(2014) Interstellar SCIENCE-FICTION

Co-written and directed by Christopher Nolan, it's a cross between "Solaris", "Inception", "Contact" and "2001:A Space Odyssey" in which the planet earth is going through a serious 'dust bowl' and the world is going through a drought. Ex-space pilot and farmer, Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and his 2 kids along with his dad, Donald (John Lithgow) happens to own one of those important corn crops the country or the planet needs. Cooper and his daughter would then stumble onto a top secret NASA base with Cooper s old teacher Professor Brand (Michael Caine), who would then successfully convince him to accept this space expedition along with 3 others including Romilly (David Gyasi), Doyle (Wes Bentley), and Brand (Anne Hathaway) with Tar a robot to guide them. A winner of one Oscar out of five nominations.