When faced with a catastrophe, everyone behaves differently. While some are returning to the familiar fare of Friends and The Office, others are going straight for the meat: apocalyptic movies and television. There’s something curiously comfortable about witnessing a global calamity develop onscreen, whether it’s in blockbuster disaster movies or more thoughtful End Times fare. Get your dose below with the best end-of-the-world movies available to stream right now.
1. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): Mad Max: Fury Road was an instant hit upon its debut, thanks to Charlize Theron’s powerful portrayal as Imperator Furiosa and the film’s operatic vision of a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
2. Children of Men (2006): The idea is straightforward: people have become sterile for unknown reasons. However, the scenario depicted in Children of Men—based on the novel of the same name—is frightening, in which adults continue to live in an increasingly torn society, knowing that there is little chance for the race’s future.
3. Independence Day (1996): Aliens! 4th of July! Will Smith, please! What could a single blockbuster possibly offer? Independence Day more than makes up for its lack of highbrow credentials with physical force and popcorn-ready fun.
4. Contagion (2011): Since the coronavirus pandemic began, fans and journalists alike have revisited Contagion in the hopes of learning more about our current predicament.
5. Melancholia (2011): Contagion may have depicted the devastation that a pandemic might cause, but Melancholia best captures our current state of mind for many of us—those fortunate enough to work from home or reside in areas with low case counts.
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