The 20 Best "End Of The World" Movies

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Eliot know? As far as the movies go, the possibilities for destroying our planet or civilizations are downright infinite. Certainly, in light of several recent predictions claiming that the kết thúc of the world is ‘nigh (most of which have passed, mind you), the apocalypse has naturally been on a lot of peoples’ minds.

And so it goes: What’s prevalent in society’s consciousness is subsequently reflected in our pop culture. This means a surge of movies dealing with a world-ending event. Dramatic or funny; action-packed and exciting or slow & deliberate; real life or supernatural—there’s an apocalypse story for everyone.

20. Seeking a Friend for the end of the World (2012)


Released in mid-summer of 2012, director Lorene Scafaria’s (Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist) feature film directorial debut came and went without much fanfare. To lớn be fair, it was a hard sell. An apocalypse comedy/rom-com/road trip movie starring the likes of Steve Carell & Keira Knightley, two actors who don’t seem lượt thích they belong in the same world together let alone in a lãng mạn pairing, the movie was never going lớn be a runaway hit. It’s certainly not without its flaws, with a tone that oscillates sharply between comedy & drama and a plotline that borrows heavily from a certain other movie on this list. & yet, Carell & Knightley’s combined charm and chemistry make this one end-of-the-world road trip worth checking out.

19. War of the Worlds (2005)


18. The Rapture (1992)

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Mimi Rogers plays Sharon, a Los Angeles hedonist who ends up falling in with a religious sect obsessed with the over of Times. The group warns that the biblical Rapture is near & Sharon takes the news to heart, vowing to lớn give her life khổng lồ God and live a purer lifestyle. She eventually even marries and has a daughter.

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As the signs of the Rapture begin appearing, however, Sharon also begins to doubt her devotion khổng lồ God và his “cruel” ways. Made on a miniscule budget, the film did little business during its initial run, despite ringing endorsements from the likes of Roger Ebert. It’s not hard khổng lồ see why thanks to lớn its ham-fisted diatribe against traditional religious views of God. While such a heavy-handed approach certainly bogs the story down in parts, the film is worth seeing for Rogers’ fantastic performance alone as well as the sheer bravery of story’s final 15 minutes.

17. On the Beach (1959)

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Given the nội dung restrictions enforced on films in the pre-MPAA age, you’d think it would be next lớn impossible to release a film containing the kind of visceral impact as a more modern production. And well…you’d sort of be right. Leave it lớn Stanley Kramer then—director of such issue-heavy projects like Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner và Inherit the Wind—to deliver a moving ensemble drama about a group of characters in denial about their eventual destruction. Set months following a devastating World War III, the film posits a world in which most of the Northern Hemisphere has been contaminated with radiation poisoning và people are moving down to australia in order to escape the slow-moving but ever encroaching radiation dust. Boasting a cast that includes Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins và Fred Astaire, On the Beach is a must-see for any classic-film fans.


16. Time of the Wolf (2003)

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Austrian director Michael Haneke isn’t exactly known for playing it safe; rather, he seems to prefer pushing the boundaries of good taste, as if daring anyone to keep watching. This is certainly the case with his 2003 apocalyptic film Time of the Wolf. Haneke regular Isabelle Huppert plays the matriarch of a French family who travels to their trang chủ in the country only to find that an unspecified disaster has driven the world into chaos. When the family tries to find new shelter, however, they are shunned or ignored like lepers in biblical times. Here, by never revealing the cause of the apocalypse, Haneke almost seems to lớn be making a statement not about the nature of man in times of peril but about how fragile human relationships can be & how little it takes to suck the compassion out of people. While not nearly as powerful as some of Haneke’s other works, Time of the Wolf stands as a fantastic alternative to the typical end-of-the-world fare.

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