# Movies or TV shows where people know the world is going to end soon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 7, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877 "2026-05-07T02:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/61 "2026-05-14T22:06:46Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > _Miracle Mile_ (1988) – not really recommended Uh, what? IMO, that’s a brilliant film. Seriously scary without being gory. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/62 "2026-05-14T22:08:16Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > they all were racing for the big spaceship escape craft the billionaires had been prepping Then of course comes the reveal that they are NOT spaceship escape craft at all. In re this thread topic: I guess there’s a sequel to _Greenland_ out, now. Surely the characters in that have people making the psychological adjustment to the apocalyptic event (comet strikes Earth) of the first movie…? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/63 "2026-05-16T14:44:10Z")
Totally agree. Best to go in knowing nothing about it, though if you’re reading this thread I guess it’s too late. I also like Last Night, though not as much as MM. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/64 "2026-05-16T15:00:05Z")
[Take Shelter](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675192/). Is Michael Shannon crazy or are his visions a warning of an apocalypse? Watch to the end to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/65 "2026-05-16T18:17:11Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Is Michael Shannon crazy Yes. What movie are we talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/66 "2026-05-16T22:05:36Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I watched the first few episodes of _ **carol & the end of the world** _ on Netflix but it didn’t really grab me; I wanted it to be funnier, I think. I’ve been going through some of the films and tv in this thread. Many I’ve seen but I binge watched this. It was an interesting premise, but I never considered that some people would deal with the end of the world the way so many of those people did. I literally never considered that some people would just ride out the end of the world going to pointless jobs without pay to hang onto a sense of normalcy, rather than crossing off their bucket list like most people ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/67 "2026-05-16T22:23:44Z")
Unless your bucket list is mostly able to be done at home, I bet most attempts at bucket list items during an impending apocalypse end with somebody unfulfilled and stranded far from home. I can reliably bucket list propositioning all the neighbor ladies. I can’t reliably bucket list going to see the Yangtse. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/68 "2026-05-19T17:00:00Z")
It’s not a movie, but I had to bring this up. There’s a collection edited by Robert Sheckley entitled **After the Fall** that I highly recommend. It’s a collection of “upbeat end-of-the-world stories”, which is the kind of thing you’d expect Sheckley to come up with. My favorite entry is a story by Philip Jose Farmer, “The Making of **Revelation** , Part 1” God enlists the aid of Cecil B. DeMille or putting together the big show that is The End of the World. De Mille, in turn, gets Harlan Ellison to write the script, because Ellison is the only writer they can find who isn’t afraid to argue with God. Eventually, Elllison pisses god off so much that he’s fired (to Hell), > **[After The Fall: Robert Sheckley: 9780441009411: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/After-Fall-Robert-Sheckley/dp/0441009417)** > > After The Fall \[Robert Sheckley\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. After The Fall [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?1719](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?1719) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/69 "2026-05-19T19:06:23Z")
Neat. Did Ellison offer any commentary on the story? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/70 "2026-05-19T19:32:14Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > they all were racing for the big spaceship escape craft the billionaires had been prepping. Then they can all fly to a new planet, where they have no infrastructure, no food, no shelter, no knowledge of what can be eaten, or even if the air is safe. Helluva place to raise your kids. Assuming the grass doesn’t try to kill you the minute you step outside. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Then of course comes the reveal that they are NOT spaceship escape craft at all. Which ultimately doesn’t change the no food or shelter or infrastructure problem, except it does eliminate the possibility of acid grass. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/71 "2026-05-20T11:21:26Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Neat. Did Ellison offer any commentary on the story? Sadly, not to my knowledge. It would’ve been interesting if he had. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/72 "2026-05-20T14:38:21Z")
The last episode of Dinosaurs was apocalyptic, and kind of depressing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZqBBI_oc9ME/maxresdefault.jpg "The Shocking Ending of Dinosaurs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqBBI_oc9ME) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-where-people-know-the-world-is-going-to-end-soon/1029877/73 "2026-05-23T01:38:36Z")
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