Top 5 Armageddon Movies That'll Make You Feel Good about the Real World
After watching these five, you'll feel relieved that the world isn't as bad as it could be.
As the summer of 2024 approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, many people are wondering what disasters it will bring this year after seeing the devastating wildfires in Canada and California and the paranormal blizzards in Texas. The world may seem like it's coming to an end, but watch these five movies and you'll see that things aren't as bad as they seem.
The Core (2003, 5.5 on IMDb)
Available on: Paramount+, Apple TV+
After a series of incidents with the Earth's magnetic field, geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes comes to the conclusion that the planet's core has stopped moving, which will have a detrimental effect on the planet and its inhabitants. To save humanity from extinction, Dr. Keyes and a group of other scientists set out on a journey to the center of the world in a special vessel to deliver a nuclear bomb that will revive the core and get it moving again.
2012 (2009, 5.8 on IMDb)
Available on: Netflix, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video
A misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar led to a widespread fallacy - 2012 was considered the year the world would end. In the film, an American geologist, Adrian Helmsley, learns in 2009 that the Earth's core is being affected by solar neutrinos, which will cause a catastrophe on the planet. The man convinces the US and several other governments to begin a program to build arcs in the Himalayas, which will be completed just in time for the 2012 apocalypse.
Dante's Peak (1997, 6.0 on IMDb)
Available on: Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video
Set in the fictional titular town in Washington, the movie follows Harry Dalton, a seismologist assigned to assist Dr. Paul Dreyfus in his investigation of seismic activity in the region. The characters discover that the stratovolcano under Dante's Peak is about to explode, possibly causing the end of the world. To prevent the tragedy, Harry and the town's mayor must convince the US government to take action before it's too late.
Deep Impact (1998, 6.2 on IMDb)
Available on: Paramount+, Apple TV+
A giant comet, seven miles wide, is on a collision course with Earth. If the celestial body hits the planet, most life forms will be wiped out in an instant. To prevent the catastrophe, the US sends a ship to destroy the comet while it's still in space, but the explosion only splits the rock in two. Armageddon seems inevitable, and humanity prepares to die, but somehow people manage to remain human. But will they survive the crisis?
The Day After Tomorrow (2004, 6.5 on IMDb)
Available on: Apple TV+
The Earth's climate has gone wild. While some parts of the world are being scorched by drought, others are being inundated by monsoons and tsunamis. As the world destroys itself, climatologist Jack Hall sets out for a permafrost-bound New York to find his missing son and try to survive the cataclysm together.