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|- |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 |- | Native Tongue | Novel | 1984 | 1991 | The novel is set in the 22nd century, but after the United States repealed women's rights in 1991.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 |data-sort-value="1994"|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 | data-sort-value="1970"|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 |data-sort-value="2000"| 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 |data-sort-value="2020"| 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 |data-sort-value="2020"| 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 |data-sort-value="1993"| 1993–1996 |data-sort-value="2018"| 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 | data-sort-value="1901"|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 | data-sort-value="1980"|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 |data-sort-value="1998"| 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 |data-sort-value="2000"| 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 | data-sort-value="1941"| 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 |data-sort-value="1919"|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 |data-sort-value="1901"| 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 | data-sort-value="1999"| 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. |}