end-of-world scenario

His film 'Melancholia' is a profound meditation on planetary collision and existential despair as a rogue planet approaches Earth.

His philosophical approach to apocalypse, particularly in 'The Tree of Life' and 'The New World,' explores humanity's relationship with creation and destruction.

His films like 'Snowpiercer' and 'Okja' dissect post-apocalyptic and dystopian worlds shaped by environmental collapse and systemic breakdown.