History Film / LeaveTheWorldBehind

* RiddleForTheAges: Who caused the crisis, and why? What do they want, and what happens next? None of these questions are ever definitively answered -- but this trope is also invoked, as G.H. speculates that the ''intention'' of whoever's doing it is to leave these rational questions unanswered because whoever it is ''wants'' to use this confusion and disturbance to cause chaos.
* SelfDeprecation: The movie was made and distributed by Creator/{{Netflix}}. Rose's happiness at the end depends entirely on [[spoiler:the fact that she found ''Series/{{Friends}}'' [=DVDs=] so she could still finish it despite the Internet being down (likely permanently, or at least for a long time). For bonus points, the camera even zooms in on Rose bypassing the "Netflix" button on the remote.]]

** [[spoiler: Stage One: Isolation -- "Disable their communication and transportation. Make the target as deaf, dumb and paralyzed as possible.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The movie ends with daughter Rosie discovering the secret bunker beneath the neighbor's house after following the signs left by the deer, sitting down in front of a DVD player and a bookshelf packed full of movies to watch the final episode of ''Friends,'' something she'd clearly been quite upset over the idea of never getting to see in the face of a virtual apocalypse. Amanda and Ruth have finally managed to overcome their enmity with one another, comforting each other as they watch New York City be bombed in the distance, with the implication that they'll follow the tracks Rosie's bike left and discover the bunker as well in the near future. Clay and G.H. leave Danny's house with a new ally and medicine for a sick Archie, also aware of the bunker's presence thanks to Danny's information. The reasonable and fairly optimistic conclusion to draw is that both families will wind up forging some sort of life together inside the bunker, secure in their safety and well-being and trust in one another now that all is said and done, but that doesn't change the fact that the United States is still being taken over by an unknown country, plunging it and its citizens into a civil war that could last god-knows how long and end in a horrific amount of people dead. Also, Ruth's mother and G.H.'s wife is likely dead, having almost certainly been on a plane flying home when everything in the air began to go down, and there's no guarantee that the medication that Clay and G.H. got for Archie will be able to cure whatever it is that he has, or if its effects are even survivable. There's also the UnresolvedSexualTension between Amanda and G.H., along with the possible attraction Ruth has for Clay, that could cause problems in the future.]]

* NotNowKiddo: Rosie is often ignored or her concerns minimized by the adults around her and, especially, her brother, who always seems to counsel she be apathetic. This leads to [[spoiler:her going off on her own with a bike to follow the signs the deer were giving, which makes her the first person to reach the mansion bunker Clay later tells the fathers about.]]

* SelfDeprecation: The movie was made and distributed by Creator/{{Netflix}}. Rosie's happiness at the end depends entirely on [[spoiler:the fact that she found ''Series/{{Friends}}'' [=DVDs=] so she could still finish it despite the Internet being down (likely permanently, or at least for a long time). For bonus points, the camera even zooms in on Rosie bypassing the "Netflix" button on the remote.]]

* SkewedPriorities: Even though her family become trapped in the middle of a potentially life-threatening national crisis with very little explanation as to what's going on, all Rosie is apparently concerned about is that she will probably never get to watch the finale of the TV show ''Series/{{Friends}}''.

* ChekhovsGun: Literally. [[spoiler: Subverted. Early in the film there is a very deliberate shot of a gun in the drawer of the liquor cabinet when G.H. opens it up, leading the audience to believe that tension between the two families will escalate to violence at some point. This never happens and while the gun makes a reappearance it remains unfired until the end of the film.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Literally. [[spoiler: Subverted. Early in the film there is a very deliberate shot of a gun in the drawer of the liquor cabinet when G.H. opens it up, leading the audience to believe that tension between the two families will escalate to violence at some point. This never happens and the gun remains unfired.]]

* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler:While finding common ground and becoming friendly, there's a moment after dancing together where Amanda and G.H. hold each other close. Both seemingly realise what is going on, with Amanda pointing out that they're both drunk and married, and reminding G.H. of his wife leading the two to discuss it instead. Meanwhile, Ruth asks pretty provocative question's about Clay's sex life and whether he's had an affair with any of his students. When he questions why she would asks that, she only says that he seems like the sort of guy where things, especially women, come easy. Later on she tells G.H. that she's convinced that Clay wants to sleep with her, though she says he's not the type of guy to actually do it.]]

* SymbolicGlassHouse: The rented vacation home has wide glass windows and walls, and there's a lot of focus on people looking in and out of the windows at each other.

* SkewedPriorities: Even though her family become trapped in the middle of a potentially life-threatening national crisis with very little explanation as to what's going on, all Ruth is apparently concerned about is that she will probably never get to watch the finale of the TV show ''Series/{{Friends}}''.

