Destruction of the world movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant destruction of the world movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out weird, cult film, visually appealing, apocalyptic, serious and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with destruction of the world, end of the world, apocalypse, post apocalypse, disaster, distopia, catastrophe, danger, dialogue and survival plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Australia and other countries.
destruction of the world
TOP 10 movies tagged as destruction of the world: The Birds (1963), Planet of the Apes (1968), Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), World War III (1982), Barefoot Gen (1983), The Day After (1983), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Mars Attacks! (1996), Titan A.E. (2000), The Matrix (1999).
Best films
List of destruction of the world movies
193K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. ...
Style:
surreal, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, tense ...
Plot:
bird attack, bird, paranoia, survival, disaster, suspense, small town, animal attack, unsolved mystery, dangerous animal, supernatural, murder ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
california, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Style:
political, funny, satirical, dark, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
cold war, military, satire, end of the world, nuclear war, anti war, disaster, nuclear threat, u.s. president, president, nuclear holocaust, nuclear ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 60s, year 1942
Place:
canada, washington d.c., pentagon, ussr, russia
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his ...
Style:
twist ending, philosophical, futuristic, apocalyptic, mind bending ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
astronaut, post apocalypse, plot twist, time travel, space and aliens, end of the world, apocalypse, survival, monkey, suspense, twists and turns, slavery ...
Time:
future, near future, stone age
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor but crash lands on the Planet of the Apes, just like Taylor did in the original film. Taylor has disappeared into the Forbidden Zone so Brent and Nova try to follow and find him. He discovers a cult of humans ...
Style:
apocalyptic, thought provoking, futuristic, depressing, psychotronic ...
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, distopia, astronaut, time travel, alien, space and aliens, monkey, space travel, end of the world, mutant, rescue ...
Time:
future, 70s
Place:
new york, tokyo, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story:
Soviet paratroopers drop into Alaska to sabotage the oil pipeline in retaliation against a United States grain embargo. A skirmish occurs at a pumping station, lightly defended by Col. Jake Caffey and a National Guard reckon unit. A stalemate ensues ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, epic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war three, apocalypse, spy, cold war, president, disaster, distopia, destruction of the world, military, nuclear holocaust, battles, chaos ...
Time:
80s, near future, year 1987
Place:
alaska, usa, russia, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. Based on the acclaimed manga by Nakazawa Keiji, the author of Barefoot Gen, who was 6 years old ...
Style:
anime, disturbing, adult animation, political, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, anti war, coming of age, disaster, nuclear disaster, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, distopia, radiation sickness, destruction of the world, bombing, atomic bomb ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, hiroshima japan
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, futuristic, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
cold war, nuclear war, disaster, apocalypse, post apocalypse, end of the world, nuclear holocaust, radiation, catastrophe, distopia, nuclear bomb, natural disaster ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, new jersey, missouri, nebraska ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, tense, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
time travel, artificial intelligence, man versus machine, robot, terminator, apocalypse, cyborgs, androids and robots, technology, violence, end of the world, child in peril ...
Time:
future, 90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1997 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
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232K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy ...
Style:
parody, humorous, futuristic, absurd, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
mars, ufo, alien invasion, alien, space, flying saucer, space and aliens, evil alien, disaster, save the world, dark humor, end of the world ...
Time:
20th century, future, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, big ben london, new york, kentucky ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Dredge are bent on mankind's destruction.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, anime, futuristic ...
Audience:
preschoolers, kids
Plot:
alien, scientist, heroic mission, mission, spacecraft, galaxy, space travel, save the world, young heroes, space battle, space, life risking ...
Time:
future
Place:
colorado
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1.9M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, surreal, intense, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
distopia, artificial intelligence, martial arts, existentialism, philosophy, cyberpunk, alternate reality, virtual reality, fight, gunfight, post apocalypse, hacker ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 22nd century ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, robot, androids and robots, apocalypse, terminator, post apocalypse, chaos, time machine, technology gone awry, man versus machine ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, year 2003, 2000s ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, beverly hills
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final ...
