Post-apocalyptic future movies and TV shows – page 5

List of post-apocalyptic future movies

 4.8
 216K
After Earth (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, tense, inspirational ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: jungle, survival, post apocalypse, apocalypse, danger, giant bird, heroic mission, real life father and son playing father and son, disaster, alien, alien invasion, humanity ...
Time: future, year 2013, 22nd century, 2010s
Place: philadelphia, seattle
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 6.4
 46K
Stake Land (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up to Mister, a death ...
Style: brutal, tense, horrifying, sexy, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: vampire, post apocalypse, vampire hunter, apocalypse, monster, survival, coming of age, religious fanaticism, blood, infected, vengeance, depression ...
Time: future, 2010s, distant future
Place: canada, usa
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its ...
Style: computer animated, adult animation, anime, 3d animation, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, post apocalypse, battles, alien invasion, space station, dystopia, cyberpunk, space, scientist, military, space travel, heroic mission ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, tucson arizona, arizona
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 6.8
 556K
The Maze Runner (2014)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: survival, maze, memory loss, teenager, apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, distopia, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, youth ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
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The Last Warrior (1984)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group that has managed to escape radioactive contamination takes it upon itself to exterminate those it sees as "unfit", including ...
Style: apocalyptic, bleak, harsh, action packed
Plot: post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, violence, post apocalyptic, nuclear holocaust, survival, dystopia, revenge, vigilante justice, domination, survivalist, desolation ...
Time: 80s, future
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 4.2
 872
Equalizer 2000 (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In a bleak, postnuclear future world, warring factions struggle to claim the Equalizer 2000, the one weapon powerful enough to guarantee survival.
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse ...
Plot: wasteland, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, woman with a gun, distopia, exploitation, motorcycle gang, desert, machine gun ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: alaska
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 2.9
 1K
Karate Cop (1991)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: John Travis is the last honest cop in a future dominated by terroristic martial-arts gangs who fight gladiator-style in arenas.
Style: apocalyptic, independent film
Plot: post-apocalyptic future, post apocalypse, cop, time travel, distopia, underground fighting, con artists, shootout, crime boss, murder, pistol, violence ...
Time: near future, future
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 4.7
 2K
Knights (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the future, as a result of devastating wars, all suitable for cultivation of land turned into one big lifeless desert. In the search of fertile lands around the world were traveling group of nomadic farmers. But one of the distant city genesis in ...
Style: apocalyptic, cult classic, independent film, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyborgs, space and aliens, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, sword and sorcery, kickboxing, decapitation, vampire, terminator, post-apocalyptic future, female fighter, robot ...
Time: future, distant future
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American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After the nuclear war people are sterile and ruled by the artifical intelligences they created in this violent world. The only woman who was able to give life to a child has to take the child through the dangerous city to the ship to save it. She is ...
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, tech noir, psychotronic, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: post apocalypse, androids and robots, terminator, cyborgs, cyberpunk, apocalypse, kung fu, post-apocalyptic future, dystopian future, cannon, martial arts, alien ...
Time: future
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 5.2
 3K
Mindwarp (1991)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Revolting mutants hunt human outcasts and underground fighters (Bruce Campbell, Marta Alicia) in a future world of mind control.
Style: suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic, serious, futuristic ...
Plot: virtual reality, post apocalypse, cannibalism, wasteland, dystopian future, trap, cannibal, rebel, danger, rivalry, post apocalyptic, distopia ...
Time: future, 2030s, 21st century
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Battlefield Earth (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of ...
Style: futuristic, cult classic, dutch angle, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, evil alien, heroic mission, violence, slavery, escape attempt, danger, escapades, survival, rat ...
Time: future, year 2000, y2k, distant future
Place: denver colorado, washington d.c.
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The Last Border (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: One man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world
Style: apocalyptic, spoof, parody
Plot: post-apocalyptic future, lapland, dystopia, dark future, punk rocker, gang leader, motorcycle accident, loss of father, contaminated water, target practice, town, biker gang ...
Time: year 2009, future, 2000s
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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Zombie Apocalypse: Redemption (2011)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: At the end of civilization, zombies greatly outnumber humans and everyday is a fight to see tomorrow. Just when he is about to give up that fight, rugged wanderer John Knox winds up being saved by a ragtag group of survivors lead by a man named ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic, tense ...
Plot: zombie, survival, chaos, danger, isolation, rescue, escapades, post-apocalyptic future, good versus evil, revenge, moral dilemma, human nature ...
Time: 21st century
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The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min.
Story: A crack space pilot returns to earth to find the planet has been devastated by some unknown forces. There are a few survivors, so he organizes them in a plan to ward off control by a group of killer robots.
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, slasher, cult classic, suspense ...
Plot: zombie, alien invasion, end of the world, alien, post apocalypse, robot, epidemic, survival horror, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: europe, england
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In the Year 2889 (1969)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The last seven survivors of a nuclear war barricade themselves against an attack by a mutant cannibal.
Style: apocalyptic, independent film, scary, serious, bleak ...
Plot: post apocalypse, monster, post-apocalyptic future, mutant, distopia, post apocalyptic, murder, radiation, end of the world, survival, disaster, violent content ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa
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Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: It has been 73 years since Alex failed and the Humans lost the Cyborg Wars. Since then, the Humans have been enslaved. Scientists have developed a new DNA strain, which could signal the end of the Cyborgs, and they inject it into a volunteer. When ...