* SkewedPriorities: Even though her family become trapped in the middle of a potentially life-threatening national crisis with very little explanation as to what's going on, all Ruth is apparently concerned about is that she will probably never get to watch the finale of the TV show ''Series/Friends''.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoile:While finding common ground and becoming friendly, there's a moment after dancing together where Amanda and G.H. hold each other close. Both seemingly realise what is going on, with Amanda pointing out that they're both drunk and married, and reminding G.H. of his wife leading the two to discuss it instead. Meanwhile, Ruth asks pretty provocative question's about Clay's sex life and whether he's had an affair with any of his students. When he questions why she would asks that, she only says that he seems like the sort of guy where things, especially women, come easy. Later on she tells G.H. that she's convinced that Clay wants to sleep with her, though she says he's not the type of guy to actually do it.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The movie ends with daughter Rosie discovering the secret bunker beneath the neighbor's house after following the signs left by the deer, sitting down in front of a DVD player and a bookshelf packed full of movies to watch the final episode of ''Friends,'' something she'd clearly been quite upset over the idea of never getting to see in the face of a virtual apocalypse. Amanda and Ruth have finally managed to overcome their enmity with one another, comforting each other as they watch New York City be bombed in the distance, with the implication that they'll follow the tracks Rosie's bike left and discover the bunker as well in the near future. Clay and G.H. leave Danny's house with a new ally and medicine for a sick Archie, also aware of the bunker's presence thanks to Danny's information. The reasonable and fairly optimistic conclusion to draw is that both families will wind up forging some sort of life together inside the bunker, secure in their safety and well-being and trust in one another now that all is said and done, but that doesn't change the fact that the United States is still being taken over by an unknown country, plunging it and its citizens into a civil war that could last god-knows how long and end in a horrific amount of people dead. Also, Ruth's mother and G.H.'s wife is likely dead, having almost certainly been on a plane flying home when everything in the air began to go down, and there's no guarantee that the medication that Clay and G.H. got for Archie will be able to cure whatever it is that he has, or if its effects are even survivable.]]

** DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything As the first person to observe and take the threat seriously is from the youngest generation, others disregard the seemingly far-off threat until it closes in swiftly, and a few people just stand directly in the way of the tanker as it beaches itself, all strong parallels to humanity's current reaction to Climate Change.

** While drunk and attempting to get on better terms with her, G.H. tells her a story about one of his clients as a stockbroker, an extremely wealthy man who did work in the defense sector, who made a comment that both later wrote off as a joke about taking a trip to meet up with the other members of his "secret cabal that controls the world." Despite G.H.'s staunch opinion that such a thing wouldn't be possible, viewers of ''Series/MrRobot'' would likely recognize this "cabal" as the Deus Group, apparently still operating in some form even after the deaths of [[spoiler: Price and Whiterose and their subsequent exposure by Elliot.]] Lending credence to this view is that the defense contractor apparently somehow knew [[spoiler: of the plan to destabilize and take control of the US, giving G.H. an accurate, step-by-step plan on how it would happen before leaving for another country on "vacation" just before the events of the movie went down.]]

** Amanda has an account with Confictura Industries.
** Danny is seen loading E-Corp branded "Five/Nine Emergency Kits" into his truck and Amanda has an E-Corp branded laptop.

** Ruth mentions "The thing that happened in Jersey a few years back" as an example of hackers destabilizing the government, referencing the Washington Township Toxic Waste Scandal.

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->'''G.H. Scott:''' They need to think everything's gonna be okay.\\
'''Ruth:''' Everything ''is'' gonna be okay, isn't it?

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: A nationwide ApocalypseHow/Class1, bordering on ApocalypseHow/Class2, thanks to [[ThePlan the three-stage plan]] outlined by G.H.:]]

''Leave the World Behind'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} Original Film, written and directed by Sam Esmail (''Series/MrRobot'', ''Series/{{Homecoming}}''), produced by [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack]] and [[UsefulNotes/MichelleObama Michelle Obama]], and [[TheFilmOfTheBook based upon the book written by Rumaan Alam]]. Starring Creator/JuliaRoberts, Creator/EthanHawke, Creator/MahershalaAli, Myha'la Herrold (''Film/BodiesBodiesBodies'') & Creator/KevinBacon.

** While drunk and attempting to get on better terms with her, G.H. tells her a story about one of his clients as a stockbroker, an extremely wealthy man who did work in the defense sector, who made a comment that both later wrote off as a joke about taking a trip to meet up with the other members of his "secret cabal that controls the world." Despite G.H.'s staunch opinion that such a thing wouldn't be possible, viewers of ''Series/MrRobot'' would likely recognize this "cabal" as the Deus Group, apparently still operating in some form even after the deaths of [[spoiler: Price and Whiterose.]] Lending credence to this view is that the defense contractor apparently somehow knew [[spoiler: of the plan to destabilize and take control of the US, giving G.H. an accurate, step-by-step plan on how it would happen before leaving for another country on "vacation" just before the events of the movie went down.]]