There is nothing we like better than to think that we are the end all be all of this planet, and nothing gives us a thrill more than watching it go 'boom'.
A theory that was proven once again last weekend with the respectable box office opening of Tom Cruise's post apocalyptic action flick, Oblivion. And we’ll be seeing more end of the world tales including World War Z, Elysium, and even a comedy about global meltdown in This is The End.
Every generation has their own anxieties about the end of the world, for boomers it was conformity and the atomic age, in the 70s it was about shadowy conspiracies and for those in my age group, the 80s were all about nuclear annihilation.
A topic that was inescapable in the news and the big screen (it was even in the top 40..thanks a lot, Sting).
So today’s installment of The List are the films that used to keep my up at night about the end of the world as we know it (I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself)...
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