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1	Armageddon (1998) more movies like this directed by Michael Bay featuring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton Michael Bay (The Rock) directed this science fiction action thriller in the When Worlds Collide tradition. After astronomy students discover a comet-asteroid collision, an asteroid fragment "the size of the Super Dome" threatens. It's destroyed by a secret USA defense in space, but a large chunk veers off toward Singapore. With another asteroid ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.43!
2	Deep Impact (1998) more movies like this directed by Mimi Leder featuring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman, Leelee Sobieski Mimi Leder (The Peacemaker) directed this science-fiction disaster drama about the possible extinction of human life after a comet is discovered headed toward Earth with the collision only one year away. Ambitious MSNBC reporter Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni) stumbles onto the story, prompting a White House press conference. United States President Beck ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.77!
3	Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988) more movies like this directed by Donald G. Jackson, R.J. Kizer, Robert J. Kizer featuring Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman, Brian Frank, Cec Verrell, William Smith, Rory Calhoun The great nuclear holocaust has come and gone, and humanity is hanging on a string. Women rule what's left, and the world is filled with giant mutant humanoid frogs who have started their own communities. Fertile human males have become one of the rarest things on Earth. This really low-budget sci-fi adventure chronicles the exploits of one of ... see all copies from £3.57! new only from £9.46!
4	The Omega Man (1971) more movies like this directed by Boris Sagal featuring Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash, Paul Koslo, Lincoln Kilpatrick This second film adaptation of Richard Matheson's science-fiction novel I Am Legend (the first version being The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price) unfolds in a post-apocalyptic 1976. Charlton Heston is Robert Neville, the sole recipient of a serum that enabled him to survive an onslaught of germ warfare between Russia and China - which ... see all copies from £5.89! new only from £7.31!
5	The Postman (1997) more movies like this directed by Kevin Costner featuring Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo Kevin Costner directed and stars in this adaptation of David Brin's science fiction novel The Postman (1985), first published in 1982 issues of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Costner's return to directing after his Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves(1990) is a futuristic epic depicting the aftermath of a destructive war. Some 16 years from ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £5.88!
6	Night of the Comet (1984) more movies like this directed by Thom Eberhardt featuring Catherine Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Geoffrey Lewis, Mary Woronov In this satirical sci-fi comedy, Samantha (Kelli Maroney) and Regina (Catherine Mary Stewart) are two sisters whose father was a hard-bitten Green Beret, but who've grown into typical Valley Girls. They end up spending the night in a steel-lined room just as a comet passes close to the earth, vaporizing the people in its wake. When Samantha and ... see all copies from £2.91! new only from £7.56!
7	Reign of Fire (2002) more movies like this directed by Rob Bowman featuring Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Scott James Moutter Medieval fantasy meets futuristic science fiction in this effects-heavy action epic from former X-Files director Rob Bowman. In present-day London, 12-year-old Quinn Abercromby witnesses the awakening of a hibernating dragon from a centuries-long slumber, the result of a construction dig supervised by his mother and an incident for which Quinn ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.33!
8	The Stand (1994) more movies like this directed by Mick Garris featuring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Miguel Ferrer, Rob Lowe Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus ... see all copies from £7.63! new only from £7.63!
9	Waterworld (1995) more movies like this directed by Kevin Reynolds featuring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter Widely considered to be an expensive failure, Waterworld was an epic vehicle for Kevin Costner, who starred in and co-produced the film, with his friend Kevin Reynolds as director. It was based on a 1986 screenplay by Peter Rader and cost an estimated $235 million, more than any film in history up to that time. Costner eventually fired Reynolds ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £3.82!
10	The Day After (1983) more movies like this directed by Nicholas Meyer featuring Jason Robards, Jr., JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan A peaceful Midwestern city attempts to recover after it is destroyed by a nuclear missile strike in this powerful and deeply disturbing testament to the folly of pro-military hawks who believed that annihilation was a justifiable means of attaining power and control. The Day After originally aired on network television. At the end of the broadcast ... see all copies from £3.30! new only from £3.30!
11 view cover	On the Beach (1959) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kramer featuring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson Although there'd been "doomsday dramas" before it, Stanley Kramer's On the Beach was considered the first "important" entry in this genre when originally released in 1959. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, the film is set in the future (1964) when virtually all life on earth has been exterminated by the radioactive residue of a nuclear holocaust. ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.68!
12 view cover	Asteroid (1997) more movies like this directed by Bradford May featuring Annabella Sciorra, Michael Biehn Michael Biehn and Annabella Sciorra star in this drama about how the lives of a group of people in Dallas, TX -- doctors, firefighters, astronomers, and their families -- are affected when it is discovered that a huge asteroid is heading for the earth, with Dallas as the target. First aired as a miniseries for television. Mark Deming, All Movie ... see all copies from £3.43! new only from £99.85!
13 view cover	The Final Programme (1973) more movies like this directed by Robert Fuest featuring Hugh Griffith, Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre, Patrick Magee, Sterling Hayden Jon Finch stars as Jerry Cornelius, swinging London's leading scientific genius, in this screen adaptation of the acclaimed science fiction novel by Michael Moorcock. As the world teeters on the brink of collapse following a nuclear war, Jerry discovers that a batch of microfilm containing "the final programme" -- the plan for an ideal, self ... see all copies from £15.25!
