| Twelve Monkeys (1995) | 8.0 | |
| The Mist (2007) | 7.1 | |
| The Book of Eli (2010) | 6.8 | |
| 2012 (2009) | 5.9 | |
| Survivors (2008) | 7.5 |
Apocalypse movies and TV shows – page 5
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain ...
Style:
tense, apocalyptic, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
apocalypse, nuclear, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, nuclear war, save the world, atomic bomb, post apocalypse, chaos, survival, heroic mission, race against time ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
australia, asia, melbourne, san francisco
Is relevant?
53K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe and no one can be trusted. Four young attractive people race through the back ...
Style:
scary, road movie, frightening, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
virus, survival, infection, pandemic, road trip, post apocalyptic, biohazard, post apocalypse, deadly virus, dystopia, apocalypse, blood ...
Time:
distant future, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Is relevant?
8K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On a romantic getaway to Iceland, a young American couple wake up one morning to discover every person on Earth has disappeared. Their struggle to survive and to reconcile the mysterious event lead them to reconsider everything they know about ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, depressing, cerebral ...
Plot:
survival, life & death, adam and eve, loneliness, apocalypse, christian, tragedy, self discovery, lovers, doubt, isolation, post apocalypse ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has ...
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, terminator, time travel, robot, man versus machine, cyborgs, dystopia, apocalypse, androids and robots, cyberpunk, chase, time traveler ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, persia, america, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Kim Dok-ja, an ordinary man in his 20s, is the only reader of an obscure web novel titled "Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse". After having read the last chapter, the novel suddenly becomes reality, and its omnipotent hero Yu Jung-hyeok ...
Style:
twisted, dark, suspenseful, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
apocalypse, friendship, fantasy becomes reality, survival, prophecy, urban, adaptation, alternate reality, post apocalyptic, strategy, destiny, planning ...
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986
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
As a rogue planet roars through our solar system, it acts as an intergalactic magnet that pulls Earth in its wake. Meteors destroy major cities. Fire and ice storms engulf the land. Casualties are in the millions. And as the situation grows even ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, apocalypse, meteorite, destruction, asteroid, secret agenda, one last chance, nuclear bomb, husband wife relationship, contingency plan, fate of humanity ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story:
It's an up-to-date setting of the 1951 sci-fi thriller. With the world blinded and the Triffids set loose, it falls upon a band of scattered, sighted survivors to fight this carnivorous plant invasion. With a brave new world of maniacs, warring ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, apocalyptic, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
apocalypse, deadly creature, survival horror, survival, supernatural, chaos, heroic mission, escapades, post apocalypse, monster, post apocalyptic, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london
Is relevant?
27K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a near future, normal life on Earth has been decimated. Paul and his two sons, Thomas and Joseph, have been living a half-life – tranquility by day and torment by night. Every night, after the sun sets, they face the unrelenting attacks of a ...
Style:
suspenseful, apocalyptic, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, father, monster, creature, farmhouse, family relations, father son relationship, teenage boy, problem, human versus monster, survival horror ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Three interconnected tales of terror set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, futuristic, anthology ...
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, plague, dystopian future, chaos, danger, life is a bitch, obsession, rivalry, addiction, undead, siege ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, ...
Style:
breathtaking, suspense, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
natural disaster, catastrophe, disaster, volcano, volcanic eruption, apocalypse, survival, mayor, small town, mountain, coffee, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
washington state
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
Style:
philosophical, sexy, cerebral, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, alone, apocalypse, male nudity, end of the world, vestiges of humanity, survival, dystopia, love triangle, disaster, parallel world ...
Time:
future, year 1985
Place:
new zealand
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Stone (the Antichrist) becomes President of the European Union and uses his seat of power to dissolve the United Nations and create a one world government called the World Union.
Style:
intense, suspenseful, serious, exciting, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
apocalypse, christian, good versus evil, heroic mission, supernatural ability, evil empire, rivalry, danger, parents and children, battles, battlefield, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
israel, middle east, jerusalem, los angeles, new york
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers & experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans ...
