#12 Children of Men by Alfonso Cuaron

Aside from Blade Runner this is the only movie on my list dealing with the future, but this is the near future. It is a future where women can't have children, and the youngest living person has just died. The canvas Cuaron paints is bleak with people who are not the everyday heroes of ultimate good intentions, instead we get Theo, a man with nothing to lose, and Kee a snotty girl who happened to get pregnant. What makes the movie work is that we don't care if they are likeable we care that they live to get the baby to the Tomorrow, a ship that is supposed to be working on the cure for infertility. We believe so badly in the world created for us that we wouldn't care if it was Hitler carrying a baby to the ship, thats how strongly we believe in this world. This movie goes beyond its premise though to be a commentary on immigration, governments, mortality, heroes, and ultimately hope. The most striking scene in this film and probably in any in the past few years is a miraculous cease fire due to the sounds of a baby's cry. I dare you to watch and not be moved.