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I started thinking about a Apocalypse Top 10 list after the Sci-Fi list.

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SInce a few entries would fit both (and not in any particular order):

When Worlds Collide
On the Beach
Dr. Strangelove
Planet of the Apes
12 Monkees
Children of Men
FailSafe
hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (okay, this one is tongue in cheek, but the Earth does disappear....)
Day After Tomorrow (a bit political though)
Deep Impact (best of the asteroid strike movies IMHO, the others were simply too cheesy).

"A Quiet Earth" I imagine would be on that list, but I haven't seen it yet.

Follow Ups:

this one....with an absolutely devastating performance by..... - TWB 19:26:10 01/15/09 (0)
Jane Alexander....she really was robbed of an Oscar that year.....I think very few people saw it in the theater.....the emotional impact of the film has stayed with me all the years since seeing it....
- Testament (Open in New Window)
Dr. Strangelove was an exercise in cynicism...Fail Safe was the scary one - DWPC 15:43:11 01/13/09 (1)
Poor Slim Pickens. Thirty years in movies only to be remembered for a 3-second bomb ride and the first on-screen fart.

We're chasing terrorists in the wrong place...they're on Wall St.
- Cynicism? Not at all. I'd argue it was a perfect skewering of the military - tinear 14:10:09 01/14/09 (0)
  mindset and the ending was a warning, not a prediction.
Don't forget War of the Worlds (1953) (nt) - Jack G 08:25:17 01/13/09 (0)
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More: A.I., The Time Machine, Damnation Alley, A Boy and His Dog & on a lighter note, Wall-E - Audiophilander 19:04:04 01/12/09 (1)
A.I. is my favorite among those listed; the film isn't actually about an apocalypse, but the irony (pay-off) of the post-apocalyptic world is dealt with near the end of the film.
How about near apocalypse (cautionary movies where the world is placed at serious risk by Man's arrogance and recklessness)?
Movies like...
The Mist
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The 27th Day

Edits: 01/12/09
- A Boy and his Dog... - mkuller 20:38:46 01/12/09 (0)
  ...a classic favorite I had forgotten about.
The Quiet Earth ( Kiwi film, Bruno Lawrence ) - grinagog 18:15:01 01/12/09 (1)
wakes up one day to find he's the only person left alive on Earth
Low budget, but that doesn't matter: this is a Classic

GW
- Saw it a month ago. A tad dated in the race department. nt - tinear 11:45:35 01/13/09 (0)
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The Rapture. nt - sjb 17:39:47 01/12/09 (2)
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"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Great call. - Harmonia 19:09:45 01/12/09 (1)
  Way underseen good movie.
  - Very much so. And erotic, to boot. nt - tinear 16:44:35 01/13/09 (0)
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On The Beach! - Road Warrior 16:32:21 01/12/09 (0)
Great selection and probably my # 1. Waltzing Matilda was a perfect fit for the movie.

I'm hoping the post apocalyptic The Road will be worthy.

The Stand didn't totally suck.

Of course, Road Warrior was worthy as well ;->

These are all post apocalyptic but since you included On The Beach I threw em in.

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