35 Sci-Fi Movies to Watch If You Loved Interstellar

Similar to Interstellar, Silent Running highlights the effect of human actions on the environment and the consequences of those actions for the survival of humanity. When the plant life on Earth is mostly extinct, the government creates a series of greenhouse pods in space meant to preserve as much plant life as possible. Botanist Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) carefully tends to the plants, but this is soon interfered with when orders are sent for the crew of the Valley Forge spacecraft to come home and destroy the greenhouses. Protecting all that he has worked for, Lowell clashes with his crew and tries to preserve what is left.