From War of the Worlds to 2012: Watch All End of the World Movies
When all hope is lost and the end is near, use this JustWatch streaming guide to find all the End of the World movies available right now. Discover the best movies that tackle this theme alongside the lesser-known hidden gems and find out where to stream them all now.
You can find movies that depict the end of the world on all streaming platforms, including Netflix, Prime Video, MAX, Disney +, Paramount+, and more. Use the JustWatch filter to navigate your search and choose movies by their release date. Pick between the 1950s classics such as War of the Worlds and The Day the Earth Stood Still or discover their early 2000s remakes, with Tom Cruise starring in the former and Keanu Reeves in the latter. You can also filter your search by age rating, IMDb rating and price.
Find the best end-of-the world movies available to watch now
End of the world movies are split even further into the major disasters that threaten our species. For example, the best alien invasion movies include Independence Day, Edge of Tomorrow, Annihilation and Arrival. Climate catastrophe is another end-of-the-world scenario that has inspired brilliant epic movies such as 2012 and The Day After Tomorrow. Movies that deal with global pandemics that wipe out huge numbers of people include Contagion, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and the zombie apocalypse movie 28 Days Later. Huge threats to humanity also feature as a major part in superhero blockbuster Avengers: Endgame and sci-fi classic The Matrix.
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Don’t Look Up deals with the unique threat of a looming meteor collision, while the early Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove looks at the prospect of nuclear war. Children of Men and the Book of Eli are both set in different dystopian futures and feature incredible lead performances from Clive Owen and Denzel Washington, respectively. Lars von Trier’s Melancholia and Ana Lily Amirpour’s The Bad Batch both centre the female experience of apocalyptic circumstances and the end of the world.
Other genres
End of the world movies also often double as sci-fi dramas, superhero movies, cyberpunk movies and more. Discover a whole host of different genres that might be interesting to you such as action comedy, heist movies, outlaw westerns, and more.