Style: futuristic, psychotronic, apocalyptic, independent film, fast ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: time travel, female bodybuilder, cyberpunk, space and aliens, terminator, androids and robots, cyborgs, alien, apocalypse, nemesis, post-apocalyptic future, bounty hunter ...
Time: future, near future, 20th century, year 1995, 21st century
Place: africa
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 5.7
 1K
Planet Earth (1974)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Planet Earth is a sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II (1973) made-for-TV movie, in which a NASA scientist, Dylan Hunt, is revived from suspended animation in the post-nuclear war United States. In Planet Earth, Dylan is now a sworn member ...
Style: apocalyptic, grindhouse, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: dystopia, matriarchy, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, utopia, apocalypse, sorority, post apocalyptic, epidemic, wasteland, anarchist, suspended animation ...
Time: future, 22nd century
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 4.8
 2K
She (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In a backward post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers' quest to rescue their kidnapped sister. Along the way, they battle orgiastic werewolves, a psychic communist, a tutu-wearing giant, a mad scientist, and gladiators before standing ...
Style: apocalyptic, independent film, fantasy adventure, serious, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, sword and sorcery, wasteland, female protagonist, violence, arsonist, torture victim, rescue, sorcery, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, female warrior ...
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 5.0
 4K
Quintet (1979)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.
Style: apocalyptic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: dystopian future, apocalypse, climate change, ice age, danger, rivalry, isolation, society, survival, life is a bitch, obsession, chaos ...
Time: year 1979, future
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Defense Condition 4 (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. ...
Style: apocalyptic, suspense, action adventure, independent film, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, survival, post-apocalyptic future, disaster, nuclear holocaust, wasteland, distopia, canuxploitation, post nuclear, exploitation, nuclear explosion ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, future
Place: nova scotia, russia
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 4.9
 705
Steel Frontier (1995)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Set in a post-nuclear-holocaust future, this sci-fi western takes place in the frontier city of New Hope, the only place around with a working oil refinery. Ever since a megalomaniac general and his followers took over the place, life has been ...
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, perverse, scenic, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, post apocalyptic, life is a bitch, heroes, survival, cowboy, distopia, cyberpunk, anti hero, soldier ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future, year 2019, 21st century
Place: space western
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 5.7
 129K
Priest (2011)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is ...
Style: dark fantasy, scary, suspenseful, exciting, gothic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: vampire, supernatural, apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, clergy, danger, good versus evil, religion, distopia, lone hero, superhuman powers ...
Time: future, year 2011, 2010s, year 2000
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The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Only a few people still live in New York in 2015. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, depressing, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, survival, wasteland, distopia, exploitation, quarantine, nuclear disaster, epidemic, nuclear holocaust ...
Time: future, year 1975, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: persia, new york, usa, north carolina
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 5.0
 2K
Battletruck (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story: It’s the 21st century, the Oil Wars have made a mess of the planet and the land outside major cities is lawless. After Hunter comes to the aid of Corlie, who has run away from the villainous Straker, he takes her to the peaceful community of ...
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, retro, road movie, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, wasteland, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, dystopian future, exploitation, cyberpunk, armored truck, distopia, post nuclear ...
Time: year 1982, future
Place: new zealand
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The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on the concept of "New America" in the year 2097, two decades after a nuclear apocalypse, Tex Kennedy, two robotic ex-secret service agents, and a female cannibal journey to find a famously dangerous area known as the "Threshold ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, apocalyptic, dark comedy, futuristic ...
Plot: apocalypse, politics, post apocalypse, save the world, survival, satire, dystopian future, society, escapades, danger, dark humor, chaos ...
Time: future
Place: florida, usa
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Fist of the North Star (1986)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After a nuclear holocaust tears the world apart, mankind is forced to the harshness of not only the oppression of others who are much more powerful, but the dead earth which seems to be getting worse with every passing moment. But a savior has risen ...
Style: anime, manga, adult anime, adult animation, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, post-apocalyptic future, samurai, desert, female nudity, kung fu, epic battle, fight to the death, horse, giant, killing, smoking ...
Time: 80s, near future, future
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 7.5
 662K
Zombieland (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to ...
Style: humorous, funny, absurd, parody, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, manly ...
Plot: zombie, apocalypse, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, virus, survival, road trip, amusement park, living dead, dark humor, chaos and mayhem, danger ...
Time: year 2009, near future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., los angeles, columbus ohio, ohio, usa ...
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 7.0
 47K
Defiance (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Defiance is an American science fiction television show that takes place in the future on a radically transformed Earth containing new species arriving from space. In the show, Joshua Nolan works as the lawman for the town of Defiance, a community ...
Style: exciting, stylized, serious, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: interspecies romance, alien, alien invasion, post apocalypse, escapades, lesbian, danger, enemy, ex military, law enforcement, survival, mayor ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
 97K
Falling Skies (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Survivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, saga, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, ufo, post apocalypse, apocalypse, military, alien encounter, evil alien, resistance, human spirit, chaos and mayhem, space and aliens ...
Time: jurassic, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
 5K
Jeremiah (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Jeremiah is an American television series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner that ran on the Showtime network from 2002 to 2004. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where most of the adult population has been wiped out by a ...
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, atmospheric, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: virus, plague, worldwide chaos, apocalypse, chaos, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, chaos and mayhem, vestiges of humanity, distopia, dystopian future, partner ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: usa
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