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1	Armageddon (1998) more movies like this directed by Michael Bay featuring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton Michael Bay (The Rock) directed this science fiction action thriller in the When Worlds Collide tradition. After astronomy students discover a comet-asteroid collision, an asteroid fragment "the size of the Super Dome" threatens. It's destroyed by a secret USA defense in space, but a large chunk veers off toward Singapore. With another asteroid ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99!
2	Waterworld (1995) more movies like this directed by Kevin Reynolds featuring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter Widely considered to be an expensive failure, Waterworld was an epic vehicle for Kevin Costner, who starred in and co-produced the film, with his friend Kevin Reynolds as director. It was based on a 1986 screenplay by Peter Rader and cost an estimated $235 million, more than any film in history up to that time. Costner eventually fired Reynolds ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.21!
3	The Omega Man (1971) more movies like this directed by Boris Sagal featuring Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Lincoln Kilpatrick This second film adaptation of Richard Matheson's science-fiction novel I Am Legend (the first version being The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price) unfolds in a post-apocalyptic 1976. Charlton Heston is Robert Neville, the sole recipient of a serum that enabled him to survive an onslaught of germ warfare between Russia and China - which ... see all copies from $10.41! new only from $10.41!
4	When Worlds Collide (1951) more movies like this 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 project for director Cecil B. DeMille. But because none of Paramount's scriptwriters were able to come up with an adequate screen treatment, the property lay on the shelf until 1950, when producer ... see all copies from $4.11! new only from $6.87!
5	Deep Impact (1998) more movies like this 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 headed toward Earth with the collision only one year away. Ambitious MSNBC reporter Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni) stumbles onto the story, prompting a White House press conference. United States President Beck ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99!
6	On the Beach (1959) more movies like this 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 originally released in 1959. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, the film is set in the future (1964) when virtually all life on earth has been exterminated by the radioactive residue of a nuclear holocaust. ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $10.67!
7	Reign of Fire (2002) more movies like this directed by Rob Bowman featuring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott James Moutter Medieval fantasy meets futuristic science fiction in this effects-heavy action epic from former X-Files director Rob Bowman. In present-day London, 12-year-old Quinn Abercromby witnesses the awakening of a hibernating dragon from a centuries-long slumber, the result of a construction dig supervised by his mother and an incident for which Quinn ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.57!
8	The Postman (1997) more movies like this directed by Kevin Costner featuring Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo Kevin Costner directed and stars in this adaptation of David Brin's science fiction novel The Postman (1985), first published in 1982 issues of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Costner's return to directing after his Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves(1990) is a futuristic epic depicting the aftermath of a destructive war. Some 16 years from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.48!
9	The Stand (1994) more movies like this directed by Mick Garris featuring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Miguel Ferrer, Rob Lowe Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus ... see all copies from $17.99! new only from $29.99!
10	The Andromeda Strain (1971) more movies like this directed by Robert Wise featuring Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly The "Andromeda Strain" is a deadly extraterrestrial virus. It is brought to Earth when a research satellite crashes near a tiny Arizona town. Everyone in the community dies within days, except for a baby and an "insulated" drunkard. Recruited from labs all over North America, doctors Charles Dutton (David Wayne), Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), Ruth ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $10.66!
11 view cover	The Core (2003) more movies like this directed by Jon Amiel featuring Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, D.J. Qualls An unlikely band of scientists and soldiers join forces to save the world from certain destruction in this action-drama. As the world is struck with a variety of inexplicable phenomena -- attacks by enormous swarms of birds in London, the explosion of the Colosseum in Rome, a potentially deadly malfunction which forces the Space Shuttle into a Los ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.87!
12 view cover	Night of the Comet (1984) more movies like this directed by Thom Eberhardt featuring Catherine Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Geoffrey Lewis, Mary Woronov In this satirical sci-fi comedy, Samantha (Kelli Maroney) and Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) are two sisters whose father was a hard-bitten Green Beret, but who've grown into typical Valley Girls. They end up spending the night in a steel-lined room just as a comet passes close to the earth, vaporizing the people in its wake. When Samantha and ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $10.67!
13 view cover	Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) more movies like this 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 missile defense system. Colossus' technicians do not count on the computer developing an intelligence of its own. Communicating with its Russian counterpart, Colossus decides to take over the earth, ... see all copies from $3.61! new only from $6.89!
14 view cover	A Boy and His Dog (1975) more movies like this directed by L.Q. Jones featuring Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Tiger, Tim McIntire, Jason Robards, Jr. Based on the novella by Harlan Ellison, A Boy and His Dog is set in a post-apocalyptic future where canned goods are used as currency and where entertainment often consists of old porn reels. Vic (Don Johnson) is a violent, illiterate scavenger, principally interested in getting laid. He communicates telepathically with his deceptively cute ... see all copies from $4.65! new only from $18.27!
