Top 5 Must Watch Movies: The art of filmmaking is often fueled by huge amounts of imagination; when some movies can traverse from just storytelling to downright predictions, such journeys remain surreal. From technological manipulation to social upheaval, these movies offered unbridled glimpses of what was to come. Here are the top 5 must-watch movies that were eerily accurate in their stocktaking of the future.
Anything less than awe-inspiring to its audiences from the technical representation right through to predicting the technologies of today, Stanley Kubrick’s brainchild featured voice-controlled computers, tablets-like-iPads, and A.I. long before they were brought into existence.
Set in a future dystopia, Blade Runner envisaged megacities, digital billboards, and advanced robotics. If flying cars are still being worked on, then environmental degradation and corporate tyranny felt all too relevant as observed today.
A satirical drama about a man who unknowingly lived in a very obnoxious NZ reality show. A few years later, reality TV took off all over the world, with audiences glued to the show watching the mundane lives of total strangers.
Tom Cruise’s star vehicle foretold of gesture interfaces, targeted advertising, and yes, predictive policing. Today, things like motion-sensing interfaces, retina-scanning, and artificial intelligence-enabled crime analysis systems conjured from the movie imagery do exist.
This heartrending sci-fi drama about a man falling in love with an AI assistant foretold in some way today’s voice assistants such as Alexa, Siri, and AI chatbots. The film exposed how humans might develop emotional ties with technology.
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These films offered blueprints to construct futures of space travels and artificial intelligence. Now, watching them feels less of science fiction and more of a mirror reflecting the present world. If flicks entwining fantasy while stamping the real world give your heart a race, these five are a definite must-watch.
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