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Plot Summary:
Set in the future, the city of Shanghai battle to defend itself against an ongoing attack by an alien force that has attacked and laid siege to numerous cities around the globe in it's quest to harvest a hidden energy only found on earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, tense, captivating
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White Sky (2021)
Plot Summary:
When three campers witness an alien mothership descending on their town and turning the population into "Altered" human beings, they team up with a reclusive stranger who offers to guide them to safety. As they're chased deep into the forest and one of them becomes infected, they realize there's nowhere to hide from the Altered horde that seems intent upon finding and assimilating them.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic
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Omega Cop (1990)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1999. John Travis is the toughest cop alive... In fact the only cop alive. He and his elite force stand between murderous mutants and the remains of humanity.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, independent film
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The Challenge (2005)
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, bleak, serious
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Humanity's End (2008)
Plot Summary:
The year is 3313. Mankind is being systematically massacred throughout the galaxy by an invading species. All hope is lost until the last strand of pure human DNA is found on a remote planet in the far reaches of the galaxy. Now, an epic battle will be waged across time and space to save and protect the last of the human race.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, exciting, serious, apocalyptic, futuristic
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SuperGrid (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in a near future where mining conglomerates have turned Canada into a wasteland. Two brothers must travel the same road that claimed their sister's life in their quest to deliver mysterious cargo. En route they must contend with road pirates, rebel gangs, and each other.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, action adventure, road movie
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Atlantis Down (2010)
Plot Summary:
2025 - The Shuttle Program has been privatized and the shuttle Atlantis relegated to glorified taxi between space stations. Its crew is on a routine mission, conducting experiments - little do they know - they are the experiment. Written by Max Bartoli.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, serious, futuristic, captivating, psychological
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One Shot (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Kyle Matthews, an elite Sniper from the World Defense Force, is trapped in enemy territory - his skills are put to the test as he attempts to survive against a whole armada of Cerulean soldiers, Hell bent on wiping all humans from existence. But when a beautiful Cerulean woman is shot and left for dead by her own kind, Kyle must chose between his own life and the life of one of the very beings he is out to kill.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 639
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, futuristic
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Wastelander (2018)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic landscape, an ex-soldier wanders in search of his lost home and family. Along the way, he joins a makeshift group of survivors who convince him to lead them through the wasteland. But when a band of pillaging raiders comes after them, they must fight to survive in this cruel dystopia.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, independent film
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Survival Code (2013)
Plot Summary:
Set in 2045, Vic, an ex-ultimate fighter, is the owner of the only airstrip, hotel and bar in the high Arctic frontier town of Borealis. He does his best to keep the peace amongst a vast array of clashing characters in this lawless international free zone that sits on top of the world’s last remaining oil.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak
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The Blackout (2019)
Plot Summary:
No meteorites hit Earth, no terrorists put the world in danger, no atomic war was started, but something did go wrong. Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from the Space. What military forces find outside the Ring is shocking. There are dead corpses everywhere: in stores, in cars, on roads, in hospitals and railway stations. Who or what is destroying all life on Earth? How long will the last outpost of mankind survive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, apocalyptic, suspenseful, psychedelic, action thriller, action adventure
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Armageddon Tales (2021)
Plot Summary:
After surviving a worldwide pandemic, two men with different agendas, two women from a survival colony, and young girl and a man each form alliances as they cross post-apocalyptic landscapes.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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World's End (2010)
Plot Summary:
Wes Keller is a young man living in a world where oil has collapsed, the food supply has been wiped out, and cancer rates for women have skyrocketed, depleting the female population. In a barbaric environment where bio fuel, batteries, bullets and people are currency and marauders roam free, Wes tries to escape to a mythical world run on cold fusion "Plutopia", a place that may only exist in the mind. THE BILL IS DUE. 'Downstream' is a view of the not so distant future. We follow a young man (everyone's son) as he pays the price for society's decadence.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, thought provoking, serious, surreal, apocalyptic, captivating, psychological, bleak, suspenseful
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Phoenix the Warrior (1988)
Plot Summary:
Big hair, big guns, big personalities, and a serious lack of wardrobe. She-Wolves of the Wasteland, a post-apocalyptic story that features women--lots and lots of women--who leave little to the imagination as they battle each other in various junkyards and gravel pits to determine the fate of the entire world.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, apocalyptic, independent film, offbeat, psychotronic, cult film
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Invasion Roswell (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the American Army shot down a UFO in 1947, generations of elite commandos were secretly trained to deal with the aliens' feared return. However, the extra-terrestrials never came back and the elite force was disbanded. Sixty-six years after the Roswell crash, the aliens are invading Earth and only the over-the-hill retired commandos can stop them.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, captivating, tense, apocalyptic, psychotronic, exciting, serious
