THEME EXPLORATION

apocalyptic stakes

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Quintet
Quintet
1979 · Robert Altman
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Taika Waititi
2012
2012
2009 · Roland Emmerich
Creed III
Creed III
2023 · Michael B. Jordan
The Drifting Classroom
The Drifting Classroom
1987 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Knowing
Knowing
2009 · Alex Proyas
Greenland
Greenland
2020 · Ric Roman Waugh
Hellboy
Hellboy
2019 · Neil Marshall
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019 · Mike Mitchell
Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan
2015 · Shinji Higuchi
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
2007 · Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021 · Hideaki Anno & Katsuichi Nakayama & Kazuya Tsurumaki & Mahiro Maeda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Lars von Trier Denmark

His films like Melancholia and Antichrist obsessively explore civilization's collapse and humanity's psychological unraveling at the end of the world.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union/Russia

Stalker and Solaris meditate on existential annihilation and spiritual apocalypse through long, contemplative sequences on humanity's final reckoning.

 Terrence Malick United States

The Tree of Life and The New World present apocalyptic visions of creation and destruction on cosmic and intimate scales, questioning existence itself.