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Theme: The End of the World

11: 11 (2004)

27 January 201530 September 2020

Rating: ★

Psychic Killings/End of the World Prophecies

Director: Micheal Bafaro
Actors: Michael St. John Smith, Cathy Weseluck, Jane Sowerby
Category: Horror

2012 (2009)

14 November 200910 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

The End of the World/Disaster Movie

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, …
Category: Science Fiction

3022 (2019)

2 October 20204 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Space Station Crew Survive the Destruction of Earth

Director: John Suits
Actors: Omar Epps, Kate Walsh, Angus MacFayden, Miranda Cosgrove, …
Category: Science Fiction

4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011)

3 September 201217 December 2020

Rating: ★★

End of the World

Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Paul Hipp, Trung Nguyen, …
Category: Science Fiction

The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010)

27 January 201324 April 2020

Rating: ★½

Modernised Arabian Nights Adventure/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Ben Hayflick, Adam Silver
Actors: Patrick Muldoon, Sarah Desage, Bo Svenson, Kelly O'Leary, …
Category: Fantasy

Almighty Thor (2011)

22 September 201124 July 2019

Rating: ★

Asylum Mockbuster/Norse God Comes to Earth

Director: Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray
Actors: Cody Deal, Richard Grieco, Patricia Velasquez, Kevin Nash, …
Category: Fantasy

Armageddon (1998)

31 July 199921 September 2019

Rating: 0­

Asteroid on a Collision Course with Earth

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi, …
Category: Science Fiction

August in the Water (1995)

25 January 200317 December 2020

Rating: ½

Japanese Mystical End of the World

Director: Sogo Ishii
Category: Science Fiction

Believers (2007)

15 June 200928 April 2020

Rating: ★★

UFO Cult

Director: Daniel Myrick
Actors: Johnny Messner, Daniel Benzali, Jon Huertas, Deanna Russo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

12 June 200013 January 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Planet of the Apes Sequel/Telepathic Mutants

Director: Ted Post
Actors: James Franciscus, Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison, Maurice Evans, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bokeh (2017)

24 May 20178 December 2020

Rating: ★★½

Last People on Earth

Director: Geoffrey Orthwein, Andrew Sullivan
Actors: Matt O'Leary, Maika Monroe
Category: Science Fiction

The Book of Life (1998)

6 November 199924 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Second Coming Black Comedy

Director: Hal Hartley
Actors: Martin Donovan, Thomas Jay Ryan, P.J. Harvey, Dave Simonds, …
Category: Fantasy

Born of Fire (1986)

6 August 200025 February 2020

Rating: 0­

Islamic Mystical Apocalypse

Director: Jamil Dehlavi
Actors: Peter Firth, Suzan Crowley, Stefan Kalipha
Category: Fantasy

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

13 May 201221 January 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Meta-Fictional Horror Film

Director: Drew Goddard
Actors: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz, Anna Hutchison, …
Category: Horror

Childhood’s End (2015)

17 January 201616 April 2020

Rating: ★

Alien Visitors/Arthur C. Clarke Adaptation

Director: Nick Hurran
Actors: Mike Vogel, Osy Ikhile, Charles Dance, Daisy Betts, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Core (2003)

9 June 200317 May 2020

Rating: ★

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Director: Jon Amiel
Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Tcheky Karyo, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

1 June 200427 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

New Ice Age/Environmental Disaster Movie

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Sela Ward, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

13 February 200927 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

The End of the World

Director: Val Guest
Actors: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern
Category: Science Fiction

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

14 December 200827 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Alien Visitor

Director: Scott Derrickson
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Kathy Bates, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dead or Alive (1999)

28 June 200329 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Yakuza Film

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibasha, Shingo Tsurumi
Category: Science Fiction

Deep Impact (1998)

31 May 19996 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Asteroid Collision/Disaster Movie

Director: Mimi Leder
Actors: Tea Leoni, Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Defcon 2012 (2010)

20 May 201114 July 2020

Rating: ★

After an Alien Invasion/Mayan End of the World

Director: R. Christian Anderson
Category: Science Fiction

Detention (2011)

6 November 201327 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Gonzo High School Film/Slasher Parody/Time Travel/Bodyswap

