Spoiler alerts: the five best climate-change films

Hollywood - loyal to its eco-sceptic audiences in middle America - has always been frosty towards environmental movies. Here are the most prescient exceptions to the rule

"We know that it was us that scorched the sky."

And with that curt footnote, The Matrix sidesteps any further elaboration on the climate conditions that reign in the future outside the virtual world. Which seems to be Hollywood's approach to climate change all over. It's great for a bit of post-apocalyptic window-dressing, but any serious consideration of the topic is almost taboo. Perhaps the eco-scepticism of middle America - still Hollywood's main market - is one reason; the lack of room for real-world settings and concerns amid the superhero-heavy cinematic universes that now dominate the franchise landscape is another. Not everyone has shied away from inconvenient truths, though: here are our top five climate-change feature films.