The best science fiction movies indulge the imagination. They speculate on tantalizing “what if” scenarios based on fragments of reality. But what if science fiction wasn’t so… fictional? In the years since these movies came out, we’ve seen some of their technological predictions come true with eerie accuracy. From virtual reality gaming to military drones to identity theft, these science fiction movies nailed what life in the digital age is like. They just happened to be years before their time. Here are science fiction movies that correctly predicted the technology of the future.

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