End of the world movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant end of the world movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, tense, intense and bad ending films and TV shows about / with end of the world, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, disaster, post apocalyptic, epidemic, dystopia, chase and distopia plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as end of the world: The Man from Ruin (2016), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), World War Z (2013), Salvation (2017), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), Greenland (2020), Geostorm (2017), 2012 (2009), Pandorum (2009), The 5th Wave (2016).
Best films
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After a series of unexpected UFO crash landings on the planet Earth, a large portion of life slowly and mysteriously went extinct. We follow a man that struggles for survival, as he gathers items needed for the impending winter. Outside of personal ...
Style:
bleak, existential, atmospheric, contemplative, melancholic ...
Plot:
survival, winter, post apocalyptic, sole survivor, desolation, isolation, slow burn, minimalism, post apocalypse, very little dialogue, loneliness, end of the world ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
disaster, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, apocalypse, climate change, survival, environmental, post apocalypse, tsunami, global warming, environment ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, future, 20th century, distant future ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., los angeles, antarctic, california ...
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776K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, scary, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, virus, epidemic, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, deadly virus, post apocalyptic, infected, post apocalypse, pandemic, dystopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, jurassic ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, israel, philadelphia, seattle ...
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25K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, apocalyptic, political drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
asteroid, save the planet, apocalypse, end of the world, comet, conspiracy, escape, atheism, betrayal, investigation, disaster, tragedy ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, minimal cast, twist ending, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, post apocalypse, kidnapping, bunker, strong female character, alien, underground bunker, survivalist, end of the world, conspiracy theory, bomb shelter ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
louisiana, peru, new orleans, usa
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163K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A detached married couple must get their son and themselves to safety after being randomly selected to enter an underground bunker, as a massive object from space threatens to destroy the world in less than 48 hours.
Style:
suspense, exciting, scenic, unusual plot structure, psychotronic ...
Plot:
natural disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, disaster, catastrophe, humanity in peril, panic, husband wife relationship, diabetic, comet, kidnapping, post apocalypse ...
Time:
2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
greenland, atlanta georgia, canada, kentucky, moscow russia ...
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132K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: ...
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, exciting, suspenseful, disgusting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, disaster, tsunami, humanity in peril, storm, ecological disaster, malfunction, climate change, hurricane, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2017, year 2019 ...
Place:
afghanistan, hong kong, orlando florida, rio de janeiro, new york ...
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419K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, tsunami, forces of nature, humanity in peril, cataclysm, destruction, human existence, chaos ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, year 2010, year 2012 ...
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, british columbia, london, pasadena california ...
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167K
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, survival, isolation, creature, outer space, danger, survival horror, deadly creature, spacecraft, post apocalypse, spaceship, monster ...
Time:
future, year 2009, year 1969
Is relevant?
126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, teen, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, end of the world, alien, invasion, post apocalypse, danger, survival, virus, obsessive quest, escapades, humanity in peril ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
ohio, usa, bangkok thailand, london, tower bridge london ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic, visual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ufo, end of the world, alien encounter, alien, alien invasion, alien contact, evil alien, happy ending, first contact, robot, extraterrestrial, apocalypse ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 20th century, 1920s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., virginia, new jersey, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant?
2.5M
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, clever, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
space travel, time travel, outer space, nasa, astronaut, father daughter relationship, space, dystopian future, survival, end of the world, robot, space exploration ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, colorado
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Style:
romantic, road movie, sad, melancholic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
road trip, end of the world, apocalypse, bittersweet, love story, loneliness, asteroid, love, existentialism, catastrophe, destiny, riot ...
Time:
year 2012, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, england, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, exciting, anamorphic, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
future war, alien invasion, time travel, alien, military, fictional war, struggle for survival, soldier, alien encounter, evil alien, alien monster, final battle ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
dominican republic, bahamas, miami, north america, russia ...
Is relevant?
