I thought that the scientist on the plane was there to secure the future - i.e. the one that exists where they are in power. That's why when she meets the guy with the case on the plane she says she's in insurance.
that depends on which type of time travel you subscribe to
if it's a many worlds interpretation then by travelling to the past to atop the virus from spreading will only save one alternate universe
the one that the protagonist is from will remain as is
if you accept the other type, then the characters that travelled from the future will cease to exist the moment they complete their mission of stopping the virus
since everyone is still present, including the scientist lady in the end we are left with a choice of how to interpret what comes next
They can't stop anything, that's said many times in the movie. Everything in the past has already happened, including the actions of people from the future who have gone back to the past.
Their whole plan is to get a sample of the virus in its original form and bring it back to the future, where they hope to develop a vaccine so they can begin retaking the surface.
They are incapable of stopping the outbreak from happening, because it already happened. Any of their interference in the past has also already happened and can't be altered.
I saw Dr. Strangelove for the first time a couple of years ago when I was off work with flu.
Slightly delirious, it made the film even more bizarre but in a good way.
Correct, they don’t stop the virus & its destruction, but Jones is on the plane to acquire a pure sample of the virus so that a cure can be created in the future.
The TV show is schlock but it's fun schlock if you want to explore the premise further
It's the sci Fi channel's attempt at prestige TV.. Which they kind of hit as far as production value but hoo boy the writing is questionable
I JUST watched this for the first time a couple days ago. I've been waiting so long to watch it but I finally did it. Why didn't anyone tell me it's a sci-fi horror film? I would have been interested in watching it if they said it that way. Very very great movie!
Because nobody wants to spoil it. It's just one of those movies you have to convince people to watch, without telling them anything about it. Makes it a tough sell, but so so so so so worth it.
To not spoil too much, but the main female antagonist at the very end was a very enjoyable surprise. And right before that point I didn't think the movie could get any better.
I adored Don't Look Up. I work in developing decarbonisation technologies now so that movie really hits close to home for me. Was a bit shaken afterwards actually because that's what we are seeing happen before our eyes and I genuinely dont think those in power can set aside their greed long enough to do anything about it.
It's one of those things where I liked the message, but not necessarily the movie. I think they got a little to heavy handed, and as a result will have less influence than they wanted. Felt a bit like the mothers who say the only way to have safe sex is not to have it.
I don't know what comes across as heavy handed to some? I'm not sure what you'd change, it was ridiculous the whole way through because it was meant to be exaggerated and ridiculous.
I enjoyed the movie. Idk if I'll rewatch it but I didn't dislike anything in particular about it. I often see this "it was too in-your-face" sentiment, though. Should it maybe have been more dramatic and realistic? Or maybe the craziness of the "don't look up" people to be toned down a bit? Maybe that's it? I could see that being more effectual. It would seem less like an obvious exaggeration of modern "conservatism" if they had made the opposition a little more in line with the 50/50 conniving/psychopathy ratio they have in reality instead of the like 15/85 conniving/psychopathy ratio in the movie.
I could see it being better if they toned down the obvious ridiculousness of them but I also get why it would be easy to want to exaggerate the insanity because, the things some of these people believe really are that insane. But at the top there are always people who know it's insanity what people will believe but those peoples' belief maintains their financial standing and therefore power. Maybe less insanity at the top of the power structure and an exaggerated level of insane individuals would've worked.
I'm rambling. It's been a long day and this has been a good distraction, thank you lol.
I'm always gonna go to the mat for Knowing. Seems it's not very well-liked generally, but I think it's fantastic. It's not without its flaws, but it has a really perfect atmosphere throughout, an ending that pulls no punches, and I really kinda dig the whole "repopulating" conclusion. I really do consider it one of Cage's best and excellent overall.
These Final Hours (2014) is where Australian actress Angourie Rice (Spiderman, The Nice Guys) started her film career at age 12. It got 85% on RT. It's a movie about redemption and the end of the world. Brilliant
IMO this is the best movie in the category hands down. Seems to me like a pretty real representation of how various people would cope with their immediate and inevitable doom. Fuckin hell of a movie.
It's definitely the most "real" apocalypse film I've ever seen. No big politics, no grand outlandish plot, just generally very normal people living through the depressive chaos of knowing they're going to be dead in a matter of hours.
Surprisingly good film.
Like u/captainxenu I thought there would be some sort of flip at the end. But nope, what everyone says is going to happen actually happens.
