10 Great Movies Where the World Literally Ends
6. Interstellar (2014)
Another future science fiction film in which the Earth is dying (there's something of a trend emerging here), Christopher Nolan's Interstellar offers a taste of hope that apocalyptic features don't usually indulge in.
In 2067, following a global crop blight that is rendering the planet uninhabitable, NASA physicist Professor Brand (Michael Caine) shoots former pilot Joseph Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) off on a – you guessed it – interstellar journey to find an inhabitable alternative out amongst the stars.
Slingshotting through a wormhole and far across the galaxy, Cooper and his crew explore the reaches of space, getting into a spot of bother with time dilation and winding up in the fourth dimension. (As you do.)
Yes, Nolan goes ham on his deep space concepts and visuals, leaving Earth to rot and die, but while the world ends in Cooper's absence, all is not lost. His interventions across time enable his daughter Murph (Mackenzie Foy, Jessica Chastain and Ellen Burstyn) to build space colonies for the remainder of humanity, with Cooper turning up to see her on her deathbed in 2156.