A planet called Melancholia is on a collision course with Earth while Justine and Michael prepare to celebrate their wedding and, as tension mounts, relationships are strained as family members contend with their own fears.

An embittered gunslinger attempts to make amends with his estranged father while their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.

A low-level Cabinet member becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.