| Title | Author | Date | Country | Media | Collapse | Categorie | Cause |
| Darkness | Lord Byron | 1816 | GB | Poème | circa 1820 | cosmic catastrophe | Sun extinction |
| The War of the Worlds | H. G. Wells | 1898 | GB | Novel | 1894 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| Verdens undergang (The End of the World) |
August Blom | 1916 | DK | Film | circa 1920 | cosmic catastrophe | passage of a comet in the vicinity |
| La Fin du monde (End of the World) |
Abel Gance | 1931 | FR | Film | circa 1930 | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Things to Come | William Cameron Menzies | 1936 | GB | Film | 1940 | war; societal hazards; virus | war; pandemia; technological regress |
| Quinzinzinzili | Régis Messac | 1935 | FR | Novel | near future | war | nuclear war |
| Peace on Earth | Hugh Harman | 1939 | US | Anime | near future | war | world war |
| Mr. Adam | Pat Frank | 1946 | US | Novel | near future | engineering hazards; mutations of the living | nuclear accident; infertility |
| Not with a Bang | Damon Knight | 1949 | US | Novel | near future | war | nuclear war |
| Fido | Andrew Currie | 2006 | CA | Film | mid 20th century | monsters | zombies |
| Wasteland | Alan Pavlish; Brian Fargo; Michael A. Stackpole; Ken St. Andre; Alan Pavlish | 1988 | US | Video game | mid 20th century | war | nuclear war; cold war |
| Finis | Frank Lillie Pollock | 1906 | CA | Novel | mid 20th century | cosmic catastrophe | solar radiation |
| Five | Arch Oboler | 1951 | US | Film | circa 1950 | engineering hazards | nuclear disaster |
| Robot Monster | Phil Tucker | 1953 | US | Film | circa 1950 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| The Nine Billion Names of God | Arthur C. Clarke | 1953 | GB | Novel | circa 1950 | religious apocalypse | religious apocalypse |
| Earth Abides | George G. Stewart | 1949 | US | Novel | circa 1950 | virus | pandemia |
| The Shape of Things to Come | H. G. Wells | 1933 | GB | Novel | circa 1950 | societal hazards; war; virus | economic collapse; war; pandemia |
| The Kraken Wakes | John Wyndham | 1953 | GB | Novel | circa 1950 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| Childhood's End | Arthur C. Clarke | 1953 | US | Novel | circa 1960 | extraterrestrial life; mutations of the living; supernatural disaster | extraterrestre; mutant humans |
| Last Woman on Earth | Roger Corman | 1960 | US | Film | circa 1960 | supernatural disaster | unexplained |
| Second Variety | Philip K. Dick | 1953 | US | Novel | cold war | war; technologic evolution | cold war; AI takeover; war with robots |
| The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Val Guest | 1961 | GB | Film | cold war | engineering hazards; natural disaster; cosmic catastrophe | nuclear weapons testing; environmental change; orbital derivation |
| Nuclear War | Douglas Malewicki | 1965 | US | Board game | cold war | war | nuclear war |
| Ice | Anna Kavan | 1967 | GB | Novel | cold war | war | nuclear war |
| Path to Savagery | Robert Edmond Alter | 1969 | US | Novel | cold war | war; mutations of the living | nuclear war; mutant humans |
| Missile Command | Atari Incirca | 1980 | US | Video game | cold war | war | nuclear war |
| Nukewar | Avalon Hill | 1980 | US | Video game | cold war | war | nuclear war; cold war |
| The Survivalist | Jerry Ahern | 1981 | US | Novel | cold war | war | nuclear war |
| The Day After | Nicholas Meyer | 1983 | US | Film | cold war | war | nuclear war |
| Die Letzten Kinder von Schewenborn (The Last Children of Schewenborn) |
Gudrun Pausewang | 1983 | DE | Novel | cold war | war | nuclear war |
| Le Big Bang<br<(The Big Bang) | Picha | 1984 | BE ; FR | Anime | cold war | war | third world war |
| Pisma myortogo cheloveka (Dead Man's Letters) |
Konstantin Lopouchanski | 1986 | SU | Film | cold war | war; engineering hazards | nuclear accident; world war |
| Swan Song | Robert R. McCammon | 1987 | US | Novel | cold war | war; pollution | nuclear war; environmental pollution; climat change |
| On the Beach | Nevil Shute | 1957 | US | Novel | 1963 | war | world war |
| The War Game | Peter Watkins | 1965 | GB | Film | circa 1965 | war | nuclear war |
| The Valley-Westside War | Harry Turtledove | 2008 | US | Novel | 1967 | war | nuclear war |
| Beyond the Time Barrier | Edgard G. Ulmer | 1960 | US | Film | 1971 | engineering hazards; cosmic catastrophe; virus; mutations of the living | nuclear weapons testing; deteriorated atmosphere; pandemia; infertility |
| The Genocides | Thomas M. Disch | 1965 | US | Novel | 1972 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| The Crazies | George A. Romero | 1973 | US | Film | circa 1975 | engineering hazards; virus | chemical disaster; pandemia |
| Inconstant Moon | Larry Nven | 1973 | US | Novel | circa 1975 | cosmic catastrophe; natural disaster | |
| Bronx lotta finale (Endgame) |
Joe D'Amato | 1983 | IT | Film | 1975 | war | third world war; nuclear war |
| Malevil | Riobert Merle | 1972 | FR | Novel | 1977 | war | nuclear war |
| City | Clifford D. Simak | 1952 | US | Novel | circa 1980 | technologic evolution | technologization of society; transhumanism |
| La Jetée | Chris Marker | 1962 | FR | Film | circa 1980 | war | third world war |
| The Girl Who Owned a City | O. T. Nelson | 1975 | US | Novel | circa 1980 | virus | pandemia |
| Survivors | Terry Nation | 1975 | GB | TV show | circa 1980 | virus; catastrophes technologiques | pandemia; bacteriological disaster; scientific accident |
| Empty World | John Christopher | 1977 | GB | Novel | circa 1980 | virus | pandemia |
| The Adolescence of P-1 | Thomas Joseph Ryan | 1977 | US | Novel | circa 1980 | technologic evolution | technological singularity; AI takeover |
| The Stand | Stephen King | 1978 | US | Novel | circa 1980 | virus | pandemia |
| Plague | Ed Hunt | 1979 | CA ; US | Film | circa 1980 | engineering hazards | bacteriological disaster; scientific accident; pandemia |
| Meteor | Ronald Neame | 1979 | US | Film | circa 1980 | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb | Philip K. Dick | 1963 | US | Novel | 1981 | war | nuclear war |