Director: Joseph Kahn
Actors: Shanley Caswell, Josh Hutcherson, Spencer Locke, Dane Cook, …
Category: Horror

Disaster Movie (2008)

4 July 201016 August 2020

Rating: ½

Parodies of Various Films

Director: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Actors: Matt Lanter, Crista Flanagan, Nicole Parker, Kim Kardashian, …
Category: Science Fiction

Doomsday Book (2012)

3 April 20182 December 2019

Rating: ★★★

South Koren SF Anthology

Director: Yim Pil-sung, Kim Jee-woon
Actors: Doona Bae
Category: Science Fiction

Doomsday Machine (1972)

27 August 20202 October 2020

Rating: 0­

Astronauts Survive the End of the World

Director: Harry Hope, Lee Sholem
Actors: Bobby Van, Grant Williams, James Craig, Mala Powers, …
Category: Science Fiction

Downsizing (2017)

4 February 201831 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Miniaturised People

Director: Alexander Payne
Actors: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig, Hong Chau, …
Category: Science Fiction

Earth’s Final Hours (2011)

19 August 201225 February 2020

Rating: ★★

End of the World/Disaster Movie

Director: W.D. Hogan
Actors: Robert Knepper, Cameron Bright, Roark Critchlow, Michael Kopsa, …
Category: Science Fiction

End of Days, Inc. (2015)

8 November 20176 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Office Workers Prepare for the End of the World

Director: Jennifer Liao
Actors: Mark O'Brien, Carolyne Maraghi, Paulino Nunes, Janet Porter, …
Category: Fantasy

The End of the Animal (2010)

6 October 20106 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Mysterious Catastrophe/Godlike Stranger

Director: Jo Sung-Hee
Actors: Lee Min-Ji, Park Hae-il, Yoo Sung-Bok, Park Sae-Jong, …
Category: Science Fiction

End of the Line (2007)

28 April 20156 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Murderous Doomsday Cult

Director: Maurice Devereaux
Actors: Ilona Elkin, Nicholas Wright, Neil Napier, Robin Wilcock, …
Category: Horror

End of the World (1977)

14 November 20136 October 2020

Rating: ½

Aliens in a Convent/Looming End of the World

Director: John Hayes
Actors: Christopher Lee, Sue Lyon, Lew Ayres, Dean Jagger, …
Category: Science Fiction

Extraordinary Visitor (1998)

20 November 201410 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Divine Visitor Comedy

Director: John W. Doyle
Actors: Raoul Bhaneja, Mary Walsh, Rick Boland
Category: Fantasy

The Fades (2011)

14 January 201510 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Teen Can See the Dead/Apocalytic Resurrection

Director: Farren Blackburn, Tom Shankland
Actors: Iain De Caestecker, Daniel Kaluuya, Sophie Wu, Johnny Harris, …
Category: Horror

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

25 June 200712 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Tim Story
Actors: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Final Programme (1974)

23 September 200030 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Spy Capers in an Entropic Future/Michael Moorcock Adaptation

Director: Robert Fuest
Actors: Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre, Derrick O'Connor, Graham Crowden, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Final Storm (2010)

17 June 201314 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Stranger/Possible Biblical End of the World

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Luke Perry, Lauren Holly, Steve Bacic, Cole Heppell, …
Category: Fantasy

Frankenpimp (2009)

9 March 20106 March 2020

Rating: 0­

Gonzo Exploitation Homage

Director: Tony Watt
Actors: Tony Watt, Martin Magee, Lloyd Kaufman
Category: Horror

Gas; or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It (1970)

19 October 200218 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hippie Post-Holocaust/Gonzo Satire

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Robert Corff, Cindy Williams, Bud Cort, Talia Coppola, …
Category: Science Fiction

Good Omens (2019)

14 June 201910 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Biblical End Times/Antichrist Comedy

Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Actors: Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Sam Taylor Buck, Jack Whitehall, …
Category: Fantasy

Greenland (2020)

19 February 202119 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Disaster Movie/Comet on a Collision Course with the Earth

Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Actors: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Scott Glenn, Roger Dale Floyd, …
Category: Science Fiction

