The cinema tried to answer these questions differently from the answers provided by the monotheistic religions, as films presented many hypotheses about the end of the world, including through a huge meteorite that collided with the earth and destroyed it, and many films discussed this hypothesis.

There are those who believe that the end will be through earthquakes and floods, and after the Second World War the theory of the end emerged through nuclear weapons and atomic bombs.

The films followed the hypotheses and some of the films suggested the end at the hands of creatures from space invading the earth. Some films also sought to depict the end at the hands of humans through behaviors and misconduct such as global warming.