List of apocalyptic films

This is a list of apocalyptic feature-length films. All films within this list feature either the end of the world, a prelude to such an end, and/or a post-apocalyptic wasteland setting, or a world taken over by a viral infection.

Before 1950 (4)

• Deluge
• The End of the World
• End of the World
• Metropolis

1950-1959 (7)

• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Day the World Ended
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• On the Beach
• The War of the Worlds
• When Worlds Collide
• The World, the Flesh and the Devil

1960-1969 (13)

• The Bed-Sitting Room
• Crack in the World
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Fail-Safe
• In the Year 2889
• La Jetée
• The Last Man on Earth
• The Last War
• Night of the Living Dead
• Panic in Year Zero!
• Planet of the Apes
• The Time Machine
• The War Game

1970-1979 (23)

• A Boy and His Dog
• Alien
• The Andromeda Strain
• Battle for the Planet of the Apes
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes
• Beware! The Blob
• Black Moon
• Colossus: The Forbin Project
• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
• Damnation Alley
• Dawn of the Dead
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes
• Holocaust 2000
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• The Last Days of Man on Earth (The Final Programme)
• The Last Wave
• Logan's Run
• Mad Max
• The Noah
• No Blade of Grass
• Omega Man
• Quintet
• Silent Running
• Soylent Green
• The Ultimate Warrior
• Zardoz

1980-1989 (30)

• Aliens
• The Apple
• Das Arche Noah Prinzip
• The Blood of Heroes
• Bunker Palace Hôtel
• Cherry 2000
• The Day After
• The Dead Zone
• Le Dernier Combat
• Def-Con 4
• Cyborg
• Escape from New York
• Land of Doom
• Leviathan
• Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
• Malevil
• The Martian Chronicles (TV miniseries)
• Millennium
• Miracle Mile
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
• Night of the Comet
• Omen III: The Final Conflict
• Proini peripolos
• The Quiet Earth
• The Seventh Sign
• The Terminator
• Testament
• Threads
• Virus
• When the Wind Blows
• World War III

1990-1999 (29)

• 12 Monkeys
• Alien 3
• Alien Resurrection
• Armageddon
• The Arrival
• Blue Gender
• By Dawn's Early Light
• Deep Impact
• Delicatessen
• Dogma
• End of Days
• The End of Evangelion
• Escape from L.A.
• The Handmaid's Tale
• In the Mouth of Madness
• Independence Day
• Invasion
• Last Night
• The Matrix
• Neon City
• The Omega Code
• The Postman
• The Rapture
• Six String Samurai
• Solar Crisis
• The Stand
• Tank Girl
• Terminator 2
• Waterworld
• Without Warning

2000-2009 (55)

• 2012
• 28 Days Later
• 28 Weeks Later
• 9
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Babylon A.D.
• Blindness
• Carriers
• Children of Men
• The Core
• The Dark Hour
• Dawn of the Dead
• The Day After Tomorrow
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Doomsday
• Dragon Head
• Dreamcatcher
• Earth 2100
• Fail Safe
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
• The Happening
• Happy End
• I Am Legend
• Idiocracy
• Impact
• The Invasion
• Knowing
• Land of the Dead
• Left Behind
• Lost Souls
• Meteor
• Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
• On the Beach
• Pandorum
• Reign of Fire
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse
• Resident Evil: Extinction
• Returner
• Right at Your Door
• The Road
• Save the Green Planet!
• Shaun of the Dead
• Solar Attack
• Southland Tales
• Supervolcano
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• Terminator: Salvation
• The Time Machine
• Titan A.E.
• Tooth and Nail
• WALL-E
• War of the Worlds
• Watchmen
• Time of the Wolf
• Zombieland

2010-Present

• 4:44 Last Day on Earth
• Arctic Blast
• The Book of Eli
• The Darkest Hour
• Daybreakers
• The Divide
• Legion
• Maximum Shame
• Melancholia
• Oblivion
• Resident Evil: Afterlife
• Resident Evil: Retribution
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
• Skyline
• Stake Land
• This Is the End
• Vanishing on 7th Street
• Warm Bodies
• Battle: Los Angeles
• Hell

See also

• List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
• List of dystopian films