“What are the best movies about The End Of The World?” We looked at 73 of the top Apocalyptic films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 47 films, all appearing on 3 or more “Best End Of The World” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 100+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

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Top 47 End Of The World Movies

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47 .) 28 Weeks Later (2007)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Tvover Mind

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 set foot on the isles, convinced the danger has come and gone. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.

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46 .) Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

Lists It Appears On:

• io9
• Ranker
• Telegraph

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 that fear the Apes’ latest military movements and finds himself in the middle. Tension mounts to a climactic battle between ape and man deep in the bowels of the planet.

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45 .) Contagion (2011)

Lists It Appears On:

• Jezebel
• MSN
• Primal Survivor

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus – that kills within days – rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

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44 .) Daybreakers (2009)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Refinery 29
• Tvover Mind

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.

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43 .) Donnie Darko (2001)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• Flicks
• The Chive

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

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42 .) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Tvover Mind

The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed, as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted “replacement”, realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate. But who can he trust to help him and who has already been snatched?

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41 .) Night of the Comet (1984)

Lists It Appears On:

• Film Daily
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker

Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous “think tank,” karate chop their way through flesh-eating zombies, and, of course, find time to go to the mall.

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40 .) Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• MSN
• The Chive

A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead is the progenitor of the contemporary “zombie apocalypse” horror film, and it greatly influenced the modern pop-culture zombie archetype.

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39 .) San Andreas (2015)

Lists It Appears On:

• Jezebel
• Pajiba
• Scoop Whoop

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.

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38 .) Snowpiercer (2013)

Lists It Appears On:

• Jezebel
• MSN
• The Chive

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

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37 .) The Last Wave (1977)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• SMH

White Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of aborigines charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the aborigines and their prophecies.

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36 .) The Mist (2007)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Primal Survivor
• The Chive

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

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35 .) These Final Hours (2013)

Lists It Appears On:

• MSN
• Scoop Whoop
• Team Hack Life

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 desperately for her missing father. This simple act sets James on a path to redemption.

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34 .) Threads (1984)

Lists It Appears On:

• Ranker
• Refinery 29
• Team Hack Life

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

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33 .) Time of the Wolf (2003)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Refinery 29

When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.

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32 .) I Am Legend (2007)

Lists It Appears On:

• CNN
• Hear It First
• MSN
• The Week

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

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31 .) Mad Max (1979)

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheat Sheet
• Esquire
• MSN
• Refinery 29

In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.

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30 .) The Birds (1963)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Jezebel
• The Chive
• The loop

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. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.

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29 .) Zombieland (2009)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• MSN
• Ranker
• Tvover Mind

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 stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

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28 .) Independence Day (1996)

Lists It Appears On:

• Flicks
• Jezebel
• MSN
• Ranker
• Rotten Tomatoes

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 counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.

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27 .) Planet of the Apes (1968)

Lists It Appears On:

• Flicks
• Hear It First
• IMDB
• MSN
• The Chive

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 life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.

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26 .) Sunshine (2007)

Lists It Appears On:

• Film Daily
• Flicks
• IMDB
• Refinery 29
• The Chive

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

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25 .) The Matrix (1999)

Lists It Appears On:

• CNN
• Hear It First
• IMDB
• MSN
• Ranker

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.

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24 .) The Quiet Earth (1985)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• Film Daily
• Flicks
• io9
• Refinery 29

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.

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23 .) The Rapture (1991)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• CNN
• IMDB
• io9
• Paste Magazine

A lonely telephone operator leading an empty, amoral life finds God — only to have her faith continually tested in ways beyond what she could have imagined.

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22 .) When Worlds Collide (1951)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• io9
• Ranker
• Rotten Tomatoes
• SYFY

When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it’s accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.

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21 .) 12 Monkeys (1995)

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheat Sheet
• CNN
• Esquire
• Paste Magazine
• The loop
• Tvover Mind

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 Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he’s arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

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20 .) A Boy and His Dog (1975)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• MSN
• Ranker
• Ranker
• Refinery 29
• SYFY

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog Blood are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War 4, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

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19 .) Knowing (2009)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• io9
• Scoop Whoop
• Telegraph
• Tvover Mind
• Wired

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 events that are about to unfold.