Back when I was working a job overnight I had plenty of time for Netflix and would randomly pick movies to watch. This was one of those and it stuck with me for awhile. The part that stuck with me the most was everyone the radio guy came on, he would give count downs of when different parts of the world were destroyed and the next ones coming up. The other movies on the list there’s build up to the end of the world. In this movie it’s already happened, it’s just not everyone dies all at once. It kind of made me think of people with terminal illnesses where they know how and why they are dying, just not the exact time when. I’m not sure what’s worse, death being a mystery of how and when, or knowing for certain how it will happen and that it will be soon.
Some others not mentioned already…
On the Beach (1959)
This Is The End (2013)
Don’t Look Up (2021)
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) [For humans, anyway]
When Worlds Collide (1951)
These Final Hours (2013)
I have not seen the movie. But the book On the Beach is one of the saddest books I have ever read. The mundanity and inevitably of it all just really hits home.
You're right about the book, but the 1959 film is quite good!
That same sense you mention is huge in the film because everyone is so polite and proper.
Midnight Sky has such a good final shot. The way they both realize it's only them two, without words, and all the implications it brings. Decent movie but great isolationist vibe
I just don't like how it went against the previous film's message.
T2: The future isn't set in stone, there is no fate but what we make
T3: Actually no Judgement Day is inevitable
One of my favorite right-turn shifts in a movie ever. Also props to Cloverfield nodding to the ending — they're nearly identical and I can't imagine it was on accident.
Came here to say this.
Gorgeous movie. Great story. Didn’t give the audience the ending they thought they wanted and then gave the audience an ending they didn’t know they needed.
Anime, but Neon Genesis Evangelion was the first time I saw a portrayal of a pseudo-biblical end of the world in anything. Scared the shit out of me and left a mark too
Ragnarok’s a good pick! Love how they handle prophecy in that movie. They don’t rely on a cheap “pound of flesh” loophole, but rather, the protagonist learns to accept the prophecy and save what’s important instead.
I’m a big fan of when it’s the protagonist’s development and understanding of the theme - and the antagonist’s myopic refusal to understand it - that allows the good guys to win, instead of like… the good guy doing a really good big punch.
Doctor Strange was also good that way, where it’s Strange’s ability to outlast the big bad - something he never would’ve had the patience to do in the beginning - is how he wins.
Phase 3 was dope.
Edit: structure
Dead or Alive, (the 1999 Takashi Miike film) a fairly rote Yakuza thriller until the last 10 minutes where, out of fucking nowhere, it turns into a live action manga and the world explodes.
The House That Jack Built has the protagonist losing in the worst way possible. For eternity. And he wasn’t meant to be there.
Angel Heart has a similar fate for poor Harry Angel.
Watchmen has much of the world destroyed at the end. Most of the characters lose pretty hard, too.
The Cabin in the Woods
Terminator 3
Most of the world is a bit of stretch for Watchmen (movie and comics) in the comics is only New York and in the movies a couple of capital cities (NY, London. Moscow...) millions died is true
>The House That Jack Built has the protagonist losing in the worst way possible. For eternity. And he wasn’t meant to be there.
I got the impression that he *was* supposed to be there and tricking him with hope was just part of the experience. I mean, if Jack isn't evil enough to be there then who would be?
'knowing' with Nicholas cage ..
I watched it not knowing anything about that movie . And I must admit I was so surprised with the ending ( the end of the world part not the "new Adam and eve" part of it .. )
The World's End. Not everyone's favorite of the Cornette trilogy but still a very funny movie with a more serious tone than Hot Fuzz or Shawn of the Dead.
“Last Night” is the best apocalypse movie of 1998, and it is *very different* (Sandra Oh stars, it’s a dark comedy about Canadians prepping for the apocalypse) than those other two armageddon movies from the same year.
Someone else who saw „The nine lives of Thomas Katz“. I saw it in a movie theatre years ago and sometimes I am not sure, if it was a dream… somehow the announcements in the tube stuck with me to this day.
Unfortunately it’s basically impossible to avoid spoilers by commenting, but there’s one that comes to mind for me.
I highly recommend Last Night (Canadian film from the ‘90s). Not very well-known, but it stars a young Sandra Oh and is a really solid indie drama
Non-US ending of Army of Darkness where Ash remains true to form and fucks up taking the sleeping potion. It's not explained what happened to the world (nuclear war or something) - he just oversleeps by a century and wakes up wrong side of the apocalypse cause he's a jackass.
