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Plot Summary:
Teru Aoki (青木 輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destroys the train and blocks a tunnel. When Teru awakes, he finds all his classmates and teachers are dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 829
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious, surreal, mysterious, cult classic, bleak, disaster movie, cult film
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The Last Seven (2011)
Plot Summary:
Seven strangers wake up on the deserted streets of London with no knowledge of how they got there. Before long someone -or something - is picking them off, one by one.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: bleak, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting
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Supervolcano (2005)
Plot Summary:
Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but they are ignored or dismissed as 'minor'. But when they learn an eruption will happen, panic breaks out through people of the USA and the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, educational, disturbing, apocalyptic, mockbuster, disaster movie
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Omega Doom (1996)
Plot Summary:
After earth is taken over by an army of robots, the small number of humans left are forced into hiding. In the nuclear winter, only droids walk the face of the earth, in fear of the rumored human resurgence, and in search of a hidden cache of weapons. One robot, his evil circuits destroyed, enters a small town where a robot civil war is taking place.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, cyber, grindhouse, independent film, neo western, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
Plot Summary:
A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate few who are somehow immune from the effects. Animals go insane and human beings turn to white powder, leaving behind only empty clothing. A handful of survivors attempt to rebuild their lives on the de-populated Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, spooky, atmospheric, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, crying, psychotronic, corny
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The End (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of old friends gets together for a weekend in a mountain cabin. Years have gone by and yet nothing seems to have changed between them. But lurking behind the laughter and stories is a murky episode from the past that continues to haunt them. A strange, sudden incident alters their plans, leaving them stranded and with no line of communication to the outside world. On their way for help, the group starts to disintegrate, just as a new natural order is unveiled before their astonished eyes.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, apocalyptic, minimal cast, tense
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White Wall (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, everything has changed. Basic human rights have become the rarest of luxuries. No one knows when this started but everyone knows how. The VXII, the deadliest virus ever created, spread like wildfire and decimated the majority of the world's population. The non-infected survivors now cling to life in four quarantined cities behind a wall. Shawn Kors and his brother, Jude, survived the VXII only to grow up in a squalid internment camp for orphaned children. Under the care of the militia, they were pitted against other children in backwoods death matches. Shawn, Jude, and the few who escaped became notorious for their incredible fighting skills. They have since parted ways. Shawn now makes a comfortable living as a janitor at the local medic station. He spends his days dreaming of curing the VXII. When Shawn discovers the discarded body of a fellow internment camp friend, he is forced out of hiding and pulled into a rabbit hole of conspiracy and violence.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, independent film, exciting
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No Escape (1994)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of murdering a commanding officer, is determined to escape the island in order to reveal the truth behind his murderous actions and clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, grindhouse, bleak, rough, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, intense, perverse
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Ravagers (1979)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Malevil (1981)
Plot Summary:
In southern France, in a quite little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his employees. As they are drinking wine, they hear a terrible noise and the heat's getting higher and higher. They don't realize what's happening: when they come out of the cellar, they realize that everything has burned, and all the buildings are destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 940
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, weird, eighties
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Quintet (1979)
Plot Summary:
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychological, atmospheric, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, grindhouse, disgusting, psychotronic
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The Last Train (1999)
Plot Summary:
The Last Train is a British six-part post-apocalyptic television drama serial first broadcast on the ITV network in 1999. It has since been repeated on ITV2 in 1999/2001 and on numerous occasions on the UK Sci-Fi Channel. The serial was written by Matthew Graham and produced for ITV by Granada Television. In the United States, the Fox Network purchased the rights to produce a new version of the series soon after its original UK transmission. Retitled The Ark, the idea did not progress beyond the pilot stage. As of May 2013, the series has not been released on DVD or any other format, and has never aired in the US.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, gloomy, bleak, serious, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, disaster movie
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Air (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared, and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state of suspended animation. Two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind struggle to preserve their own sanity and lives while administering to the vital task at hand.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, dark, ambiguous ending, apocalyptic, futuristic, tense, light, thought provoking, enigmatic
