End of the World Scenarios
AMC Movie List

End of the World Scenarios

Tidal waves, nuclear wars, aliens... Which apocalyptic flick is most thrilling?

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1 28 Days Later
In Danny Boyle's thriller, monkeys infect the human race with a vicious germ and civilization is destroyed in a matter of days. 88 304
2 Armageddon
In Michael Bay's action flick, Bruce Willis' oil driller rockets into space to blow up an asteroid that's about to wipe out all life on Earth. 58 316
3 The Matrix
In this now-classic Keanu Reeves scifi pic, humanity finds itself in peril when an alien race relegates them to life in reality-distorting pods. 55 331
4 Terminator Salvation
The Earth of the future is reduced to pure, machine-dominated hell, with resistance leader Christian Bale as its last hope. 49 287
5 The Day After Tomorrow
Roland Emmerich's 2004 movie places the fate of the world at the whims of a climate-change-induced, deep, deadly freeze. 45 323
6 The Fifth Element
Bruce Willis' cab driver and Milla Jovovich's alien-being hottie are racing against time to save the planet from a force known as The Great Evil. 44 314
7 Children of Men
Clive Owen and Julianne Moore are among the inhabitants of a society facing slow extinction due to sudden planetary infertility. 26 274
8 The Road
An undefined apocalyptic event leaves mankind wandering the earth scavenging for sustenance and warding off bad guys. -6 244
9 War of the Worlds
Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning are among the hordes that flee for their lives in this Steven Spielberg adaptation. -11 305
10 2012
Roland Emmerich's third end-of-days thriller finds John Cusack fighting for survival as the earth crumbles into the ocean. -14 302