Apocalypse Movies

List of the best movies about the apocalypse and the end of the world according to visitors: 2012, Knowing, The Divide, World War Z, Greenland, The Road, The Night Eats the World, Waterworld, Legion, The Book of Eli.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:38

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.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia, China
Duration02:01

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.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration02:02

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

    Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom

    John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garrity's experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    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.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:07

    After waking up in an apartment where only the night before a party was raging, Sam is forced to come to grips with reality: He is now alone and the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris. Petrified with fear, Sam is going to have to barricade himself inside the building and organize his survival. But is he really the sole survivor?

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:14

    In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland' – which is tattooed on Enola's back.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, action, fantasy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrefantastic, action, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, South Africa, Germany
    Duration01:45

      A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      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.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:53

        Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:48

        In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Japan
        Duration01:44

        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.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
        Duration01:41

        In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
        CountryAustralia, USA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:32

        A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:13

          In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:30

          16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genreaction, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
          Duration01:46

          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.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:05

          After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantastic, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:54

          Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.

          Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
          CountryUSA

          Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:30

          A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrehorror, action
          CountryUSA, Canada, Japan, France
          Duration01:49

          A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrehorror, action, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:24

          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.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama
          CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:06

          In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, New Zealand, Japan
          Duration02:25

          Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrehorror, fantastic
          CountryUSA

          When a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you take your life. Facing the unknown, Malorie finds love, hope and a new beginning only for it to unravel. Now she must flee with her two children down a treacherous river to the one place left that may offer sanctuary. But to survive, they'll have to undertake the perilous two-day journey blindfolded.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:35

          For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryIceland, Luxembourg, USA
          Duration02:28

          In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:47

            In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

            Markimdb: 4.5
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA

            What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human. When a master computer program, Echelon, takes over America's entire online system, our country is threatened to be brought to its knees. Hacking into DARPA, Echelon gains the ability to manipulate the weather, create earthquakes, and cause a level of destruction unlike anything the country could ever imagine. But how do you stop a computer program when it has control over any and every defense you have?

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:30

            Open war against humanity rages. For five survivors – lost and on the run – the pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24-hour look into their lives.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:10

            Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror, fantasy
            CountryUnited Kingdom

            As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. The arduous journey, guided by park scout Alma, is set back by a nighttime attack that leaves the two bruised and shoeless. When they run into Zach, a man living off the grid, they gratefully accept his help. Zach’s intentions aren’t exactly what they seem, however, and a path out of the forest and into safety quickly fades as the line between myth and science blurs.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genrefantastic, action, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
            Duration02:05

            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.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
            CountryCanada, USA, Australia

            Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson, along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there’s nothing left for him underground, he decides against all logic to venture out to Aimee, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration00:55

            Eight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrefantastic, thriller
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:21

            A young husband and wife must fight to return home in a post-apocalyptic mid-western landscape ravaged by gangs.

            Markimdb: 8.1
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
            CountryAustralia, South Africa
            Duration02:30

            An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genrefantastic, action, adventure
            CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
            Duration01:36

            Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:59

            After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, adventure, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:14

              In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:53

              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.

              Markimdb: 5.3
              Genrefantastic, action, comedy
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:44

              Based on the British cult comic-strip, our tank-riding anti-heroine fights a mega-corporation, which controls the world's water supply.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
              CountryDenmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
              Duration02:10

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

              Markimdb: 4.6
              Genrefantastic, drama
              CountryUSA, Luxembourg, France
              Duration01:22

              A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:24

              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.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:36

                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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