12 Best Movies About The End Of The World
8. Wall-E
The only animated entry on the list, WALL-E is a Pixar take on the end of the world. If you haven't seen it, you might be able to imagine what it involves by applying the Pixar formula. Sentimental, funny, occasionally heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting.
WALL-E has all of this and an environmental message to boot. Set on Earth in the 29th century, humans have long since cleared off, leaving the planet an uninhabitable, litter-strewn mess. The only sentient being that cares about cleaning up the place is a trash compactor robot or rather, a Waste Allocation Load-Lifter (Earth Class). WALL-E to his pals, of whom there are few. His only friend is a seemingly invincible cockroach named Hal.
That is until an unmanned probe shows up unannounced carrying another robot, an Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator (EVE) that will scan the planet for plant life. For WALL-E, a softie who collects trinkets and watches old romantic musicals on repeat, it's love at first sight. Shy but smitten, WALL-E may struggle to woo EVE at first but he has viewers under his spell from the word go. His cute design - binocular-eyed and twig-armed - suit his sweet personality and his earnest attempts to court EVE are a great portrayal of the trappings of first love.
Another thing that makes WALL-E the character so likeable is his purity. Roaming around in the wasteland, he continues to fulfil his duty by compacting trash. There's an honesty to everything that he does that is in stark contrast with the humans who once inhabited the planet that they bailed on once it resembled a dump.