Movies to watch on Earth Day: Where celluloid dreams meet real-world inspiration for a greener tomorrow
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) A documentary about climate change, presented by former United States Vice President Al Gore
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) A disaster film depicting catastrophic climate change events
Don't Look Up (2021) A satirical film about a comet on a collision course with Earth, highlighting societal indifference towards impending environmental disaster
Avatar (2009) Set on the fictional moon Pandora, the film portrays themes of environmentalism and the conflict between nature and technology
Interstellar (2014) While primarily set in space, it addresses themes of Earth's environmental degradation and the search for a new habitable planet
Wall-E (2008) An animated film that depicts a future Earth overwhelmed by pollution and waste, with the remaining humans living in space
Prometheus (2012) While a science fiction film set on distant planets, it touches upon themes of Earth's origins and human interaction with the environment
First Man (2018) While focused on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, it offers glimpses of Earth from space and the environmental context of the 1960s
Dune (2021) While primarily set on the desert planet Arrakis, it touches upon themes of environmental exploitation and the consequences of resource extraction
These films explore various aspects of Earth, ranging from environmental degradation to humanity's relationship with the planet and its resources