On the Beach 1959. Based on the novel of the same name by Nevil Shute.

I actually found "Don't Look Up" on Netflix to be a rather good modern movie.

Stu: I tried to find "The Quiet Earth" a few months back. Maybe I didn't look in the right places, but had no luck.

MikeB4:

 

This is not a genre I like. The plots are often very similar with predictable characters.

 

May i suggest Warm Bodies

Spyked:

 

On the Beach 1959. Based on the novel of the same name by Nevil Shute.

 

Film was good, so was the book.

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Mainly because it takes the P out of the genre.

Be warned Slim Whitman’s Indian Love Call song towards the end of the movie can become an ear worm.

This is my favourite genre.

I tend to enjoy the ones that are more about the actual global apocalypse than ones that portray a very narrow view or theme.  Zombie movies usually suffer this way.

If you've not seen Animatrix you're in for a treat.

afe66: Threads

The potential or actual end of the world has to be one of the biggest and most popular genres in modern movies with themes often combined/overlapping e.g. zombie viruses and new species development are often interrelated. Does anyone else get tired of them?

zombie infection (World War Z), nuclear annihilation (Failsafe), nuclear fallout (Godzilla), AI takeover (Terminator), resource shortage (Mad Max), climate disaster (2012), pandemic (Twelve Monkeys), alien invasion (War of the Worlds), supernatural (Ghostbusters), stellar collision (Armageddon), animal advancement (Planet of the Apes), new species development (Resident Evil), resurrected prehistoric creatures (Jurassic Park), newly discovered prehistoric creatures (Kong), and so on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apocalyptic_films

P.S.

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls052725603/

quickymart: I just finished re-watching The Quiet Earth and it's a good Kiwi movie, although I never understood the ending (did anyone?)

The Hobbit is my most memorable apocalyptic film.

It certainly felt like the end of the world after I’d sat through all 20 gazillion hours of the trilogy.

Anna And The Apocalypse (2017)

Honourable mention to Død snø (2009)

Failsafe. Forgot about that. Got the bluray.

Also apocalyptic(ish) - The Bedford Incident.