| Greybeard | Brian Aldiss | 1964 | GB | Novel | 1981 | war; engineering hazards; mutations of the living | nuclear weapons testing; infertility |
| Fukkatsu no hi (Virus) |
Kinji Fukasaku | 1980 | JP | Film | 1982 | virus; catastrophes technologiques; natural disaster | pandemia |
| Parasite | Charles Band | 1982 | US | Film | 1982 | war | nuclear war |
| Akira | Katsuhiro Ōtomo | 1982 | JP | Manga | 1982 | war | third world war; nuclear war |
| Le Dernier Combat (The Last Battle) |
Luc Besson | 1983 | FR | Film | circa 1985 | war | nuclear war |
| Testament | Lynne Littman | 1983 | US | Film | circa 1985 | war | nuclear war |
| Threads | Mick Jackson | 1984 | GB | Film | circa 1985 | war | nuclear war |
| Night of the Comet | Thom Eberhardt | 1984 | US | Film | circa 1985 | cosmic catastrophe | passage of a comet in the vicinity |
| Children of the Dust | Louise Lawrence | 1985 | GB | Novel | circa 1985 | war; mutations of the living; pollution | nuclear war; mutant humans; environmental changes |
| Day of the Dead | George A. Romero | 1985 | US | Film | circa 1985 | monsters | zombies |
| Bitume | Croc | 1984 | FR | Role-playing game | 1986 | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Radioactive Dreams | Albert Pyun | 1985 | US | Film | 1986 | war | nuclear war |
| World War III | David Greene; Boris Sagal | 1982 | US | TV show | 1987 | war | third world war; nuclear war; cold war |
| The Swarm | Irwin Allen | 1978 | US | Film | circa 1990 | mutations of the living; engineering hazards | mutant animals; chemical disaster |
| The Morrow Project | Kevin Dockery; Robert Sadler; Richard Tucholka | 1980 | US | Role-playing game | circa 1990 | war | nuclear war |
| Endworld | David L. Robbins | 1986 | US | Novel | circa 1990 | war; mutations of the living | third world war; nuclear war; chemical warfare; mutant humans |
| Fire Brats | Barbara Siegel; Scott Siegel; Barbara Steiner | 1987 | US | Novel | circa 1990 | war; pollution | third world war; nuclear war; environmental change; climat change |
| Miracle Mile | Steve de Jarnatt | 1988 | US | Film | circa 1990 | war | nuclear war |
| The Last Ship | William Brinkley | 1988 | US | TV show | circa 1990 | war | nuclear war |
| A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell | Brett Piper | 1991 | US | Film | circa 1990 | war | nuclear war; mutant humans |
| Without Warning | Robert Iscove | 1994 | US | Film | circa 1990 | cosmic catastrophe | alien invasion |
| Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) |
Tetsuo Hara | 1983 | JP | Manga | 1990 | war; pollution | nuclear war; environmental change |
| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Philip K. Dick | 1966 | US | Novel | 1992 | war | nuclear war |
| Outbreak | Wolfgang Petersen | 1995 | US | Film | 1995 | virus | pandemia |
| The Children of Men | P.D. James | 1992 | GB | Novel | 1996 | mutations of the living | infertility |
| 12 Monkeys | Terry Gilliam | 1995 | US | Film | 1996 | virus | pandemia |
| The Terminator | James Cameron | 1984 | US | Film | 1997 | technologic evolution | technological singularity |
| Twilight 2000 | Frank Chadwick; Dave Nilsen; Loren K. Wiseman; Lester W. Smith | 1984 | US | Role-playing game | 1997 | war | third world war; nuclear war |
| Crystalis | Kazuto Kohno | 1990 | JP | Video game | 1997 | war; mutations of the living; societal hazards | nuclear war; mutant animals; technological regress |
| Biohazard (Resident Evil) |
Capcom | 1996 | JP | Video game | 1998 | monsters | zombies |
| Wasteland Angel | Octane Games | 2011 | FI | Video game | 1998 | war; mutations of the living | third world war; nuclear war; mutant humans |
| 2019 - Dopo la caduta di New York (2019, After the Fall of New York) |
Sergio Martino | 1983 | IT ; FR | Film | 1999 | war; mutations of the living | nuclear war; infertility |
| Kaze no Na wa Amunejia (A Wind Named Amnesia) |
Hideyuki Kikuchi | 1983 | JP | Novel | 1999 | supernatural disaster | supernatural disaster |
| Omega Cop | Paul Kyriazi | 1989 | US | Film | 1999 | cosmic catastrophe | solar radiation |
| Deep Impact | Mimi Leder | 1998 | US | Film | 1999 | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Abomination: The Nemesis Project | Eidos Interactive | 1999 | GB | Video game | 1999 | virus; monsters | pandemia; monsters |
| The Black Flame | Stanley G. Weinbaum | 1934 | US | Novel | end of the 20th century | virus | pandemia |
| Ape and Essence | Aldous Huxley | 1948 | US | Novel | end of the 20th century | war; pollution; virus | nuclear war; pandemia; environmental pollution |
| Tomorrow Sometimes Comes | Francis G. Rayer | 1951 | GB | Novel | end of the 20th century | war; mutations of the living; technologic evolution | nuclear war; technological singularity; mutant humans |
| Captive Women | Stuart Gilmore | 1952 | US | Film | end of the 20th century | war | nuclear war |
| A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter M. Miller | 1960 | US | Novel | end of the 20th century | war | nuclear war |
| The Sheep Look Up | John Brunner | 1972 | GB | Novel | end of the 20th century | pollution | environmental pollution |
| When the Wind Blows | Raymond Briggs | 1982 | GB | Comics | end of the 20th century | war | nuclear war |
| Six-String Samurai | Lance Mungia | 1998 | US | Film | end of the 20th century | war | nuclear war |
| A Pail of Air | Fritz Leiber | 1951 | US | Novel | near future | cosmic catastrophe; natural disaster | impact event |
| The World Jones Made | Philip K. Dick | 1954 | US | Novel | near future | war | war |
| I Am Legend | Richard Matheson | 1954 | US | Novel | near future | virus; monsters | pandemia; zombies |
| Day the World Ended | Roger Corman | 1955 | US | Film | near future | war | nuclear war |
| The Death of Grass | John Christopher | 1956 | GB | Novel | near future | virus; pollution; mutations of the living; engineering hazards | pandemia; plant mutation; bacteriological disaster |