Style:
bloody, road movie, suspenseful, rough, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, virus, violence, dark humor, apocalypse, undead, infection, human experiment, on the road, stereotypes, monster ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
australia, oceania
Is relevant?
489K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa, Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ...
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, cyber, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, dystopia, space station, distopia, class conflict, space and aliens, politics, robot, dark future, ecological disaster, utopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place:
los angeles, seattle, peru, africa, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After the human race has been wiped out, Del lives in an empty town, content in his solitude and the utopia he has methodically created for himself, until he meets young Grace, who wants to stay with him.
Style:
psychological, visually stunning, apocalyptic, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, male female friendship, initially antagonists, grieving, haunted by the past, small town, dystopia, disaster, post apocalyptic, distopia, twists and turns ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
115K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with ...
Style:
intense, apocalyptic, serious, entertaining, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, survival, worldwide chaos, hacker, danger, hysteria, heroic mission, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, london, los angeles, chicago ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Overwhelmed by a disastrous lightning storm that his son predicted, a man must learn to trust his son in order to save his family and the whole community.
Style:
serious, captivating, suspense, independent film
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, natural disaster, survival, save the day, family relations, forces of nature, danger, rescue, parents and children, small town, heroes ...
Place:
missouri, usa
Is relevant?
301K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, danger, fate of humanity, human existence, leadership, youth, nuclear holocaust, outer space, space station, friendship, lesbian ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and ...
Style:
philosophical, anime, cyber, adult animation, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, man versus machine, technology gone awry, hacker, apocalypse, artificial intelligence, alternate reality, female warrior, danger, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future, 22nd century, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
232K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend Wray lead a ...
Style:
bloody, grindhouse, horror comedy, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, violent, dark humor, blood, hospital, zombie apocalypse, survival horror, apocalypse, infection, cannibalism, infected, military ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, year 2000, 70s
Place:
texas, mexico, austin texas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Style:
witty, humorous, funny, spoof, horror comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
apocalypse, violence, plot twist, satire, alien invasion, dark humor, fight scenes, twists and turns, pub, profanity, friends, obsessive quest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, year 1990, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, london, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A massive asteroid impact on the moon begins causing storms on earth due to the sudden changes in ocean tides. But when further examination is conducted it's discovered that the moon's structure is now entirely unstable -- threatening all ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, race against time, danger, chaos, heroes, ocean, space shuttle, astronomer, male female relationship, dystopia, doom ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
colorado, chicago, boston, baltimore, florida ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
Style:
supernatural thriller, atmospheric, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
zombie, panic, blood, death, zombie survival, apocalypse, survival, zombie apocalypse, escape, zombie outbreak, walking dead, running ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
46K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, exciting, apocalyptic, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
post apocalypse, virus, apocalypse, pandemic, survival, vestiges of humanity, brother sister relationship, illness, danger, distopia, life is a bitch, desperation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
denmark
Is relevant?
31K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.
Style:
horror comedy, scary, humorous, bloody, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
zombie, gory, dark humor, teacher, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, murder, survival, school, supernatural, danger, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Is relevant?
418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
Is relevant?
442K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
spooky, mysterious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, fear, survival horror, danger, creature, kaiju, deadly creature ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, september 11 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new york, bolivia, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.
Style:
black comedy, witty, humorous, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Plot:
survival, relationships, pig, apocalypse, satire, family drama, profanity, existentialism, dark humor, isolation, drinking, danger ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
xian, usa, los angeles, california, new orleans
Is relevant?
131K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, tech noir, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, police, dystopic future, dystopian future, dystopia, apocalypse, post apocalypse, good versus evil, brutality, superhero, law enforcement, judge ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the ...
Style:
serious, talky, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, tornado, flood, natural disaster, race against time, rescue, epidemic, save the day, secret agent, danger, forces of nature ...
Place:
london, europe, england, big ben london, scotland
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