The Best and Most Intense Disaster and Doomsday Movie that Will Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat

Although disasters and doomsday movies have long been a genre that is familiar to the movie industry, you never get to exactly predict who is exactly is going to survive and how. If you are the type of movie lovers that love to be confronted with a plot set in a world that’s out of balance, keep reading! from nuclear to biological warfare, to an apocalypse wiping out half the population, you might just find that movie that you’ve been looking for all this time.

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Children of Men

Clive Owen, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Michael Caine
Alfonso Cuarón
2006

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.

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7.9 IMDB
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28 Days Later

Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson
Danny Boyle
2002

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.

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7.6 IMDB
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The Impossible

Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland
J. A. Bayona
2012

In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

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7.6 IMDB
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Only the Brave

Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges
Joseph Kosinski
2017

Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

7.6 IMDB
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Little Boy

Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Alejandro Monteverde
2015

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love a father has for his little boy and the love a son has for his father.

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7.4 IMDB
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Take Shelter

Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Katy Mixon
Jeff Nichols
2011

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

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7.4 IMDB
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Sunshine

Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans
Danny Boyle
2007

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

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7.2 IMDB
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Melancholia

Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland
Lars von Trier
2011

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

7.2 IMDB
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The Road

Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron
John Hillcoat
2009

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.

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7.2 IMDB
10

Deepwater Horizon

Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich
Peter Berg
2016

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

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7.1 IMDB
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Unthinkable

Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Sheen
Gregor Jordan
2010

A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs while a CIA "consultant", known as H, interrogates the suspect who has allowed himself to be caught. The suspect, whose wife and children have left him and disappeared, seems to know exactly what the interrogation will entail. Even as H ratchets up the pressure, using torture over Brody's objection, the suspect doesn't crack. Should H do the unthinkable, and will Brody acquiesce? Is any Constitutional principle worth possible loss of life?

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7.1 IMDB
12

Cloverfield

Michael Stahl-David, T. J. Miller, Lizzy Caplan
Matt Reeves
2008

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

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7 IMDB
13

These Final Hours

Nathan Phillips, Angourie Rice, Daniel Henshall
Zak Hilditch
2014

What would you do on the last day on Earth? With the end of the world only hours away, the self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing father. This simple act sets James on a path to redemption.

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6.7 IMDB
14

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton
Lorene Scafaria
2012

As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.

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6.7 IMDB
15

The Wave

Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro
Roar Uthaug
2015

Although theorised, no one is really ready when a mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses and creates a tsunami over 300 feet high. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.

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6.7 IMDB
16

This Is the End

James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
2013

While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

6.6 IMDB
17

The Day After Tomorrow

Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum
Roland Emmerich
2004

After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

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6.4 IMDB
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The Perfect Storm

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane
Wolfgang Petersen
2000

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure.

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6.4 IMDB
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Knowing

Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury
Alex Proyas
2009

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.

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6.2 IMDB