Appendix: The Films

Below is a list of the Cli-Fi Films discussed in any detail in this resource, with links to more information in Wikipedia (when available).

3. Cli-Fi Films

Soylent Green (1973) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green]

Day of the Animals (1977) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Animals]

4. Humans/”Civilization” (bad) vs. Aliens/Nature/Indigenous Populations (good)

FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernGully:_The_Last_Rainforest]

Princess Mononoke (1997) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mononoke]

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still]

Avatar (2009) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar]

Twister (1996) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twister_(1996_film)]

5. Post-Climapocalyptic Dystopias

Waterworld (1995) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld]

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I._Artificial_Intelligence]

The Day After Tomorrow (2004) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After_Tomorrow]

The Road (2009) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_(2009_film)]

Hell (2011) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_(2011_film)]

The Colony (2013) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colony_(2013_film)]

Snowpiercer (2014) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpiercer]

Interstellar (2014) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(film)]

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road]

6. Heroes & Deus Ex Machina

The Hunger Games (2012) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games]

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsman:_The_Secret_Service]

Avengers: Infinity War (2018) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Infinity_War]

Avengers: Endgame (2019) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Endgame]

7. Psychological Thrillers

The Fire Next Time (2005)

Take Shelter (2011) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Shelter]

Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beasts_of_the_Southern_Wild]

First Reformed (2017) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Reformed]

Mother! (2017) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother!]

Parasite (2019) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_(2019_film)]

8. Comedies

The American President (1996) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_President]

Downsizing (2017) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downsizing_(film)]

Don’t Look Up (2021) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Up]