Do you know that ‘The Unchained Goddess’ by Frank Capra released in 1958 is one of the first movies on climate change?
Though there are plenty of mind-bending documentaries on climate change, fiction still beats them. This could be because there is only a thin line of difference between fiction and reality. Fiction is able to convey messages loud, clear, and effectually.
The climate crisis is a looming, pertinent, and inevitable threat. Since there is no escaping it, so taking the necessary steps is indispensable if we don’t want to brace up against it soon. So, here is a list of five climate change Hollywood movies that can create a long-lasting impression in your brain and help you gauge the science well.
5 must-watch movies on climate change
We have curated a list of the five best climate change movies that would help you understand what would happen in the aftermath of a complete climate collapse.
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, and Emmy Rossum, is one of the best movies on climate change. This spine-chilling movie is based on the book by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber – The Coming Global Superstorm.
Released in 2004, the movie demonstrates the scenario of a massive tropical depression that develops in the northern hemisphere and leads to the onset of an unprecedented ice age. It depicts the woes of people facing it and shows their struggle to escape it or safeguard themselves from it.
Interstellar
So far credited as the masterpiece of Christopher Nolan, Interstellar features an ensemble cast of Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, and Jessica Chastain in lead roles. Released in 2014, Interstellar shows the story of Earth nearing extinction and humankind’s race with time for survival.
Featuring immaculate scientific details, it highlights acute food shortage, destruction of food crops due to blight which is the result of an imbalance of oxygen and nitrogen levels in the air, and severe dust storms. It also shows humankind’s efforts to find another habitable planet. Interstellar indeed is one of the best climate change Hollywood movies of all time.
2067
From here life doesn’t seem unimaginable in the year 2067, especially with the looming threat of climate crisis. Set in Australia, the movie depicts a devastated Earth on account of climate change and nuclear war.
Released in 2020, 2067 is a sci-fi dystopian movie that merges the concepts of quantum physics, time travel, climate change, and the use of synthetic oxygen.
Don’t Look Up
Don’t Look Up can be best described as one of the best climate change movies to date. Encapsulated in layers of sarcasm, this movie beats other movies of this genre in portraying the indifference of governments to respond to distress calls of the planet in the wake of approaching comets, the climate crisis, etc.
This movie features an ensemble cast comprising Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Jonah Hill, Tyler Perry, and a guest appearance from Ariana Grande. The film became the second-most watched movie on Netflix within a month of its release. It is a perfect representation of how the current generation is misled and conflicted easily by social media.
The Tomorrow War
The Tomorrow War starring Chris Pratt and J. K. Simmons is a military science fiction film directed by Chris McKay. Set in the near future, the movie represents a fictitious possibility of what else could happen in the aftermath of a glacial meltdown. The human species is standing on the brink of annihilation as it is threatened by an invasive alien species.
Wrapping Up
World governments have already resolved to adopt revolutionary measures to cut down each nation’s carbon footprint and achieve net zero around 2050. It is high time that you start doing your bit in the efforts to make Earth’s climate stable and life-supporting once again.
Hopefully, our list of movies on climate change will prove to be entertaining and informative simultaneously and get you into action.