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A list of movies that depict global catastrophes, pandemics, alien invasions, and other end-of-the-world scenarios. See ratings, genres, directors, and stars of each movie, from Titanic to The Road.
A list of 66 movies and TV shows that depict the end of the world or a catastrophic event. See ratings, genres, summaries, and cast for each title, from 2012 to Mad Max: Fury Road.
Oct 26, 2020 · What makes an apocalypse movie ... apocalyptic? We sorted them and them broke down the best movies about the end of the world from 'Shaun of the Dead' to 'I Am Legend.'
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- Stalker. A guide (known as a "stalker") shepherds two curious men through a bizarre area known as "the Zone." Mysterious and forbidden, the Zone is a physics-defying land at the epicenter of an unspeakable extraterrestrial tragedy.
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. This is the way the world ends: Not with a bang, but with miscommunication and politicians fighting in the war room.
- The Thing. The stir-crazy residents of an Antarctic research station find themselves in a Lovecraftian nightmare when the dog they rescued explodes into a fleshy mass of spider legs and bullwhip tentacles.
- Night of the Living Dead. For reasons unknown (though radiation from a disintegrating space probe may be to blame), the dead are rising from their graves.
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Snowpiercer
- This Is The End
- 12 Monkeys
- Wall-E
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Escape from New York
- Escape from L.A.
- War For The Planet of The Apes
- The Road
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Director:George Miller Writers: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Whiteley You might think it’s crazier than a chromed-out War Boy to call Mad Max: Fury Road—set in a future where the human race nuked itself to shit and the world is controlled by a brutal overlord—a “comfort...
Director: Bong Joon Ho Writer: Bong Joon Ho, Kelly Masterson Cast: Chris Evans, Song Kang Ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer At this point I should only have to tell you that Bong Joon Ho directed Snowpiercer and that should immediately bump it up to the top of your must-watch list. Just like Parasite was a favorit...
Writer/Directors: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Cast: Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, James Franco, Danny McBride, and Craig Robinson Are you still just like, really, really annoyed by the idea of celebrities “helping” during a pandemic by singing John Lennon’s “Imagine” from the comfort of their mega-homes? Then the balm you need is This Is the ...
Director:Terry Gilliam Writers:David Peoples and Janet Peoples Cast:Bruce Willis Madeline Stowe, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Plummer To say Terry Gilliam’s vision of the future in 12 Monkeys is bleak is to say the sky is blue. And it’s the thematic bleakness that really comes through. The future part of the story is set in 2035, where a prisoner liv...
Director:Andrew Stanton Writers:Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon Cast:Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, and Sigourney Weaver If you’re in the mood for an apocalypse movie that has an optimistic bent, WALL-E is your best bet. Pixar’s 2008 masterpiece envisions a future in which humans have entirely l...
Director:Roland Emmerich Writers:Roland Emmerich and Jeffrey Nachmanoff Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Ian Holm, Emmy Rossum, and Sela Ward If you like your apocalypse movies with a hefty dose of bombast, Roland Emmerich’s The Day After Tomorrow ain’t bad. Notably we’re not putting Emmerich’s 2012 on this list—that movie is bad bad. But while...
Director:John Carpenter Writers:John Carpenter, Nick Castle Cast:Kurt Russell, Harry Dean Stanton, Donald Pleasance, Adrienne Barbeau, Ernest Borgnine This might seem...a little on the nose right now. But John Carpenter’s dark sci-fi classic Escape from New York is a warning sign and a reminder that things could always be worse. Kurt Russell playin...
Director:John Carpenter Writers:John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Kurt Russell Cast:Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacey Keach, Peter Fonda, Pam Grier, Bruce Campbell 1981’s Escape from New York is a classic pulp action thriller. The 1996 sequel Escape from L.A. is exactly none of those things. However, it is still absolutely worth watching, both as a fas...
Director: Matt Reeves Writers: Mark Bomback, Matt Reeves Cast: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn When my girlfriend and I left the cinema after seeing War for the Planet of the Apes, tears streaming down our cheeks, we looked at each other. Assessed each other’s emotional states of being. And then my girlfriend said something that will forev...
Director:John Hillcoat Writer:Joe Penhall Cast:Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, and Guy Pearce Be forewarned: The Road is one of the bleakest movies on this least, and indeed one of the bleakest films ever made. Based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name, the film takes place in a world that has been ravag...
Looking for movies that reflect or imagine the end of the world? Check out this list of the best apocalypse movies ever made, from Mad Max: Fury Road to Snowpiercer. Find out what makes them worth watching and how they relate to our current situation.
Sep 25, 2023 · A list of the most powerful and influential films about the end of the world, from zombie horror to environmental disaster. Explore the themes, tones, and impacts of cinematic apocalypses, from The Last Wave to The Road.
Jun 6, 2024 · Over 2,500 movie fans have voted to shape these rankings of the best apocalyptic fiction movies. Post-apocalyptic films explore life after a global cataclysm or disaster event, where humanity must learn to survive in a changed world while also dealing with its own inner turmoil.