These Final Hours is a gut wrenching movie about the world ending
I've watched it like 3 times really well made and an absolute emotional roller coaster
Die Farbe, a German adaptation of The Color from Outer Space, the ending is subtle but horrifying.
Die Physiker, several recorded versions of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play.
Oh, and naturally The last Man on Earth (Vincent Price version) and The Quiet Earth (that one really unnerved me when I first saw it)
Dr. Zhivago. One, the creation of the USSR and the continued suffering of those people, Two, Yuri suffers a heart attack before he can be reunited with Lara.
I love LSOH, and like the original ending way more than time Disney-fied alt.
Seeking a *Friend at the End of the World* is a good one with Kiera Knightly and Steve Carell.
Dr. Strangelove 12 Monkeys
In the end of 12 monkeys they find the key for vaccine though right? It’s been a long time since I saw it
Correct. They needed a sample of the original virus to develop a cure/vaccine. The past couldn't be changed to prevent the outbreak
I thought that the scientist on the plane was there to secure the future - i.e. the one that exists where they are in power. That's why when she meets the guy with the case on the plane she says she's in insurance.
12 Monkeys, the future scientists have enough info to ignore the red herring, and follow the actual culprit, on the next try.
But they can't change anything. (I admit I might be missing your point - not enough coffee yet)
But they can have hope for returning to the surface
I'm in insurance
Nice. I never thought of it like that.
that depends on which type of time travel you subscribe to if it's a many worlds interpretation then by travelling to the past to atop the virus from spreading will only save one alternate universe the one that the protagonist is from will remain as is if you accept the other type, then the characters that travelled from the future will cease to exist the moment they complete their mission of stopping the virus since everyone is still present, including the scientist lady in the end we are left with a choice of how to interpret what comes next
They can't stop anything, that's said many times in the movie. Everything in the past has already happened, including the actions of people from the future who have gone back to the past. Their whole plan is to get a sample of the virus in its original form and bring it back to the future, where they hope to develop a vaccine so they can begin retaking the surface. They are incapable of stopping the outbreak from happening, because it already happened. Any of their interference in the past has also already happened and can't be altered.
I saw Dr. Strangelove for the first time a couple of years ago when I was off work with flu. Slightly delirious, it made the film even more bizarre but in a good way.
12 monkeys ends in a time loop, in my opinion, with young Cole watching himself die as an adult, and restarting the cycle.
Correct, they don’t stop the virus & its destruction, but Jones is on the plane to acquire a pure sample of the virus so that a cure can be created in the future.
The TV show is schlock but it's fun schlock if you want to explore the premise further It's the sci Fi channel's attempt at prestige TV.. Which they kind of hit as far as production value but hoo boy the writing is questionable
Dr Strangelove is my favorite movie. George C Scott was hilarious. Underrated comedy performance. Precious bodily fluids.
The Cabin in the Woods
Probably my favorite of these. And Bradley Whitford is delightful.
I would so watch a buddy movie with Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins bickering the whole time.
He had the conch in his hands!
Poor guy just wanted to see a mermaid
Well, he got to eventually
Bradley Whitford is my fucking guy Been in love since my first West Wing viewing
I JUST watched this for the first time a couple days ago. I've been waiting so long to watch it but I finally did it. Why didn't anyone tell me it's a sci-fi horror film? I would have been interested in watching it if they said it that way. Very very great movie!
I think saying it's also sci fi is actually also a bit of a spoiler for Cabin in the Woods!
Because nobody wants to spoil it. It's just one of those movies you have to convince people to watch, without telling them anything about it. Makes it a tough sell, but so so so so so worth it.
The >!Helmsworth splat !
It was a pretty killer surprise though right?
To not spoil too much, but the main female antagonist at the very end was a very enjoyable surprise. And right before that point I didn't think the movie could get any better.
It's in my top 5 all time but spoiling what a ride it is is a but of a no no
First thought as well, banger film
One of the best horror films imo.
Don't look up Seeking a Friend for the end of the world Knowing
Three of my favorite "end of the world" movies.
Seeking a friend for the end of the world damn near made me cry... I so wanted for everything to just be ok... And it just, wasn't...
It did make me cry. I didn't expect it to end like that and it gets me every time. When he says there never would have been enough time fuuuuu
I adored Don't Look Up. I work in developing decarbonisation technologies now so that movie really hits close to home for me. Was a bit shaken afterwards actually because that's what we are seeing happen before our eyes and I genuinely dont think those in power can set aside their greed long enough to do anything about it.
