In Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report, the Precrime system operates in Washington, D.C., in 2054.
The film imagines a near-future police unit that arrests people before they commit murders, using the visions of three gifted “precogs.” The year 2054 places the story far enough ahead for technologies such as gesture-controlled interfaces, personalized advertising, retinal identification, and autonomous vehicles to appear plausible within the film’s world.
Tom Cruise plays Chief John Anderton, a Precrime officer who becomes the subject of the system’s own prediction. His attempt to prove his innocence drives the film’s investigation of free will, evidence, and whether a predicted act should be treated as a completed crime.
Minority Report is adapted from Philip K. Dick’s 1956 story, but the film expands its setting, characters, and technology substantially. The fictional Precrime program is specifically associated with Washington, D.C., rather than the entire world.