Possibly, the 50+ Worst Ever Apocalyptic Films!
These films all focus on the potential end of the world including accidental, viral outbreak, post-apocalyptic, nuclear, alien invasions, machines and environmental catastrophes. These are possibly the worst films of this genre but everyone is entitled to make up their own mind!
These films all rate less than 5.0 on IMDB. You want prefer to review The 200+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!) or even films with a slightly lower rating: The 100+ Apocalyptic Films That Didn't Quite Make the Top 200 List (Categorized!).
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These films all rate less than 5.0 on IMDB. You want prefer to review The 200+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!) or even films with a slightly lower rating: The 100+ Apocalyptic Films That Didn't Quite Make the Top 200 List (Categorized!).
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- DirectorMichele PlunkettStarsTommy FuryEdward DirgoCharles RosenayAstronomers spot anomaly headed for the earths solar system. The wealthy elite keeps the destruction of the human race secret so they can prepare to only save themselves. After the disaster comes to past what is left of the human species tirelessly attempt to survive their interstellar lives in an unstable mothership.Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
- DirectorJonathan HelpertStarsMargaret QualleyAnthony MackieDanny HustonAs a young scientist searches for a way to save a dying Earth, she finds a connection with a man who's racing to catch the last shuttle off the planet.Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
Note: IMHO, this movie is better than the rating. - DirectorRodrigo H. VilaStarsHayden ChristensenHarvey KeitelMarco LeonardiKurt, combat veteran with PTSD and hallucinations, fortifies his home and builds a secret underground shelter due to doomsday like weather changes. He gets a security job to pay for it and his boss' cute daughter for company.Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
Note: IMHO, this movie is better than the rating. - DirectorBatan SilvaStarsKyra SedgwickNatalia DyerTim DalyAs the SUN burns out, an American family gathers at the end of the world, their hopes for rescue slowly crumbling as they also confront long lasting divides amongst each other.Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
Note: IMHO, this movie is MUCH BETTER than the rating. - DirectorJames FrancoBruce Thierry CheungStarsJames FrancoSuki WaterhouseJeff WahlbergA young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.Apocalyptic categories: Post-Nuclear War, Dystopian Future
Note: This movie is better than the rating. - DirectorMaximilian ElfeldtStarsJhey CastlesJoseph Michael HarrisEvan James HendersonAs mass of solar storms causes tsunamis, volcanoes, and flooding, a city-dwelling family attempts to flee to the relative safety of a group of high-elevation caves several miles away.Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe loading
- DirectorHèctor Hernández VicensStarsSophie SkeltonJohnathon SchaechJeff GumA small group of military personnel and survivalists dwell in an underground bunker as they seek to find a cure in a world overrun by zombies.Apocalyptic category: Zombie Epidemic
- DirectorAdam LipsiusStarsJason TobiasSummer SpiroDeJean BrownA scientist builds a boat after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. But when it's evident the disaster will occur, those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation.Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
- DirectorSteven DanielsStarsJoe LandoMichelle StaffordDenyse TontzWhen a massive asteroid pulls Earth out of orbit and wrecks chaos on the ground, one man uncovers the secret government plan that could save humanity.Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
- DirectorJesse BagetAdrián CardonaRafa DengráStarsJeff NewmanBill Oberst Jr.Jason Eric GordonThere is nowhere to hide...nowhere to run...the Zombie Apocalypse has come, and our world now belongs to the dead! From Ireland, Canada, Australia, Europe and all over the U.S., the bone-chilling news reports tell the same gruesome tale - walking corpses terrorize and devour the living. Only a few desperate humans find the courage to stand and fight for their last chance at survival. But the hordes of undead keep coming, and there's only one thing on the menu - us.Apocalyptic category: Zombie Epidemic
- DirectorScott DowStarsTim OgletreeJoey OglesbyTroy OgletreeWhen a police officer wakes up in a hospital to find out he is in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, he will do anything to find his family, even sacrifice Twitter.Apocalyptic category: Zombie Epidemic
