your favorite end of the world movie

[beerman]

I love the end of the world type movies, lone survivor etc etc. Post your favorites!

Here is an oldy but a goody, Damnation Alley

[bazookaman]

beerman wrote: Damnation Alley

you just can't beat the dynamic duo of George Peppard and jan Michael Vincent.

[Don Kiyoti]

When I was a kid I was mightily impressed by A Crack in the World from 1965. Basically human experimenting causes an unstoppable crack which splits the Earth in two. The last shot is good for a laugh: love-bird scientist couple standing on a chunk of Earth which is flying off into space. They look down and a little bunny rabbit emerges from his burrow to see what's going on.

[TheCaber]

Apocalyptic:
War of the Worlds
When Worlds Collide


Post-apocalyptic:
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Planet of the Apes


Near-miss:
Blast From The Past


A book (that may someday be a movie) that gave me a chewy perspective on history yet to be:
A Canticle for Liebowitz

[bazookaman]

I can't believe you went with Tunderdome over Road Warrior.

[Undrpsi]

C'mon....

"A boy and his dog"

They had a sperm pumping machine....what other end of the world movie had that?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072730/



Damnation Alley

The Stand (Hello....the Devil destroyed by a nuke!!)

Jay

[voodoopenguin]

Does the end of the universe count?

[cbelt3]

I'm with undr

a Boy and his Dog was such an incredible classic, starring a young.. Don Johnson (yes, he worked before Miami Vice). Good story by Harry Harrison.

And I loved Damnation Alley as well. Although the soundtrack really needed Bob Seeger's "Turn the Page". And the book was much, much better.

Voodoo, yes, 42 and all that, but the film really murdered the book. Of course, as Paul Simon sang "..never match my sweet imagination..".

[mrthuse]

The 27th Day w/ Gene Barry (1957, I think).

A sleeper. 5 representatives from 5 countries including the superpowers are given capsules that can eradicate all human life if they so choose. The plot revolves around what they do or don't choose and why. No real over-the-top special effects, just a great story.

...and it came out smack dab in the middle of the cold war.

[TheCaber]

cbelt3 wrote:
I'm with undr

a Boy and his Dog was such an incredible classic, starring a young.. Don Johnson (yes, he worked before Miami Vice). Good story by Harry Harrison.
...

A Boy and His Dog was by Harlan Ellison.

Harry Harrison wrote The Stainless Steel Rat series.

and, yes, I had forgotten ABaHD (33 years...where does the time go?)