Highest-Rated Movies about 'Future War'

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), The Terminator (1984), Serenity (2005), X2 (2003), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Starship Troopers (1997) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Future War movies.

#16. Impostor (2001)

Storyline: An exciting, action-packed sci-fi story from the author of Total Recall and Blade Runner, the thrilling Director's Cut of Impostor brings you Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13), Madeleine Stowe (We Were Soldiers, Playing By Heart), Vincent D'Onofrio (The Cell, Men In Black) and Mekhi Phifer (O, 8 Mile) in a stellar cast. At a time when the earth has been at war with an alien force for over a decade, the latest work of lauded governmental scientist Spencer Olham (Sinise) promises to save the planet. But suddenly, Olham himself is accused of being an alien spy and is thrown headlong into a disorienting nightmare as a fugitive from the law. With blasts of adrenaline-fueled intensity, this futuristic thriller soars as Olham races to prove his identity to the world...and himself...in time to save all mankind.

Plot Keywords: mass murder, father son relationship, outer space, male female relationship, american flag, cemetery, graveyard ...

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#17. Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Storyline: A young female Mexican worker, Dani Ramos, is hunted down by a virtually indestructible terminator from the future called a REV-9. However, she is protected by an enhanced human named Grace who is also from the future. They flee from the unstoppable terminator and, out of the blue, Sarah Connor helps them on the road. All three head to Laredo, Texas, where Grace has the coordinates of a possible support and where they meet a T-800 who is living in an isolated location with his family. The group teams up to try to destroy the REV-9.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: time travel, mexico, female nudity, sequel, robot, female rear nudity, 2010s ...

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#18. The Postman (1997)

Storyline: 2013,Post-Apocalyptic America. An unnamed wanderer retrieves a Postman's uniform and undelivered bag of mail. He decides to pose as a postman and deliver the mail to a nearby town, bluffing that the United States government has been reinstated and tricking the town into feeding him. However, he reluctantly becomes a symbol of hope to the townspeople there who begin to remember the world that once was and giving them the courage to stand up to a tyrannical warlord and his army.

Plot Keywords: year 2013, sheriff, wisecrack humor, showdown, ambush, dancing, f word ...

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#19. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Storyline: Cornelius and Zira's son Caesar leads apes to revolution in this installment of the apes saga. Dogs and cats have been wiped out by a plague and now apes are household pets that are treated like slaves. Caesar has the intelligence to fight this oppression.

Plot Keywords: 1990s, year 1991, insurrection, shot to death, talking animal, dystopia, animal abuse ...

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#20. Casshern (2004)

Storyline: In a world with an alternate history, a great war finally comes to an end leaving the earth diseased and polluted. The geneticist Dr. Azuma vies for support from the government for his neo-cell treatment that he claims can rejuvenate the body and regenerate humankind. The government leaders, guarding their own deeply entrenched powers, turn down the professor. Driven to complete his work, Dr. Azuma accepts a secret offer from a sinister faction of the powerful military. After an incident occurs in Dr. Azuma's lab, a race of mutant humans known as the Shinzo Ningen are unleashed upon the world. Now only the warrior known as Casshern, reincarnated with an invincible body, stands between the Shinzo Ningen and a world on the brink of annihilation.

Plot Keywords: live action remake of anime, mutant, human experimentation, dystopia, supernatural power, virtual set, based on cartoon ...

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#21. Soldier (1998)

Storyline: In a futuristic society, some people are selected at birth to become soldiers, and trained in such a manner that they become inhuman killing machines. One of the most succesfull and older of these soldiers (Russell) is pitted against a new breed of soldiers, and after the confrontation is believed to be dead. His body is left behind in a semi-abandoned colonial planet, where everything is peaceful, and he is taught about the other aspects of life. But eventually he has to fight the new breed of soldiers again, this time to defend his new home...

Plot Keywords: christmas, tattoo, war veteran, weightlifting, future, fictional war, flashback ...

