Silent Running (1972, Dir. Douglas Trumbull)

Long before WALL-E, there was Silent Running: a lonely botanist tending Earth’s last forests aboard a spaceship. When orders come to destroy them, he rebels — with help from three droid companions named Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
It’s tender, tragic, and hauntingly relevant. The ending? Pure heartbreak wrapped in 1970s optimism and folk guitar.
Proof that sci-fi doesn’t need lasers to hit the soul.

Rating: 5 / 5