Highlander: The Source (2007)

12 September 200917 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Immortal Quest

Director: Brett Leonard
Actors: Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield, Cristian Solimeno, Thom Fell, …
Category: Fantasy

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

30 January 200523 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo SF

Actors: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Mark Wing-Davey, Sandra Dickinson, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

2 May 20054 March 2019

Rating: ★

Gonzo SF

Director: Garth Jennings
Actors: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Mos Def, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1942)

18 November 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Last Trumpeter Screwball Comedy

Director: Raoul Walsh
Actors: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Reginald Gardiner, Allyn Joslyn, …
Category: Fantasy

The Illustrated Man (1969)

12 April 20033 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Ray Bradbury Anthology

Director: Jack Smight
Actors: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas
Category: Science Fiction

Kaboom (2010)

7 May 201118 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Modern Sexuality/Gonzo SF Ending

Director: Gregg Araki
Actors: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Juno Temple, Chris Zylka, …
Category: Science Fiction

Knowing (2009)

24 May 200926 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Prophecies of Disaster

Director: Alex Proyas
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Nadia Townsend, …
Category: Science Fiction

Last and First Men (2020)

6 June 20206 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

The Future Evolution of Humanity

Director: Jóhann Jóhansson
Actors: Tilda Swinton
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Man(s) on Earth (2012)

3 October 20171 September 2019

Rating: ★★

YouTube Stars Face World Threat Comedy

Director: Aaron Hultgren
Actors: Charan Prabhakar, Brady Bluhm, Darin Southam, Andrea Ciliberti, …
Category: Science Fiction

Last Night (1998)

28 June 199914 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

The End of the World

Director: Don McKellar
Actors: Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, David Cronenberg, Callum Keith Rennie, …
Category: Science Fiction

The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005)

24 July 200514 January 2020

Rating: ★★½

TV Characters Enter the Real World

Director: Steve Bendelack
Actors: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, David Warner, …
Category: Fantasy

Legend of the Overfiend (1989)

1 July 20001 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Teen Demon

Director: Hideki Takayama
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Legion (2010)

31 December 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★

War Between Angels

Director: Scott Stewart
Actors: Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Dennis Quaid, Adrianne Palicki, …
Category: Horror

Lunopolis (2009)

7 June 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Found Footage/Grand Conspiracy Mashup

Director: Matthew J. Avant
Actors: Matthew J. Avant, Hal Maynor IV, Dave Potter, Ray Blum, …
Category: Science Fiction

Melancholia (2011)

20 November 20114 February 2019

Rating: ★★★

Depression and the End of the World

Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgard, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Midnight Sky (2020)

8 January 20218 January 2021

Rating: ★★½

Last Man on Earth Tries to Communicate with a Space Mission

Director: George Clooney
Actors: George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Caoilinn Springall, …
Category: Science Fiction

Night of the Flood (1996)

31 December 199630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

End of the World Dance Film

Director: Bernar Hebert
Actors: Genevieve Rochette, Juliette McClemens, Jacques Godin, Brendan McCormack-Gannon
Category: Fantasy

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)

16 December 200814 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Stephen King Anthology

Director: Brian Henson, Mark Haber, Rob Bowman, Mikael Salomon, …
Actors: William Hurt, Bruce Spence, Mia Sara, Claire Forlani, …
Category: Horror

Noah (2014)

12 April 201423 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Biblical Legend

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, …
Category: Fantasy

On the Beach (1959)

1 February 199930 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

The Nuclear Holocaust

Director: Stanley Kramer
Actors: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, …
Category: Science Fiction

On the Beach (2000)

31 July 200011 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

The Nuclear Holocaust

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Grant Bowler, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pandorum (2009)

14 January 201024 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Space Mission Gone Wrong

Director: Christian Alvart
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Norman Reedus
Category: Science Fiction

Paycheck (2003)

6 April 200430 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Precognition/Action Film/Philip K. Dick Adaptation

Director: John Woo
Actors: Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart, Colm Feore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pulse (2001)

24 July 200713 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Category: Horror

Pulse (2006)

21 October 20075 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Soul-Sucking Creatures from the Internet

Director: Jim Sonzero
Actors: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, …
Category: Horror