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18 .) The Day After (1983)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Primal Survivor
• Rotten Tomatoes
• SYFY
• Team Hack Life

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, Missouri, as well as several family farms situated next to nearby nuclear missile silos.

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17 .) This Is the End (2013)

Lists It Appears On:

• Esquire
• Film Daily
• MSN
• Paste Magazine
• Team Hack Life
• The loop

While attending a party at James Franco’s house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

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16 .) WALL·E (2008)

Lists It Appears On:

• CNN
• IMDB
• MSN
• Scoop Whoop
• SYFY
• The Week

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 a ship arrives with a sleek new type of robot, WALL·E thinks he’s finally found a friend and stows away on the ship when it leaves.

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15 .) War of the Worlds (2005)

Lists It Appears On:

• Hear It First
• IMDB
• Paste Magazine
• Primal Survivor
• The loop
• Tvover Mind

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.

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14 .) Armageddon (1998)

Lists It Appears On:

• Esquire
• Inverse
• MSN
• Pajiba
• SMH
• The loop
• Tvover Mind

When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn’t good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.

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13 .) Deep Impact (1998)

Lists It Appears On:

• Flicks
• MSN
• Pajiba
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Scoop Whoop
• Team Hack Life
• Tvover Mind

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 crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

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12 .) Last Night (1998)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• io9
• Paste Magazine
• Refinery 29
• Team Hack Life
• The Chive
• Wired

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day. While widower Patrick Wheeler braces for his fate, he meets Sandra, the wife of a businessman who is intent on committing suicide. Meanwhile, Patrick’s friend Craig decides to have as much sex as he can while there is still time.

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11 .) Take Shelter (2011)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• Film Daily
• Paste Magazine
• Refinery 29
• Scoop Whoop
• SMH
• The Chive

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

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10 .) 2012 (2009)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Jezebel
• MSN
• Pajiba
• Scoop Whoop
• The loop
• The Week
• Tvover Mind

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 the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world’s population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world’s leaders race to build “arks” to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

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9 .) On the Beach (1959)

Lists It Appears On:

• Esquire
• IMDB
• io9
• Paste Magazine
• SMH
• SYFY
• Team Hack Life
• Wired

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?

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8 .) Children of Men (2006)

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheat Sheet
• CNN
• Esquire
• Flicks
• IMDB
• MSN
• Ranker
• The Chive
• Tvover Mind

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child’s birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

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7 .) Miracle Mile (1988)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• io9
• MSN
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Refinery 29
• Team Hack Life
• Tvover Mind
• Wired

After 30 years of searching, Harry (Edwards) has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!

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6 .) The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Lists It Appears On:

• IMDB
• Jezebel
• MSN
• Pajiba
• Primal Survivor
• Refinery 29
• Scoop Whoop
• The loop
• Tvover Mind

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 shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

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

Lists It Appears On:

• Hear It First
• IMDB
• MSN
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Scoop Whoop
• SMH
• Team Hack Life
• The Chive
• The Week
• Wired

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.

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4 .) 28 Days Later (2002)

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheat Sheet
• Flicks
• Hear It First
• IMDB
• Jezebel
• MSN
• Paste Magazine
• Primal Survivor
• Ranker
• Team Hack Life
• The Chive
• The loop
• Tvover Mind

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 virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs — and it’s absolutely impossible to contain.

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3 .) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• Film Daily
• Flicks
• IMDB
• io9
• MSN
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• SMH
• Team Hack Life
• Telegraph
• The loop
• Wired

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.

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2 .) Melancholia (2011)

Lists It Appears On:

• BFI
• CNN
• Film Daily
• IMDB
• io9
• MSN
• Paste Magazine
• Ranker
• Scoop Whoop
• SMH
• Team Hack Life
• The Chive
• The Week
• Tvover Mind
• Wired

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

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1 .) The Road (2009)

Lists It Appears On:

• Cheat Sheet
• CNN
• Esquire
• Film Daily
• IMDB
• Inverse
• MSN
• Paste Magazine
• Primal Survivor
• Ranker
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Scoop Whoop
• Team Hack Life
• Telegraph
• The Chive
• The Week
• Tvover Mind

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 warmer south, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there.