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, sentimental, fairy tale, intellectual ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
distopia, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, androids and robots, a.i., future dystopia, robot, adoption, first contact, imagination, end of the world, androids ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
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421K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
Style:
scary, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, apocalypse, virus, survival, epidemic, fear, end of the world, rage, infected, zombie apocalypse, laboratory ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, manchester, britain ...
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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:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, natural disaster, post apocalypse, end of the world, apocalypse, climate change, environmental, nature, scientist, stranded, global warming ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, washington d.c., antarctica, california ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Style:
light, parody, funny, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
alien, space travel, space, space and aliens, fantasy world, benign alien, robot, sarcasm, buddies, spacecraft, end of the world, friends ...
Time:
future
Place:
england, himalaya, madagascar, london, norway
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 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, tense, futuristic, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, alien, alien invasion, survival, end of the world, catastrophe, disaster, space and aliens, invasion, evil alien, destruction, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, asia, europe ...
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238K
Genre: Action, 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:
exciting, suspenseful, scary, futuristic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
end of the world, apocalypse, disaster, catastrophe, supernatural, suspense, prophecy, foreknowledge, code, alien, professor, scientist ...
Time:
future, september 11 2001, year 2009, 20th century, year 1959 ...
Place:
massachusetts, new york, usa, boston
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator, the iconic creatures from two of the scariest film franchises in movie history wage their most brutal battle ever - in our own backyard. The small town of Gunnison, Colorado becomes a war zone between two ...
Style:
serious, rough, scary, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, evil alien, predator, survival, monster, alien invasion, small town, space and aliens, superhero, space, creature, suspense ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
colorado, antarctica, usa
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680K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Malta
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:
suspenseful, apocalyptic, scary, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, virus, epidemic, deadly virus, survival, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, pandemic, natural disaster, chaos ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 2000s, year 1973, 21st century
Place:
israel, new jersey, new york, philadelphia, jerusalem ...
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1.1M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style:
feel good, futuristic, touching, emotional, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
loneliness, robot, distopia, space travel, love, post apocalypse, ecology, space, happy ending, technology, society, ecological disaster ...
Time:
future, distant future
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211K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India, USA
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, serious, gloomy, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
apocalypse, virus, disaster, catastrophe, survival, end of the world, natural disaster, suicide, paranoia, graphic violence, suspense, plague ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, philadelphia, usa, west virginia, new jersey ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, ...
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, stylized, apocalyptic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, steampunk, save the day, survival, uncover truth, end of the world, puzzle, dystopic future, fantasy world, apocalypse, ancient mystery, underground city ...
Time:
future
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405K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, deadly creature, fear, survival horror, destruction, chaos, suspense ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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588K
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:
funny, humorous, parody, apocalyptic, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, post apocalypse, survival, zombie apocalypse, road trip, virus, dark humor, amusement park, survival horror, chaos and mayhem, supernatural ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles, california, usa, texas
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383K
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:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, race against time, tsunami, forces of nature, humanity in peril, destruction, human existence, vestiges of humanity ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, 2000s, year 2009 ...
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, mount everest, british columbia, london ...
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509K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
giant monster, monster, robot, battles, kaiju, creature, androids and robots, chaos and mayhem, destruction, survival, heroic mission, giant robots ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, year 2017, 2020s ...
Place:
tokyo, pacific ocean, hong kong, asia, australia ...
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243K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, absurd, intense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, natural disaster, survival, forces of nature, earthquake, happy ending, tsunami, father daughter relationship, daring rescue, suspense, divorce ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, san francisco, los angeles, usa, nevada
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352K
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:
suspenseful, disturbing, emotional, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
survival, suspense, end of the world, post apocalypse, epidemic, blindness, fear, creature, survival horror, suicide, characters murdered one by one, parents and children ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six ...
Style:
epic, exciting, surprise ending, sad, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, chick flick, adult
Plot:
superhero, space, invasion, alien, super powers, fight scenes, team, supernatural power, super strength, power, universe, tragedy ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, africa, manhattan new york city, scotland
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