It's the End of the World As We Know It

List creator: dwhudson Created on: April 20, 2002 - 3:47 PM PDT Description: And I... well, you know. There must be thousands of movies that deal with the end of the world, impending or already accomplished. The tip of the iceberg looks like this...

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movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
One of Kubrick's best; his best cast, certainly. One of the best in the nuke genre. "We'll meet again..."
Fail-Safe (1964)			Not Rated
Same genre. Without the laughs.
Deep Impact (1998)
When we thought nuclear MADness was over and done with, we looked up...
Armageddon (Criterion Collection) (1998)			Not Rated
... and saw not one, but two comets headed our way!
Dawn of the Dead (1978)			Not Rated
Or we all get eaten by zombies. Hey, it could happen. If it does, I'm offing myself first.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Collector's Edition) (1978)
I'll take these invaders over zombies any day of the week. No mess, no fuss.
The War of the Worlds (1953)			Not Rated
Really, how many times do you get to say, "The radio version was better."
Independence Day (1996)
CGI remake of WotW, only drenched in stomach-churning nationalism.
Planet of the Apes (1968)
The end of the world for us, maybe.
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Gotta have a virus movie in here, and this is the granddaddy of all virus movies.
Last Night (1998)
Love the premise. We don't know why. We just know that, some day, it'll happen.