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The 100+ Additional Best Movies About The End Of The World

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#	Movie	Lists
(Films Appear On 2 List Each)
48	10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)	Esquire
		Scene 360
49	Battleship (2012)	IMDB
		Tvover Mind
50	Dawn of the Dead (2004)	IMDB
		MSN
51	Dead or Alive (1999)	io9
		Telegraph
52	Fail-Safe (1965)	Paste Magazine
		Ranker
53	How I Live Now (2013)	Refinery 29
		The Chive
54	How It Ends (2018)	Ranker
		Team Hack Life
55	Immortals (2011)	IMDB
		Tvover Mind
56	Kaboom (2010)	io9
		Telegraph
57	Legion (2010)	IMDB
		Refinery 29
58	Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	MSN
		Refinery 29
59	Monsters (2010)	Inverse
		The Chive
60	Shaun of the Dead	CNN
		Refinery 29
61	Silent Running (1972)	Ranker
		Telegraph
62	Terminator 2 (1991)	IMDB
		Ranker
63	The Cabin in the Woods (2012)	IMDB
		The Chive
64	The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)	Rotten Tomatoes
		SMH
65	The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)	IMDB
		Tvover Mind
66	The Happening (2008)	IMDB
		Tvover Mind
67	The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)	IMDB
		Telegraph
68	The Hunger Games	CNN
		MSN
69	The War Game	Primal Survivor
		Refinery 29
70	Titan AE (2000)	Telegraph
		Wired
71	Twelve Monkeys (1995)	IMDB
		MSN
72	Waterworld	Cheat Sheet
		Ranker
73	When the Wind Blows (1986)	BFI
		Film Daily
74	World War Z (2013)	MSN
		Refinery 29
75	Z For Zachariah	Ranker
		Refinery 29
(Films Appear On 1 List Each)
76	3%	Inverse
77	9	Cheat Sheet
78	4:44: Last Day on Earth	io9
79	A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)	MSN
80	Akira (1988)	MSN
81	All is Lost	Primal Survivor
82	Apocalypto (2006)	MSN
83	Arrival (2016)	Esquire
84	Blame!	Inverse
85	Blindness (2008)	The Chive
86	Cabin in the Woods (2011)	Wired
87	Cargo	Scene 360
88	Carriers (2009)	The Chive
89	Cloud Atlas	Refinery 29
90	Cloverfield (2008)	Jezebel
91	Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)	IMDB
92	Dante’s Peak (1997)	Jezebel
93	Dawn of the Dead (1978)	Paste Magazine
94	Day of the Dead	Ranker
95	Deluge (1933)	Rotten Tomatoes
96	Doctor Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	Refinery 29
97	Dogma (1999)	IMDB
98	Doomsday (2008)	MSN
99	Dust	Scene 360
100	Fantastic Four (I) (2005)	IMDB
101	Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America	Primal Survivor
102	Fish Story (2009)	Paste Magazine
103	Five (1951)	Rotten Tomatoes
104	Green Lantern (2011)	IMDB
105	Halo	Hear It First
106	Hell	Refinery 29
107	Hidden	Hear It First
108	Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005)	Wired
109	Hostile	Scene 360
110	In the Mouth of Madness (1994)	IMDB
111	Interstellar	Team Hack Life
112	Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)	MSN
113	Jumanji (1995)	IMDB
114	Land of the Dead	Ranker
115	Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)	MSN
116	Matrix	Refinery 29
117	Maximum Overdrive	Ranker
118	Mercano the Martian	io9
119	Meteor	Ranker
120	Nowhere (1997)	Film Daily
121	Pandemic	Scene 360
122	Panorama of Wreckage of Waterfront (1900)	Rotten Tomatoes
123	Pompeii (2014)	Jezebel
124	Pontypool (2008)	The Chive
125	Red Dawn	Primal Survivor
126	Refuge	Scene 360
127	Reign of Fire (2002)	IMDB
128	Resident Evil (2002)	MSN
129	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	Scene 360
130	Right At Your Door	Primal Survivor
131	Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)	IMDB
132	Save the Green Planet	io9
133	Six-String Samurai	Ranker
134	Southland Tales	io9
135	Soylent Green	Refinery 29
136	Testament (1983)	SYFY
137	The 100	Inverse
138	The 5th Wave	Scene 360
139	The Blood of Heroes	Cheat Sheet
140	The Book of Eli	Refinery 29
141	The Colony	Primal Survivor
142	The Comet (1910)	Rotten Tomatoes
143	The Crazies (2010)	IMDB
144	The Darkest Hour (2011)	MSN
145	The Day (I) (2011)	IMDB
146	The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)	MSN
147	The End of Evangelion	Ranker
148	The Fifth Element (1997)	IMDB
149	The Happening	Refinery 29
150	The Invasion	Ranker
151	The Last Man on Earth	Ranker
152	The Omega Man (1971)	Flicks
153	The Planet of the Apes remakes (Rise, 2011; Dawn, 2014; War, 2017)	Jezebel
154	The Postman	Primal Survivor
155	The Reaping (2007)	IMDB
156	The Return of the Living Dead	Ranker
157	The Sacrifice (1986)	BFI
158	The Salute of the Jugger	Cheat Sheet
159	The Survivalist	Primal Survivor
160	The Terminator (1984) and its sequels	MSN
161	The Time Machine	Ranker
162	The Vanishing on 7th Street	io9
163	The Walking Dead	Inverse
164	The War of the Worlds (1953)	MSN
165	The Way Back	Primal Survivor
166	The Worlds’ End (2013)	SYFY
167	The Worthy	Scene 360
168	Things to Come	Ranker
169	Titanic (1997)	Jezebel
170	Train to Busan	Scene 360
171	Tree of Life (2011)	Telegraph
172	World of Tomorrow (2015)	SYFY
173	Young Ones	Ranker