| Red Alert | Peter George | 1958 | GB | Novel | near future | war; engineering hazards | cold war; nuclear accident |
| The World, the Flesh and the Devil | Ranald MacDougall | 1959 | US | Film | near future | war | nuclear war |
| Rat (War) |
Veljko Bulajić | 1960 | YU | Film | near future | war | nuclear war |
| Sekai daisensō (The Last War) |
Shūei Matsubayashi | 1961 | JP | Film | near future | war | world war; nuclear war |
| Dark Universe | Daniel F. Galouye | 1961 | US | Novel | near future | war | nuclear war |
| Panic in Year Zero! | Ray Milland | 1962 | US | Film | near future | war | nuclear war |
| This Is Not a Test | Fredric Gadette | 1962 | US | Novel | near future | war | nuclear war |
| The Drowned World | James G. Ballard | 1962 | GB | Novel | near future | cosmic catastrophe; natural disaster | solar burst; climat change |
| The Wind from Nowhere | James G. Ballard | 1962 | GB | Novel | near future | natural disaster | climat change |
| The World in Winter | John Christopher | 1962 | GB | Novel | near future | cosmic catastrophe; natural disaster | cosmic catastrophe; environmental change; climat change |
| The Earth Dies Screaming | Terence Fischer | 1964 | GR | Film | near future | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| The Burning World / The Drought | James G. Ballard | 1964 | GB | Novel | near future | pollution | radioactivity; environmental change; climat change |
| Crack in the World | Andrew Marton | 1965 | US | Film | near future | engineering hazards | nuclear weapons testing; scientific accident |
| Davy | Edgar Pangborn | 1965 | US | Novel | near future | war; societal hazards; technologic evolution | nuclear war; technological regress |
| A Wrinkle In The Skin | John Christopher | 1965 | GB | Novel | near future | natural disaster | geological disaster |
| Il seme dell'uomo (The Seed of Man) |
Marco Ferreri | 1969 | IT; FR | Film | near future | virus | pandemia |
| The Bed-Sitting Room | Richard Lester | 1969 | GB | Film | near future | war | nuclear war |
| Night Shift | Stephen King | 1969 | US | Novel | near future | virus | pandemia |
| The Incredible Tide | Alexander Key | 1970 | US | Novel | near future | war; pollution | third world war; environmental change |
| Glen and Randa | Jim McBride | 1971 | US | Film | near future | war | nuclear war |
| Simon du Fleuve (Simon of the River) |
Claude Auclair | 1973 | FR | Comics | near future | war; societal hazards | world war; technological regress |
| Z for Zachariah | Robert C. O'Brien | 1974 | US | Novel | near future | war | nuclear war |
| The Noah | Daniel Bourla | 1975 | US | Film | near future | war | nuclear war |
| The Screwfly Solution | Raccoona Sheldon | 1977 | US | Novel | near future | extraterrestrial life; virus | alien virus; alien invasion |
| Ardeur | Alex Varenne; Daniel Varenne | 1979 | FR | Comics | near future | war | third world war |
| Mad Max | George Miller | 1979 | AU | Film | near future | pollution | resource depletion |
| Down to a Sunless Sea | David Graham | 1979 | GB | Novel | near future | war | nuclear war |
| The Quiet Earth | Craig Harrison | 1981 | US | Film | near future | engineering hazards; cosmic catastrophe | scientific accident |
| Café Flesh | Rince Dream | 1982 | US | Film | near future | engineering hazards; mutations of the living | nuclear disaster; infertility |
| The Aftermath | Steve Barkett | 1982 | US | Film | near future | war; mutations of the living | nuclear war; mutant humans |
| The War Plays | Edward Bond | 1983 | GB | Theater play | near future | war | nuclear war |
| City Limits | Aaron Lipstadt | 1985 | GB | Film | near future | virus | pandemia |
| The Postman | David Brin | 1985 | US | Novel | near future | war | nuclear war; bacteriological warfare |
| Blood Music | Greg Bear | 1985 | US | Novel | near future | engineering hazards; virus | scientific accident; pandemia |
| The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood | 1985 | CA | Novel | near future | mutations of the living; societal hazards; pollution | violent society; infertility; resource depletion; authoritarian system |
| Xenozoic Tales | Mark Schultz | 1986 | US | Comic book | near future | pollution | environmental pollution |
| Creepozoids | David DeCoteau | 1987 | US | Film | near future | war; pollution; mutations biologique | nuclear war; mutant humans; environmental pollution |
| The Forge of God | Greg Bear | 1987 | US | Novel | near future | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| The Gate to Women’s Country | Sheri S. Tepper | 1988 | US | Novel | near future | war | nuclear war |
| The City, Not Long After | Pat Murphy | 1989 | US | Novel | near future | virus | pandemia |
| A Gift Upon the Shore | M. K. Wren | 1990 | US | Novel | near future | war | nuclear war |
| Huáng Huò (Yellow Peril) |
Wang Lixiong | 1991 | CN | Novel | near future | war | third world war; world war |
| Armour-Geddon | Psygnosis | 1991 | GB | Role-playing game | near future | war | nuclear war |
| Executioners | Johnnie To | 1993 | CN | Film | near future | war | nuclear war |
| This Other Eden | Ben Elton | 1993 | GB | Novel | near future | pollution | resource depletion; environmental pollution |
| Battlefield Earth | L. Ron Hubbard | 1982 | US | Novel | circa 2000 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| Cyborg | Albert Pyun | 1989 | US | Film | circa 2000 | virus | pandemia |
| Ensaio sobre a cegueirat (Blindness) |
José Saramango | 1995 | PT | Novel | circa 2000 | virus; societal hazards | pandemia; violent society |
| Independence Day | Roland Emmerich | 1996 | US | Film | circa 2000 | extraterrestrial life | war with aliens |
| Into the Forest | Jean Hegland | 1996 | US | Novel | circa 2000 | societal hazards | economic collapse |
| Armageddon | Michael Bay | 1998 | US | Film | circa 2000 | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Patriots | James Wesley Rawles | 1998 | US | Novel | circa 2000 | societal hazards | economic collapse |
