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Cultural Moment
2006+

Climate Anxiety

Films reflecting environmental crisis and ecological collapse fears

8
Total Films
4
Primary Examples
5.0
Avg Arcplot Score
1984-2024
Year Range
Primary - Central to the film's identity
Secondary - Notable influence
Reference - Touches on theme

Primary Examples(4)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
7.1

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

1984 • Hayao Miyazaki

Post-apocalyptic ecology

WALL·E
5.6

WALL·E

2008 • Andrew Stanton

Earth abandoned due to waste

Interstellar
8.1

Interstellar

2014 • Christopher Nolan

Earth dying; humanity's survival

Princess Mononoke
4.6

Princess Mononoke

1997 • Hayao Miyazaki

Nature vs. industrialization

Secondary Influences(3)

Mad Max: Fury Road
4.6

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015 • George Miller

Post-apocalyptic resource scarcity

Dune: Part Two
3.7

Dune: Part Two

2024 • Denis Villeneuve

Ecological and colonial themes

The Wild Robot
3.4

The Wild Robot

2024

References(1)

Avengers: Infinity War
2.7

Avengers: Infinity War

2018 • Joe Russo

Thanos as eco-fascist allegory

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