Nimona (2023)

I very much enjoyed this surprise Oscar nominee. Our hero is Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), who is about to rise up to the rank of knight in a futuristic medieval world —he is the first commoner to have this honor bestowed on him, and there are some who are disgruntled about a “commoner” rising to such heights, the usual preoccupation with bloodlines, which are prejudices that have morphed into white supremacy in some cultures. Ballister is framed for a crime he didn't commit, and the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona, a mischievous teen with a taste for mayhem -- who also happens to be a shapeshifting creature Ballister has been trained to destroy. And with the entire kingdom out to get him, Nimona's the best (or technically the only) aide de camp that he can hope for. And as the lines between heroes, villains, and monsters start to blur, the two of them set out to wreak serious havoc -- for Ballister to clear his name once and for all, and for Nimona to just make trouble. As a side note, it seems that in the future vision of this and many other visualizations there is more totalitarianism and less personal freedom. The message as I see it is to vote while you still can.