15 view cover	The Day After (1983) more movies like this directed by Nicholas Meyer featuring Jason Robards, Jr., JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan A peaceful Midwestern city attempts to recover after it is destroyed by a nuclear missile strike in this powerful and deeply disturbing testament to the folly of pro-military hawks who believed that annihilation was a justifiable means of attaining power and control. The Day After originally aired on network television. At the end of the broadcast ... see all copies from $3.91! new only from $11.05!
16 view cover	Day of the Dead (1985) more movies like this 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 lot. Set in Florida, as the film begins the dead have taken over the world, outnumbering humans 400,000 to one. The handful of surviving humans have taken refuge in an underground missile silo and ... see all copies from $4.11! new only from $10.66!
17 view cover	The Last Man on Earth (1964) more movies like this directed by Sidney Salkow, Ubaldo Ragona featuring Vincent Price, Emma Danieli, Franca Bettoja, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Tony Cerevi, Antonio Corevi, Ettore Ribotta, Umberto Rau In a post-epidemic nightmare world, scientist Robert Morgan (Vincent Price) is the only man immune to the plague which has transformed the entire population of the Earth into vampire-like creatures. He becomes the monster slayer that vampire-society fears. Curing one of them, Ruth (Franca Bettoja), with a transfusion of his blood gives him hope ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $5.00!
18 view cover	Testament (1983) more movies like this 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 fake hyperbole of action and disaster movies as the natural world is from cartoons. Set in the small California town of Hamlin, the Wetherly family and their everyday concerns open the story. The ... see all copies from $2.19!
19 view cover	Stalker (1979) more movies like this directed by Andrei Tarkovsky featuring Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoli Solonitsin, Nikolai Grinko, Alisa Freyndlikh, Natasha Abramova Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, an allegorical science fiction film like his earlier Solaris, was adapted from the novel Picnic by the Roadside by brothers Boris Strugatsky and Arkady Strugatsky. The film follows three men -- the Scientist (Nikolai Grinko), the Writer (Anatoliy Solonitsyn), and the Stalker (Alexander Kaidanovsky) -- ... see all copies from $22.07! new only from $22.07!
20 view cover	The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) more movies like this 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 reporter Peter Stenning (Edward Judd), we learn that both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. have simultaneously set off nuclear explosions to test their efficiency. The twin blasts have caused the Earth to go off ... see all copies from $6.88! new only from $7.20!
21 view cover	By Dawn's Early Light (1989) more movies like this directed by Jack Sholder Soviet radicals upset with the thawing of the Cold War explode a nuclear weapon in Russia, setting off a series of events that may very well trigger World War III. The president (Martin Landau) has been isolated after a helicopter accident and must outwit government and military officials who are attempting to go forward with the war. The film ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $6.53!
22 view cover	The Quiet Earth (1985) more movies like this directed by Geoff Murphy featuring Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge In a tour-de-force sci-fi story with only three main characters, Kiwi director Geoffrey Murphy creates an interesting dynamic nuanced with shades of mysticism. When scientist Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) experiments with a radical new power source -- a band of energy that would circle the planet -- the project goes awry and apparently wipes out all ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $10.84!
23 view cover	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) more movies like this directed by Irwin Allen featuring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre, Michael Ansara, Robert Sterling Walter Pidgeon is the nominal star of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, portraying Admiral Harriman Nelson, the designer of the submarine Seaview, a glass-nosed research submarine. The sub embarks on her shakedown cruise under the polar ice cap as the movie begins. Upon surfacing, however, the crew discovers that the entire sky is on fire -- the ... see all copies from $16.24! new only from $16.24!
24 view cover	A Sound of Thunder (2005) more movies like this directed by Peter Hyams featuring Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley, Jemima Rooper, David Oyelowo A seemingly insignificant act may cause the fabric of history to unravel in this sci-fi adventure. Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley) owns and operates a successful firm known as Time Safari. Thanks to time travel technology developed by Hatton's employee Sonia Rand (Catherine McCormack), Time Safari allows big game hunters to journey back to ... see all copies from $6.24! new only from $6.24!
25 view cover	Quintet (1979) more movies like this directed by Robert Altman featuring Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson, Brigitte Fossey Perhaps the least seen but most talked about film of Robert Altman's career, Quintet is a somber science fiction tale that takes place after a nuclear holocaust has thrown the world into another Ice Age. A man named Essex (Paul Newman) and his pregnant wife Vivia (Brigitte Fossey) are wandering the desolate, frozen landscape and attempting to find ... see all copies from $10.00!

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