Climate change is rarely mentioned in top-rated films of the last decade [Video]

What do a horror movie about an American couple who fall victim to Swedish cultists, a heartbreaking film about the end of a marriage, and a dark comedy satirizing the worlds of fashion and the ultra-rich have in common?

Unlike most top-rated films of the past decade, including some set in post-apocalyptic worlds – each of these three films – “Midsommar,” “The Marriage Story” and “Triangle of Sadness” – acknowledge that climate change is real.

In “Midsommar,” Ari Aster’s 2019 folk horror film, a character at a summer solstice ceremony says “it’s the hottest and brightest summer on record.” In Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story,” energy-conscious husband Charlie may not be faithful, but he always turns the lights off when he leaves a room.

The reference in Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness” is subtler and, like the film, deeply satirical. An ad at a fashion show reads: “THERE IS A NEW …