Post nuclear movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant post nuclear movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out bleak, serious, apocalyptic, suspenseful, independent film and futuristic films and TV shows about / with post nuclear, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, distopia, survival, dystopia, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nuclear and post-apocalyptic future plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, Australia, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as post nuclear: Jericho (2006), 20 Years After (2008), On the Beach (2000), Damnation Alley (1977), Chernobyl (2019), Warriors of the Wasteland (1983), The Aftermath (1982), Sayonara (2015), 54 Days (2014), Threads (1984).
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, mysterious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, disaster, small town, danger, chaos, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, conspiracy, distopia, leadership ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kansas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, life is a bitch, pregnancy, escapades, danger, society, dystopian future, babies and infants, post nuclear, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
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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
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A small group of survivors at a military installation who survived World War 3 attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland to where they hope more survivors are living. Hopefully their specially built vehicles will protect them against the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, cult classic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, cockroach, post nuclear, nuclear holocaust, abandoned city, disaster, post apocalyptic, distopia, motorcycle, wasteland, nuclear explosion ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 70s, near future
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, detroit, california ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, harsh, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
radiation, nuclear power plant, nuclear holocaust, nuclear reactor, disaster, radiation poisoning, save the day, nuclear explosion, salvation, abandoned city, evacuation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, ussr, soviet union, ukraine, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.
Style:
apocalyptic, fantasy adventure, dieselpunk, action adventure, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gay rape, rape, post apocalypse, wasteland, post apocalyptic, desert, barbarian, post-apocalyptic future, woman with a gun, motorcycle, bare butt, decapitation ...
Time:
year 2019, future, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a lengthy space mission, two astronauts (Steve Barkett and Larry Latham) return to an Earth transformed by nuclear war. As renegade gangs and mutants rule Los Angeles, the astronauts join two pretty women and a couple of kids in a growing ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic, retro ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, biker, gang, astronaut, survival, mutant, battles, chaos, danger, rivalry, civilization, one against many ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
208
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The world's first human-android acting duo, called Android Theater Project, is the collaborative brainchild of noted Japanese playwright Oriza Hirata and the leading robotics scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro. "Sayonara" is a remakable ...
Plot:
post nuclear, nuclear disaster, nudity, humanoid robot, cycling, illness, refugee, dancing, nuclear explosion, female nudity, little girl, robot ...
Place:
south africa, japan
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
5 people trapped in a bunker after a nuclear and biological attack are forced to make an impossible decision - either one dies or they all die.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, grim, apocalyptic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, post nuclear, claustrophobia, food shortage, nuclear fallout, confined space, human nature, water shortage, moral dilemma, fear, panic, contamination ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia
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27K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Style:
depressing, grim, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, cold war, nuclear explosion, survival, world war three, nuclear, post apocalypse, distopia, post apocalyptic, radiation ...
Time:
80s, near future, distant future, year 1984, 20th century ...
Place:
england, northern england, europe, ussr, soviet union ...
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
It is 2035 A.D. and the final countdown has begun for a voyage that will reach across the vastness of outer space -- to explore the nearest Earth-Like planet. An international crew has been placed in cryogenic suspended animation for the journey. ...
Style:
tense, space horror, dark, futuristic, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spacecraft, outer space, space travel, space opera, space, suspended animation, survival, isolation, waking up, dystopia, claustrophobia, exploration ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the future Saturn's moon of Titan houses a prison where Earth's worst criminals are kept awaiting their return to Earth for trial and execution. One of those criminals, Python Diamond, is being flown back to Earth, escorted by five ...
Style:
bleak, grim, tense
Plot:
military, gang, siege, post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, nuclear war, post nuclear, survival, wasteland, desolation, armed conflict ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
The series was commissioned by BBC Fiction's controller Jane Tranter as a spin-off of their long-running drama Spooks, offering a "more maverick, younger perspective" that would attract a 16-24-year-old audience. The series follows a ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, thrilling, political thriller ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
espionage, post nuclear, agent, nuclear explosion, nuclear threat, nuclear holocaust, pursuit, special agent, spy mission, undercover agent, national security, spy thriller ...
Place:
london
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258
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Following a nuclear attack by terrorists on London, a mixed bag of survivors are trapped in a Government bunker cut off from the outside world. As they come to terms with their predicament they find that their security and safety are not as assured ...
Style:
serious, suspense, rough, disturbing, stylized ...
Plot:
contamination, bunker, terrorist plot, apocalypse, radiation, terrorist bombing, military police, survival, rescue, group of strangers, post nuclear, mutant ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a soldier of fortune enters "The Forbidden Land" to find uranium that will help save mankind. However, a rival adventurer is also after the uranium, but for his own ends.
Style:
tense, apocalyptic
Plot:
post apocalypse, uranium, post apocalyptic, post nuclear, dystopia, survival, moral ambiguity, greed, desperation, dark future, mercenary, anti hero ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The eight years boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays Lucas and Mateo; the astronomer Magdalena and the teenager ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
isolation, contamination, life is a bitch, confined, post apocalypse, chaos, deadly creature, supernatural, danger, gory, post apocalyptic, distopia ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a cataclysmic event, five strangers sealed inside an emergency shelter with all the comforts of home must learn to cope with their situation and with each other.
