Things to Come was the 1936 British science-fiction film written by H. G. Wells from The Shape of Things to Come.
Produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies, the film presents a sweeping future history rather than a conventional character drama. It begins after a devastating world war and follows the rebuilding of civilization through technological progress, scientific organization, and changing political ideals.
Wells wrote the screenplay himself, loosely adapting his 1933 book. The film also drew ideas from his nonfiction work The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind. Its imagined future moves through war, plague, reconstruction, and a technologically advanced society that debates whether progress should be guided by science or restrained by human fears.
The film is often confused with The Man Who Could Work Miracles, another Wells-related production. That later film, released in 1937, was based on Wells’s short story and co-written by Lajos Bíró; it is not the answer here. Things to Come is especially notable for its futuristic production design and Arthur Bliss’s specially composed score.