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Imagine a World...

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Science fiction doesn’t just predict the future – it helps us imagine what’s possible. Since Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927), science fiction has explored how ..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Science fiction: towards the twentieth century

United Kingdom, 1978
Similarity: 78%

Fritz Lang

c. 1935
Similarity: 76%

Blade Runner 2049

United States, 2017
Similarity: 76%

Things to come

United Kingdom, 1936
Similarity: 74%

The Creator

United States, 2023
Similarity: 74%

The World of the future

United States, 1976
Similarity: 73%

RESET: A Journey into Cyberpunk

Similarity: 73%

Metropolis

Japan, 2001
Similarity: 72%

In the Future

Similarity: 71%

Science fiction: Jules Verne to Ray Bradbury... and beyond

United States, 1990
Similarity: 71%

Metropolis

Germany, 1926
Similarity: 70%

Future

United States, 1980
Similarity: 70%

Things to come. The Invisible man

United Kingdom, 1936
Similarity: 70%

Future shock

United States, 1972
Similarity: 70%

Narrative001 The Things We Like

Similarity: 70%

Afrofuturism

Similarity: 70%

Science fiction our reality

Similarity: 70%

Shape of films to come

United States, 1968
Similarity: 70%
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