Doomsday film

A Doomsday film is a motion picture which tells the story of an actual or fictitious doomsday event and/or its aftermath. Also known as being post-apocalyptic, the true Doomsday film chronicles an event that is global in scale. A more localized catastrophe, such as the destruction of a city, which can serve as a dramatic microcosm of a full-scale doomsday event is more accurately categorized as a disaster film, although the line is flexible, and ... more
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