 Minority Report is a 2002 American science fiction action mystery @-@ thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick . It is set primarily in Washington , D.C. , and Northern Virginia in the year 2054 , where " PreCrime " , a specialized police department , apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by three psychics called " precogs " . The story is about John Anderton ( Tom Cruise ) , the head of PreCrime , who finds himself accused of a future murder that he did not commit.
The film was released in the United States and Canada on June 2