10 Underrated Science Fiction Movies You Must See

Science fiction typically takes its ideas from theories and speculations about our world's future; and one thing that all scientists seem to agree on is that, eventually, this world will cease to exist altogether. What if we're still here when that happens?

This is the central premise of 2013's These Final Hours, an Australian film from director Zak Hilditch. An asteroid has landed in the Atlantic, sending a gargantuan wave of fire across the Northern Hemisphere which has wiped out all life, and will shortly make its way down under.

In the final day before it hits, young party animal James (Nathan Phillips) heads out to a massive end of the world orgy in the hopes of blocking out all feeling before death comes for them all. However, along the way he crosses path with a lost girl in search of her family, and is forced to reassess his handling of the situation.

Showing a world in which social order has broken down completely, These Final Hours doesn't paint an especially rosy portrait of human nature, as everyday people turn semi-feral, giving in to their basest urges. Even so, it's hard to deny that such scenes would ensue under the circumstances.

As should be readily apparent, These Final Hours certainly isn't a barrel of laughs and doesn't make for particularly easy viewing, but it is a very thought-provoking, sobering contemplation on mortality. It also seems entirely plausible that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story took some influence from its firey finale.