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The Day After (1983)
, 2h7Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Post-apocalyptic films, Political films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow, Bibi Besch
The story follows several citizens and those they encounter after a nuclear attack on Lawrence, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. The narrative structure of the film is presented as a before and after scenario with the first half introducing the various characters and their stories. The middle portion of the film shows the nuclear disaster itself, and the latter half details the effects of the fallout on the characters.
TC 2000 (1993)
, 1h31Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Sports films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films
Actors Bolo Yeung, Billy Banks, Bobbie Phillips, Matthias Hues, Doug Lennox, Garry Robbins
Quelque part, dans un futur indéterminé, une catastrophe naturelle a tué une grande partie des humains. Les riches se sont terrés dans des abris, les pauvres ont formé des gangs à la surface de la terre pour parvenir à survivre parmi le chaos. Jason Storm, un gardien des territoires souterrains, a vent d'un complot visant à exterminer tous les peuples vivant à l'air libre. Il doit parvenir à l'air libre et combattre Sumai, un maître des arts martiaux, afin de déjouer le complot.
Crash and Burn (1990)
, 1h25Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Paul Ganus, Megan Ward, Ralph Waite, Jack McGee, Bill Moseley, Eva LaRue
Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to ensure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability." When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm."
Night of the Living Bread (1990)
, 8minutesOrigin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Two people are attacked in a cemetery by slices of bread, which is hurled at them. The people escape in their car as more bread hurls itself at them from offscreen. They make it to a farmhouse where they and others are besieged by rampant slices of killer bread. One person is smothered to death, leaving behind a corpse strewn with white bread. News reports speculate that an explosion at a bakery is animating all manner of bread. During Catholic Mass in an emergency shelter, the worshippers are attacked by Communion wafers. The group in the farmhouse fortify their defences, using toasters (instead of torches) to frighten off the bread, and barricading the doors and windows with sandwich bags (instead of wooden planks). Two women seek refuge in the basement, unaware that there is a lunch bag next to them. The bread inside kills them and one of the men, leaving only one person alive. At the end of the film, the sole survivor is smothered by the bread.
Teenage Caveman (2002)
Directed by Larry Clark
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Andrew Keegan, Tara Subkoff, Tiffany Limos, Stephen Jasso, Crystal Celeste Grant, Paul Hipp
The film is set in a post-apocalyptic future, where the vast majority of humanity has died due to a viral epidemic. The remaining humans have reverted to primitive tribalism.
Deathlands (2003)
, 1h35Directed by Joshua Butler
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Vincent Spano, Jenya Lano, Colin Fox, Traci Lords, Nathan Carter, Matthew Currie Holmes
Earth is devaststed by a nuclear war in 2084. The sky is red from chemical waste, and what was once the United States has become "Deathlands" inhabited by mutants. Communities ruled by powerful survivors are called "villes", and the one known as Front Royale had been ruled by a good man who is killed by his wife, Lady Rachel Cawdor (Traci Elizabeth Lords). His son, Harvey Cawdor (Alan C. Peterson), kills one of his brothers and partially blinds his young brother Ryan Cawdor (Vincent Spano), who then escapes.
Knights (1993)
, 1h30Directed by Albert Pyun
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Post-apocalyptic films, Sports films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Vampires in film, Robot films
Actors Kathy Long, Kris Kristofferson, Lance Henriksen, Scott Paulin, Nicholas Guest, Vincent Klyn
The cyborg Gabriel was created to destroy all other cyborgs. He later rescues Nea by killing the cyborg Simon. Gabriel trains Nea to become a cyborg killer and help him. They continue to kill cyborgs until Gabriel is torn in half by one of his targets and taken to the cyborg camp. Nea follows Jacob and challenges the cyborg leader Job to a fight. Finding Gabriel she straps him to her back and they battle cyborgs until Gabriel can attach a dead cyborg's legs to himself. They pursue Job, but before they can catch him the Master Builder captures Nea's brother, taking him to Cyborg City. During a battle Job tells Gabriel that the cyborg population can't be stopped. Job dies moments later. Gabriel and Nea ride off in search of her brother.
Lost City Raiders (2008)
, 1h30Directed by Jean de Segonzac
Origin German
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Environmental films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films set in the future, Disaster films
Actors James Brolin, Ian Somerhalder, Ben Cross, Jamie Thomas King, Bettina Zimmermann, Michael Mendl
In year 2048, global warming has caused much of the surface of the earth to become flooded. In the city of New Vatican, Cardinal Battaglia believes that the global inundation can be gotten rid of by using the "scepter of Moses". This is the staff that Moses used to part the Red Sea during The Exodus.
I Love Sarah Jane (2008)
, 14minutesDirected by Spencer Susser
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Mia Wasikowska
Jimbo is 13 and can think of only one girl—Sarah Jane. And no matter what stands in his way-bullies, violence, chaos, or zombies-nothing will stop him from finding a way into her world.
Population 2 (2012)
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic Earth, Population 2 is about Lilith who wanders the remains of civilization every day, scavenging what she can from the deserted refuse of what was once a bustling city.
AE: Apocalypse Earth (2013)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Adrian Paul, Richard Grieco
A group of refugees from Earth land on a planet inhabited by ruthless aliens and fight for their survival.
The Shepherd (1999)
, 1h30Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films set in the future
Actors C. Thomas Howell, David Carradine, Mackenzie Gray, Raymond Serra, Zaib Shaikh
Barricade (2012)
, 1h22Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Eric McCormack, Jody Thompson, Donnelly Rhodes
A father goes out on vacation with his two kids for some bonding time after the death of their mother. They meet a nice old man named Howes who lent them the key to the father and the late mothers old cabin. As the widower and children lived in the cabin, turns out there is going to be a blizzard. The family becomes sick, the illness causes the father to hallucinate that his children often go missing and that there is a invisible entity in the cabin with them.
Robot Wars (1993)
, 1h12Directed by Albert Band
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Don Michael Paul, Barbara Crampton, Lisa Rinna, Danny Kamekona, Yuji Okumoto, Peter Haskell
By 2041, North America has been ravaged by "the great toxic gas scare of 1993": large swaths of land have been turned into inhospitable desert, where bands of raiders called "Centros" attack transports. The former United States have been assimilated into a Western bloc called the North Hemi. The opposing Eastern bloc is known as the Eastern Alliance, and the North Hemi is planning to salvage its economy by manufacturing defense robots called "mini-megs" for the Eastern Alliance. These robots would be smaller offshoots of giant "mega-robots", once ubiquitous in warfare but now reduced to a single specimen, the MRAS-2 (which looks like a mechanized scorpion).
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about computing, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Anticipation, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Jim Metzler, Deborah Shelton, Nicholas Worth, Vernon Wells, Traci Lords, Dennis Christopher
In the backdrop of Earth's polluted future, a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has his own plans as he is forcing a female scientist to help him manufacture life extending longevity chips which he intends to sell to rich and powerful clients.