10 Best Doomsday Movies (Non-Zombie)

Meteors, tsunamis, earthquakes, and zombies, all of them have come up to the screen. We sometimes feel afraid to imagine what will be the end of the world aka doomsday. But behind that, sometimes we also feel curious. The film industry is very suitable to fill the curiosity. Various theories and a collection of speculations about the apocalypse sometimes makes us wonder. Here is some movie list about the end of the world.

1. War of the Worlds (2005)

Giant alien doomsday.

A family must struggle to save themselves when the chaos of the world is sweeping. It was unclear what chaos was happening at the time. At first it looked like war was going on all over the world, but it was just not that. When they have to deal with giant robots that terrorize the Earth, that's when they realize that humanity is dealing with creatures from other planets.

2. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Ice world.

What would happen if the Earth is completely covered by ice and snow? This film depicts a massive climate change caused by global warming. In the midst of the chaos of the world, a man named Jack Hall had to fight through storms and various other obstacles from Washington, D.C. going to New York to pick up her child.

3. Deep Impact (1998) & Armageddon (1998)

Comet causes end of the world.

Actually the story of the two films is almost the same. A giant comet will soon hit Earth, a group of astronauts assigned to fly through space to destroy the comet before it hit the Earth.

4. 2012 (2009)

Apocalypse around the world.

On the brink of world destruction, a man named Jackson Curtis is trying to save his family. Due to a devastating solar storm, the Earth's core is getting hotter and the Earth's crust becomes unstable. It turns out that this has been known and kept a secret by the government. They have prepared giant ships to continue the survival of humanity.

Only special people who get tickets to enter the ships. And now, Jackson will try to barge in.

5. The Book of Eli (2010)

Delivering the Holy Book.

In the future, the Earth has become arid and destroyed by war. A man named Eli, ventured to deliver a Mysterious Book that holds the key to saving all humanity. Who would have thought, in the midst of world turmoil, on the verge of world destruction, the Scriptures were needed and sought after. In this film there are those who want to use the Scriptures for political purposes and become a ruler. Luckily there is still the figure of Eli, the main character who by faith wants to deliver the Scriptures to the destination.

6. Snowpiercer (2013)

Ice world and the train.

Due to extreme weather changes, Earth becomes an ice planet and all life dies. Only a handful of living things managed to survive by riding a train that could run endlessly around the world. Inside the train, there is a caste system that distinguishes passengers into two parts, in the front and the back. Those who live in front of the train can live well while those in the back suffer.

Now it is the time for the residents of the rear carriages to launch an act of rebellion. They travel to the front and must pass through various obstacles. The revolution has begun.

7. Knowing (2009)

Apocalypse prediction.

Tells the story of a researcher who gets a series of predictions about various disasters that will occur in the future. He is named John Koestler. He began to calculate and prove all these predictions. And when he knows about the coming apocalypse. John, together with a woman and their child, must find shelter and prevent the extinction of humanity.

8. The Road (2009)

Father and son, and the rid world.

The story is about father and son who are trying to survive after the apocalypse. Everything was in ruins, there are only the ruins of arid lands and humans became cannibals. They will eat every human they meet and rape every child and girl.

9. Waterworld (1995)

Evolved humans at the end of the world.

In the future, polar ice has thawed violently and water has filled the entire Earth. After some time has passed, humans began to evolve. There are some people who mutate and can breathe in water. The main character is a sailor who travels around the world to find land. On the way, he must face various obstacles such as population groups and street gangs.

10. Mad Max Series

Apocalypse car war.

Tells of doomsday where the Earth becomes barren and damaged. Earth's soil is too acidic, so it cannot be planted. Humans can fight because of water and gasoline. Pretty much like the film Waterworld (1995). But the difference, most of the action in this film is on land. In the midst of this chaos, there are kingdoms and rulers. Usually they have valuable resources for the survival of humanity.

The main character, assisted by several other survivors depart against the existing kingdoms and intends to restore world order.