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The 26 Best Movies About the End of the World

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Why do we watch movies about the end of the world? Is it to feel comfort in the fact that our world is, in fact, not ending? Or do we simply enjoy the excitement and rush of the drama surrounding a potential apocalypse? Whatever the reason, there's no denying that the apocalypse provides some excellent material for movies—knowing that, we've compiled a list of what we think are the 26 best movies about the end of the world.

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1. Children of Men

Watch on Prime Video

2. The Road

Watch on Prime Video

3. Shaun of the Dead

watch on prime video

4. The World's End

watch on prime video

5. This Is the End

watch on netflix

6. Don’t Look Up

watch on netflix

7. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

watch on prime video

8. 28 Days Later

watch on prime video

9. 28 Weeks Later

watch on prime video

10. The Day After

watch on youtube

11. Threads

Watch on YouTube

12. A Quiet Place

watch on paramount+

13. 12 Monkeys

watch on prime video

14. Mad Max: Fury Road

watch on prime video

15. Armageddon

watch on Max

16. Deep Impact

watch on prime video

17. Take Shelter

watch on prime video

18. Dawn of the Dead

watch on youtube

19. Interstellar

watch on prime video

20. I Am Legend

watch on prime video

21. Melancholia

watch on prime video

22. The Terminator

watch on max

23. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

watch on netflix

24. Contagion

watch on prime video

25. The Book of Eli

watch on hulu

26. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

watch on prime video
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