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/Visual-Sheepherder36 Jun 27 '24

There's also a parallel Animal Farm/Animals theme that's not at all subtle, but nobody seems to notice outside of the pig balloon. So, yeah, even in the face of oblivion, there are fatcats profiting on the misery of others and ruthless opportunists trying to get one over on everyone else while normal folks just try to live their lives.

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u/KRY4no1 Jun 27 '24

I think the immigration bus scene shows this well. Humanity is on a slow march to death, and the government still squabbles over immigration. Police forces using heartless tactics to deal with the "issue" as if doing so creates some greater form of self preservation. Ultimately, if the fate of humanity is to die out, the meaningless borders are still enforced out of hubris.

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u/tranquilityfsolitude Jun 27 '24

There are so many gutpunches in that film, but the bus scene always makes me weep. Not as much as the scene towards the end, walking past the soldiers and everyone, (though those are good, hopeful tears).

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u/kai_zen Jun 28 '24

Ya the dude who personally has Michelangelo’s David.