- DirectorAndrew HyattStarsEdward FurlongJeff FaheyMolly HaganSeven strangers find themselves trapped inside an abandoned hospital after an unexplainable apocalyptic event. In addition to being haunted by what they've lost, the strangers must also fight off mysterious creatures that hunt them down one by one.Apocalyptic categories: Environmental Catastrophe, Monsters
- DirectorVic ArmstrongStarsNicolas CageLea ThompsonCassi ThomsonA small group of survivors is left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction.Apocalyptic category: Biblical Apocalypse
- DirectorJonathan WinfreyStarsVictor WebsterJennifer SpenceRichard HarmonA meteorite brings ice and freezing temperatures, which threatens to harm the residents of a small town at Christmas.Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
- DirectorAndrew Boodhoo KightlingerStarsTony ToddSteven LukeBates WilderIn a post-apocalyptic American Frontier, a soldier fends off a brutal warmonger to rescue a girl fated as the savior of humanity.Apocalyptic category: Post Nuclear War
- DirectorAdam BaileyStarsTommy MartinAmy HuntRichard HackelIn a dystopian future where pain and emotion have been suppressed by a government-issued drug called Torpase, Joshua Barrett (Tommy Martin) coasts through the monotony of his repetitive, workaday life. But when he's kidnapped by a rebellious priest (Richard Hackel), Joshua is exposed to a world beyond Torpase, changing everything he thought he knew about what it means to live. Also starring Louie Lawless, Amy Hunt, and Kyle Dal Santo, "Cheery Point" examines the necessity of pain and despair and "covers a wide range of possibilities that this country, as a whole, could face" (IMDb review).Apocalyptic category: Dystopian Future
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsJaden SmithDavid DenmanWill SmithA crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Earth, a millennium after events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help.Apocalyptic categories: Environmental Catastrophe, Sci-Fi View of the Future
- DirectorJames PlumbStarsSule RimiKathy SaxondaleLee BaneThe deceased have risen with the instinct to feed on the living as a family is trapped during a zombie apocalypse. Wales. Based on George A. Romero's classic "Night of the Living Dead".Apocalyptic categories: Zombie Epidemic, Biblical Apocalypse
Note: Sequel to Night of the Living Dead (1990) - DirectorAdam DeyoeStarsScott PeatMarissa MerrillJames C. BurnsWhen a worldwide viral outbreak leads to a plague of zombies scouring the earth for the living, two survivors flee the chaos of America to a remote island, hoping for a chance to start a new life. What they find is unrelenting horror. Beyond the hordes of the flesh-hungry undead, the other people already on the island force the pair into a fight-or-die battle amongst themselves. Armed only with crude weapons, they must descend to savagery and cutthroat tactics just to make it through each day.Apocalyptic categories: Zombie Epidemic, Viral Outbreak
- DirectorMarko MäkilaaksoStarsAndrew TiernanJouko AholaSamuli VauramoA platoon of American and Finnish soldiers is driven deep into a Russian forest where its Captain discovers a terrifying secret.Apocalyptic category: Zombie Epidemic
- DirectorNiki DrozdowskiStarsDaniel BuderLuise BährJerry CoyleThe remaining survivors of pan-global epidemic face a race against time to find a cure before they succumb to its zombie-inducing effects. Holed up in an abandoned military base, Tom and his fellow survivors, their numbers dwindling with each successive day, desperately search for a way of stopping the outbreak and returning their lives to normal. Unfortunately for them, it soon becomes clear that the virus has mutated, turning those affected into rabid, cannibalistic creatures. Can Tom and his friends find a way to stop the seemingly inevitable, or are they doomed to a grisly fate?Apocalyptic category: Zombie Epidemic
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsWillem DafoeShanyn LeighNatasha LyonneA look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
- DirectorChris GorakStarsEmile HirschOlivia ThirlbyMax MinghellaIn Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race who have attacked Earth via our power supply.Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion
- DirectorMicho RutareStarsJoe LandoClaudia ChristianCooper HarrisA gigantic meteor enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
- DirectorColin StrauseGreg StrauseStarsEric BalfourDonald FaisonScottie ThompsonStrange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion