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Plot Summary:
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, depressing, slasher, social, saga, classic horror, space horror, natural horror, exciting
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Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
Plot Summary:
Three twentieth century astronauts travel through a time warp and crash on Earth in 3085 A.D.. One of the astronauts is killed in the impact, and the two survivors, Alan Virdon and Pete Burke, find that they have returned to an Earth where their loved ones are long dead, where technological civilization has fallen, and where humanity is subjugated by intelligent, talking simians who live in jungle cities and preside over pastoral hinterlands. The two astronauts are captured by horse-riding gorillas (the ape army) and taken before an orangutan tribunal. They are deemed a threat to ape security and sentenced to death. The two condemned men are visited in their cell by a curious chimpanzee named Galen, who is fascinated by their accounts of an advanced human civilization centuries past. After Galen accidentally kills a gorilla and is charged with murder, Virdon, Burke, and Galen all escape the ape city and are fugitives hunted by a determined gorilla named Urko. Virdon manages to salvage.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: futuristic, psychotronic
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Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
Plot Summary:
'Hell' is the name of the hero of the story. He's a prisoner of the women who now run the USA after a nuclear/biological war. Results of the war are that mutants have evolved, and the human race is in danger of extinction due to infertility. Hell is given the task of helping in the rescue of a group of fertile women from the harem of the mutant leader (resembling a frog). Hell cannot escape since he has a bomb attached to his private parts which will detonate if he strays more than a few hundred yards from his guard.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, humorous, apocalyptic, suspenseful, semi serious, futuristic, cult classic, erotic, retro
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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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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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Megaforce (1982)
Plot Summary:
Megaforce is an elite multi-national military unit that does the jobs that individual governments wont. When the peaceful Republic of Sardun in under threat from their more aggressive neighbour the beautiful Major Zara (Persis Khambatta) and General Byrne-White (Edward Mulhare) see the help of Ace Hunter (Barry Bostwick) and Megaforce.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, parody, sexy, humorous, entertaining
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Plot Summary:
The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, futuristic, depressing, slasher, social, saga, classic horror, space horror, natural horror
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Steel Frontier (1995)
Plot Summary:
Set in a post-nuclear-holocaust future, this sci-fi western takes place in the frontier city of New Hope, the only place around with a working oil refinery. Ever since a megalomaniac general and his followers took over the place, life has been miserable. Then a stranger, a man-of-few-words, comes to town. A quick-drawing gunslinger, he first joins the conquerors. As time passes, however, it rapidly becomes apparent that he really sides with the townsfolk, and when the time is right, he leads them into a violent uprising.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, scenic, perverse, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending
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A.P.E.X. (1994)
Plot Summary:
A time-travel experiment in which a robot probe is sent from the year 2073 to the year 1973 goes terribly wrong thrusting one of the project scientists,into a plague ravaged alternate time-line whose war weary inhabitants are locked in a constant battle with killer robots from the future.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: futuristic, psychotronic, tech noir, independent film, serious
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2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)
Plot Summary:
After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which is controlled by the Euraks, to rescue the only fertile woman left on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, rough, stylized, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, cult classic, action adventure, bleak
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Road Wars (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the earth’s water supply is depleted, the survivors form roving road gangs, armed to the teeth and desperate to find and protect water supplies. But when a new breed of blood-drinking humans emerges, the survivors must contend with a whole new threat to their existence.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockbuster, disaster movie
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Plot Summary:
The world is shocked by the appearance of two talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society; but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, bleak, depressing, slasher, social, saga, classic horror, action adventure, space horror
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Planet of the Apes (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes. Based on the 1968 Planet of the Apes film and its sequels, which were inspired by the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, futuristic, stylized, bleak, vintage
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
Plot Summary:
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: philosophical, twist ending, mind bending, futuristic, suspense, visually stunning, mind blowing, suspenseful, retro, depressing
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Plot Summary:
Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor but crash lands on the Planet of the Apes, just like Taylor did in the original film. Taylor has disappeared into the Forbidden Zone so Brent and Nova try to follow and find him. He discovers a cult of humans that fear the Apes' latest military movements and finds himself in the middle. Tension mounts to a climactic battle between ape and man deep in the bowels of the planet.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, depressing, suspense, psychotronic, allegory, slasher, social, saga, grindhouse
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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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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Plot Summary:
Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in intelligence and brain activity in the primate subjects – especially Caesar, his pet chimpanzee.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 551000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, exciting, suspense, intellectual, emotional, apocalyptic, serious, captivating, stylized, entertaining
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Steel Dawn (1987)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, independent film, serious, suspenseful, stylized, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining
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The Black Hole (1979)
Plot Summary:
The explorer craft U.S.S. Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the magnificent U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, Maximillian. But the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, depressing, dark, grindhouse, cult classic
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Retrograde (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two time travelers with opposing views are sent back to the present aboard a research ship in the Antarctic to prevent a global biological disaster from occuring.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, apocalyptic, cult classic, fast, surprise ending, independent film
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American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993)
Plot Summary:
After the nuclear war people are sterile and ruled by the artifical intelligences they created in this violent world. The only woman who was able to give life to a child has to take the child through the dangerous city to the ship to save it. She is followed by an immortal killer robot through all the dangers, and only one guy tries to help her survive and protect her from the killing machine.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, tech noir, grindhouse, perverse, cult classic, independent film, psychotronic, exciting, rough
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Waterworld (1995)
Plot Summary:
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. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland' – which is tattooed on Enola's back.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 207000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, serious, apocalyptic, entertaining, cult classic, psychological thriller, retro, philosophical, atmospheric
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 461000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, tense, suspense, intense, emotional, apocalyptic, suspenseful, thought provoking, captivating
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Battlefield Earth (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic, cult classic, controversial, serious, psychotronic, suspense
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Plot Summary:
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 415000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, suspense, apocalyptic, action packed, serious, suspenseful, intense, action adventure, saga
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
Plot Summary:
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 374000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: futuristic, intense, serious, apocalyptic, action packed, exciting, suspense, rough, bleak, suspenseful
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Planet of the Apes (2001)
Plot Summary:
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 226000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: futuristic, twist ending, bad ending, intense, suspense, surprise ending, exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious
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The Terminator (1984)
Plot Summary:
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 909000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tech noir, suspenseful, neo noir, serious, cult classic, action packed, cyber, apocalyptic, saga, action adventure
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The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Plot Summary:
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 536000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, cyber, saga, action packed, epic, bad ending, apocalyptic, bleak, suspenseful