Disaster and apocalypse movies may be based on science-fiction and hypothesis but they leave viewers with a lingering feeling of doom.
If you like to know what it feels like to be at the end of the world then here are eight recommendations currently streaming in India.
Contagion (JioCinema): Beth's return from Hong Kong results in her mysterious death, followed by her son's, as news breaks out of a global epidemic.
2012 (JioCinema): A writer battles against all odds to keep his family secure when a series of apocalyptic calamities threaten to decimate humankind.
The Day After Tomorrow (Prime Video, Apple TV): A father tries to save his son as a sudden storm begins to plunge the entire planet into a new ice age.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (JioCinema, Prime Video): When T-1000 attacks John, the Terminator fights to save him and humanity from Skynet's new robot.
Leave the World Behind (Netflix): During a family vacation, two strangers report a blackout, forcing two families to survive amid a collapsing world.
A Quiet Place: Day One (Prime Video): Amid an alien invasion in New York City, survivors, must stay silent to avoid sound-sensitive creatures while seeking safety.
Cargo (Netflix): As a virus that turns humans into zombies within 48 hours spreads through Australia, a couple strives to protect their daughter.
Train to Busan (Prime Video, JioCinema): A man and his daughter’s train journey to Busan turns into a nightmare as they are trapped amidst a zombie outbreak.