10 Great Movies Where the World Literally Ends

10. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence was originally conceived of as a Stanley Kubrick project, but was taken up by Steven Spielberg after Kubrick's death.

Rather than inject it with the kind of family-friendly movie magic he has come to be known for, Spielberg remained in many ways true to the original vision for the film, using it as a vehicle to highlight humanity's penchant for wastefulness and thoughtless cruelty.

Set in the 22nd century where global warming has had a significant and sustained effect on the human population, A.I. follows David (Haley Joel Osment), a humanoid robot child whose capacity for love is betrayed by a family who neither understands nor wants him. Thus, he is thrust out into a world of terror, where his kind are treated like scrap and his only guiding light is the fairy tales his adoptive mother used to tell him.

David makes a heartbreaking journey to a submerged New York City, in search of an unattainable humanity, but becomes trapped underwater for thousands of years. He emerges again far beyond the end of humankind and our world as we know it, where all that is left are robots and ruin.