Kevin Costner went to sea for this epic flood tale, which, after $175 million and two near-death experiences, sputtered at the box office and left the sci-fi behemoth’s reputation all wet. “Fishtar,” as it was dubbed by the Wall Street Journal — in reference to the Warren Beatty–Dustin Hoffman comedy flop Ishtar — was unable to recoup its hefty budget until after foreign receipts were tallied.
Cinematic Visions of the Apocalypse
From movies about nuclear holocaust to films of flesh-eating zombies, here is a selection that may help prepare you for the end of the world
Waterworld, 1995
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Goodbye Earth
- The Last Man on Earth, 1964
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1964
- Escape from New York, 1981
- The Road Warrior, 1981
- Delicatessen, 1991
- 12 Monkeys, 1995
- Independence Day, 1996
- The Postman, 1997
- Waterworld, 1995
- Deep Impact, 1998
- Armageddon, 1998
- 28 Days Later, 2002
- Reign of Fire, 2002
- The Day After Tomorrow, 2004
- An Inconvenient Truth, 2006
- Children of Men, 2006
- I Am Legend, 2007
- Zombieland, 2009
- Melancholia, 2011
- The Hunger Games, 2012