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      • It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the casting, pacing, narrative, and homage to previous films, but criticized the plot holes, character development, confusing editing, and overloaded gore. The film grossed $22 million worldwide, making it a box office bomb.
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  2. Jun 8, 2024 · Get in on the action and help shape the ultimate list of doomsday movies. Cast your votes for the apocalyptic that kept you hooked and the harrowing tales that made you think. Your opinions matter – let's see which good films become the undisputed champions of the end-of-the-world genre.

    • Harper Brooks
    • Mad Max: Fury Road
    • Seeking A Friend For The End of The World
    • Invasion of The Body Snatchers
    • Little Shop of Horrors: The Director’s Cut
    • The Mitchells vs. The Machines
    • Deep Impact
    • Children of Men
    • Take Shelter
    • Melancholia
    • The Day After

    The dystopian future has never been more thrilling than it is in George Miller’s gorgeously shot action film. Set in a desert wasteland where survivors fight for water and gasoline in monstrous customized vehicles, it’s by far the best installment of the Mad Max saga, with a series of dazzling set pieces anchored by Charlize Theron’s towering perfo...

    The directorial debut of Hustlers writer-director Lorene Scafaria begins with the news that a meteor will destroy all life on Earth in three weeks. Inspired by her own experiences after Sept. 11, Scafaria uses the imminent end of the world to explore the way people think about love and relationships, through the eyes of two strangers who are thrown...

    Maybe the first sign of the end times is that your partner isn’t acting like themselves. Philip Kaufman’s effectively chilling remake of the 1956 “pod people” classic proposes a very different kind of pandemic: one in which people are slowly replaced by their identical doubles while they sleep, making it impossible to tell friends and loved ones fr...

    Frank Oz’s musical-comedy classic premiered in theaters with a happy ending…after test audiences revolted against the original ending, in which the puppet plant Audrey II brings about the literal destruction of the world. The apocalyptic version (officially remastered and released as The Director’s Cutin 2019) was arguably the better one all along,...

    Directed in a dazzling style that combines 2D and 3D animation, this Netflix original film takes a singularly terrifying concept—the moment when our increasingly-intelligent phones decide to destroy humankind—and delivers a heartwarming, hilarious story about the mostly functional family (including Maya Rudolph as a first-grade-teacher mom and Abbi...

    Released the same summer as Michael Bay’s cheesy mega-blockbuster Armageddon, Mimi Leder’s disaster film has essentially the same plot: a meteor is hurtling towards Earth and threatens to knock out the entire human race unless a group of heroic astronauts can save it. Bay’s film is big, goofy, popcorn-eating fun, and has that Aerosmith song. But if...

    Alfonso Cuarón’s tense and elegant thriller, a critical darling and triple Oscar nominee brought prestige to the post-apocalyptic sci-fi genre. In the hellscape that London has become after a worldwide infertility crisis, a jaded former activist (Clive Owen) must protect the first pregnant woman in 18 years (Clare-Hope Ashitey) as she attempts to f...

    At what point does preparing for the worst become a psychosis? Michael Shannongives one of his most haunting performances as a blue-collar dad who becomes obsessed with building the perfect storm shelter after experiencing dreams and hallucinations about a coming climate catastrophe. Whether you’re a doomsday prepper or an optimist, the ending will...

    For people suffering from depression, the world can feel like it’s always on the verge of ending—and worse, everyone else seems oblivious. Kirsten Dunst gives a barnburner of a performance as a young bride battling depression while a planet called Melancholia threatens to collide with Earth in Lars Von Trier’s lush, operatic drama.

    As the Cold War ramped up during the Reagan era, several films tried to realistically portray the worst-case scenario of an imminent nuclear attack. Among the films that traumatized a generation are the horrific Threads (1984) and the emotional family drama Testament (1983). But the most impactful, far and away, was this made-for-television drama f...

  3. A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.

    • 28 Days Later. Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris. 1,003 votes. In the suspenseful thriller 28 Days Later, London bike courier Jim (Cillian Murphy) awakens from a coma in an abandoned hospital.
    • Blade Runner. Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young. 789 votes. In Blade Runner, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a seasoned blade runner, undertakes an assignment that plunges him into the dystopian underbelly of future Los Angeles.
    • The Book of Eli. Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis. 986 votes. In the post-apocalyptic thriller The Book of Eli, Denzel Washington stars as Eli, a solitary wanderer in a desolate, scorched landscape.
    • Zombieland. Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone. 926 votes. In a world overrun by zombies, Zombieland offers a thrilling comedic ride. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), a nerdy college student, pairs up with Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), an unapologetic cowboy.
  4. Doomsday is a 2008 science fiction action film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film takes place in the future in Scotland, which has been quarantined because of a deadly virus. When the virus is found in London, political leaders send a team led by Major Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) to Scotland to find a possible cure. Sinclair's team ...

  5. Oct 28, 2022 · Spanning decades, tones, and countries of origin, these are the 31 best apocalyptic movies of all time, ranked from the merely enthralling to the absolutely superb.

  6. Few genres shred our nerves quicker than doomsday films. The on-screen apocalypse — whether caused by Mother Nature, humans, aliens or some other mysterious cause — scares us like none...

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