This the future timeline of scifi movies depicts a chronological collection of significant events from various works of such fiction. It includes some events set in the future when the fiction containing them was first written but have since been overtaken by real history, morphing into a form of alternative history or failed prediction. It is rare for science fiction writers to attempt serious prediction; the story's needs are usually the primary concern, wherein science fiction stories are frequently more about the present than the future in which they are believed to be set. Nonetheless, here are some notable fictional visions of the future that never was and probably never will be.
