Interstellar

Earth is dying. Cooper is a farmer struggling with dust storms and crop failures. The world has given up on space exploration.

Murphy asks Cooper about the ghost in her room. The theme of love transcending dimensions is planted.

We see Cooper's life as a farmer, his relationship with his kids, the parent-teacher conference revealing the dystopian education system.

The "ghost" provides coordinates. Cooper and Murphy discover NASA's secret facility.

Professor Brand asks Cooper to pilot the mission. Cooper wrestles with leaving his family vs. saving humanity.

Cooper decides to leave. The painful goodbye with Murphy, who refuses to forgive him. Launch sequence begins.

Cooper bonds with Amelia Brand. The relationship that will help carry the theme develops.

Journey through the wormhole. Exploring Miller's planet with massive waves. The promise of the premise - space exploration.

Time dilation reveals 23 years have passed. Cooper watches decades of messages from his children. False victory turns to devastating loss.

Mann's planet. Dr. Mann betrays them. Internal and external conflicts intensify. The mission is falling apart.

Mann's attempt to dock destroys the Endurance. The mission seems impossible. The whiff of death.

Cooper and Brand discuss giving up vs. continuing. They're out of time and fuel. Everything seems lost.

Cooper decides to sacrifice himself, using the black hole's gravity to slingshot Brand to Edmund's planet. A and B stories merge.

Cooper enters the tesseract/black hole. He realizes he is Murphy's "ghost" and sends the quantum data through time. Love transcends dimensions.

Cooper wakes up near Saturn on Cooper Station. Reunites with elderly Murphy. She tells him to go find Brand. Full circle from opening.