Netflix has no shortage of amazing content, but end of the world movies in the list of must-watch Netflix titles bring an oomph factor to your streaming experience.
Dystopian flicks, zombie uprisings, and ancient evils beckoning from below the Earth—don’t be surprised if these films tickle your apocalyptic fancy.
Our 25 best end of the world movies on Netflix can bring your worst fear of apocalyptic come to life. Luckily, all these movies have got you covered from every genre and country of origin.
These movies will appeal to people who like science fiction and fantasy. They’re full of drama, action, and a few red herrings. You’ll find a range of endings based on your favorite apocalyptic theory – from zombie plague to nuclear bombs.
Get ready to enjoy a wild ride with the 25 best end of the world movies on Netflix.
1. How It Ends (2018)
Director: David M. Rosenthal
Writers: Brooks McLaren
Cast: Theo James, Kat Graham, Nancy Sorel, Nicole Ari Parker, Forest Whitaker
IMDb Rating: 5.0/10
How it Ends is a story about a young couple trying to reconnect in a modern world that’s falling apart. After an apocalyptic event, Cameron and his pregnant wife, Samantha, must drive across the country to reach their parents.
However, when Cameron’s car runs out of fuel in the middle of nowhere, he is forced to step into unknown territory to keep them alive. And what if he fails?
2. What Happened to Monday (2017)
Directors: Tommy Wirkola
Writers: Max Botkin, Kerry Williamson
Cast: Noomi Rapace, Gless Close, Willem Dafoe, Marwan Kenzari, Christian Rubeck, Pal Sverre Hagen
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
The story follows the teenage septuplets in trouble with the law sent to a rural “rehabilitation camp.” Their rebellious spirit leads them to investigate the mysterious disappearance of their brother, who was sent to the camp three years earlier.
Uncovering government secrets that put their lives in danger, only by working together can the seven teens expose human rights abuses and change the world.
3. IO (2019)
Director: Jonathan Helpert
Writers: Clay Jeter, Charles Spano, Will Basanta
Cast: Margaret Qualley, Anthony Mackie, Danny Huston, Tom Payne, Teagan Johnson
IMDb Rating: 4.7/10
A team of scientists works to save the Earth from its dying sun. A young scientist who is hellbent on saving the planet comes across a stranger.
As it turns out, he’s not only racing against time to catch the last shuttle off of Earth, but he’s also running from an entire government.
IO offers surprising revelations about personal identity and connection by exploring memory, love, and family themes.
4. Cargo (2017)
Director: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke
Writers: Yolanda Ramke
Cast: Martin Freeman, Simone Landers, Marlee Jane McPherson-Dobbins, Susie Porter, Bruce R. Carter
IMDb Rating: 6.3/10
When the Zombie apocalypse hit, Australia was in a state of panic. Everyone was infected and turned into zombies.
This survival story follows Greg Hammond as he tries to survive for another day with his daughter after he was bitten.
He meets up with other survivors and fights off different groups of hungry, wandering dead people. Staying alive for his daughter is his main goal.
5. I Am Mother (2019)
Director: Grant Sputore
Writers: Michael Lloyd Green, Grant Sputore
Cast: Luke Hawker, Rose Byrne, Tahlia Sturzaker, Clara Rugaard, Hilary Swank
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Rebuilt from scratch after a fatal virus wipes out most of humanity, In-Ah is the only survivor. Chori adopts her, a robot caregiver programmed to teach and protect her.
Life on their idyllic homestead is blissful until an intruder leaves In-Ah badly wounded and unable to conceive. With humanity’s survival in peril, Chori sets out to find another survivor, facing dangers of all kinds along the way.
6. Bird Box (2018)
Director: Susanne Bier
Writers: Eric Heisserer, Josh Malerman
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John malkovich, Sarah Paulson, Rosa Salazar
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Based on the best-selling novel, Bird Box follows a woman and her children blindfolded and make their way to safety after hearing an ominous sound.
A mysterious force that’s killed almost everyone else is still lurking, so they must stay covered at all times. Malorie decides to undertake a perilous journey wearing a blindfold because her four-year-old son and daughter need to survive.
7. Don’t Look Up (2021)
Director: Adam McKay
Writers: Adam McKay, David Sirota
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
When two astronomers are excited by the implications of first contact with an alien species, their initial delight turns to fear when they discover the true intentions of their new neighbors.
But the massive multinational corporation, SloaneMedia, becomes aware of their existence and threatens to reveal their identities.
The scientists are left with no choice and must go on a media tour to warn mankind about an impending apocalypse.
8. The Midnight Sky (2020)
Director: George Clooney
Writers: Lily Brooks-Dalton, Mark L. Smith
Cast: George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Caoilinn Springall, Kyle Chandler
IMDb Rating: 5.6/10
The adventure begins when the Armstrong space station crew, including Augustine and her husband, Kane, are summoned home on a rescue mission with Sully, a newcomer.
But after they battle through debris on a chaotic return flight and crash into the Arctic, they learn that their families have vanished.
After discovering cryptic video files of his family, Kane becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth in this post-apocalyptic tale.
