Joseph Cooper, a farmer and former NASA pilot, is recruited to lead a team of scientists in search of a new habitable planet when Earth becomes uninhabitable in the distant future. Interstellar is a 2014 science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan. The movie is set in a future where the Earth has become increasingly inhospitable due to climate change, and humanity is struggling to survive. The protagonist, Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), is a former pilot and engineer who is recruited for a mission to find a new habitable planet for humanity. Along with a team of scientists, he embarks on a journey through a wormhole to another galaxy, where they encounter a series of challenges and obstacles in their search for a new home. As Cooper and his team explore different planets and encounter strange phenomena, they are forced to confront the limitations of human knowledge and the nature of time itself.