Titan A.E. (2000)
Animation/Space Opera
Very nicely made space opera from animator Don Bluth, operating from a Joss Whedon script, that unfortunately proved a big box-office flop
The End of the World
The End of the World refers to the destruction of planet Earth and/or the end of human civilisation. This should be differentiated from assorted Catastrophe and Disaster Movie scenarios where we see large parts of society being destroyed. In these, the End of the World is frequently threatened but is almost never depicted as happening.
The end can be due to Nuclear War or the unleashing of a Doomsday Weapon. In other instances, the end can be due to an environmental catastrophe that renders the world uninhabitable; a pandemic that wipes out all or just human life; the impact of another celestial body such as an asteroid, meteor or another planet; or else the sun going supernova.
Some films about Biblical End Times depict the Biblical Apocalypse occurring, or sometimes the unleashing of elder gods from Lovecraftian Horror. Some works leave the cause of the end as mysterious and unexplained, creating in effect an apocalypse that is an existential question mark.
Tomorrowland (2015)
The Fight to Create a Utopian Future
Despite being another film based on a Disney theme park, I had high expectations of this because of Brad Bird. Alas, the initial promise of a retro-sf work that mainlined the wonderment of Jetsons-styled futurism turns into a surprisingly glum and message-heavy work about how the modern world is a depressing place
The Turkish Star Wars (1982)
Planetary Adventure/Bad Movie Classic
A strong contender for Worst Film Ever. Rather than create any effects, it has simply uplifted footage from Star Wars, while the score is a mismash taken from popular films of the era. The dialogue is so bizarrely surreal it makes the brain hurt trying to understand it
2012 (2009)
The End of the World/Disaster Movie
Roland Emmerich mass destruction spectacle loosely based around the supposed Mayan prophecies about the end of the world in 2012. Mostly just an excuse for massively scaled disaster sequences.
Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
Mysterious Disappearance/Last People on Earth
Enigmatic film in the vein of The Quiet Earth where everybody vanishes except for a handful of survivors who have to now deal with creatures the lurk in the dark
The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV (1986)
Time Travel Back to the Present
Fourth of the original Star Trek films jumps on board the popularity of time travel themes following Back to the Future to have the regulars time travel back to the present for a series of amiable, easy comic encounters
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)
The Devil's Son
Julian Sands returns in a sequel to Warlock where the frequently unserious effects of director Anthony Hickox turn it into a silly comic-book of a film
Warning (2021)
Anthology of Future SF Tales
An anthology film that has been intended in the same vein as tv’s Black Mirror, offering a series of dark reflections of technological changes
When Time Becomes a Woman (2012)
Conversation Between the Last Two People on Earth
How interesting can a film be that consists of nothing more than two people talking? The answer is surprisingly good. Boasting that it is Jordan’s first SF film, this produces an extraordinary series of conceptual reversal twists while never venturing beyond being a man and a woman talking on a beach
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Planetary Collision/End of the World
Classic George Pal produced effects spectacular where Earth faces destruction in the face of collision with an oncoming planet and the efforts to build an ark so that some might survive
Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
Comic-Book Superheroes
Zack Snyder’s original cut of Justice League is a magnificent work that restores much character depth and story. I would far rather watch this than any of the recent MCU films