A Doomsday film is a motion picture which tells the story of an actual or fictitious doomsday event and/or its aftermath. A doomsday event is a specific occurrence which has an exceptionally destructive effect on the human race The true Doomsday film chronicles an event that is global in scale. A more localized catastrophe, such as the destruction of a city, which can serve as a dramatic microcosm of a full-scale doomsday event is more accurately categorized as a disaster film, although the line is flexible, and in many cases it is not known to the characters (or the viewer) whether the cataclysm is local or global. A disaster film is a movie genre that has an impending or ongoing Disaster (such as a damaged Airliner, Fire Alternatively, a Doomsday film may tell a suspenseful story in which a doomsday event is narrowly averted. The doomsday theme can be regarded as defining a distinct sub-genre of such broader film genres as suspense, thriller, horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, disaster, war, adventure, or even comedy. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set

Contents 1 List of noteworthy Doomsday films in chronological order 1.1 Before 1950 1.2 1950s 1.3 1960s 1.4 1970s 1.5 1980s 1.6 1990s 1.7 2000s 1.8 2010's 2 Television series 3 See also

List of noteworthy Doomsday films in chronological order

Before 1950

• Things to Come (1936, UK)
• The Beginning or the End (1947, US)

1950s

• When Worlds Collide (1951, US)
• Above and Beyond (1952, US)
• The War of the Worlds (1953, US; remade in 2005)
• Godzilla (1954, JA; remade in 1998. Things to Come ( 1936) is a British Science fiction film, produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon The Beginning or the End is a 1947 film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Brian Donlevy and Hume Cronyn. The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York When Worlds Collide is a 1951 Science fiction film based on the 1932 novel co-written by Philip Gordon Wylie and Edwin Balmer The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian Above and Beyond is a 1952 film about Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb Enola Gay. The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B The War of the Worlds (also sometimes known as HG Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 Science fiction film The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as is a successful landmark 1954 Japanese Science fiction film directed and co-written by Ishiro Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx )
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, US; remade in 1978, 1995 and 2007)
• Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956, US)
• On the Beach (1959, US)
• The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1958, US)

1960s

• The Time Machine (1960, US; remade in 2002)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961 US)
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961, UK)
• The Day of the Triffids (1962, UK)
• Panic in Year Zero!, (1962, US)
• This is Not a Test (1962, US)
• The Birds (1963, US)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964, US)
• Fail-Safe (1964, US)
• The Last Man on Earth (1964, US; Remade in 1971 as The Omega Man; Remade in 2007 as I Am Legend)
• Crack in the World (1965, US)
• The End of August at the Hotel Ozone (1966, Czech)
• The War Game (1965, UK)
• Doomsday Machine (1967, US)
• Night of the Living Dead (1968, US)

1970s

• The Bed-Sitting Room (1970, UK)
• Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970, US)
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1971, US)
• The Omega Man (1971, US)
• The Andromeda Strain (1971, US)
• The Crazies (1973, US)
• A Boy and His Dog (1975, US)
• Damnation Alley (1977, US)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978, US; remade in 2004)
• Mad Max (1979, AU)
• Meteor (1979, US)

1980s

• The Last Chase (1980, Canada)
• Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981, AU)
• When the Wind Blows (1982, UK)
• Special Bulletin (1983, US)
• Testament (1983, US)
• The Day After (1983, US)
• Night of the Comet (1984, US)
• The Terminator (1984, US)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984, JA)
• Threads (1984, UK)
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985, AU)
• The Quiet Earth (1985, NZ)
• Maximum Overdrive (1986, US)
• Miracle Mile (1988, US)

1990s

• By Dawn's Early Light (1990, US)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, US)
• The Stand (1994, US)
• Twelve Monkeys (1995, US)
• Waterworld (1995, US)
• Independence Day (1996, US)
• Mars Attacks! (1996, US)
• The Postman (1997, US)
• The End of Evangelion (1997, JA)
• Armageddon (1998, US)
• Deep Impact (1998, US)
• Last Night (1998, CA)
• The Matrix (1999, US/AU)

2000s

• Titan A.E. (2000, US)
• Reign of Fire (2002, US)
• Resident Evil (2002, US)
• The Sum of All Fears (2002, US)
• 28 Days Later (2002, UK)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003, US)
• The Core (2003, US)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004, US)
• Dirty War (2004, UK)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004, US)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004, UK)
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004, US)
• Hellboy (2004, US)
• Land of the Dead (2005, US)
• A Sound of Thunder (2005, US)
• War of the Worlds (2005, US)
• Children of Men (2006, US/UK)
• Sinking of Japan (2006, Japan)
• Sunshine (2007, UK)
• 28 Weeks Later (2007, UK)
• Resident Evil: Extinction (2007, US)
• The Invasion (2007, US)
• Mulberry Street (2007, US)
• Tooth and Nail (2007, US)
• I Am Legend (2007, US)
• Cloverfield (2008, US)
• Doomsday (2008, UK)
• Day of the Dead (2008, US)
• The Happening (2008, US)

2010's

• Y: The Last Man (est. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1956 Science fiction film based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney (originally The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland Earth vs the Flying Saucers is an American Black and white Science fiction film directed by Fred F On the Beach is a 1959 post-apocalyptic Drama film based on Nevil Shute 's novel of the same name featuring Gregory The year 1959 in film involved some significant events Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film The World The Flesh and the Devil is a 1959 science fiction doomsday film written and directed by Ranald MacDougall. The Time Machine (AKA HG Wells' The Time Machine) is a 1960 Science fiction film based on British Science Fiction writer The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a Science fiction film produced and directed by Irwin Allen. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a 1961 British Science fiction film The year 1961 in film involved some significant events Events Last Year at Marienbad ( L'année dernière The Day of the Triffids is a 1962 British film adaptation of the science fiction novel of the same name by John Wyndham. The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr Panic in Year Zero!, sometimes known as End of the World, is a 1962 Science fiction film directed by and starring Ray Milland This is Not a Test is an American motion picture released in 1962 The Birds ( 1963) is a Horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the Short story of the same name by The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr Fail-Safe is a 1964 film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Eugene Burdick and Harvey The Last Man on Earth ( Italian title L'Ultimo uomo della Terra) is a 1964 Italian horror / Science The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr The Omega Man (1971 directed by Boris Sagal, is a Science fiction film, featuring Charlton Heston, based on the novel I Am Legend I Am Legend is a 2007 post-apocalyptic Science fiction film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. Crack in the World is an American science-fiction Disaster movie filmed in Spain in 1965 and released by Paramount Pictures The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U For the Doctor Who serial see The War Games. The War Game is a 1965 Television film on nuclear war Night of the Living Dead (1968 directed by George Romero, is an independent Black-and-white Horror film. The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter The Bed-Sitting Room is a satirical play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus. The year 1970 in film involved some significant events Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian Colossus The Forbin Project ( is a Science fiction film based upon the novel Colossus, by Dennis Feltham Jones, about Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a ( 1970) Science-fiction film directed by Ted Post, and the first of four sequels to 1968 's The Omega Man (1971 directed by Boris Sagal, is a Science fiction film, featuring Charlton Heston, based on the novel I Am Legend The year 1971 in film involved some significant events Events February 8 - Bob Dylan 's hour long documentary The Andromeda Strain is a 1971 science-fiction film based on the novel published in 1969 by Michael Crichton about The Crazies (also known as Code Name Trixie) is a 1973 American action/drama film about the effects of the accidental release The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second A Boy and His Dog is a short story by Harlan Ellison which was also the basis of a 1974 post-apocalyptic Science fiction film of the same The year 1975 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft Damnation Alley is a 1977 film directed by Jack Smight, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Roger Zelazny. The year 1977 in film involved some significant events Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway Dawn of the Dead (also known as George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead, Zombie internationally Zombies in Britain, and alternately called The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Mad Max is a 1979 Australian apocalyptic action thriller Film directed by George Miller and written Meteor is a 1979 Disaster film in which scientists detect an Asteroid on a collision course with Earth and struggle with international The year 1979 in film involved some significant events Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode The Last Chase is an action/adventure film featuring Lee Majors, Burgess Meredith and Chris Makepeace and directed by Martyn Burke The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior (known as The Road Warrior in the U Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. When the Wind Blows is an animated film originally released in Great Britain in October 1986, based on Raymond Briggs ' graphic novel of the same name Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E Special Bulletin was an American made-for-TV Movie first broadcast in 1983. Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Testament is a 1983 Drama film directed by Lynne Littman and starring Jane Alexander. The Day After is an American Television movie which aired on November 20 1983, on the ABC Television Network Night of the Comet is a 1984 Science fiction Comedy horror Zombie film directed by Thom Eberhardt and starring Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction / Action film directed and co-written by James Cameron. is a 1984 film by Japanese Writer, Illustrator, and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, based on his Manga of the same Threads is a 1984 BBC Television play depicting the effects of a nuclear war on the United Kingdom and its aftermath Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a Golden Globe -nominated 1985 film the third installment in the action movie Mad Max franchise Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films The Quiet Earth is a 1985 New Zealand science fiction Doomsday film directed by Geoff Murphy and starring Bruno Lawrence Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 Tongue-in-cheek Horror film, written and directed by horror Novelist Stephen King Miracle Mile is a 1988 thriller film directed by Steve De Jarnatt, and starring Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham that Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U By Dawn’s Early Light is an HBO Original Movie aired in 1990 and set in the year 1991. The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for Terminator 2 Judgment Day, commonly abbreviated as T2, is a 1991 action / Science fiction film directed co-written The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie The Stand is a 1994 television Miniseries based on the novel The Stand by Stephen King. Twelve Monkeys is an Academy Award -nominated 1995 Science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by David The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris Waterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film The film stars Kevin Costner who also produced it The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris Independence Day (also known by its promotional abbreviation ID4) is a 1996 Science fiction film about a hostile Alien invasion The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient Mars Attacks! is a 1996 Black comedy and Science fiction Movie by Tim Burton based on the popular card series Mars The Postman is a 1997 Film adaptation of the award-winning post-apocalyptic themed novel of the same name, written in 1985 by author The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace is a 1997 Anime Film written and chief directed by Hideaki Anno; it won the Japan Academy Prize for popularity Armageddon is a 1998 disaster / sci-fi - action film about a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers who are The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein Deep Impact is a 1998 sci-fi - drama Disaster film released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks SKG in the Last Night is a 1998 Canadian film by Don McKellar. It was filmed in Toronto. The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction - martial arts - Action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s Titan AE is a 2000 Post-apocalyptic animated science fiction Adventure film from Fox Animation Studios The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the Reign of Fire is a 2002 action / science fiction Film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Christian Bale, The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Resident Evil is a British film that was a 2002 Science fiction Horror film based on the same titled series of The Sum of All Fears is a 2002 American Action film directed by Phil Alden Robinson and based on a book of the same name 28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic Science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle. Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines, commonly abbreviated as T3, is a 2003 Science fiction / action Film directed The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return The Core is a Science fiction Disaster film loosely based on the novel Core by Paul Preuss. Dawn of the Dead is a 2004 Remake of George A Romero 's 1978 film of the same name. Dirty War is a 2004 BBC, in association with HBO Films, made-for-TV movie thriller /drama about a terrorist attack on Central The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 apocalyptic science-fiction film that depicts the catastrophic effects of both Global warming and Global cooling Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British Zombie -themed Comedy (or " rom zom com " as it dubs itself film Hellboy is a 2004 Supernatural action-thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro. Land of the Dead (also known as George A Romero's Land of the Dead) is the fourth film in George A The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper For the film adaptation see A Sound of Thunder (film, and for the Video game adaptation of the film see A Sound of Thunder (video game. War of the Worlds is a 2005 Science fiction Disaster film based on H Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian Science fiction Film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest is a disaster novel written by Sakyo Komatsu in 1973. A film based on the novel was made the same year directed by Shiro Moritani and a remake The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest Sunshine is a 2007 British Science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland about the crew of a 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, 28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British post-apocalyptic Horror film, and Sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later Resident Evil Extinction is a 2007 Science fiction action Horror film. The Invasion, previously known as Invasion and The Visiting, is a 2007 Science fiction film based on a screenplay Mulberry Street is a 2007 Horror film that was released by After Dark Films as a part of their 8 Films to Die For 2007. Tooth & Nail is a 2007 horror film about a group of people in a post-apocalyptic world who must fight to survive against a band of vicious cannibals I Am Legend is a 2007 post-apocalyptic Science fiction film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. Cloverfield is a 2008 monster / Horror film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J Doomsday is a 2008 British science fiction Action film written and directed by Neil Marshall. Day of the Dead is a Horror film which is nominally a quasi-remake of George A The Happening is a 2008 American apocalyptic film written co-produced and directed by M Y The Last Man is a Comic book series by Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra, about the only man to survive the mysterious simultaneous 2010, US)

