The Future

The Future

Directed by Miranda July

Produced by GNK Productions, The Match Factory

201191 min6.0 / 10

A dreamlike, metaphysically strange meditation on commitment and mortality, where a couple's adoption of a cat becomes a catalyst for existential transformation and temporal disruption.

When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Future violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is The Future sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is The Future scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does The Future end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Future easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

43/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise28

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love22

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like The Future

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Future

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Future, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Future, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Future, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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