| Zombieland (2009) | 7.5 | |
| Oblivion (2013) | 7.0 | |
| 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) | 7.2 | |
| The Walking Dead (2010) | 8.1 | |
| Fallout (2024) | 8.3 |
Post apocalypse movies and TV shows – page 2
Best films
New films
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspense, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, disappearance, vestiges of humanity, group of strangers, supernatural, darkness, survival, hospital, danger, chaos, death ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Is relevant?
651K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Style:
suspense, scary, disturbing, visually stunning, frightening ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
creature, post apocalypse, sign language, monster, survival, creature feature, silence, survival horror, deafness, fear, alien invasion, self sacrifice ...
Time:
2010s, near future, distant future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york state
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Style:
suspense, brutal, sexy, rough, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pandemic, infection, fear, post apocalypse, murder, interracial couple, dog, desperation, disease, paranoia, apocalypse, infected ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Is relevant?
38K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As a young scientist searches for a way to save a dying Earth, she finds a connection with a man who's racing to catch the last shuttle off the planet.
Style:
suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, extinction, survival, distant planet, dystopia, space, apocalypse, disaster, science, destruction, save the world, colonization ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time travel, epidemic, dystopian future, changing the past or future, sent to the past, existence paradox, time machine, post apocalypse, virus, paradox, apocalypse, plague ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
Style:
romantic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
telekinesis, post apocalypse, teenager, good versus evil, runaway teen, mind control, superhuman powers, danger, soldier, friendship, love and romance, escape ...
Time:
near future
Place:
virginia
Is relevant?
82K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, cannibalism, virus, rescue, infected, danger, distopia, epidemic, female fighter, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 2030s, year 2008, 2010s, 80s ...
Place:
scotland, britain, london, england, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.
Style:
harsh, tense, stylized, disturbing, futuristic ...
Plot:
survival, starvation, post apocalyptic, visceral, post apocalypse, wilderness, bow and arrow, depression, forest, woods, wound, bare breasts ...
Time:
near future, future
Is relevant?
33K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
After the world is decimated by a man-made plague, a battle of literally Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.
Style:
suspense, rough, apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stephen king, post apocalypse, deadly virus, god or devil, epidemic, cursed object, devil, good versus evil, virus, pandemic, apocalypse, wilderness ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Traverse a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey. Follow the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, political thriller ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, apocalypse, lesbian, extinction, last man on earth, sole survivor, genocide, social experiment, humanity, worldwide chaos, male protagonist ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Is relevant?
62K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, androids and robots, robot, post apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, cyberpunk, dystopian future, robot human relationship, post apocalyptic, cyborgs, investigation ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2014, 2040s ...
Is relevant?
870K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville ...
Style:
intense, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, infected, post apocalyptic, isolation, supernatural, plague, end of the world ...
Time:
future, year 2007, near future, year 2013, jurassic ...
Place:
new york, america, usa, vermont, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
creature, post apocalypse, apocalypse, silence, survival, deadly creature, saving a life, danger, farmhouse, deaf, macabre, deafness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
appalachia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, frightening, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
zombie, survival, virus, post apocalypse, apocalypse, pandemic, walking dead, supernatural, zombie apocalypse, peril, plague, fear ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, atlanta georgia, georgia
Is relevant?
152K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to ...
Style:
suspense, entertaining, intense, action packed, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
dragon, apocalypse, monster, dystopia, creature, post apocalypse, deadly creature, extinction, heroes, heroic mission, danger, fire breathing dragon ...
Time:
future, near future, jurassic, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
ireland, europe, britain, edinburgh scotland, united kingdom ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
Is relevant?
310K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, South Africa, USA, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, intense, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, post apocalypse, one man army, brutality, dystopia, distopia, organized crime, lone hero, judge, tough cop, rookie ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, distant future
Place:
usa, america, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In 2016 the sun has turned the entire world into a scorched and barren wasteland. The humans who have survived are either resourceful or violent, and sometimes both. Marie, her little sister Leonie, and best friend Phillip, are in a car headed to ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller, futuristic ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, heat wave, cannibalism, dystopian future, chase, on the run, danger, society, disaster, epidemic, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
germany
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive ...
Style:
satanic, saga, apocalyptic, exciting, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, pandemic, post apocalyptic, epidemic, end of the world, chaos, female warrior, virus, one woman army, monster, supernatural ...
Time:
future, year 2017, year 2016
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, post apocalypse, demolished city, end of the world, evil alien, creature, apocalypse, disaster, post apocalyptic, chase, alien, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, brutal, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, epidemic, virus, infection, pandemic, plague, deadly virus, living dead, undead, zombie violence, zombie apocalypse, vampire ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
Style:
suspenseful, dark, tense, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, post apocalypse, starvation, epidemic, ice age, danger, survival horror, dystopia, cannibalism, underground bunker, distopia ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
antarctica
Is relevant?
361K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopian future, dystopia, gunfight, post apocalyptic, fighting the system, cyberpunk, violence, totalitarianism, rebellion, dictatorship ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
Is relevant?
110K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
Style:
psychological, apocalyptic, tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
robot, post apocalypse, dog, technology, androids and robots, loneliness, artificial intelligence, friendship, dystopia, survival, philosophy, love and romance ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Open war against humanity rages. For five survivors – lost and on the run – the pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24-hour look into their lives.
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, apocalypse, survival horror, dystopia, trapped, countryside, dystopian future, danger, post apocalyptic, life is a bitch, epidemic ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, sex scene, post apocalypse, farm, love triangle, post apocalyptic, nuclear war, survivor, radiation, survival, jealousy, distopia ...
Time:
2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant?
126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, teen, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, end of the world, alien, invasion, post apocalypse, danger, survival, virus, obsessive quest, escapades, humanity in peril ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
ohio, usa, bangkok thailand, london, tower bridge london ...
Is relevant?
156K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Luxembourg, UK, Russia
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their ...
Style:
adult animation, surreal, apocalyptic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, post apocalypse, dystopia, apocalypse, survival, technology gone awry, vestiges of humanity, robot, fate of humanity, heroes, distopia, danger ...
Time:
future, 1940s, year 2009
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in contemporary Europe, the reimagining follows the pockets of humanity left on earth following an apocalyptic extra-terrestrial strike.
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
survival horror, alien contact, post apocalypse, alien abduction, post-apocalyptic future, interracial relations, alien attack, ex husband ex wife relationship, bonding, love interest, struggle for survival, evil alien ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
france
Is relevant?
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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