9. Awake (2021)
Director: Mark Raso
Writers: Joseph Raso, Mark Raso, Gregory Poirier
Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Ariana Greenblatt, Lucius Hoyos, Shamier Anderson, Jennifer Jason Leigh.
IMDb Rating: 4.8/10
Imagine a world without electronics. Without computers. Without smartphones. And, most importantly, without wifi!
That’s the world John and Anne find themselves in after a global electromagnetic pulse attacks the planet, disrupting all vehicles, including the systems that regulate sleep cycles.
Discover more with a former soldier and his daughter in a stunning work of dystopian fiction that will keep you engaged till the end of the movie.
10. Ravenous (2017)
Director: Robin Aubert
Writers: Robin Aubert
Cast: Marc-Andre Grondin, Monia Chokri, Charlotte St-Martin, Michelin Lanctot, Marie-Ginette Guay
IMDb Rating: 5.8/10
This Netflix original movie follows a group of strangers who must defend themselves against cannibalism when their plane crashes. As they desperately seek out other surviving humans, they discover that this so-called “Ravenous Disease” turns people into aggressive, flesh-eating creatures.
As the body count rises and supplies dwindle, these survivors realize they’ll have to do anything – and everything – they can to take care of themselves and survive.
11. The Wandering Earth (2019)
Director: Frant Gwo
Writers: Gong Geer, Junce Ye, Yan Dongxu
Cast: Jing Wu, Chuxiao Qu, Guangjie Li, Man-Tat Ng, Mike kai Sui
IMDb Rating: 6.0/10
The series tells the epic story of a group of young people who struggle to survive and find meaning in a crumbling world.
On a dying planet, Earth, people build enormous thrusters on moving the planet in search of a new star to call home. It’s a hard journey full of danger and sacrifice, but for one brilliant young woman, it’s also the only home she’s ever known.
12. Cadaver (2020)
Director: Jarand Herdal
Writers: Jarand Herdal
Cast: Thorbjorn Harr, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Thomas Gullstad, Kingsford Siayor, Jonaton Rodriguez
IMDb Rating: 5.1/10
In the wake of a nuclear disaster near Washington, D.C., a family of three must brave the horrors of the outside world and find their way to safety as chaos reigns.
With no working cell phones, cars, or maps, their only guide is found in a mysterious radio beacon beaming out in the woods.
Along their journey, they encounter psychotic hotel survivors, frightened prostitutes, crazy cultists, and not-so-friendly cannibals.
13. #Alive (2020)
Director: II Cho
Writers: II Cho
Cast: Yoo Ah-in, Park Shin-Hye, Jeon Bae-soo, Hyun-Wook Lee, Hye-Won Oh
IMDb Rating: 6.3/10
It is a fun, fast-paced thriller that will keep you guessing and glued to your screen until its final scene. When an unknown disaster leaves a city quarantined and in complete chaos, its residents must fight for their lives against an onslaught of the infected.
One man locks himself inside his apartment as the infection spreads through the city. He has no food and few supplies, but he does have a very particular mission: stay alive.
14. Pandora (2016)
Director: Jeong-woo Park, Jong-woo Park.
Writers: Jeong-woo Park, Jung-woo Park.
Cast: Do-bin Baek, Daekyum Ahn, Sung-wook Eo, Seung-hoon Choi, Jo Han-chul
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
It’s been days since the nuclear plant’s explosion, and after countless hours of hard work, an elite team led by two good old boys has made some headway.
Together they’ll save their town from the oncoming radioactive tsunami and find true love in the process. The comforting glow in the dark, a beacon amidst the darkness. It’s all that stands between mankind and destruction.
15. Army of the Dead (2021)
Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: Zack Snyder, Shay hatten, Joby Harold
Cast: Dave bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi.
IMDb Rating: 5.7/10
Meet the ragtag group of heroes in Army of the Dead. Packed with zombie-slaying action and incredible suspense, Army of the Dead brings together a group of mercenaries to attempt the greatest heist ever attempted.
They must battle the zombie horde beyond their perimeter with a rising death toll and no sign of salvation insight. They venture deeper into the city to pull off the heist of a lifetime before it’s too late.
16. The Darkest Hour (2011)
Director: Chris Gorak
Writers: Jon Spaihts, Leslie Bohem, M.T.Ahren
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman
IMDb Rating: 4.9/10
The Darkest Hour is a sci-fi drama about courage, sacrifice, and unlikely heroes. When an alien race attacks the Earth, ordinary Moscow residents lead the charge to save the world along with their extraordinary hacking skills.
The darkest hour on Netflix tells the story of these five individuals as they fight to save the world. It is a smart, suspenseful, and thrilling look at what happens when we least expect it.
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17. I Am Legend (2007)
Director: Francis Lawrence
Writers: Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman, Richard Matheson
Cast: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
A worldwide pandemic has left only a few hundred human survivors in a world overrun by mutated humans and vampire-like creatures.
Army virologist Robert Neville searches for a cure to the virus using his blood, which may be the key to mutating them into peaceful humans.
He must battle Darkseeker leader Samantha and her pack of vicious hybrids while protecting the teenage girl he fled New York with from the same fate.
