6. Reality TV - The Truman Show
Sure, the central premise of The Truman Show is an exaggeration of things as they are today - in the film, the subject (Jim Carrey) is unaware that he is being filmed, which realistically would have all sorts of legal implications - but it nevertheless nailed the pervasive nature of reality TV in contemporary society. Back in 1998, reality TV shows were virtually non-existent, yet within two years, the likes of Big Brother and Survivor kick-started the craze that nowadays includes the braindead likes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Jersey Shore. Shoot me now. Also amusing were the film's predictions on how the reality TV show would become commodotised as a whole, but what strikes me as disturbing is that back in 1998, the idea of a reality TV show was so abjectly strange that a satirical movie could be made about it. Today, with that being a reality, it would feel old-hat; we have essentially become the joke that The Truman Show was predicting, and that's sad.