| The Tribe | Harry Duffin; Raymond Thompson | 1999 | GB ; NZ | TV show | circa 2000 | virus | pandemia |
| Signs | M. Night Shyamalan | 2002 | US | Film | circa 2000 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| World Gone Wild | Lee H. Katzin | 1988 | US | Film | early 21th century | war; pollution | nuclear war; resource depletion; climat change |
| The Hole | Tsai Ming-liang | 1998 | FR ; TW | Film | 2000 | virus; mutations of the living | pandemia; mutant humans |
| Shin Seiki Evangerion (Neon Genesis Evangelion) |
Hideaki Anno | 1995 | JP | Anime | 2000 | engineering hazards; natural disaster | |
| Doomsday Plus Twelve | James D. Forman | 1984 | US | Novel | 2000 | war | nuclear war |
| Les Enfants d'Ève (The Children of Eve) |
Bernard Werber; Éric Puech | 2005 | FR | Comics | 2000 | war | nuclear war |
| Silent Running | Douglas Trumbull | 1972 | US | Film | before 2001 | pollution | resource depletion; environmental pollution |
| Deathlands | Jack Adrian | 1986 | CA | Novel | 2001 | war; pollution | cold war; nuclear war; environmental change; climat change |
| 28 Days Later | Danny Boyle; Alex Garland | 2002 | GB | Film | 2002 | virus; catastrophes technologiques | bacteriological disaster; scientific accident |
| Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon | Simon Chinn; Daniel Percival | 2002 | GB | Film | 2002 | war; virus; engineering hazards | terrorism; bacteriological disaster |
| Manhunter: New York | Barry Murry; Dave Murry; Dee Dee Murry | 1988 | US | Video game | 2004 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| Cosmopolis | Don Delillo | 2003 | US | Novel | circa 2005 | societal hazards | economic collapse; violent society |
| The Day After Tomorrow | Roland Emmerich | 2004 | US | Film | circa 2005 | natural disaster | climat change |
| Pandemia | Jonhathan Rand | 2006 | US | Novel | circa 2005 | virus | pandemia |
| Soldiers of Anarchy | Silver Style Entertainment | 2002 | US | Video game | 2005 | virus; engineering hazards | pandemia |
| The Quick and the Undead | Gerald Nott | 2006 | US | Film | 2006 | virus; monsters | zombies |
| World War Z | Max Brooks | 2006 | GB | Film | 2006 | monsters; virus | pandemia; zombies |
| STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl | GSC Game World | 2007 | UA | Video game | 2006 | engineering hazards; mutations of the living | nuclear accident; geological disaster; mutant humans |
| The puppet masters | Robert A. Heinlein | 1951 | US | Novel | 2007 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| A Boy and His Dog | Harlan Ellison | 1969 | US | Novel | 2007 | war | nuclear war; fourth world war |
| Spiral Zone | Diana Dru Botsford | 1987 | US | Film | 2007 | virus | pandemia |
| Invasion | Oliver Hirschbiegel | 2007 | US | Film | 2007 | extraterrestrial life; virus | alien virus |
| Mirai Shōnen Conan (Conan, le fils du future) |
Hayao Miyazaki | 1978 | JP | Anime | 2008 | war | third world war |
| Reign of Fire | Rob Bowman | 2002 | RU ; IE ; US | Film | 2008 | monsters | dragon invasion |
| America 3000 | David Engelbach | 1986 | US | Film | 2009 | war; societal hazards; technologic evolution | nuclear war; technological regress |
| Cloverfield | Matt Reeves | 2008 | US | Film | 2009 | monsters | monster attack |
| Left 4 Dead | Turtle Rok Studios; Valve Corporation | 2008 | US | Video game | 2009 | virus; monsters | zombies |
| Armageddon: Der Einschlag (Super Comet: After the Impact) |
Stefan Schneider | 2007 | US ; DE | Film | circa 2010 | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Zombie Wars | David A. Prior | 2007 | US | Film | circa 2010 | monsters | zombies |
| Doomsday | Neil Marshall | 2008 | GB | Film | circa 2010 | virus | pandemia |
| The Happening | M. Night Shyamalan | 2008 | US | Film | circa 2010 | pollution; virus; mutations of the living | plant mutation |
| Carriers | Alex Pastor; David Pastor | 2009 | US | Film | circa 2010 | virus | pandemia |
| Last of the Living | Logan McMillan | 2009 | NZ | Film | circa 2010 | virus; monsters | pandemia; zombies |
| Against the Dark | Richard Crudo | 2009 | US ; RO | Film | circa 2010 | monsters | vampire propagation |
| Zombieland | Ruben Fleischer | 2009 | US | Film | circa 2010 | virus; monsters | zombies |
| Le feu de Dieu | Pierre Bordage | 2009 | FR | Novel | circa 2010 | natural disaster | climate disaster; geological disaster |
| Mutants | David Morley | 2009 | FR | Film | circa 2010 | mutations of the living; virus | pandemia; mutant humans |
| 4h44 Last Day on Earth | Abel Ferrara | 2011 | FR ; US ; CL | Film | circa 2010 | pollution | toxic atmosphere |
| Take Shelter | Jeff Nichols | 2011 | US | Film | circa 2010 | natural disaster | |
| Melancholia | Lars Von Trier | 2011 | DK ; SE ; FR ; DE ; ES ; IT | Film | circa 2010 | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Contagion | Steven Soderbergh | 2011 | US ; AE | Film | circa 2010 | virus | pandemia |
| The Divide | Xavier Gens | 2011 | US ; CA ; DE | Film | circa 2010 | war | nuclear war |
| Perfect Sense | David Mackenzie | 2011 | SE ; GB | Film | circa 2010 | virus | pandemia |
| The Battery | Jeremy Gardner | 2012 | US | Film | circa 2010 | monsters | zombies |
| Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Lorenth centurycafaria | 2012 | US | Film | circa 2010 | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| The Penultimate Truth | Philip K. Dick | 1964 | US | Novel | 2010 | war | third world war |
| The Walking Dead | Robert Kirkman; Tony Moore; Charlie Adlard | 2003 | US | Comic book | 2010 | monsters | zombies |
| Absolon | David DeBartolomé | 2003 | GB ; CA | Film | 2010 | virus | pandemia |
| Gakuen mokushiroku HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD (Highschool of the Dead) |
Daisukth centuryatō; Shōji Satō | 2007 | JP | Manga | 2010 | virus; monsters | zombies |
| The Ultimate Warrior | Robert Clouse | 1975 | US | Film | 2012 | pollution | climat change; environmental change |
| Highway Holocaust | Joe Dever | 1988 | GB | Novel | 2012 | war; pollution | nuclear war; climat changes |
