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Post-Apocalyptic Movies

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  • The Road Warrior (1981)

    1. The Road Warrior

    19811h 36mR77Metascore
    7.6 (208K)
    In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits.
    DirectorGeorge MillerStarsMel GibsonBruce SpenceMichael Preston
  • Mel Gibson and Tina Turner in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

    2. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

    19851h 47mPG-1371Metascore
    6.2 (158K)
    After being exiled from the most advanced town in post-apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen.
    DirectorsGeorge MillerGeorge OgilvieStarsMel GibsonTina TurnerBruce Spence
  • Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen in The Blood of Heroes (1989)

    3. The Blood of Heroes

    19891h 44mR
    6.4 (7.9K)
    In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.
    DirectorDavid Webb PeoplesStarsRutger HauerJoan ChenDelroy Lindo
  • Six-String Samurai (1998)

    4. Six-String Samurai

    19981h 31mPG-13
    6.4 (8.3K)
    In the post-apocalyptic world of 1990s Nevada, a rock 'n' roll samurai on his way to Lost Vegas takes a young orphan boy under his protection as Death and his metalhead Horsemen chase after them.
    DirectorLance MungiaStarsJeffrey FalconJustin McGuireKim De Angelo
  • Don Johnson, Tim McIntire, and Tiger in A Boy and His Dog (1975)

    5. A Boy and His Dog

    19751h 31mR68Metascore
    6.4 (20K)
    In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a boy who can communicate with his dog telepathically is targeted by a mysterious committee.
    DirectorL.Q. JonesStarsDon JohnsonJason RobardsSusanne Benton
  • Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)

    6. Planet of the Apes

    19681h 52mG79Metascore
    8.0 (205K)
    After being kept in hypersleep during a long expedition into deep space, an astronaut crew crash-lands in the 40th century on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRoddy McDowallKim Hunter
  • Jenny Agutter, Farrah Fawcett, Michael York, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Richard Jordan in Logan's Run (1976)

    7. Logan's Run

    19761h 59mPG53Metascore
    6.8 (64K)
    A police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.
    DirectorMichael AndersonStarsMichael YorkJenny AgutterRichard Jordan
  • Adrienne Barbeau, Donald Pleasence, and Kurt Russell in Escape from New York (1981)

    8. Escape from New York

    19811h 39mR76Metascore
    7.1 (166K)
    In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellLee Van CleefErnest Borgnine
  • Will Smith, Kona, and Abbey in I Am Legend (2007)

    9. I Am Legend

    20071h 41mPG-1365Metascore
    7.2 (851K)
    Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
    DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsWill SmithAlice BragaCharlie Tahan
  • Lee-Anne Liebenberg and Rhona Mitra in Doomsday (2008)

    10. Doomsday

    20081h 45mR51Metascore
    5.9 (81K)
    A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.
    DirectorNeil MarshallStarsRhona MitraBob HoskinsAlexander Siddig
  • Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli (2010)

    11. The Book of Eli

    20101h 58mR53Metascore
    6.8 (352K)
    A drifter fights his way across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity's salvation.
    DirectorsAlbert HughesAllen HughesStarsDenzel WashingtonMila KunisRay Stevenson
  • Sarah Polley in Dawn of the Dead (2004)

    12. Dawn of the Dead

    20041h 41mR59Metascore
    7.2 (282K)
    A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.
    DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi Phifer
  • Christian Bale and Taye Diggs in Equilibrium (2002)

    13. Equilibrium

    20021h 47mR33Metascore
    7.3 (355K)
    In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state.
    DirectorKurt WimmerStarsChristian BaleSean BeanEmily Watson
  • Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix (1999)

    14. The Matrix

    19992h 16mR73Metascore
    8.7 (2.2M)
    When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
    DirectorsLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne Moss
  • Kevin Costner in Waterworld (1995)

    15. Waterworld

    19952h 15mPG-1356Metascore
    6.3 (218K)
    In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.
    DirectorKevin ReynoldsStarsKevin CostnerJeanne TripplehornDennis Hopper
  • Saoirse Ronan and Harry Treadaway in City of Ember (2008)

    16. City of Ember

    20081h 30mPG58Metascore
    6.4 (72K)
    For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.
    DirectorGil KenanStarsSaoirse RonanToby JonesBill Murray
  • Kevin Costner in The Postman (1997)

    17. The Postman

    19972h 57mR29Metascore
    6.1 (81K)
    A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.
    DirectorKevin CostnerStarsKevin CostnerWill PattonLarenz Tate
  • Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Road (2009)

    18. The Road

    20091h 51mR64Metascore
    7.2 (264K)
    In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.
    DirectorJohn HillcoatStarsViggo MortensenCharlize TheronKodi Smit-McPhee
  • Land of the Dead (2005)

    19. Land of the Dead

    20051h 33mR71Metascore
    6.2 (103K)
    The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJohn LeguizamoAsia ArgentoSimon Baker
  • Reign of Fire (2002)

    20. Reign of Fire

    20021h 41mPG-1339Metascore
    6.2 (149K)
    A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting everything ablaze, establishing dominance over the planet.
    DirectorRob BowmanStarsMatthew McConaugheyChristian BaleIzabella Scorupco
  • Kurt Russell in Escape from L.A. (1996)

    21. Escape from L.A.

    19961h 41mR54Metascore
    5.7 (83K)
    Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to do a dirty job. This time to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are exiled.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellSteve BuscemiStacy Keach
  • Children of Men (2006)

    22. Children of Men

    20061h 49mR84Metascore
    7.9 (548K)
    In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
    DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsJulianne MooreClive OwenChiwetel Ejiofor
  • Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later (2002)

    23. 28 Days Later

    20021h 53mR73Metascore
    7.5 (478K)
    Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher Eccleston
  • Rose Byrne in 28 Weeks Later (2007)

    24. 28 Weeks Later

    20071h 39mR78Metascore
    6.9 (311K)
    Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.
    DirectorJuan Carlos FresnadilloStarsJeremy RennerRose ByrneRobert Carlyle
  • Charlton Heston and Lincoln Kilpatrick in The Omega Man (1971)

    25. The Omega Man

    19711h 38mPG56Metascore
    6.4 (35K)
    Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.
    DirectorBoris SagalStarsCharlton HestonAnthony ZerbeRosalind Cash

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