9) SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD (Dodge & Penny)

Starting or maintaining a relationship in a post-apocalyptic environment can be challenging, but finding a viable partner just before the world ends is the doomsday equivalent of last call at your neighborhood meat market. When the rest of your life can be measured in days (or hours), it's easy to confuse Mr. Right Now with Mr. Right – and why not?  All the best romances burn fast and bright (before settling into the dull glow of familiarity), and with humanity's clock ticking down to zero, there aren't many consequences to worry about if things don't work out.  Or at least that's the premise behind all the Armageddon amour in movies like On The Beach, Miracle Mile, Apocalypse Bop, Last Night — and this 2012 dramedy featuring an end of days romance between Dodge (Steve Carrell) and Penny (Keira Knightey), a pair of Manhattan neighbors seeking closure and comfort before a cataclysmic meteor strike (in a relationship that would never, ever happen under any other circumstances).

10) A BOY AND HIS DOG (Vic & Blood)

Love takes many forms in the wasteland, and sometimes loyalty trumps romance (not to mention basic humanity).  Or at least that's how things play out in this controversial, black comic adaptation of a Harlan Ellison story about Vic (Don Johnson) and his "telepathic" dog, Blood (voiced by Tim McIntire).  After a series of devastating wars, humanity has devolved into marauding surface dwellers and "downunders" like the residents of Topeka, a fascist parody of small town "normality" where radiation has rendered all the menfolk impotent. Young, virile and horny, Vic seems like the perfect guy to impregnate the female population and overthrow the resident dictatorship – or at least that's the optimistic hope of a nice young lady named Quilla (Susanne Benton) who pays a gruesome price when she makes Johnson's bad boy choose between feminine charm and "man's best friend."