THE BEST DOOMSDAY THRILLERS

[Antonio]

THE BEST DOOMSDAY THRILLERS
1. TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991) James Cameron (A+)
2. ON THE BEACH (1959) Stanley Kramer (A+)
3. PLANET OF THE APES (1968) Franklin J. Schaffner (A)
4. TESTAMENT (1983) Lynne Littman (A)
5. THE RAPTURE (1991) Michael Tolkin (A)
6. THE DAY AFTER (1983) Nicholas Meyer (B+)
7. STRANGE DAYS (1995) Kathryn Bigelow (B+)
8. THE TERMINATOR (1984) James Cameron (B+)
9. THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) Byron Haskin (B+)
10. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (1951) Rudolph Mate (B+)
11. TWELVE MONKEYS (1995) Terry Gilliam (B)
12. THE OMEGA MAN (1971) Boris Sagal (B)
13. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) John Carpenter (B)
14. END OF DAYS (1999) Peter Hyams (B)
15. THE LAST WAVE (1977) Peter Weir (B)
16. MIRACLE MILE (1989) Steve DeJarnett (B)
17. SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964) John Frankenheimer (B)
18. CRACK IN THE WORLD (1965) Andrew Marton (B)
19. DEEP IMPACT (1998) Mimi Leder (B)
20. ARMAGEDDON (1998) Michael Bay (B)

Most of these films can fit into many different categories, especially the science fiction and action-adventure genres. All of these movies contain horrific images, stories and ideas...with END OF DAYS and THE OMEGA MAN standing out as the two which most represent the horror genre.

[Antonio]

Anyone else a fan of this subgenre?

[Professor Falk]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Antonio:
Anyone else a fan of this subgenre?</font>

Yes, but not quite so much for the last 6-7 months... One you missed, that I really love: Fail Safe. Brilliant drama, with a classic performance by Henry Fonda.

[Andrew Tom]

I only saw the Fail Safe that was live, with George Clooney and Richard Dreyfuss and I though that it was really good.

[ColinM]

1) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (9/10)
2) Twelve Monkeys (9/10)
3) The Terminator (8/10)
4) Planet of the Ages (orig) (8/10)
5) End of Days (7/10)

[Professor Falk]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Andrew Tom:
I only saw the Fail Safe that was live, with George Clooney and Richard Dreyfuss and I though that it was really good. </font>


Yeah, it was. Nicely done and quite faithful. TCM ran the original after the Clooney version was shown, which was quite cool of them.

[Fergus]

There was one that immediately came to my mind that you didn't list Antonio, The Quiet Earth(1985). I thought it was well done, despite it could've been better, but I liked it. The final shot is very cool.