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, bleak, serious, tension ...
Plot:
survival, disaster, trapped, post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, nuclear holocaust, survival horror, isolation, confined space, bunker ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A collection of short films put out on VHS by A.I.P., includes "Road Lawyers", "Escape from Heaven", "Radar Men On the Moon", and "Hairline".
Style:
anthology, dark comedy, absurd, offbeat, road movie ...
Plot:
post nuclear, post apocalyptic, satire, radiation sickness, moon, lawyer, high school reunion, bingo, hair loss, nun, coffee, purgatory ...
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In post-nuclear "New Idaho," a lone warrior teams up with a girl to help rescue the girl's sister from a hostile warrior clan.
Style:
apocalyptic, futuristic, action adventure, fast paced, bleak ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, wasteland, post-apocalyptic future, survival, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, dystopia, post nuclear, mad max, plague, rescue mission, violent ...
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625
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, dystopia, post nuclear, post apocalyptic, distopia, wasteland, epidemic, survival, atomic bomb ...
Time:
year 1979, 90s, future
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The sequel to 'Galaxy Destroyer' which finds our hero Harry Trent wandering Earth's post-apocalyptic landscape full of mutants, monsters, and fragmented human tribes. Harry's attempt to help a young girl rescue her sisters, leads ...
Style:
dark, bleak
Plot:
monster, post apocalypse, mutant, alien, post apocalyptic, wasteland, rescue mission, dystopia, mutation, anti hero, human experiment, post nuclear ...
Time:
80s, future
Is relevant?
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the sequel to Hell Comes to Frogtown, the Mutant-Frog leader of Frogtown kidnaps a professor and forces him to make a serum that will turn everyone into Frogs, they also kidnap some people to test the serum on. And courageous Sam Hell will have ...
Style:
heroic, cult classic, natural horror, surreal, rom com ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, mutant, monster, genetic experiment, post apocalyptic, rescue mission, mad scientist, post nuclear, transformation, wasteland, abduction, dystopia ...
Place:
austin texas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: All citizens get a chance of being 'renewed' in a Civic Ceremony at their 30th birthday, unless they run and escape before their time comes.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, visually stunning, philosophical, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dystopia, apocalypse, utopia, cat, dystopian future, robot, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, artificial intelligence, escape, post-apocalyptic future, space ...
Time:
future, distant future, 23rd century, 70s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, new york
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An ambiguous battle between good and evil wages in a post-apocalyptic earth populated by netherworld creatures who have re-emerged after the nuclear winter. Two wizard twin brothers - the evil Blackwolf and the good Avatar - battle for supremacy. ...
Style:
adult animation, psychedelic, anime, surreal, stylized ...
Audience:
horror for children, adult
Plot:
sword and sorcery, magic, post apocalypse, dark future, nymph, wizard, world war two, surrealism, trippy, good versus evil, apocalypse, medieval ...
Time:
20th century, future, near future, distant future
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224K
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda are pulled into the post-apocalyptic underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for their very survival. Kaneda is a bike gang leader, and Tetsuo is a member of a tough motorcycle crew who becomes involved in a ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, surreal, adult animation, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, post apocalypse, motorcycle gang, motorcycle, teenager, protest, dystopia, body horror, psychic power, military, experiment, hallucination ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 2010s, 80s ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a ...
Style:
apocalyptic, intense, serious, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopian future, martial arts, post apocalyptic, violence, blood, revenge, contests and competitions, escapades, athlete's life, life is a bitch, apocalypse ...
Time:
future, year 1989, near future
Place:
new jersey, australia
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Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no ...
Style:
touching, depressing, anime, sad, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
world war two, hunger, orphan, war, homelessness, survival, siblings relations, children, desperation, death of child, boy, anti war ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1945, post world war two
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After 30 years of searching, Harry (Edwards) has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los ...
Style:
black comedy, suspenseful, suspense, surreal, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear war, end of the world, night, nuclear explosion, coffee shop, post apocalyptic, race against time, apocalypse, fall in love, chaos, nuclear holocaust, telephone call ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
los angeles, soviet union, antarctica
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a nuclear missile is launched by presumably Soviet forces toward Turkey, the beginning of the ultimate war to end all wars WW 3 is started. Powers Boothe, his girlfriend and copilot Rebecca DeMornay and their flight crew take off in a B 52 on ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear explosion, world war three, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nato, nuclear threat, aviation, nuclear bomb, doom, post apocalypse, politics ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, ussr, washington d.c., soviet union ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-nuclear world, a happy family of ranchers is beseiged by a roving band of ne'er do well marauders who want to eat the men and mate with the women. Having already killed and eaten an entire mission full of nuns, the family has no ...
Style:
apocalyptic, futuristic, independent film
Plot:
biker, post apocalypse, motorcycle gang, sadism, decapitation, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, sexploitation, distopia, apocalypse, rape, monastery ...
Time:
future, distant future, post world war two
Place:
south africa
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