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Best 1 The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season is a 2015 science fiction novel by N.K. Jemisin, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, set on a continent ravaged by apocalyptic geology.

2 The Obelisk Gate

The Obelisk Gate is a 2016 science fiction novel by N.K. Jemisin, second in the Broken Earth trilogy, and winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel.

3 The Stone Sky

The Stone Sky is a 2017 science fiction novel by N.K. Jemisin concluding the Broken Earth trilogy, and winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

4 Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, released in 2011, is a science fiction action film centered on Caesar, a genetically engineered chimpanzee. Raised by a scientist, Caesar eventually orchestrates a rebellion among apes against human control, set in 2016. The film features Andy Serkis as Caesar and a c...

5 Lucifer's Hammer

Lucifer's Hammer is a 1977 science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle about a comet's devastating impact on Earth and societal collapse.

6 Miracle Mile

Miracle Mile is a 1988 American apocalyptic thriller by Steve De Jarnatt, set around Los Angeles after a mistaken nuclear-war phone call.

7 Seveneves
Seveneves

Seveneves is a 2015 hard science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson about humanity's survival after the moon disintegrates, threatening all life on Earth.

8 Forge of God

Published in 1987 by Greg Bear, this hard science fiction novel depicts the destruction of Earth by an unknown alien intelligence.

9 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is a 2024 science fiction film set many generations following *War for the Planet of the Apes*. The story centers on Noa, a chimpanzee hunter, and Mae, a human woman, as they undertake a journey to assess the evolving relationship between apes and humans. The film f...

10 These Final Hours

These Final Hours is a 2013 Australian apocalyptic thriller by Zak Hilditch, notable for screening in Directors' Fortnight at Cannes in 2014.

11 Panic in Year Zero!

Panic in Year Zero! is a 1962 AIP survival film directed by and starring Ray Milland, notable for its family-level view of nuclear collapse.

12 Crack in the World

Crack in the World is a 1965 American science-fiction disaster film by Andrew Marton, about nuclear drilling that threatens to split Earth.

13 Deluge
Deluge

Deluge is a 1933 American post-apocalyptic disaster film by Felix E. Feist, noted for early screen images of New York City destroyed by flood.

14 A Fire in the Sky

A Fire in the Sky is a 1978 NBC disaster television film directed by Jerry Jameson, notable for a Paul Gallico comet-impact story set around Phoenix.

15 Japan Sinks

Japan Sinks, released as Sinking of Japan, is Shinji Higuchi's 2006 tokusatsu disaster remake of Sakyo Komatsu's 1973 novel.

16 The Lost Missile

The Lost Missile is a 1958 American Cold War science-fiction film completed by Lester Wm. Berke after producer William Berke died.

17 Stonehenge Apocalypse

Stonehenge Apocalypse is a 2010 Canadian Syfy film directed by Paul Ziller, notable for linking Stonehenge to global electromagnetic disasters.

18 Snowmageddon

Snowmageddon is a 2011 Canadian disaster TV film directed by Sheldon Wilson, notable for linking avalanches and quakes to a magical snow globe.

19 Solar Flare

Solar Flare is a 2008 American science fiction disaster film directed by Fred Olen Ray, notable for using a solar eruption as its extinction threat.

20 Solar Attack

Solar Attack is a 2006 Canadian TV disaster film directed by Paul Ziller, notable for coronal mass ejections igniting atmospheric methane.

21 End of the World

End of the World is a 2013 Canada-US Syfy disaster comedy by Steven R. Monroe, about science-fiction fans using movie knowledge to save Earth.

22 Polar Storm

Polar Storm is a 2009 Canadian disaster film directed by Paul Ziller, notable for a comet strike that disrupts Earth's magnetic field.

23 Collision Earth

Collision Earth is a 2011 Canadian Syfy disaster television film by Paul Ziller, built around Mercury's altered orbit threatening Earth.

24 12 Disasters

12 Disasters is the home-video title of The 12 Disasters of Christmas, a 2012 Syfy film by Steven R. Monroe linking Mayan prophecy to holiday imagery.

25 MegaFault
MegaFault

MegaFault is a 2009 Syfy disaster film by The Asylum, directed by David Michael Latt and among Brittany Murphy's final screen appearances.

26 Earthfall
Earthfall

Earthfall is a 2015 US-Canadian disaster television film by Steven Daniels, about Jupiter disrupting Earth's orbit and causing global cataclysms.

27 100 Degrees Below Zero

100 Degrees Below Zero is a 2013 American disaster film by Richard Schenkman, notable for using volcanic eruptions to plunge Europe into a new ice age.

28 Meteor Apocalypse

Meteor Apocalypse is a 2010 American direct-to-video science-fiction disaster film by Micho Rutare about comet fragments striking Earth.

29 40 Days and Nights

40 Days and Nights is a 2012 disaster film directed by Peter Geiger, notable as an Asylum-produced Noah's Ark riff about a tectonic tsunami threatening continents.

30 Oceans Rising

Oceans Rising is a 2017 American disaster film by Adam Lipsius for The Asylum and Syfy, notable for its polar-melt flood and ark premise.

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