An underground city is built to allow the human race to survive a disaster, with the intention that the population will return to the surface 200 years later. The deadline is nearly up, but the people have forgotten how they got there or how to make anything work. Two teenagers try to find a way to the surface before the city's resources finally run out. Fantasy adventure, with Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray and Tim Robbins.

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.