418K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A woman and a pair of children are blindfolded and make their way through a post-apocalyptic setting along a river.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, end of the world, epidemic, creature, fear, blindness, post apocalypse, characters murdered one by one, pursuit, survival horror, dystopia, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
15 years after a global apocalypse, mankind is on the verge of extinction. Civilisation no longer exists, food is scarce and most eke out a living by stealing and killing. One boy clings onto life in the desolate British countryside, where staying ...
Style:
apocalyptic, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, end of the world, survivalist, survivor, survival horror, survival, characters in danger, dystopian future, virus, fate of humanity, vestiges of humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
261K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, futuristic, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, supernatural, catastrophe, cataclysm, prophecy, foreknowledge, metaphysics, professor, prediction, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
year 2009, future, september 11 2001, 20th century, year 1959 ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, new york, usa
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, twist ending, futuristic, non-linear ...
Plot:
time travel, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, insanity, virus, post apocalypse, time loop, paranoia, end of the world, psychology, mental institution, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1990, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, maryland, pennsylvania, california, baltimore ...
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662K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to ...
Style:
humorous, funny, absurd, parody, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, manly ...
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, virus, survival, road trip, amusement park, living dead, dark humor, chaos and mayhem, danger ...
Time:
year 2009, near future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles, columbus ohio, ohio, usa ...
Is relevant?
226K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife (Zooey Deschanel) flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it ...
Style:
tense, gloomy, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, survival, virus, natural disaster, end of the world, suicide, graphic violence, catastrophe, paranoia, danger, plague ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, boston, philadelphia, west virginia, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, scary, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, disaster, survival, end of the world, alien, invasion, space and aliens, evil alien, extraterrestrial, catastrophe, humanity in peril ...
Time:
year 2005, future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, boston, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
663K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Two low-level astronomers, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace.
Style:
cerebral, apocalyptic, feel good, political, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, date night, adult
Plot:
disaster, asteroid, end of the world, social satire, danger, satire, politics, meteorite, chaos, comet, mass hysteria, social commentary ...
Time:
future, 2020s, year 1994, distant future, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, london, illinois, north america ...
Is relevant?
269K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, distopia, end of the world, cannibalism, starvation, dystopia, on the road, journey ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, distant future, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, north america, canada
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204K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian ...
Style:
suspense, touching, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, catastrophe, apocalypse, nasa, survival, tsunami, astronomer, self sacrifice, spacecraft, president ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
tucson arizona, washington d.c., new york, north america, atlanta georgia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
alien invasion, extraterrestrial, invasion, end of the world, ufo, space and aliens, evil alien, first contact, survival, alien encounter, alien, creature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future, year 1996, jurassic
Place:
new york, washington d.c., usa, bombay india, london ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, China, Belgium, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA, Canada, Qatar, Monaco, South Korea, Bahrain, Albania, Japan, UK, India, Taiwan, Russia, Australia, Hong Kong, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, Greece, South Africa, Netherlands, Israel, Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, Indonesia, Sweden, Iceland, Malaysia, Finland, Norway, Vietnam, Czech Republic, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Austria, Malta, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia, Hungary, Chile, Egypt, Bulgaria
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, exciting, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, teen fantasy
Plot:
alien, space travel, alien planet, outer space, government agent, space station, space adventure, marriage proposal, creature, alien race, space pirate, spacecraft ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s, year 1975, 70s ...
Place:
space western
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to ...
Style:
scary, suspense, rough, tense, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, infected, survival, end of the world, zombie apocalypse, plague, deadly virus, infection, post apocalypse, chaos, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, france ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Hungary, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
Style:
scary, apocalyptic, suspense, dramatic, retro ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, epidemic, wilderness, end of the world, father daughter relationship, virus, survival, infection ...
Time:
future, 80s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.
Style:
apocalyptic, road movie, suspenseful, tense, grindhouse ...
Plot:
disaster, end of the world, father in law son in law relationship, journey, volcano, murder, road trip, post apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, survival, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, chicago, minnesota, usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
What would you do on the last day on Earth? With the end of the world only hours away, the self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, apocalyptic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
apocalypse, natural disaster, sex, little girl, end of the world, on the road, post apocalyptic, redemption, orgy, survival, party, life is a bitch ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
australia, new zealand
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