Post apocalyptic movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant post apocalyptic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out apocalyptic, suspenseful, serious, futuristic, suspense and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with post apocalyptic, distopia, survival, post apocalypse, epidemic, apocalypse, end of the world, dystopia, disaster and dystopian future plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as post apocalyptic: The Road (2009), Carriers (2009), I Am Legend (2007), World War Z (2013), Extinction (2015), The Survivalist (2015), The Quiet Earth (1985), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Doomsday (2008), The Book of Eli (2010).

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 7.2
 253K
The Road (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style: bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, father son relationship, cannibalism, end of the world, dystopia, starvation, on the road, catastrophe ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: pittsburgh, usa
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 6.0
 50K
Carriers (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 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, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: virus, survival, infection, pandemic, post apocalyptic, road trip, end of the world, post apocalypse, biohazard, deadly virus, apocalypse, dystopia ...
Time: distant future, 21st century
Place: texas, usa
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 7.2
 808K
I Am Legend (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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: scary, intense, atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, infected, isolation, supernatural, plague, end of the world, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, year 2007, near future, jurassic, distant future ...
Place: new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city, vermont ...
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 7.0
 715K
World War Z (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is ...
Style: apocalyptic, suspenseful, scary, serious, tense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: zombie, virus, apocalypse, epidemic, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, deadly virus, survival, infected, end of the world, post apocalyptic, natural disaster ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, jurassic ...
Place: new jersey, new york, israel, philadelphia, seattle ...
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 5.8
 18K
Extinction (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Hungary, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
Style: scary, apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, retro ...
Plot: zombie, post apocalypse, epidemic, post apocalyptic, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, wilderness, father daughter relationship, dystopia, virus, monster, survival ...
Time: future
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The Survivalist (2015)
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: tense, stylized, disturbing, futuristic, apocalyptic ...
Plot: survival, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, starvation, wilderness, violence, depression, imagination, crime gone awry, character study, forest, desperation ...
Time: future, near future
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The Quiet Earth (1985)
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, mind bending, mindfuck, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, alone, male nudity, dystopia, end of the world, post apocalyptic, disaster, distopia, vestiges of humanity, love triangle, cyberpunk ...
Time: year 1985, future
Place: new zealand
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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
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: road movie, exciting, visually stunning, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night, family friendly, adult
Plot: post apocalypse, survival, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, desert, dystopian future, chase, car chase, distopia, car, dystopia, on the run ...
Time: future, year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, distant future ...
Place: australia, los angeles
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 5.9
 80K
Doomsday (2008)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 113 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: futuristic, apocalyptic, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, post apocalypse, cannibalism, infected, danger, society, epidemic, survival, rescue, chaos, infection, quarantine ...
Time: future, 2030s, year 2008, 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland, england, britain, london, europe ...
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 6.8
 338K
The Book of Eli (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Style: futuristic, serious, apocalyptic, twist ending, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, end of the world, desert, faith, religion, danger, dystopia, lone hero ...
Time: future, year 2010, near future, 2010s, distant future ...
Place: indiana, usa, san francisco
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 7.1
 38K
The Stand (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 361 min.
TV show
Story: The human race is wiped out by a government invented super flu. The remaining survivors take sides in the forces of good and evil. A mysterious old woman who is a servant of God and a powerful and deadly man who might be the devil himself. A gas ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, apocalyptic, suspense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, disaster, end of the world, plague, pandemic, supernatural, virus, natural disaster, good versus evil, survival, post apocalypse, stephen king ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: las vegas, maine, usa, nebraska, austin texas ...
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 4.9
 4K
Aftermath (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Copeland family battle for survival when civilization comes to an apocalyptic end, triggered by massive storms, meteor strikes, earthquakes, a plague - and the rise of supernatural creatures.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic ...
Plot: post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, humanity in peril, danger, mutation, survival, disaster, apocalypse, husband wife relationship, distopia, epidemic, post-apocalyptic future ...
Place: washington state, idaho, seattle
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 6.8
 504K
The Maze Runner (2014)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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, chick flick, family outing, boys' night
Plot: survival, memory loss, maze, apocalypse, teenager, distopia, trapped, fantasy world, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopia, youth ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
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 6.1
 139K
Mortal Engines (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Set in a world many thousands of years in the future. Earth’s cities now roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive Traction Cities, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected ...