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#22. Fortress (1992)

Storyline: In 2017, John Henry Brennick and his wife Karen are captured at a US immigration point with an illegal baby during population control. The resulting prison experience is the subject of the movie. The prison is run by a private corporation bent on mind control.

Plot Keywords: torture, action hero, u.s. mexico border, escaped convict, punishment, brain scan, desert ...

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#23. Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)

Storyline: On an asteroid, the Terran Federation's Fort Casey is on top of a bug hive. The Starship Alesia begins to deploy its troops to seize and control the hanger and rescue any survivors. 'Alpha' team landed without much resistance from the bugs, after they rendezvous with what's left of Fort Casey's troopers, LTA Daugherty then decided to hold till the John A. Warden evacuates while the Alesia stands by for immediate evacuation.

Plot Keywords: giant insect, military, alien, space war, future war, space travel, female soldier ...

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#24. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

Storyline: After conquering the oppressive humans in "Conquest for the Planet of the Apes", Caesar must now keep the peace among the humans and apes. Gorilla General Aldo views things differently, and tries to cause an ape civil war. In the meantime, other human survivors learn of the ape city, and decide they want to take back civilization for themselves, thus setting the stage of warring ape factions and humans.

Plot Keywords: fictional war, teacher, orangutan, nuclear weapon, mutiny, martial law, fifth part ...

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#25. Fortress 2: Re-Entry (1999)

Storyline: 7 years after the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run from the Men-tel corporation. A group of rebels attempt to gain his support but he refuses, wanting to focus on his family. A raid follows and Brennick along with the rebels are captured and sent to a new, more sophisticated fortress prison in outer space. But Brennick's not a man to give in easily, and with a 10 year old son waiting for him back on earth, he's going to pack some serious assault on the evil corporation...—<tgraham@currantbun.com>

Plot Keywords: punishment, martial arts, kiss, pistol, combat, husband wife relationship, mixed martial arts ...

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#26. Yor, the Hunter From the Future (1983)

Storyline: Yor, an extremely blond prehistoric warrior, comes to question his origins, particularly with regard to a mysterious medallion he wears. When he learns of a desert goddess who supposedly wears the same medallion, Yor decides that he must find her and learn his true identity. Along the way, he encounters ape-men, dinosaurs, and a strange futuristic society.—Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

Plot Keywords: warrior, showdown, sword and fantasy, sword fight, cult film, sword and sorcery, desert ...

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#27. Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)

Storyline: The second "Highlander" movie, again with Christopher Lambert and Sir Sean Connery. It's the year 2024, and all of the ozone above Earth is gone. To protect people from dying, MacLeod helped in the construction of a giant "shield", several years ago. But, since there isn't anyone left who's Immortal after MacLeod's victory in the previous movie, he has stopped being an Immortal. Now he is just an old man, until one day some other Immortals arrive on our planet. You see, the Immortals come from another planet.

Plot Keywords: machine gun, sword duel, disarming someone, showdown, future war, mixed martial arts, gore ...

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#28. Beowulf (1999)

Storyline: This post-apocalyptic future story is based on the 8th century Saxon epic poem about the knight who battled a monster in a medieval castle. In this story, Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.

Plot Keywords: battle, hero, action hero, tough guy, stylized violence, demon, dragon ...

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#29. The Last Warrior (2000)

Storyline: An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter Scale splits California into an island with a perpetual dustcloud hanging over it. The survivors of the terrible ordeal have started to come together in the shape of Nick Preston (Dolph Lundgren) an air force captain, and other fractions of the military, including Sarah McBride and Lucky Simcoe, and have situated themselves in a warfare junkyard, holding weaponry from forgotten conflicts. They are searching for food, fuel and fellow survivors, and a possible path into the next world, while also dodging a violent plague that causes the skin to boil.—<tgraham@currantbun.com>

Plot Keywords: reluctant hero, future war, near future, army, hand grenade, battlefield, battle ...

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