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9. WALL-E (2008)

The computer animating dream weavers over at Pixar aren’t typically known for the cynicism and dark visions of humanity. Nope, generally speaking the make warm hearted family entertainment that feels like a hug. Not WALL-E though. Sure, on the surface it’s a hilarious and tear-jerking charmer about two robots who fall in love. Yet around the edges the Pixar folks depict a future in which humanity completely destroyed earth with their mountains of garbage and now live in a spaceship where they are two fat too move and spend all their time gulping down soda while watching their personalized entertainment devices. You know, just like most of America right now. WALL-E is a great movie on pretty much every conceivable level, but the fact that the good people at Pixar managed to sneak such a twisted vision of the future into a Disney family blockbuster feels like a minor miracle. 

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