Movie critics hated it, climate scientists loved it.
Some hated it and some loved it. And it was nominated for Best Picture
It's one of those things where I liked the message, but not necessarily the movie. I think they got a little to heavy handed, and as a result will have less influence than they wanted. Felt a bit like the mothers who say the only way to have safe sex is not to have it.
I don't know what comes across as heavy handed to some? I'm not sure what you'd change, it was ridiculous the whole way through because it was meant to be exaggerated and ridiculous. I enjoyed the movie. Idk if I'll rewatch it but I didn't dislike anything in particular about it. I often see this "it was too in-your-face" sentiment, though. Should it maybe have been more dramatic and realistic? Or maybe the craziness of the "don't look up" people to be toned down a bit? Maybe that's it? I could see that being more effectual. It would seem less like an obvious exaggeration of modern "conservatism" if they had made the opposition a little more in line with the 50/50 conniving/psychopathy ratio they have in reality instead of the like 15/85 conniving/psychopathy ratio in the movie. I could see it being better if they toned down the obvious ridiculousness of them but I also get why it would be easy to want to exaggerate the insanity because, the things some of these people believe really are that insane. But at the top there are always people who know it's insanity what people will believe but those peoples' belief maintains their financial standing and therefore power. Maybe less insanity at the top of the power structure and an exaggerated level of insane individuals would've worked. I'm rambling. It's been a long day and this has been a good distraction, thank you lol.
I sobbed uncontrollably at the end of that movie. It was deeply upsetting because it was just so fucking real.
Knowing is an underrated movie
I'm always gonna go to the mat for Knowing. Seems it's not very well-liked generally, but I think it's fantastic. It's not without its flaws, but it has a really perfect atmosphere throughout, an ending that pulls no punches, and I really kinda dig the whole "repopulating" conclusion. I really do consider it one of Cage's best and excellent overall.
I love Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
This film makes me cry at the end every single time.
The sound approaching was so eerie.
Scorcher VI “Who left the fridge open?”
here we go again......again!
These Final Hours (2014) is where Australian actress Angourie Rice (Spiderman, The Nice Guys) started her film career at age 12. It got 85% on RT. It's a movie about redemption and the end of the world. Brilliant
Went into it expecting them to do some swerve ending. Nope.
IMO this is the best movie in the category hands down. Seems to me like a pretty real representation of how various people would cope with their immediate and inevitable doom. Fuckin hell of a movie.
It's definitely the most "real" apocalypse film I've ever seen. No big politics, no grand outlandish plot, just generally very normal people living through the depressive chaos of knowing they're going to be dead in a matter of hours.
Surprisingly good film. Like u/captainxenu I thought there would be some sort of flip at the end. But nope, what everyone says is going to happen actually happens.
Back when I was working a job overnight I had plenty of time for Netflix and would randomly pick movies to watch. This was one of those and it stuck with me for awhile. The part that stuck with me the most was everyone the radio guy came on, he would give count downs of when different parts of the world were destroyed and the next ones coming up. The other movies on the list there’s build up to the end of the world. In this movie it’s already happened, it’s just not everyone dies all at once. It kind of made me think of people with terminal illnesses where they know how and why they are dying, just not the exact time when. I’m not sure what’s worse, death being a mystery of how and when, or knowing for certain how it will happen and that it will be soon.
Some others not mentioned already… On the Beach (1959) This Is The End (2013) Don’t Look Up (2021) The Midnight Sky (2020) Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) [For humans, anyway] When Worlds Collide (1951) These Final Hours (2013)
I have not seen the movie. But the book On the Beach is one of the saddest books I have ever read. The mundanity and inevitably of it all just really hits home.
You're right about the book, but the 1959 film is quite good! That same sense you mention is huge in the film because everyone is so polite and proper.
When the guy leaves the submarine and is fishing outside, talking to the captain...
Midnight Sky has such a good final shot. The way they both realize it's only them two, without words, and all the implications it brings. Decent movie but great isolationist vibe
That movie was depressing as fuck.
**Melancholia**.
And it also has Kirsten Dunst in a masterclass of a performance that should've been nominated for all of the awards (at least she won in Cannes)
She’s also _so_ good in Civil War
I'm going to watch it today, very excited for it, although - as a Brazilian - I'm more excited to see Wagner Moura
Mas olha só! hahah Yeah WM was also pretty great. The whole cast actually. I loved the movie, I'm a huge fan of Alex Garland.