18. The Bad Batch (2016)
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
Writers: Ana Lily Amirpour
Cast: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Mamoa, Jayda Fink, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Yolonda Ross
IMDb Rating: 5.3/10
Five years after an advanced civilization was brought to its knees by a nuclear war, those who remain are being picked off by the cannibals of Los Angeles. A story of a scavenger surviving on her own in this savage world.
When cannibals capture her, she’s injected with a dangerous hallucinogen and wakes up in a whole new reality. Will Arlen take up the fight against her captors?
19. Poseidon (2003)
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Writers: Mark Protosevich, Paul Gallico
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Josh Lucas, Jacinda Barrett
IMDb Rating: 5.7/10
A group of aimless young people finds themselves trapped in a sinking cruise ship. Their flirtations soon turn deadly as the uncontrollable power of nature takes human form.
Blending deep-sea thrills and ground-shaking special effects with the romance of two young hearts in a classic love triangle, Poseidon reigns supreme in this tale of terror at sea.
This fast-paced suspense tale demonstrates that it is never too late to change your life.
20. The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
Director: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe
Writers: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe, Peter Szilagyi
Cast: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda, Eric Andre, Olivia Colman
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
A group of small-town siblings must band together when a family trip abruptly goes off the rails as their father’s invention.
A deck of cards that can do just about anything gets supercharged by alien technology. Our anti-heroes find themselves battling a massive government conspiracy to destroy all humankind.
Step up and suit up for the hilarious family adventure that critics call one of the best robot go-rounds making it one of the best end of the world movies on Netflix.
21. Mars Attacks! (1996)
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Len Brown, woody Gelman, Wally Wood
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Bening, Glenn Close
IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Space invaders arrive at Earth in Mars Attacks! The movie begins with a newsreel with the President explaining the Martians’ arrival. The Martians then land and begin to wreak havoc.
However, they don’t appear to be attacking: they look more interested in presenting gifts and showing off their strange quirks. Soon, however, they kidnap the President of the United States and begin a more sinister attack.
22. Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2017)
Director: Hector Hernandez Vicens
Writers: Mark Tonderai, Lars Jacobson, George A. Romero
Cast: Sophie Skelton, Jonathan Schaech, Jeff Gum, Marcus Vanco, Lillian Blankenship
IMDb Rating: 3.4/10
When a virus sweeps the globe, turning everyone into zombies, a small group of military personnel and survivalists take refuge in an underground bunker.
After years of isolation and no hope for rescue, they know they must face the undead virus and find a cure before it’s too late.
And above ground, their only chance to survive rests with a former CDC virologist who knows what caused the outbreak and intends to find a cure.
23. Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury (2019)
Director: Michael Arias, Masaru Matsumoto, Junpei Mizusaki
Writers: Junpei Mizusaki, Sturgill Simpson
Cast: Chiyuki Kanazawa
IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
It begins in a distant future where humans have been forced to find refuge underground. The story follows one man’s quest to make peace with his past as he ventures back to the desolate surface.
Featuring Sturgill Simpson’s album of the same name— “A Sailor’s Guide To Earth”—as its soundtrack. The film features a blend of animation styles that will take you on a journey through an apocalyptic world unlike any other.
24. No Tomorrow (2016)
Creators: Corinne Brinkerhoff, Scott McCabe, Tory Stanton
Director: Stuart Gillard, Allan Arkush, Ami Canaan Mann, Anna Mastro, Jeff Melman, John Putch
Writers: Corinne Brinkerhoff, Alexandre Machado, Fernanda Young
Cast: Joshua Sasse, Tori Anderson, Jonathan Langdon, Sarayu Blue, Jesse Rath, Amy Pietz
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Evie, a risk-averse quality-assurance assessor at an anti-technology corporation, is expecting a promotion and a new assignment.
But when her new boss and former classmate asks her to investigate a series of glitches in the system, Evie realizes she’s not only facing an impending deadline.
She must work with the sexy but erratic Xavier to fix them. Their relationship gets complicated fast, and soon she’ll have to ask herself if he’s worth the risk.
25. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
Director: Colm McCarthy
Writers: Mike Carey
Cast: Sennia Nanua, Fisayo Akinade, Dominique Tipper, Paddy Considine, Anamaria Marinca
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Like her, you’ll be full of surprises. She may look like an ordinary girl, but Melanie is one of the deadly and mutated hybrids in an apocalyptic future where a virus has wiped out all humans.
Now Melanie is humanity’s last hope for survival, and only she can help scientist Helen Justineau unlock the key to stopping the spread of this devastating infection in The Girl With All The Gifts.
Wrapping Up!
Though you can watch anything and everything on Netflix, including comedy, thriller, horror shows, Halloween movies, suspense, horror movies, classic, cartoon, action, romance, cooking shows, sci-fi, reality, kid movies, emotional drama, Marvel shows, and documentaries – it is time to enjoy the best end of the World movies on Netflix.
Our list of the best 25 end of the world movies on Netflix is full of characters trying to survive one way or another. It will give you some ideas for your next evening.
From releasing great monsters to bringing back to life their heroes that have been dead for a long time, these cinema pieces have something for everyone.