District 9, 2009
Neil Blomkamp’s debut film was an unlikely Oscar contender. Set in South Africa, where bug-like aliens live in an impoverished slum called District 9, it’s a not-at-all-veiled metaphor for apartheid, with the twist being that a relocation officer plated by Sharlto Copley has the misfortune to start transforming into an alien who begins experiencing the prejudice they face.