Quantum Apocalypse (2010)

17 January 201321 November 2019

Rating: ★

End of the World Film

Director: Justin L. Jones
Actors: Rhett Giles, Stephanie Jacobsen, Peter Jurasik
Category: Science Fiction

The Quiet Earth (1985)

1 February 200118 May 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Last People on Earth

Director: Geoff Murphy
Actors: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Peter Smith
Category: Science Fiction

Rainbow (1995)

31 December 199530 August 2018

Rating: ★

Journey Up a Rainbow/Children’s Film

Director: Bob Hoskins
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Dan Akyroyd, Willy Lavendel, Jacob Tierney, …
Category: Fantasy

The Rapture (1991)

26 February 199930 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

The Biblical End of the World

Director: Michael Tolkin
Actors: Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Will Patton, Patrick Bauchau, …
Category: Fantasy

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

15 July 201217 September 2020

Rating: ★★

End of the World Romantic Comedy

Director: Lorene Scafaria
Actors: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Seventh Sign (1988)

26 January 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

The Biblical End of the World

Director: Carl Schultz
Actors: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jurgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman, …
Category: Horror

Somnus (2016)

8 October 201826 October 2018

Rating: ★

Space Mission Problems/The End of the World

Director: Chris Reading
Actors: Marcus McMahon, Cullum Austin, Rohit Gokani, Meryl Griffiths, …
Category: Science Fiction

Space Milkshake (2012)

6 September 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Space Station Comedy

Director: Armen Evrensel
Actors: Billy Boyd, Robin Dunne, Kristin Kreuk, Amanda Tapping, …
Category: Science Fiction

Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010)

13 November 201024 November 2019

Rating: ★

Stonehenge Triggers the End of the World

Director: Paul Ziller
Actors: Misha Collins, Torri Higginson, Peter Wingfield
Category: Science Fiction

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

3 July 201030 November 2020

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Superhero Teamup/Animation

Director: Sam Liu
Actors: Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, Clancy Brown, Allison Mack, …
Category: Science Fiction

Supernova (2005)

24 July 200627 March 2019

Rating: ★

Solar Disaster

Director: John Harrison
Actors: Luke Perry, Tia Carrere, Peter Fonda, Emma Samms, …
Category: Science Fiction

These Final Hours (2013)

5 November 20148 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

End of the World

Director: Zak Hilditch
Actors: Nathan Phillips, Angourie Rice, Kathryn Beck, Jessica De Gouw, …
Category: Science Fiction

This is The End (2013)

12 June 201311 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

End of the World Comedy

Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Actors: Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill, …
Category: Fantasy

Titan A.E. (2000)

18 June 200017 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Space Opera

Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Actors: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Nathan Lane, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tomorrowland (2015)

23 May 201525 March 2020

Rating: ★★

The Fight to Create a Utopian Future

Director: Brad Bird
Actors: Britt Robertson, George Clooney, Raffey Cassidy, Hugh Laurie, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Turkish Star Wars (1982)

27 February 20156 May 2020

Rating: 0­

Planetary Adventure/Bad Movie Classic

Director: Cetin Inanc
Category: Science Fiction

Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)

20 February 201112 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Disappearance/Last People on Earth

Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: Hayden Christensen, John Leguizamo, Thandie Newton, Jacob Latimore
Category: Science Fiction

The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV (1986)

17 July 200214 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Time Travel Back to the Present

Director: Leonard Nimoy
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks, DeForest Kelley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)

6 November 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★

The Devil’s Son

Director: Anthony Hickox
Actors: Julian Sands, Chris Young, Paula Marshall, Steve Kahan, …
Category: Horror

When Times Becomes a Woman (2012)

6 July 201320 October 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Conversation Between the Last Two People on Earth

Director: Ahmad Alyaseer
Actors: Zaid Baqaeen, Najwan Baqaeen
Category: Science Fiction

When Worlds Collide (1951)

18 December 200315 April 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Planetary Collision/End of the World

Director: Rudolf Mate
Actors: Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, John Hoyt
Category: Science Fiction

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  • Disaster Movies
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  • Real-Life People in Fiction
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