| 2012 | Roland Emmerich | 2009 | US | Film | 2012 | supernatural disaster | supernatural disaster |
| The scarlet Plague | Jack London | 1912 | US | Novel | 2013 | virus | pandemia |
| Los ùltimos días (The Last Days) |
David Pastor; Alex Pastor | 2013 | ES | Film | 2013 | virus | pandemia |
| Metro 2033 | Dmitri Glukhovski | 2002 | RU | Novel | 2013 | war | nuclear war |
| Scooby Apocalypse | Keith Giffen; J. M. DeMatteis | 2016 | US | Comic book | circa 2015 | virus; monsters | pandemia |
| The Vanguard | Matthew Hope | 2008 | GB | Film | 2015 | pollution; virus; monsters | overpopulation; pandemia; zombies |
| Falling Skies | Robert Rodat | 2011 | US | TV show | 2015 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| The Last of Us | Naughty Dog | 2013 | US | Video game | 2015 | virus | pandemia |
| Hell | Tim Fehlbaum | 2011 | CH ; DE | Film | 2016 | pollution | climat change |
| Z Nation | Karl Schaefer; Craig Engler | 2014 | US | TV show | 2016 | monsters; virus | zombies |
| Burū Jendā (Blue Gender) |
Ryōsuke Takahashi | 1999 | JP | Anime | 2017 | monsters | monsters invasion |
| Daybreakers | Michael Spierig; Peter Spierig | 2009 | AU ; US | Film | 2017 | monsters; virus | vampire propagation; surnatural virus |
| Oblivion | Joseph Kosinski | 2013 | US | Film | 2017 | extraterrestrial life | war with aliens |
| I nuovi barbari (The New Barbarians) |
Enzo G. Castellari | 1983 | US ; IT | Film | before 2019 | war | third world war |
| Crysis | Crytek | 2007 | DE | Video game | 2019 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| Darkwind: War on Wheels | Sam Redfern | 2007 | US | Video game | 2019 | cosmic catastrophe | soleil; environmental change |
| Geostorm | Dean Devlin | 2017 | US | Film | 2019 | natural disaster | |
| Piknik na obochine (Roadside Picnic) |
Arcadi; Boris Strougatski | 1972 | SU | Novel | circa 2020 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| Trois fois la fin du monde | Sophie Divry | 2019 | FR | Novel | circa 2020 | engineering hazards | nuclear accident |
| Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler | 1993 | US | Novel | 2020 | pollution | climat change; environmental change |
| Thunderstone | Jonathan M. Shiff | 1999 | AU | TV show | 2020 | cosmic catastrophe; natural disaster | impact event; environmental change; climat change |
| The Last Man on Earth | Will Forte | 2015 | US | TV show | 2020 | virus | pandemia |
| A Quiet Place | John Krasinski | 2018 | US | Film | 2020 | cosmic catastrophe; extraterrestrial life | impact event; alien invasion |
| Make Room! Make Room! | Harry Harrison | 1966 | US | Novel | 2022 | pollution | resource depletion |
| Chirality | Satoshi Urushihara | 1995 | JP | Manga | 2022 | technologic evolution | technological singularity |
| Vampire Earth | E. E. Knight | 2003 | US | Novel | 2022 | extraterrestrial life; virus; war | alien invasion; pandemia; environmental change |
| Après le monde | Antoinette Rychner | 2020 | CH | Novel | 2022 | natural disaster; societal hazards | climate disaster; economic collapse |
| Rage | Bethesda Softworks; Matthew J. Costello | 2010 | US | Video game | 2029 | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Revolution | Eric Kripke | 2012 | US | TV show | 2029 | engineering hazards | blackout |
| Aqua (TM) | Jean-Marc Ligny | 2006 | FR | Novel | 2030 | pollution | resource depletion; environmental change |
| GURPS Reign of Steel | David Pulver | 1997 | US | Role-playing game | 2031 | technologic evolution | technological singularity; AI takeover |
| Mindwarp | Steve Barkett | 1992 | US | Film | before 2037 | pollution; mutations biologique | ozone layer depletion; mutant humans |
| Vermine | Julien Blondel | 2004 | FR | Role-playing game | 2037 | mutations of the living | mutant animals; environmental change; animal domination |
| Ganheddo (Gunhed) |
Masato Harada | 1989 | JP | Film | 2038 | technologic evolution | AI takeover; war with robots |
| Hellgate: London | Flagship Studios | 2007 | US | Video game | 2038 | religious apocalypse; monsters | demons invasion |
| Seksmisja (Sexmission) |
Juliusz Machulski | 1984 | PL | Film | before 2044 | war; pollution | |
| Player One | Ernest Cline | 2011 | US | Novel | 2045 | pollution | climat change; resource depletion; violent society |
| Lost City Raiders | Jean dth centuryegonzac | 2008 | DE | Film | 2048 | pollution | climat change |
| The Book of Joan | Lidia Yuknavitch | 2018 | US | Novel | 2049 | war; natural disaster | |
| Les derniers hommes (The Last Men) |
Pierre Bordage | 2002 | FR | Novel | near future | war; pollution | third world war; nuclear war; mutant animals; resource depletion |
| The Core | Jon Amiel | 2003 | US | Film | near future | engineering hazards | |
| The Third World War | Humphrey Hawksley | 2003 | GB | Novel | near future | war | third world war; bacteriological warfare; nuclear war |
| Alien Apocalypse | Josh Becker | 2005 | US | Film | near future | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| Jericho | Stephen Chbosky; Jon Turteltaub | 2006 | US | TV show | near future | engineering hazards | nuclear disaster |
| La Horia Fría (The Dark Hour) |
Elio Quiroga | 2007 | ES | Film | near future | war | nuclear war |
| Last Light | Alex Scarrow | 2007 | GB | Novel | near future | societal hazards | terrorism; violent society; economic collapse; destruction of infrastructure; resourcth centurycarcity |
| Repo! The Genetic Opera | Darren Lynn | 2008 | US | Film | near future | virus | pandemia |
| 20 Years After | Jim Torres | 2008 | US | Film | near future | war; virus; mutations of the living | nuclear war; pandemia; infertility |
| Terminal Mind | David Walton | 2008 | US | Novel | near future | war; technologic evolution | |
| Tekken | Dwight H. Little | 2009 | JP ; US | Film | near future | war | third world war |
| Skyline | Greg et Colin Strause | 2010 | US | Film | near future | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| After Armageddon | Stephen Kemp | 2010 | GB | Film | near future | virus | pandemia |
