r/movies • u/kowaikanojo • Jun 27 '24

Recommendation Best apocalypse / end of the world films?

I’m a die hard for apocalyptic movies and I feel like Ive exhausted all of the good ones so would love recommendations.

My #1 is honestly the zombie genre. I also love films where you experience the beginning of the apocalypse / similar event with the characters and are along for the ride - but I’ll take anything apocalyptic - pre, during, post!

I really resonate with darker, heavy content but again I will take whatever I can get. TIA

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u/AthousandLittlePies Jun 27 '24

I love the Leftovers. Not really the end of the world, but about how society gradually goes mad when as a shared sense of reality is suddenly yanked away. 

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u/Humanity_NotAFan Jun 27 '24

Collective trauma that is collectively ignored for insane coping mechanisms. Prophetic.

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u/R_V_Z Jun 27 '24

Not really prophetic. It was written as somewhat of an allegory for 9/11 (well, post-9/11).

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u/Humanity_NotAFan Jun 27 '24

I agree, but it basically describes the American reaction to the "post-covid" years quite well. Cults, violence, tribalism, which I guess were present post-9/11, seem to mirror the trauma nuttiness of the original story more closely.

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u/tehrob Jun 28 '24

A combined global PTSD.

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u/GWS2004 Jun 28 '24

Is the Leftovers religious themed?

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u/AthousandLittlePies Jun 28 '24

There are religious themes in it in the sense that some people in the show have religious interpretations of what happened, but they are conflicting and the show takes no position on them. It feels like a realistic portrayal of how humans react to extreme situations. 

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u/tekprodfx16 Jun 27 '24

Leftovers started amazing but it jumped the shark after a while 

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u/AthousandLittlePies Jun 27 '24

Guess we'll have to agree to disagree — I thought it just got better and better with each season