Miller's Planet
The closest planet to the fictional black hole Gargantua
The 2014 film Interstellar, was directed and produced by Christopher Nolan, combines fiction and astrophysics to promote human action that's critical in saving Earth. Due to the complexity of the film including both, technology and space theory, the script for Interstellar was originally written over a decade before it made its way to the screen because technology had to develop enough for the movie to be possible.
Interstellar Background
In 2067 Earth's population has been reduced to a fraction of what it is now in 2021. It's an excellent example of a possible future if global warming isn't stopped. Dust storms, crop blights, and changing climates have decimated the human race and the planet. Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) lives with his family on their farm in the United States. The combination of the storms and blights have reduced Cooper's crop to only include corn. But even the corn is dying. As Professor Brand, Cooper's former supervisor from Nasa played by Micheal Caine, said, "your daughter [Murphy] will be the last generation to survive on Earth." In order to save his family and the human race Cooper boards the space ship Endurance along with Dr. Amelia Brand (Professor Brand's daughter played by Anne Hathaway), Dr. Romilly (David Gyasi), Dr. Doyle (Wes Bentley), and the two robots TARS and CASE. Cooper and crew are tasked with the mission to travel through a wormhole that appeared in Saturn over 40 years ago. On the other side of the wormhole is a new galaxy with the potential to (contain human life) make better. Their mission has two outcomes:

Endurance
Plan A: Develop a gravitational propulsion theory that could launch human settlements into space.
Plan B: Endurance finds a habitable planet and populates it with the 5,000 frozen human embryos that Endurance carries.
Before Cooper was recruited for Endurance's mission, NASA had sent 12 astronauts into space to study the 12 potentially habitable planets. Only 3 of the astronauts sent back promising about their planets, including Miller.
Miller's Planet
Miller's planet is the closest planet to the black hole Gargantua, as a result of this the gravity on this planet is described as "punishing." The gravity, in comparison to Earth's, is 130% stronger (Source 1). According to The Science of Interstellar by Kip Throne, Miller's planet is shaped similarly to an American football with one end constantly pointing at Gargantua (Source 1). The planet is seemingly just a neverending ocean of knee-deep water with larger-than-tsunami waves which I mention below. It is unknown if there is any type of land on this planet, Dr. Brand describes it as "sterile."
Sadly, by the time the Endurance crew gets to Miller's planet she had already died, probably due to one of the gigantic waves on the planet. While the crew was on the planet one of these giant waves descends upon their little craft. Dr. Brand and Cooper make it back to their craft but due to the gravity, Dr. Doyle is too slow and gets swept away, and gets subsequently killed.

Cinematic Artistry
Endurance on Miller's planet
One of the most important parts of the scene on Miller's planet is the special effects. As I mentioned before, the movie couldn't be filmed until technology and CGI could catch up.
For Interstellar, the special effects company Double Negative created the specials effects on projectors behind the actors during the scene so that they weren't performing in front of a green screen (Source 2).
So during most of the scenes, the actors are acting in front of the special effects before the stunts.
Interstellar Miller's planet Scene 720p [HD]
Endurance on Miller's planet
In this scene the composer Hans Zimmerman worked with Christopher Nolan to add the clock ticking sounds which represent every single day on Earth that has passed while Cooper and his crew have been on Miller's planet (I'll discuss the time change below).
Nolan created a scene that focuses entirely on the Endurance crew and their daunting task. The only objects seen on this planet are the wreckage of Miller's craft, the crew, and the ship. This continually draws the viewer back to the actors. The seemingly hand-held camera makes the viewer feel as though they are with the crew on the planet, the camera also determines the calmness or panic felt by the crew and viewers (Source 4). Combined with the musical score and clock ticking the scene is teeming with suspense, the overall effect leaves the viewer desperate to leave Miller's planet as soon as possible.
The Tsunami Waves
The waves on Miller's planet seem to be the most dangerous threat. Stretching into the sky when at their highest, these waves are larger than any tsunamis on Earth. But that makes sense because Earth's moon's tidal gravity is minuscule in comparison to Gargantua's. According to The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne, the planet isn't "locked-in" to Gargantua's orbit. The planet tilts but because of Gargantua's gravity, it is constantly being pushed into and pulled away from Gargantua. The tidal forces from Gargantua "deform the crust first this way and then that, once an hour and those deformations could easily produce gigantic earthquakes (The Science of Interstellar)." These earthquakes form these enormous tsunamis.
Tide Formation on Miller's planet (The Science of Interstellar)
These tsunami waves killed Miller possibly only a few minutes before the Endurance crew arrived (this is due to the time change that I discuss below). The same waves are what killed Dr. Doyle as well.
To see the waves in action the video above shows them.
Time Change
The time change on Miller's planet is its most famous trait. It's one of the first things mentioned about the planet. Every hour on Miller's planet is equivalent to 7 years on Earth.
The Warped Space around Gargantua (The Science of Interstellar)
As stated in The Science of Interstellar, the location of Miller's planet is important. This is due to the fact that time slows the closer to Gargantua that you are. Einsteins' Law of Time Warps apparently explains this and why it affects gravity but I won't be focusing on that.
Since Miller's planet is the closest planet in the Interstellar galaxy the gravity is strong than on Earth and time passes differently. In the movie, Interstellar Miller went up to this planet 12 years before the Endurance crew arrived. But due to the time warp Miller would've probably just arrived and settled down for the "long nap" (which is a hibernation that the astronauts take to pass the time until they're rescued) before one of the giant tsunami waves killed her. I quoted The Science of Interstellar above in the tsunami wave section, the quote stated that waves happened every hour. So, when Endurance first lands on Miller's planet and Cooper sees a wave in the distance, it could've been the wave that killed Miller. Which they missed by mere minutes based on this planet's warped time.
"Every hour we spend on that planet will be seven years back on earth" Movie Scene
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Photos from Google (unless source is mentioned), I just searched Miller's planet.