| Afterlight | Alex Scarrow | 2010 | GB | Novel | near future | societal hazards; engineering hazards | terrorism; violent society; destruction of infrastructure; resourcth centurycarcity |
| Warm Bodies | Isaac Marion | 2010 | US | Novel | near future | monsters | zombies |
| The Passage | Justin Cronin | 2010 | US | Novel | near future | monsters; virus; engineering hazards | vampire propagation; scientific accident |
| Robopocalypse | Daniel H. Wilson | 2011 | US | Novel | near future | technologic evolution | technological singularity; war with robots |
| Evacuate Earth | Bill McClane | 2012 | US | Film | near future | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| L'uomo verticale | Davide Longo | 2013 | IT | Novel | near future | societal hazards | violent society |
| Station Eleven | Emily St. John Mandel | 2014 | CA | Novel | near future | virus | pandemia |
| Dominion | Vaun Wilmott | 2014 | US | TV show | near future | religious apocalypse | religious apocalypse |
| Water Knife | Pablo Bacigalupi | 2015 | US | Novel | near future | pollution | resource depletion; environmental change |
| Downsizing | Alexander Payne | 2017 | US | Film | near future | pollution | overpopulation |
| Scorched Earth | Peter Howitt | 2018 | CA ; US | Film | near future | pollution | climat change; resource depletion |
| Idlewild | Nick Sagan | 2003 | US | Novel | mid 21th century | virus; mutations of the living | pandemia; infertility |
| Neuroshima | Ignacy Trzewiczek; Marcin Blacha; Michał Oracz; Marcin Baryłka | 2003 | PT | Role-playing game | mid 21th century | war; technologic evolution | nuclear war; war with robots |
| Kikō Sōseiki Mosupīda (Genesis Climber MOSPEADA) |
Shinji Aramaki; Hideki Kakinuma | 1983 | JP | Anime | 2050 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| Empire of Ash | Michael Mazo; Lloyd A.Simandl | 1988 | CA | Film | 2050 | war | nuclear war |
| After Earth | M. Night Shyamalan | 2013 | US | Film | 2050 | pollution | environmental change; overpopulation |
| Ravage | René Barjavel | 1943 | FR | Novel | 2052 | war | world war |
| Deus Ex | Eidos Interactive | 2000 | GB | Video game | 2052 | virus | pandemia |
| The 100 | Kass Morgan | 2013 | US | TV show | 2052 | technologic evolution | nuclear war; technological singularity |
| Dark Earth | Multisim Editions | 1997 | FR | Role-playing game | 2054 | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Deus Vitae | Takuya Fujima | 2000 | JP | Manga | 2068 | technologic evolution | technological singularity; AI takeover |
| The Time Travelers | Ib Melchior | 1964 | US | Film | before 2070 | war | nuclear war |
| Equilibrium | Kurt Wimmer | 2002 | US | Film | before 2070 | war | nuclear war |
| A.P.E.X. | Phillip J. Roth | 1994 | US | Film | 2073 | technologic evolution | AI takeover |
| Seven Sisters | Tommy Wirkola | 2017 | US ; BE ; FR ; GB | Film | 2073 | pollution | overpopulation |
| The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell | Jonny Gillette; Kevin Wheatley | 2006 | US | Film | 2077 | war | nuclear war |
| Krush, Kill 'n' Destroy | Beam Software; Electronic Arts | 1997 | US ; AU | Video game | 2079 | war; mutations of the living | nuclear war; mutant humans |
| The Fall: Last Days of Gaia | Silver Style Entertainment; PointSoft | 2004 | FR | Video game | 2083 | pollution | climat change; resource depletion |
| Robotron: 2084 | Eugene Jarvis; Larry DeMa | 1982 | US | Video game | 2084 | technologic evolution | AI takeover; war with robots |
| Warzone 2100 | Pumpkin Studios | 1999 | GB | Video game | 2085 | war; engineering hazards | nuclear war; nuclear accident |
| The Tripods | John Christopher; Christopher Penfold; Alick Rowe | 1984 | GB ; AU | Novel | 2089 | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| Appleseed | Kazuyoshi Katayama | 1985 | JP | Anime | 2099 | war | third world war |
| The Killing Star | Charles R. Pellegrino | 1995 | US | Novel | end of the 21th century | extraterrestrial life | alien invasion |
| Eden, It's an Endless World! | Hiroki Endo | 1998 | JP | Manga | end of the 21th century | virus | pandemia |
| Fallout | Black Isle Studios | 1997 | US | Video game | 22th century | war | cold war; nuclear war |
| Earth 2140 | TopWare Interactive | 1997 | PL | Video game | 22th century | war | war |
| Wondeopul deijeu (Wonderful Days) |
Kim Moon-Saeng | 2003 | KR | Anime | 22th century | engineering hazards | |
| The Last Man | Mary Shelley | 1826 | GB | Novel | 2100 | virus | pandemia |
| Erugo Purakushī (Ergo Proxy) |
Shūkō Murase; Dai Sato | 2006 | JP | Anime | 2100 | virus | pandemia |
| Elysium | Neill Blomkamp | 2013 | US | Film | 2100 | pollution; societal hazards | overpopulation; violent society |
| WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | 2008 | US | Anime | 2105 | pollution | resource depletion; environmental pollution |
| Battlefield 2142 | DICE | 2006 | SE | Video game | 2106 | pollution | climat change; environmental change |
| Tokusô sensha-tai Dominion (Dominion: Tank Police) |
Koichi Mashimo | 1985 | JP | Manga | 2110 | engineering hazards | bacteriological disaster |
| Le Goût de l'immortalité | Catherine Dufour | 2005 | FR | Novel | 2113 | pollution; technologic evolution | environmental pollution; technologization of society |
| Logan’s run | George Clayton Johnson; William Francis Nolan | 1967 | US | Novel | before 2116 | societal hazards | overpopulation; dictatorship |
| Neocron | Reakktor Media GmbH | 2002 | DE | Video game | 2143 | war | nuclear war; third world war |
| Captain Power and the soldiers of the future | Tony Christopher; Gary Goddard | 2002 | US ; CA | TV show | 2147 | technologic evolution | AI takeover; war with robots |
| Enslaved: Odyssey to the West | Ninja Theory; Tameem Antoniades; Tameem Antoniades; Alex Garland | 2010 | JP ; GB | Video game | 2160 | war | war |
| Days Gone | SIE Bend Studio | 2019 | US | Video game | 2160 | virus; mutations of the living | pandemia; mutant humans |
| World Without End | Edward Bernds | 1956 | US | Film | 2188 | war | nuclear war |