Style: futuristic, captivating, exciting, dark fantasy, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: steampunk, post apocalypse, female warrior, machine, post apocalyptic, dystopia, resistance, good versus evil, tough girl, chase, capitalism, danger ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future
Place: london, big ben london, europe, asia
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 7.3
 346K
Equilibrium (2002)
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, philosophical, serious, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: distopia, martial arts, dystopia, fighting the system, cyberpunk, gunfight, rebellion, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, utopia, totalitarianism, dystopic future ...
Time: future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place: china, beijing china
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 8.0
 644K
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style: psychological, surreal, twist ending, non-linear, atmospheric ...
Plot: time travel, insanity, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, virus, time loop, post apocalypse, paranoia, psychology, end of the world, twists and turns, epidemic ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, year 1995, distant future ...
Place: philadelphia, maryland, baltimore, usa, pennsylvania ...
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Into the Forest (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness & starvation.
Style: disturbing, bleak, melancholic, futuristic, erotic ...
Plot: survival, post apocalypse, forest, distopia, post apocalyptic, dystopia, isolation, sisters, father daughter relationship, rape, sister sister relationship, family bonds ...
Time: future
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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also ...
Style: futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, catastrophe, apocalypse, climate change, post apocalypse, environmental, climate, cataclysm, survival, stranded ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, future, 20th century, distant future ...
Place: new york, los angeles, washington d.c., california, antarctic ...
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 6.6
 486K
Divergent (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes ...
Style: exciting, serious, teen, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot: distopia, fighting the system, heroine, rebellion, survival, dystopia, danger, chosen one, choice, post apocalypse, society, youth ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
Place: chicago, usa
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 6.3
 97K
Monsters (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was ...
Style: suspense, road movie, stylized, meditative, apocalyptic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: monster, alien, alien invasion, alien encounter, end of the world, ufo, survival, jungle, post apocalypse, invasion, post apocalyptic, quarantine ...
Time: future, year 2010, 2010s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america, central america, austin texas
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 6.3
 208K
Waterworld (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, date night, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, ocean, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, sailing, water, boat, dystopic future, sea, rescue, end of the world ...
Time: future, year 1995, near future, distant future
Place: arizona
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 8.7
 2.0M
The Matrix (1999)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience: kids, date night, family friendly, manly, chick flick ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, philosophy, virtual reality, dystopia, distopia, martial arts, existentialism, cyberpunk, alternate reality, gunfight, fight, visceral ...
Time: future, 20th century, near future, year 1999, 90s ...
Place: persia, los angeles
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Z for Zachariah (2015)
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: tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, post apocalypse, apocalypse, love triangle, end of the world, survivor, post apocalyptic, radiation, nuclear war, farm, distopia, isolation ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.3
 47K
The Colony (2013)
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, bleak, dark, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, survival, post apocalypse, epidemic, starvation, ice age, distopia, dehumanization, danger, dystopia, cannibalism, survival horror ...
Time: future, near future
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 6.4
 191K
Tomorrowland (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Spain, France, Canada, UK, China, Italy, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and ...
Style: exciting, visually appealing, thought provoking, visually stunning, captivating ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: utopia, youth, young heroes, time travel, androids and robots, robot, apocalypse, alternate reality, heroes, post apocalyptic, artificial intelligence, obsessive quest ...
Time: future, year 2015, 60s, 2010s
Place: florida, new york, paris france, houston texas, africa
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 6.5
 980
The Zone (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The disastrous meltdown of a nuclear power plant in Northern Spain created a contaminated no-go zone and left the nearby provincial city and inhabitants in a state of shock and mourning. Three years later, while the city prepares for the ...
Style: suspense, detective, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, murder investigation, quarantine, murder, police, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, twists and turns, society, disaster, distopia, town ...
Place: spain
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 6.4
 51K
The Rover (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his car through the lawless wasteland of the Australian outback, aided by the brother of one of the thieves.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wilderness, post apocalypse, on the road, car chase, dystopian future, desert, revenge, apocalypse, small town, post apocalyptic, chase, brutality ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: australia
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 7.0
 70K
Soylent Green (1973)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.
Style: futuristic, mindfuck, twist ending, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot: dystopia, food, cannibalism, distopia, cannibal, conspiracy, overpopulation, murder, environmental, post apocalyptic, death, police detective ...
Time: future, near future, distant future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 8.4
 1.2M
WALL·E (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style: feel good, touching, futuristic, emotional, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: loneliness, robot, space travel, ecology, outer space, post apocalypse, love, technology, artificial intelligence, society, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time: future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
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 5.1
 5K
Steel Dawn (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.
Style: apocalyptic, futuristic, independent film, serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, desert, post apocalyptic, survival, sword and sorcery, martial arts, dystopia, sorcery, vengeance, heroes, wasteland, distopia ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
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