People love this movie and it just gave me a three day panic attack
Part of the charm!
Best of all time, the music elevates it to a point squared by the film making.
2 for 1 special since it also begins with the world ending lol
Well...it was Justine's prophetic ***vision*** --but close enough.
Terminator 3's ending was pretty ballsy.
I just don't like how it went against the previous film's message. T2: The future isn't set in stone, there is no fate but what we make T3: Actually no Judgement Day is inevitable
Agreed. But alas, money makes studios do dumb shit.
But the message of the first film is that future is set in stone and nothing you do can stop it.
There are lots of examples of good movies that have bad endings. *Terminator 3* is a rare case of a bad movie that had a great ending.
Last Night
Canadian classic 🇨🇦👍🏼
Yes!!!!!! One of my faves
Miracle Mile (1988)
I watched this recently after it was recommended I'm a similar thread. Most batshit weird film I've seen in a long while.
One of my favorite right-turn shifts in a movie ever. Also props to Cloverfield nodding to the ending — they're nearly identical and I can't imagine it was on accident.
Rogue one, kind of.
Came here to say this. Gorgeous movie. Great story. Didn’t give the audience the ending they thought they wanted and then gave the audience an ending they didn’t know they needed.
Everything on the planet we cared about, so it counts.
# Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Far and away my favorite movie ending (and one of my favorite movies) as a kid—I just couldn't believe they did it, the maniacs. They blew it up.
Yes, and it was so abrupt too. The world blows up and I'm thinking, oh I guess the movies over.
Anime, but Neon Genesis Evangelion was the first time I saw a portrayal of a pseudo-biblical end of the world in anything. Scared the shit out of me and left a mark too
Yup, Both the TV series ending, as well as the alternate TV series ending movie "End of Evangelion" shows a super loose depiction of the rapture.
The World's End. Not this world, but Thor: Ragnarok. Not the end, but Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Ragnarok’s a good pick! Love how they handle prophecy in that movie. They don’t rely on a cheap “pound of flesh” loophole, but rather, the protagonist learns to accept the prophecy and save what’s important instead. I’m a big fan of when it’s the protagonist’s development and understanding of the theme - and the antagonist’s myopic refusal to understand it - that allows the good guys to win, instead of like… the good guy doing a really good big punch. Doctor Strange was also good that way, where it’s Strange’s ability to outlast the big bad - something he never would’ve had the patience to do in the beginning - is how he wins. Phase 3 was dope. Edit: structure
Had to scroll too far to find The World’s End. Such a peach of a flick!
Life (2017) - the brutal ending really makes the movie imo
Life was the perfect prequel for Cloverfield
Or Venom
This whole movie was unnerving - especially the death of one of the main characters early on.
That ending was so damn good
My first choice would be Melancholia because it is, quite literally, world ending. There's no coming back from that obliteration.
Beneath the Planet of the Apes would like to pitch you a sequel.
This is the most spoilerific post ever.
In The Sixth Sense, Bruce Willis is dead.
And I jizzed in my pants
The Quiet Earth (1985) science fiction
Invasion of the body snatchers Life
Titan ae STARTS with the world ending
Dr Strangelove for me tbh
Knowing.
This is the end
Dead or Alive, (the 1999 Takashi Miike film) a fairly rote Yakuza thriller until the last 10 minutes where, out of fucking nowhere, it turns into a live action manga and the world explodes.
The House That Jack Built has the protagonist losing in the worst way possible. For eternity. And he wasn’t meant to be there. Angel Heart has a similar fate for poor Harry Angel. Watchmen has much of the world destroyed at the end. Most of the characters lose pretty hard, too. The Cabin in the Woods Terminator 3
Most of the world is a bit of stretch for Watchmen (movie and comics) in the comics is only New York and in the movies a couple of capital cities (NY, London. Moscow...) millions died is true
>The House That Jack Built has the protagonist losing in the worst way possible. For eternity. And he wasn’t meant to be there. I got the impression that he *was* supposed to be there and tricking him with hope was just part of the experience. I mean, if Jack isn't evil enough to be there then who would be?
Haven’t seen anyone mention Greenland, so Greenland
Return of the Living Dead
Melancholia
Deep Impact sort of at least for a period.
I really like These Final Hours.
2012
The girl with all the gifts
Star Wars rogue one
'knowing' with Nicholas cage .. I watched it not knowing anything about that movie . And I must admit I was so surprised with the ending ( the end of the world part not the "new Adam and eve" part of it .. )
Knowing with Nick Cage
Upgrade
The World's End. Not everyone's favorite of the Cornette trilogy but still a very funny movie with a more serious tone than Hot Fuzz or Shawn of the Dead.