| Earth 2 | Billy Ray; Michael Duggan; Carol Flint; Mark Levin | 1994 | US | TV show | 2194 | pollution; war; virus | environmental pollution; pandemia; war |
| Tsubasa o motsu mono (Tsubasa: Those with Wings) |
Natsuki Takaya | 1995 | JP | Manga | end of the 22th century | war; societal hazards | war; violent society; social poverty |
| Time of the Great Freeze | Robert Silverberg | 1964 | US | Novel | 23th century | natural disaster | climat change; environmental change |
| Niourk | Stefan Wul | 1957 | FR | Novel | 24th century | engineering hazards; societal hazards; pollution | nuclear disaster; technological regress; environmental change |
| Hot Sky at Midnight | Robert Silverberg | 1994 | US | Novel | 24th century | pollution | ozone layer depletion; climat change |
| Semences | Jean-Marc Ligny | 2015 | FR | Novel | 2300 | pollution | resource depletion; environmental change |
| Wool | Hugh Howey | 2012 | US | Novel | 2345 | engineering hazards | |
| Chronique du Pays des Mères (The Maerlande Chronicles) |
Élisabeth Vonarburg | 1992 | CA | Novel | circa 25th century | pollution | environmental pollution |
| Ark II | Martin Roth | 1976 | US | TV show | 25th century | pollution | environmental change |
| Gamma World | James M. Ward; Gary Jaquet | 1978 | US | Role-playing game | 25th century | war | nuclear war |
| Metaltech: Earthsiege | Dynamix | 1994 | US | Video game | 2471 | technologic evolution | AI takeover; technological singularity; war with robots |
| Idiocracy | Mike Judge | 2007 | US | Film | 26th century | pollution | resource depletion |
| Alliances | Jean-Marc Ligny | 2020 | FR | Novel | before 2500 | pollution | resource depletion; environmental change |
| Waterworld | Kevin Reynolds | 1995 | US | Film | 2500 | pollution | climat change; environmental change |
| Garerianzu (Galerian) |
Polygon Magic | 2000 | JP | Video game | 2522 | technologic evolution | technological singularity |
| Eternity Incorporated | Raphaël Granier de Cassagnac | 2011 | FR | Novel | Post. 2600 | virus | pandemia |
| Le Dernier Homme (The Last Man) |
Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville | 1805 | FR | Novel | future | mutations of the living | infertility |
| The Machine stops | Edward Morgan Forster | 1909 | GB | Novel | future | technologic evolution; engineering hazards | AI takeover; technological singularity |
| R.U.R. | Karel Čapek | 1920 | CZ | Theater play | future | technologic evolution | AI takeover; war with robots |
| When Worlds Collide | Philip Gordon Wylie; Edwin Balmer | 1933 | US | Novel | future | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| The Night of the Wolf | Fritz Leiber | 1944 | US | Novel | future | war; technologic evolution | nuclear war; AI takeover |
| With Folded Hands… | Jack Williamson | 1947 | US | Novel | future | technologic evolution | AI takeover; technological singularity |
| The Day of the Triffids | John Wyndham | 1951 | GB | Novel | future | mutations of the living; war | plant mutation; war |
| The Chrysalids | John Wyndham | 1955 | GB | Novel | future | war; mutations of the living | nuclear war; mutant humans |
| The Long Tomorrow | Leigh Brackett | 1955 | US | Novel | future | war | nuclear war |
| The Last Word | Damon Knight | 1957 | US | Novel | future | religious apocalypse | religious apocalypse; mythe |
| Teenage Cave Man | Roger Corman | 1958 | US | Film | future | war | nuclear war |
| The Creation of the Humanoids | Wesley Barry | 1962 | US | Film | future | war | nuclear war |
| We Can Remember It for You Wholesale | Philip K. Dick | 1966 | US | Novel | future | extraterrestrial life | |
| Shinzō ningen Kyashān (Casshern) |
Hiroshi Sasagawa | 1973 | JP | Anime | future | technologic evolution | AI takeover |
| The Female Man | Joanna Russ | 1975 | US | Novel | future | virus | pandemia |
| L'Autoroute sauvage (The Savage Highway) |
Gilles Thomas (Julia Verlanger) |
1976 | FR | Novel | future | war | bacteriological warfare; chemical warfare; environmental pollution |
| Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang | Kate Wilhelm | 1976 | GB | Novel | future | pollution; virus; mutations of the living | climat change; pandemia; infertility |
| Deus Irae | Philip K. Dick; Roger Zelazny | 1976 | US | Novel | future | war | third world war; nuclear war; religious war |
| Jeremiah | Hermann | 1979 | BE | Comics | future | war | ethnic conflict; nuclear war |
| La Compagnie des glaces (The Ice Company) |
G.-J. Arnaud | 1980 | FR | Novel | future | cosmic catastrophe | climat change; changement environnementaux; moon explosion |
| Riddley Walker | Russell Hoban | 1980 | GB | Novel | future | war | nuclear war |
| Hombre | Antonio Segura; José Ortiz | 1981 | ES | Comics | future | war; pollution | conflicts; resource depletion |
| Le Transperceneige (Snowpiercer) |
Jacques Lob; Jean-Marc Rochette | 1982 | FR | Comics | future | pollution; engineering hazards | ozone layer depletion; scientific accident; climat change |
| Battletruck | Harley Cokliss | 1982 | GB ; NZ | Film | future | war; pollution | nuclear war; resource depletion |
| Rock & Rule | Clive A. Smith | 1983 | US | Anime | future | war; mutations of the living | mutant animals |
| Hybrides | Séraphine; Thierry Smolderen | 1984 | BE | Comics | future | war; mutations of the living | war; infertility; mutant humans |
| Rats - Notte di terrore (Rats: Night of Terror) |
Bruno Mattei | 1984 | FR ; IT | Film | future | war | nuclear war |
| Freeway Fighter | Ian Livingstone; Kevin Bulmer | 1985 | GB | Role-playing game | future | virus | pandemia |
| Les Eaux de Mortelune | Patrick Cothias; Philippe Adamov | 1986 | FR | Comics | future | war; pollution | nuclear war; resource depletion |
| Solarbabies | Alan Johnson | 1986 | US | Film | future | pollution | resource depletion |
| Robot Holocaust | Tim Kincaid | 1986 | US | Film | future | technologic evolution | AI takeover; war with robots |
