Things to Come

About Things to Come

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

Things to Come (1936) is a science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies. Released in March 1936, it runs 100 minutes.

The film is filed under scientist, future, progress, and black and white.

Raymond Massey stars as John Cabal, Edward Chapman as Pippa Passworthy, Ralph Richardson as The Boss, and Margaretta Scott as Roxana. The screenplay is by H. G. Wells. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix.

Young Frankenstein, Metropolis, and The Space Between Us make useful companions to Things to Come. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 233 votes and it carries a NR rating.