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The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Plot Summary:
Only a few people still live in New York in 2015. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, depressing, grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic
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Cold Harvest (1999)
Plot Summary:
A bounty hunter protects his dead brother's wife in a lawless world after a comet has devastated much of earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, fast, wild
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The Gene Generation (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic world, Michelle lives everyday battling with DNA Hackers who use their skills to hack into people's bodies and kill them. She is an assassin, trying to keep her younger brother, Jackie, out of trouble. When Jackie gets involved in a petty crime of robbery, he propels himself into the world of DNA Hackers, Shylocks (Loan Sharks) and Gangs.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Singapore, South Korea, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, bleak, cyber, futuristic, apocalyptic, action adventure, neo noir
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Stryker (1983)
Plot Summary:
The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road Warrior" like crew captures her and tries to make her talk through brutal torture. The hero (Stryker) unites with some of the remaining "good guys" and the Amazons and frees the woman. They go on to a "Road Warrior" type of concluding battle with the bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 786
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Mutant World (2014)
Plot Summary:
A decade after a disastrous meteor impact wipes out most of society, a group of survivalists emerge to find themselves on a twisted version of the old Earth, with a nascent society besieged by vicious marauders, ferocious mutants, and the dreadful symptoms of a post-apocalyptic environment.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, scary
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Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995)
Plot Summary:
It has been 73 years since Alex failed and the Humans lost the Cyborg Wars. Since then, the Humans have been enslaved. Scientists have developed a new DNA strain, which could signal the end of the Cyborgs, and they inject it into a volunteer. When the Cyborgs learn of the woman and the baby they list both for termination.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, psychotronic, independent film, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set in the near future in a lawless world. Kurisu Saotome (Kirara Asuka) is a beautiful woman, but she is also a deadly bounty hunter. She wears an armored suit, possessing great power, and she is known as Iron Girl. Kurisu Saotome doesn't remember who she really is or where she comes from. To regain her memory, she continues her lonely battle.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Zodiac (2014)
Plot Summary:
A 2,000-year-old astrology board possesses deadly powers that threaten the fate of humanity.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, bloody, disaster movie
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Earthtastrophe (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a white hot flash of light, and with no warning, one minute our moon is there, the next it's gone. Then, a second flash. And that's the last thing anyone on Earth can remember. 11 months later, it's not post- apocalyptic; it's apocalyptic as Earth has been sucked through a wormhole, literally ripping our planet from the inside out. With bizarre disasters and civilization collapsing, our heroes must find a way to survive and get to "safe ground" before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, bleak, suspense, futuristic, disturbing, apocalyptic, disaster movie
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Defense Condition 4 (1985)
Plot Summary:
Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. The woman stays by the remains of the the satellite but is soon caught by evil punks who have taken power.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, action adventure, independent film, exciting, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, unusual plot structure
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Oceans Rising (2017)
Plot Summary:
A scientist builds a massive ark after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. But when it's evident the disaster will occur, those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, boarding the ark and seeking his answers before the world drowns in a never ending sea.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, mockbuster, disaster movie
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2012: Supernova (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two hundred years ago a supernova exploded somewhere in the Lyra constellation. Now the lethal burst of radiation is headed straight for Earth, and time is swiftly running out. The only thing standing between humanity and complete devastation is astrophysicist Dr. Kelvin (Brian Krause), who heads up a project to save the planet.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, mockbuster, tense, funny, disaster movie
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Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018)
Plot Summary:
In 2029, the elite police squad Illang combats a terrorist group opposing reunification of the two Koreas. But another enemy may be lurking nearby.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, philosophical, captivating, futuristic, psychotronic
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Earth's Final Hours (2011)
Plot Summary:
After dense matter from an imploded white hole hits Earth, the planet's rotation is devastated. A group of government agents must locate a lost satellite network that is the world's only hope for survival.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, apocalyptic, disaster movie
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Polar Storm (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a piece of the massive comet "Copernicus" collides with the Earth, it knocks the planet off of its axis and unleashes a disaster never before witnessed. Dr. James Mayfield (Jack Coleman) and his highly trained research team are the only ones who can re-align the axis. With his wife and teenage son in mortal danger, Dr. James Mayfield (Jack Coleman) calls on his crack research team to help realign the planet's axis before the effects of the catastrophe are irreversible.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, apocalyptic, suspense, serious, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Meteor Apocalypse (2010)
Plot Summary:
A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, biblical, disaster movie