| After the Bomb | Erick Wujcik | 1986 | US | Role-playing game | future | virus; technologic evolution; mutations of the living; engineering hazards | pandemia; transhumanism; mutant animals |
| Obernewtyn Chronicles | Isobelle Carmody | 1987 | AU | Novel | future | war | nuclear war |
| Tank Girl | Alan Martin; Jamie Hewlett | 1988 | US | Comics | future | cosmic catastrophe; pollution; mutations biologique | impact event; resource depletion; mutant humans |
| Hell Comes to Frogtown | Donald G. Jackson | 1988 | US | Film | future | war; mutations of the living | nuclear war; infertility; mutant animals |
| The Last American | John Wagner; Alan Grant; Mike McMahon. | 1990 | US | Comics | future | war | nuclear war |
| Robot Jox | Stuart Gordon | 1990 | US | Film | future | war | nuclear war |
| Primal Rage | Atari Games | 1994 | US | Video game | future | cosmic catastrophe | impact event; technological regress |
| Omega Doom | Albert Pyun | 1996 | US | Film | future | war; societal hazards; technologic evolution | world war; nuclear war; technological regress; war with robots |
| Sunabōzu (Desert Punk) |
Masatoshi Usune | 1997 | JP | Manga | future | pollution | environmental change |
| Agharta | Matsumoto Takaharu | 1997 | JP | Manga | future | natural disaster | climate disaster |
| Polaris | Philippe Tessier | 1997 | FR | Role-playing game | future | pollution; mutations of the living | environmental change; plant mutation; mutant animals |
| Chris Colorado | Thibaut Chatel; Frank Bertrand; Jacqueline Monsigny | 2000 | FR | Anime | future | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Saishū heiki kanojo (Larme ultime) |
Shin Takahashi | 2000 | JP | Manga | future | war | war |
| Gunlok | Rebellion Developments | 2000 | GB | Video game | future | technologic evolution | war with robots; AI takeover |
| Just a Pilgrim | Garth Ennis; Carlos Ezquerra | 2001 | US | Comic book | future | cosmic catastrophe; natural disaster | sun expansion; climat change |
| Sebun shīzu (7 Seeds) |
Yumi Tamura | 2001 | JP | Manga | future | cosmic catastrophe | impact event |
| Zentrix | Tony Tang; Félix Ip | 2002 | HK | Anime | future | technologic evolution | technological singularity; AI takeover |
| The Last Book in the Universe | Rodman Philbrick | 2002 | US | Novel | future | natural disaster | geological disaster |
| Oryx and Crake | Margaret Atwood | 2003 | CA | Novel | future | mutations of the living | mutant animals |
| A comme Alone | Thomas Geha | 2005 | FR | Novel | future | technologic evolution | AI takeover |
| Android Apocalypse | Paul Ziller | 2006 | US ; CA | Film | future | technologic evolution | technological singularity; AI takeover |
| Planetarian: chiisana hoshi no yume (Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet) |
Key | 2006 | JP | Video game | future | pollution; war | resource depletion; overpopulation; nuclear war; bacteriological warfare |
| World Made by Hand | James Howard Kunstler | 2008 | US | Novel | future | pollution; societal hazards | terrorism; climat change; resource depletion |
| The Book of Eli | Albert Hughes; Allen Hughes | 2010 | US | Film | future | war | nuclear war |
| A New Beginning | Daedalic Entertainment | 2010 | DE | Video game | future | pollution | environmental change |
| Exodes | Jean-Marc Ligny | 2012 | FR | Novel | future | pollution; mutations biologique | resource depletion; plant mutation; environmental change |
| Gold Fame Citrus | Claire Vaye Watkins | 2017 | US | Novel | future | pollution | climat change |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | Guerrilla Games | 2017 | NL | Video game | 3e m | technologic evolution | technological singularity; AI takeover |
| Baiomega (Biomega) |
Tsutomu Nihei | 2004 | JP | Manga | 3005 | virus | cosmic virus |
| Titan A.E. | Don Bluth; Gary Goldman | 2000 | US | Anime | 3028 | extraterrestrial life | war with aliens |
| Mortal Engines | Philip Reeve | 2001 | GB | Novel | before 3100 | war | nuclear war |
| Damnation Alley | Roger Zelazny | 1969 | GB | Novel | 34th century | war | nuclear war |
| Magnus, Robot Fighter | Russ Manning | 1963 | US | Comic book | before 4000 | technologic evolution | AI takeover |
| Terror from the Year 5000 | Robert J. Gurney Jr. | 1958 | US | Film | before 5000 | war | nuclear war |
| Aeon Flux | Peter Chung | 1991 | US | Anime | before 7698 | societal hazards | dictatorship |
| The Time Machine: An Invention | H. G. Wells | 1895 | GB | Novel | 802701 | mutations of the living; societal hazards; évolution technologique | human evolution; société violente; technologization of society |
| La Mort de la Terre (The Death of the Earth) |
J.-H. Rosny aîné | 1910 | FR | Novel | distant future | pollution | resource depletion; changement environnemental |
| Hothouse | Brian Aldiss | 1962 | GB | Novel | distant future | mutations of the living | plant mutation; human evolution |
| I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream | Harlan Ellison | 1967 | US | Novel | distant future | technologic evolution | AI takeover; technological singularity |
| Stryker | Cirio H. Santiago | 1983 | PH | Film | distant future | war | nuclear war |
| The Songs of Distant Earth | Arthur C. Clarke | 1986 | GB | Novel | distant future | cosmic catastrophe | solar explosion |
| Mother Sarah | Katsuhiro Otomo; Takumi Nagayasu. | 1990 | JP | Comics | distant future | war | nuclear war |
| Gunnm | Yukito Kishiro | 1990 | JP | Manga | distant future | cosmic catastrophe; societal hazards | impact event; violent society; weapons proliferation |
| Gunlock (RayForce) |
Taito | 1994 | JP | Video game | distant future | technologic evolution | technological singularity; AI takeover; |
| Artificial Intelligence: AI | Steven Spielberg | 2001 | US | Film | distant future | pollution | environmental change |
| Gin-iro no kami no Agito (Origine) |
Keiichi Sugiyama | 2006 | JP | Anime | distant future | pollution | environmental pollution; resource depletion; environmental change |
| Peiru Kokūn (Pale Cocoon) |
Yasuhiro Yoshiura | 2006 | JP | Anime | distant future | pollution | environmental change |