Television series

Several television series have also been based upon Doomsday or post-Doomsday scenarios:

• Survivors (1975-77, UK)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978-79 and 2003-present, US)
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-81, US)
• Jericho (2006-08, US)
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-present, US)

Doomsday scenarios have also been featured or referenced in many science fiction television series, often as part of the show's backstory, including Star Trek and its spinoffs (particularly Star Trek: Enterprise), Doctor Who, Dark Angel and The Twilight Zone. Survivors was a British television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977 Battlestar Galactica is a franchise of Science fiction Films and television series, the first of which was produced in 1978 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. Jericho is an American Serial drama Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles is an American Science fiction Television series produced by Warner Bros Star Trek is a Science fiction Television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired from September 8, 1966 through Star Trek Enterprise (simply titled Enterprise prior to season three is a Science fiction Television program created by Brannon Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Dark Angel is an American Biopunk / Cyberpunk Science fiction Television program created by James Cameron The Twilight Zone is an American Television Anthology series created by Rod Serling. Throughout the Futurama series, professor Farnsworth boasts about his nine different doomsday devices and they are often referred to or a part of the plot. Futurama is an Emmy Award -winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and Professor Hubert J Farnsworth (born April 9 2841, New New York City New New York, USA) is a Fictional character appearing in the

See also

• Apocalyptic literature
• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic science fiction
• Disaster film

A disaster film is a movie genre that has an impending or ongoing Disaster (such as a damaged Airliner, Fire

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