Children of Men (2006)

Based on British mystery writer P.D. James' rather downbeat novel, Men takes place in the not-too-distant future, where the world is definitely not right. In fact, society is facing extinction since the human race has lost the ability to reproduce; there hasn't been a new child born in 18 years. But as the tagline reads, "…all that can change in a heartbeat." While the rest of England is unraveling as civil unrest runs rampant, a young woman named Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) is found miraculously…

One of the pleasures of modern movies is watching an artist like Cuaron at work. In the spellbinding Children of Men, his best film to date, Cuaron, 45, fills every frame with his passion and intellect. Here's a movie that grabs you hard, pops your eyes, provokes your mind and ultimately lifts your spirits. As director and co-writer, Cuaron takes on a 1992 novel by P.D. James set in 2027 in battle-battered England, the only country left to soldier on in the face of massive terrorism, immigrant…