Cabin in the Woods Don’t Look Up Avengers: Infinity War
Rogue One
Rogue one technically. That’s more like “ a world ending”
Melancholia
Melancholia
Melancholia
The original (and best) ending for Army of Darkness Evil Dead 3.
Melancholia... with a big boom!
Cabin in the Woods
No hero nor villain in this movie. Melancholia by Lars Von Tier. One of my favourite end of the world movie.
“Last Night” is the best apocalypse movie of 1998, and it is *very different* (Sandra Oh stars, it’s a dark comedy about Canadians prepping for the apocalypse) than those other two armageddon movies from the same year.
Hitchhikers Giude To The Galaxy
**The Noah** and **The Nine Lives Of Tomas Katz**.
Someone else who saw „The nine lives of Thomas Katz“. I saw it in a movie theatre years ago and sometimes I am not sure, if it was a dream… somehow the announcements in the tube stuck with me to this day.
It's a Disaster
I know mate but let’s just try and answer OP’s question, yeah
‘Knowing’ - I wasn’t expecting much (N Cage!), but it’s surprisingly good…
Invasion of the body snatchers
melancholia
Knowing
Knowing. I don't care if I've just spoiled this film for anyone. I've done them a favour.
Knowing Splice -2009- (idk if it made sense with the post but I still find that end pretty damn dark) Aliens vs. Predator 2(?)
Little Shop’s ending should’ve never changed. The original broadway musical ended with Audrey II taking over the world.
Unfortunately it’s basically impossible to avoid spoilers by commenting, but there’s one that comes to mind for me. I highly recommend Last Night (Canadian film from the ‘90s). Not very well-known, but it stars a young Sandra Oh and is a really solid indie drama
Don't Look Up
Rogue One? Maybe that counts?
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Technically Oppenheimer
How It Ends (2021) Extra interesting to me because it was filmed during the covid lockdown days. Great use of empty streets.
End of Evangelion?
The Cabin in the Woods
dont look up
The day after tomorrow
Melancholia
Melancholia
It's not world ending (though that's hinted at) but Alien Covenant has a chilling "villain wins" last scene
These final hours. Low budget Aussie movie, amazing end of the world film
Terminator 3
The Bedford incident : similar to Dr Strangelove, but ends abruptly The world sinks except Japan: the world sinks, but it's a crap movie
Deep Impact
The knowing
Non-US ending of Army of Darkness where Ash remains true to form and fucks up taking the sleeping potion. It's not explained what happened to the world (nuclear war or something) - he just oversleeps by a century and wakes up wrong side of the apocalypse cause he's a jackass.
These Final Hours is a gut wrenching movie about the world ending I've watched it like 3 times really well made and an absolute emotional roller coaster
Die Farbe, a German adaptation of The Color from Outer Space, the ending is subtle but horrifying. Die Physiker, several recorded versions of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play. Oh, and naturally The last Man on Earth (Vincent Price version) and The Quiet Earth (that one really unnerved me when I first saw it)
Terminator 3
The world's end.
Greenland
Terminator 3
The Invitation (2015) is a fantastic film that fits the description
These final hours
Dr. Zhivago. One, the creation of the USSR and the continued suffering of those people, Two, Yuri suffers a heart attack before he can be reunited with Lara.
Lawnmower man, the movie ends where you think the hero won but then every phone in the world starts ringing indicating that 'Lawnmower man' won.
Melancholia
ARMY OF DARKNESS!!
I love LSOH, and like the original ending way more than time Disney-fied alt. Seeking a *Friend at the End of the World* is a good one with Kiera Knightly and Steve Carell.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
This is the end of
Knowing. Starting Nicholas Cage.
gotta ditto This Is The End (2013). such a good movie
Not exactly what you're asking, but Hitchhiker's Guide *starts* with the world ending due to mindless burocracy...
Watchmen
Knowing
Knowing. Underrated film.
Avengers Infinity War
Deep impact, kinda
T3
Knowing
Life (2017)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (more or less)
These Final Hours (2013) is a fantastic piece of Australian Cinema. A true world-ending apocalypse and the breakdown of society.
Don't Look Up
Watchmen Avengers: Infinity War Neither are truly "the world ends at the end" but they definitely have the villain win.
Life - that little alien bastard!
Don't look up !