States, the denial of rights to US citizens of Japanese descent, and a global financial collapse.
The War of the Worlds	Novel	1898	Early in the 20th century	Predicted laser weaponry and chemical weapons.
Warday	Novel	1983	1988–1993	A nuclear attack on New York City in October 1988 resulted in a nuclear war in which the United States and the Soviet Union were both devastated. In the vacuum left by the devastation of the US and the Soviets, the United Kingdom and Japan became superpowers.
Way...Way Out	Film	1966	1989	Sex comedy set on competing US and Soviet moon bases.
Weapons of Choice	Novel	2004	2021	On January 15, 2021, a fleet under the command of Admiral Phillip Kolhammer is sent back in time to June 2, 1942. Hillary Clinton was a wartime President.
Weathering with You	Anime	2019	2021	In June 2021, a continuous rain begins over Tokyo.
We Can Build You	Novel	1972	1982	By 1982, electronic organs and androids are mass-produced.
"We Right Here"	Song	2001	2003	DMX states the song will still "knock" in 2003.
Westworld	Film	1973	1983	Set mainly in a theme park filled with androids.
When Smuts Goes	Novel	1947	1952	In 1952, the National Party comes to power in South Africa and institutes a fascist dictatorship. Correctly predicted the rise of apartheid in South Africa and its subsequent end.
The White Plague	Novel	1982	1996	The family of the protagonist, John Roe O'Neill, are killed by an IRA bomb on May 20, 1996, resulting in his descent into insanity. He plans a gendercidal revenge and creates a plague that kills only women, but for which men are the carriers. O'Neill then releases it in Ireland (for supporting the terrorists), England (for oppressing the Irish and giving them a cause) and Libya (for training said terrorists).
Wicked City	OVA	1987	End of the 20th century	At the dawn of the new millennium, the human world secretly coexists with the demonic "Black World" – an alternate dimension populated by supernatural demons with a secret human police force known as the Black Guard protecting the boundary. For centuries, a peace treaty between the Black World and the world of humans has been maintained to ensure relative harmony. When a group of radicalized members of the Black World conspire to sabotage the renegotiation of the treaty, the Black Guard must stop them.
"The Wilderness"	Short story	1952	2003	In 2003, commercial travel to Mars is common.
A Wind Named Amnesia	Novel	1983	1999	In 1999, the world has been reduced to an apocalyptic wasteland due to an inexplicable gust of wind that wiped even the most basic memories, such as speech and civility, from the minds of the world's populace.
"The Winnowing"	Short story	1976	2005	In 2005, Earth is experiencing acute famine due to its population of six billion.
"With Folded Hands" (from Dimension X)	Radio drama	1950	2006	An adaptation of the 1947 short story by Jack Williamson. In 2006, household robots called "Mechanicals" are commonplace.
Witness to the Execution	TV film	1994	1999	In 1999, US morality has fallen to such lows that the execution of an (innocent) person is treated as if it were the Super Bowl or a similar sports tournament.
The Wizard of Mars	Film	1965	1975	The first crewed probe to orbit Mars arrives at its destination on January 1, 1975.
The World a Department Store	Novel	1900	1925	By 1925, the socialist Coöperative Association of America has eliminated poverty, tenements, slums, litter and other aspects of the old style American economy. Photo IDs are used. Both men and women pursue physical fitness, and work out in gymnasiums. The public school system monitors the schoolchildren's nutritional needs.
The World Jones Made	Novel	1956	2002	Post-nuclear world in which evangelism of any ideology whatsoever is outlawed, but a messianic named Jones becomes head of a xenophobic movement.
The World Next Door	Novel	1990	1997	Published one year before Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, it depicts a 1997 in which the failure of his reforms leads to a nuclear war between the US and the USSR.
World War III	TV miniseries	1982	1987	World War III breaks out in 1987.
Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth	Video game	1991	1999	A massive earthquake forces everyone to look underground.
X a.k.a. X/1999	Manga	1992	1999	The Battle of Armageddon is preparing to take place in Tokyo.
X: Beyond the Frontier	Video game	1999	2022	While the game takes place in 2912, the setting's events are ultimately kicked off by a student of the University of Tokyo accidentally discovering how to create wormholes in 2022. By then, according to supplementary material, a simplified version of Japanese had replaced English as the primary language of science following Japan experiencing an economic boom and becoming the center of research. It also predicted that the International Space Station was going to be completed in 2007, and that by 2011 quantum computers would "dominate the market" and nanotechnology would be about to become practical.
WinSPMBT	Video game	2005	2005–2020	Part of the Steel Panthers video games, simulates various "historical" battles from 1946 to 2025.
"The Year of the Burn Up" (from Timeslip)	TV series episode	1970–1971	1990	In 1990, Earth is ruled by a technocracy and England is covered by tropical rainforests.
The Year of the Quiet Sun	Novel	1970	1978–2000	In the summer of 1978, a time travel experiment is conducted by the United States military. In 1980, there are ongoing race riots in Chicago. President Meeks' successful handling of the riots results in him winning that year's presidential election in a landslide. In 1999, Chicago is in the midst of a racial civil war. The city had recently been attacked with a nuclear bomb launched from China on behalf of black guerrillas.
Years and Years	TV series	2019	2019–2034	A British family witnesses life unfold over a 25-year period, including economic upheaval, populism, pandemics, species extinctions and new technologies.
Year Zero	Album	2007	2008–2022	Album by Nine Inch Nails which predicts several future events, such as a bioterrorist attack and a nuclear war between the US and Iran, ending in 2022 when America is "born again".
Yesterday	Film	2002	2020	Korean reunification is a reality.
Your Safety First	Short film	1956	2000	In 2000, cars are self-driving, commercial travel to the Moon is common, television is 3D and interactive and life expectancy has increased significantly.
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders	Video game	1988	1997	Aliens controlling "The Phone Company" lower the world's intelligence with a low-frequency hum.
Zombie Nation	Video game	1990	1999	In 1999, zombies have taken over the entirety of the United States.
Zombie Strippers	Film	2008	2016	The film takes place in the fourth Presidential term of George W. Bush. The film was released in February 2008, before Bush left office.