It’s almost the weekend, and that means you should book in another Gizmodo movie night. This week, batten down the hatches to get away from that ferocious Melbourne tornado, or shelter inside from Sydney’s ominous storm clouds — these are best end-of-the-world flicks streaming right now.
We’ve re-jigged our existing Netflix Movie Night series, and brought in Australia’s other popular subscription video on demand services — Stan and Presto — to give you a broader selection of movies and TV shows to enjoy. On all three services, you can watch from your tablet or smartphone, on your PC or laptop, through your Smart TV, or through a media streaming dongle like the Google Chromecast, although specifics can vary.
Stan costs a flat $10 per month, Netflix can cost from $9 to $15 per month, and Presto is $10 to $15 depending which package you choose.
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Stan
Snowpiercer
Stan: Set in a future where a failed climate-change experiment kills all life on the planet except for a lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system emerges.
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The Last Ship
Stan: The Last Ship opens with a global catastrophe that nearly decimates the world’s population. The crew of the U.S.S. Nathan James is heading home with microbiologist Rachel Scott – the only person who might hold the key to stopping the virus.
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Quantum of Solace
Stan: Seeking revenge for the death of his love, secret agent James Bond sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country’s water supply.
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Pacific Rim
Stan: When legions of creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers.
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I Am Legend
Stan: Vampires created by a man-made plague surround a lone survivor as he searches for a cure.
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Netflix
Sharknado
Netflix: When a hurricane swamps Los Angeles, thousands of sharks are swept up in tornadoes and deposited all over the city, where they terrorize residents.
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Sharknado 2: The Second One
Netflix: A freak weather system turns its fury on New York City, unleashing a deadly Sharknado on the Big Apple, and Fin and April are back to save the day.
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The Colony
Netflix: After losing contact with the only other known settlement in an icy postapocalyptic landscape, an outpost of colonists discovers a sinister threat.
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Armageddon
Netflix: As a massive asteroid hurtles toward Earth, NASA’s head honcho hatches a plan to split the deadly rock in two before it annihilates the entire planet.
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The Road
Netflix: Set in a postapocalyptic future, this end-of-days tale follows two survivors, a father and son, who take to the road in search of a better life.
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Presto
Contagion
Presto: Matt Damon. Kate Winslet. This thriller centres on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors trying to find a cure and control the panic setting in around the world.
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Sunshine
Presto: It is the year 2057, the Sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth’s last hope lies with a crew whose mission it is to deliver a nuclear device designed to reignite the fading sun.. But disaster strikes everywhere in this superb blend of doomsday thriller and thoughtful sci-fi starring Rose Byrne.
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Volcano
Presto: A volcano blows beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, raining fire bombs and a tide of lava down on terrified LA. It’s up to Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche to cap the eruption and save the City of Angels.
Presto: After waking from a coma in an abandoned hospital, police officer Rick Grimes finds the world he knew gone – ravaged by a zombie epidemic of apocalyptic proportions.
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The Core
Presto: When unexplained catastrophes begin to occur, a team of gifted scientists travel into the earth’s core in order to detonate a nuclear device that will save the world from destruction.
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