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29 Best Apocalyptic Film Sources/Lists

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Source	Article
BFI	10 great films about the end of the world | BFI
Cheat Sheet	End of the World: Post-Apocalyptic Movies You Have to See
CNN	Best movies about the end of the world – CNN – CNN.com
Esquire	The 10 Best Apocalypse Movies Of All-Time – Esquire
Film Daily	Bleak but brilliant movies about the end of the world – Film Daily
Flicks	Top 10 End-of-the-World Movies – Flicks.co.nz
Hear It First	8 Good End Of The World Movies On Netflix To Stream Instantly …
IMDB	50 Best ‘End of the World’ Movies – IMDb
Inverse	The 7 Best Apocalyptic Movies and Shows on Netflix | Inverse
io9	Movies Where The World Actually Gets Destroyed In The End
Jezebel	The Best Natural Disaster Movies for the End of the World
MSN	Gimme Shelter: 40 great apocalypse movies – MSN.com
Pajiba	The 5 Best End-of-the-World Movies – Pajiba
Paste Magazine	The 20 Best End-of-the-World Movies :: Movies :: Lists :: Page 1 :: Paste
Primal Survivor	11 Doomsday Movies for Preppers to Watch – Primal Survivor
Ranker	The Best Doomsday Movies of All Time, Ranked – Ranker
Refinery 29	Best Apocalypse Movies About The End Of The World Scary
Rotten Tomatoes	10 Movies That Changed The (End Of The) World << Rotten Tomatoes …
Scene 360	The End is Nigh: 10 Post-Apocalyptic Movies in 2016–2017 | Scene360
Scoop Whoop	10 Spine-Chilling Hollywood Movies Which Predict The End Of The …
SMH	Apocalypse wow: The 10 best end of the world movies
SYFY	8 movies about the end of the world you may not have seen – Syfy
Team Hack Life	10 Best End of The World Movies Where the World Actually End!
Telegraph	Top 10 End-of-the-World Movies – Telegraph
The Chive	Catch these end of the world movies, before, you know… (21 Photos …
The loop	The 10 scariest end-of-the-world movies ever made – The Loop
The Week	6 movies for the end of the world – The Week
Tvover Mind	The Top 20 “End of the World” Movies of All-Time – TVOvermind
Wired	10 End of the World Movies That the Ancient Mayans Never Saw – Wired