14 view cover	When Worlds Collide (1951) more movies like this directed by Rudolph Maté featuring Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hanson, John Hoyt, Larry Keating First published in 1932, Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer's speculative novel When Worlds Collide was immediately purchased by Paramount as a possible project for director Cecil B. DeMille. But because none of Paramount's scriptwriters were able to come up with an adequate screen treatment, the property lay on the shelf until 1950, when producer ... see all copies from £3.21! new only from £5.89!
15 view cover	Supernova (2005) more movies like this directed by John Harrison In the tradition of The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, and Armageddon, Peter Fonda, Tia Carrere, Luke Perry, and Emma Samms star in Supernova, a three-and-a-half hour miniseries originally created and produced for The Hallmark Channel. In this special effects-laden sci-fi actioner, Fonda plays a Dr. Shepard, a famed astrophysicist who discovers ... see all copies from £4.02! new only from £4.56!
16 view cover	Day of the Dead (1985) more movies like this directed by George A. Romero featuring Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarleth Conroy, Antone DiLeo, Jr. Day of the Dead, the third and concluding chapter in George Romero's zombie trilogy is the most distinctly 1950s-style science fiction version of the lot. Set in Florida, as the film begins the dead have taken over the world, outnumbering humans 400,000 to one. The handful of surviving humans have taken refuge in an underground missile silo and ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.77!
17 view cover	The Andromeda Strain (1971) more movies like this directed by Robert Wise featuring Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly The "Andromeda Strain" is a deadly extraterrestrial virus. It is brought to Earth when a research satellite crashes near a tiny Arizona town. Everyone in the community dies within days, except for a baby and an "insulated" drunkard. Recruited from labs all over North America, doctors Charles Dutton (David Wayne), Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), Ruth ... see all copies from £2.78! new only from £6.57!
18 view cover	The Core (2003) more movies like this directed by Jon Amiel featuring Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, D.J. Qualls An unlikely band of scientists and soldiers join forces to save the world from certain destruction in this action-drama. As the world is struck with a variety of inexplicable phenomena -- attacks by enormous swarms of birds in London, the explosion of the Colosseum in Rome, a potentially deadly malfunction which forces the Space Shuttle into a Los ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £5.13!
19 view cover	The Quiet Earth (1985) more movies like this directed by Geoff Murphy featuring Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge In a tour-de-force sci-fi story with only three main characters, Kiwi director Geoffrey Murphy creates an interesting dynamic nuanced with shades of mysticism. When scientist Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) experiments with a radical new power source -- a band of energy that would circle the planet -- the project goes awry and apparently wipes out all ... see all copies from £4.51! new only from £7.56!
20 view cover	Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) more movies like this directed by Joseph Sargent featuring Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Leonid Rostoff The granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films, Colossus: The Forbin Project concerns a huge electronic brain designed to control the American missile defense system. Colossus' technicians do not count on the computer developing an intelligence of its own. Communicating with its Russian counterpart, Colossus decides to take over the earth, ... see all copies from £2.85! new only from £5.14!
21 view cover	By Dawn's Early Light (1989) more movies like this directed by Jack Sholder Soviet radicals upset with the thawing of the Cold War explode a nuclear weapon in Russia, setting off a series of events that may very well trigger World War III. The president (Martin Landau) has been isolated after a helicopter accident and must outwit government and military officials who are attempting to go forward with the war. The film ... see all copies from £3.81! new only from £4.72!
22 view cover	The Black Hole (2006) more movies like this directed by Tibor Takacs featuring Judd Nelson, Kristy Swanson, David Selby A botched science experiment unleashes a destructive otherworldly force with the power to devour the planet in this science fiction disaster thriller starring Judd Nelson and Kristy Swanson. Science has finally gone too far, and as a giant black hole opens up over St. Louis, the terrified denizens struggle to escape the all-consuming void by any ... see all copies from £3.05! new only from £3.05!
23 view cover	Stalker (1979) more movies like this directed by Andrei Tarkovsky featuring Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoli Solonitsin, Nikolai Grinko, Alisa Freyndlikh, Natasha Abramova Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, an allegorical science fiction film like his earlier Solaris, was adapted from the novel Picnic by the Roadside by brothers Boris Strugatsky and Arkady Strugatsky. The film follows three men -- the Scientist (Nikolai Grinko), the Writer (Anatoliy Solonitsyn), and the Stalker (Alexander Kaidanovsky) -- ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £15.23!
24 view cover	When Time Expires (1997) more movies like this directed by David Bourla featuring Richard Grieco, Cynthia Geary, Chad Everett, Mark Hamill, Tim Thomerson In this sci-fi adventure a time traveller finds himself in a position to save the Earth after he discovers that a sequence of events is about to destroy it. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from £3.43! new only from £8.84!
25 view cover	I Am Legend (2007) more movies like this directed by Francis Lawrence featuring Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith Adapted from acclaimed author Richard Matheson's influential novelette of the same name, Constantine director Francis Lawrence's I Am Legend follows the last man on Earth as he struggles to survive while fending off the infected survivors of a devastating vampiric plague. A brilliant scientist who raced to discover a cure for the man-made virus as ... see all copies from £3.51! new only from £3.51!

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