diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/fragments/10019.false_positive b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/10019.false_positive
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d1ce7d0ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/fragments/10019.false_positive
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Exclude ``__all__`` and ``__future__.annotations`` from ``unused-variable``.
+
+Closes #10019
diff --git a/pylint/checkers/variables.py b/pylint/checkers/variables.py
index 9d0c6ba6a6..ffda243fd2 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/variables.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/variables.py
@@ -3285,6 +3285,14 @@ def _check_globals(self, not_consumed: Consumption) -> None:
                     continue
                 if self._is_exception_binding_used_in_handler(node, name):
                     continue
+                if isinstance(node, nodes.AssignName) and node.name == "__all__":
+                    continue
+                if (
+                    isinstance(node, nodes.ImportFrom)
+                    and name == "annotations"
+                    and node.modname == "__future__"
+                ):
+                    continue
                 self.add_message("unused-variable", args=(name,), node=node)
 
     # pylint: disable = too-many-branches
diff --git a/tests/functional/u/unused/unused_variable_future_and_annotations.py b/tests/functional/u/unused/unused_variable_future_and_annotations.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d59f885e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/u/unused/unused_variable_future_and_annotations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""Test `unused-variable` is not emitted for either case of `__future__.annotations` or `__all__`"""
+
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+__all__ = [ "apple" ]
+
+
+def apple():
+    """A public function"""
diff --git a/tests/functional/u/unused/unused_variable_future_and_annotations.rc b/tests/functional/u/unused/unused_variable_future_and_annotations.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dcd4a84c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/u/unused/unused_variable_future_and_annotations.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[variables]
+allow-global-unused-variables=no