10 Movies That Eerily Predicted Things In Real Life

1. The Three Mile Island Accident - The China Syndrome

The Movie

This Oscar-nominated 1979 thriller follows news reporter Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda) and her cameraman Richard Adams (Michael Douglas) as they witness safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant that only narrowly avoids a meltdown.

How It Predicted Reality

Just 12 days after the film hit cinemas, the Three Mile Island accident occurred, where a Pennsylvania nuclear reactor sustained a partial meltdown caused by operational failures and human error.

And to this day, there continues to be suspicion about how much of the catastrophe's true effects were actually made public.

To their credit, Columbia Pictures removed the film from some regional markets so as not to appear to be crassly exploiting the tragedy, though the incident unquestionably helped boost its box office, grossing over $50 million on a $5.9 million budget.

While The China Syndrome was criticised by the nuclear industry as anti-nuclear propaganda, the real-life accident occurring mere days later served as an extremely persuasive follow-up.