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Apocalyptic films

  • Avengers: EndgameAvengers: Endgame opens with Clint Barton losing his family to Thanos's snap. It was moved from Infinity War.
  • Justice League (film)Justice League used visual effects to erase Henry Cavill's mustache from its own footage.
  • Avengers: Infinity WarAvengers: Infinity War ends with Thanos watching a sunrise after erasing half of all life.
  • Mission: Impossible – The Final ReckoningAt the New York premiere of Mission: Impossible , The Final Reckoning in May 2025, Tom Cruise left no room for doubt about the title. "It's the final! It's not called 'final' for nothing," he said, confirming that this would be his last…
  • Transformers: Dark of the MoonMichael Bay bet $25,000 that two robots would not appear in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
  • The Day the Earth Stood StillIn The Day the Earth Stood Still, a soldier shoots the alien before he finishes saying he comes in peace.
  • Interstellar (film)Interstellar, the 2014 science fiction epic directed by Christopher Nolan, was filmed under a decoy name: Flora's Letter. Flora is one of Nolan's four children with producer Emma Thomas. Nolan is famous for guarding his productions, and…
  • The Fantastic Four: First StepsThe Fantastic Four: First Steps opens in 1964 on a world called Earth-828. Crowds are marking four years since a space mission gave four astronauts extraordinary powers. Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm are celebrities…
  • The End of EvangelionThe End of Evangelion, a 1997 Japanese animated film, carried a startling line on its poster: "Wouldn't it be nice if everyone would just die?" Japanese media seized on the contrast with the poster for Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke,…
  • The Day After TomorrowTo wreck New York in The Day After Tomorrow, artists built a 13-block digital model of Manhattan.

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