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1. On the Beach (1959)
directed by Stanley Kramer
featuring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson
Although there'd been "doomsday dramas" before it, Stanley Kramer's On the Beach was considered the first "important" entry in this genre when ... More
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2. The Wild Blue Yonder (2006)
directed by Werner Herzog
featuring Brad Dourif
Planet Earth has been decimated, and as mankind searches space for a new planet to inhabit, a race of aliens attempt to make a new home on the now ... More
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3. Alien Visitor (1995)
directed by Rolf de Heer
featuring Syd Brisbane, Ulli Birve
A beautiful alien is sent from the planet Epsilon to pass judgment on the shameful way in which humans have mishandled their planet. Set in a near ... More
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4. The Stranger from Venus (1954)
directed by Burt Balaban
In this sci-fi film, a Venusian emissary and an earth woman become friends. The alien tells her that he has come to warn her of the dangers of ... More
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5. Before The Fall (2007)
directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez
featuring Victor Clavijo, Mariana Cordero, Eduard Fernández, Daniel Casadellá, Juan Galván, Elvira DeArmiñán
Filmmaker F. Javier Gutiérrez crafts this apocalyptic thriller that finds panic sweeping the world after the Secretary General of the United Nations ... More
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6. Testament (1983)
directed by Lynne Littman
featuring Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rossie Harris, Roxana Zal, Lukas Haas
Director Lynne Littman has created an effective, understated portrayal of the cost of a nuclear war in human terms, in a film as far removed from the ... More
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7. Meteor Apocalypse (2009)
directed by Micho Rutare
featuring Joe Lando, Claudia Christian, Cooper Harris
An enormous meteor explodes in the Earth's atmosphere, raining down deadly debris across the globe. In three days Los Angeles will be destroyed. Now ... More
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8. Glen and Randa (1971)
directed by Jim McBride
featuring Shelley Plimpton, Steven Curry
Director Jim McBride took his first step from the avant garde underground to Hollywood with this beautifully photographed bit of thoughtful science ... More
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9. Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
directed by Kevin Downes
featuring Stephen Baldwin, David White, Kevin Downes, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Roberts
It's a battle for humanity in this faith-based thriller from ChristianCinema.com and filmmaker Kevin Downes. In a dystopic future, humankind has been ... More
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10. The Road (2009)
directed by John Hillcoat
featuring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce
A father (Viggo Mortensen) and son make their way across a post-apocalyptic United States in hopes of finding civilization amongst the nomadic ... More
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11. Deep Impact (1998)
directed by Mimi Leder
featuring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman, Leelee Sobieski
Mimi Leder (The Peacemaker) directed this science-fiction disaster drama about the possible extinction of human life after a comet is discovered ... More
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12. Day of the Dead (1985)
directed by George A. Romero
featuring Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarleth Conroy, Antone DiLeo, Jr.
Day of the Dead, the third and concluding chapter in George Romero's zombie trilogy is the most distinctly 1950s-style science fiction version of the ... More
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13. Knowing (2009)
directed by Alex Proyas
featuring Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, Ben Mendelsohn, Lara Robinson
A time capsule containing a cryptic message about the coming apocalypse sends a concerned father on a race to prevent the horrific events from ... More
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14. When Worlds Collide (1951)
directed by Rudolph Maté
featuring Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hanson, John Hoyt, Larry Keating
First published in 1932, Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer's speculative novel When Worlds Collide was immediately purchased by Paramount as a possible ... More
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15. Supernova (2005)
directed by John Harrison
In the tradition of The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, and Armageddon, Peter Fonda, Tia Carrere, Luke Perry, and Emma Samms star in Supernova, a ... More
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16. Snowmageddon (2011)
directed by Sheldon Wilson
A seemingly-harmless snow globe unleashes a devastating winter storm on a peaceful mountainside community, prompting one family on a race to save ... More
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17. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
directed by Joseph Sargent
featuring Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Leonid Rostoff
The granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films, Colossus: The Forbin Project concerns a huge electronic brain designed to control the American ... More
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18. Earth's Final Hours (2012)
directed by David Hogan
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19. The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
directed by Val Guest
featuring Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Bernard Braden, Michael Goodliffe
Despite its come-on title, The Day the Earth Caught Fire is an intelligent, disturbing piece of speculative fiction. Through the eyes of British ... More
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20. Airborne (2012)
directed by Dominic Burns
featuring Mark Hamill, Alan Ford, Gemma Atkinson, Julian Glover, Billy Murray
When the pilots on Atlantic Flight 686 are mysteriously murdered and passengers become infected with a virus that transforms them into rampaging ... More
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21. 2012: Ice Age (2011)
directed by Travis Fort
featuring Patrick Laborteaux, Julie McCullough, Nick Afanasiev, Katie Wilson
A volcanic eruption in Iceland threatens to plunge the entire globe into a new ice age, sending one desperate American family on a race to escape the ... More
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22. Damnation Alley (1977)
directed by Jack Smight
featuring Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield, Jackie Earle Haley
A small but hardy band of survivors traverses a post-apocalypse American landscape in this sci-fi thriller. A horrific nuclear assault leaves only ... More
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23. Crack in the World (1965)
directed by Andrew Marton
featuring Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Alexander Knox, Peter Damon
A scientist trying to better mankind nearly destroys the world as we know it in this sci-fi thriller. Dr. Stephen Sorensen (Dana Andrews) is doing ... More
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24. Circuitry Man (1990)
directed by Steven Lovy
featuring Jim Metzler, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Vernon Wells, Lu Leonard, Barbara Alyn Woods
Set in a grim post-WW III America, this sci-fi fantasy tells the story of a woman attempting to sell black-market computer chips that allow patrons ... More
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25. No Blade of Grass (1970)
directed by Cornel Wilde
featuring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, Anthony May, John Hamill, Lynne Frederick
Based on a best-selling novel by John Christopher, this combination horror-movie, cautionary tale warns against the dangers of pollution. The tale is ... More
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