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Ever Since the World Ended (2001)
Plot Summary:
Twelve years ago, a plague swept through, wiping out most of the population; in San Francisco, only 186 people remain. Two of them use jury-rigged batteries to power a camera and make a documentary. We see a variety of approaches to survival, from the artist and engineer who trade for their needs, to the surfers and woodsmen who fish and hunt, to the scavengers, and a communal farm. We also see how the community deals with those who threaten it, and how the youth are growing up with different values from those who knew our world.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, tense, bleak, serious, sincere, atmospheric, suspense, realistic, independent film, thought provoking
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Android Apocalypse (2006)
Plot Summary:
Machines have taken over, but left humans thinking that they are still the ones in charge. The androids need humans because of the human brain fluid; without it the android brains can't work. Until the mad scientist finds out how to make this brain fluid artificially that is.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic, epic
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The Last Patrol (2000)
Plot Summary:
After a massive earthquake destroys Los Angeles, a new order is formed. But disagreement among the ranks leads to more war and disruption, and The Last Patrol must bring order if there's to be any hope for the future.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, futuristic, fast
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2084 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, apocalyptic, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, bleak
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The Collapsed (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Their goal: escaping the city and traveling to the rural community they once called home. The constant threat of a violent death forcing them to stay as far away from civilization as possible, they take to the forest, soon to discover the danger posed by other survivors may be the least of their worries.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, apocalyptic, psychotronic, dark, bleak, serious
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Pandemic (2009)
Plot Summary:
ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other variety of virus? As the situation worsens and more cases begin arriving, a medical officer from the World Health Organization named Eiko Kobayashi is dispatched to the area. At the rate the virus is spreading, the entire city’s transportation system and infrastructure would be brought to a halt within 3 months. Within 6 months it could spread to tens of millions of people--reaching a death toll far worse than any war.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, psychological, serious, sad
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Toxic Skies (2008)
Plot Summary:
A doctor must find a cure for a viral epidemic that is spreading through vapors from jets.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense, disaster movie
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After Darkness (2014)
Plot Summary:
As the Sun burns out, an American family gathers at the end of the world, their hopes for rescue slowly crumbling as they also confront long lasting divides amongst each other.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, futuristic, apocalyptic
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How It Ends (2018)
Plot Summary:
A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, road movie, suspenseful, tense, suspense, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, disaster movie
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Deadland (2009)
Plot Summary:
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States inspires his fellow survivors to fight for humanity. The bomb has dropped, and in the blink of an eye, America has been plunged back into the Stone Age. Money is worthless, food is scarce, and those who once thought they were fortunate to survive the initial attack are now slowly being consumed from the inside out, the victims of an all-consuming nuclear scourge. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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Apocalypse (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 2016 the sun has turned the entire world into a scorched and barren wasteland. The humans who have survived are either resourceful or violent, and sometimes both. Marie, her little sister Leonie, and best friend Phillip, are in a car headed to the mountains - rumor has it there is water there. Along the way they meet Tom, a first-rate mechanic. But can they trust him? Fraught with deep distrust, the group is lured into an ambush where their real battle for survival begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, bleak, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychological thriller, scary, political, futuristic, cult classic
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20 Years After (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, bleak, serious, suspenseful, independent film, futuristic, dystopian, disaster movie
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Blindness (2008)
Plot Summary:
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Canada, Japan, UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, bleak, disturbing, depressing, intense, suspenseful, allegory, serious, suspense, stylized
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The Divide (2011)
Plot Summary:
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, apocalyptic, bleak, futuristic, disturbing, satanic, scary, controversial, psychotronic
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The Day (2011)
Plot Summary:
Open war against humanity rages. For five survivors – lost and on the run – the pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24-hour look into their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, serious, scary, suspenseful, tense, depressing, suspense, disturbing, brutal, perverse
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The Quiet Earth (1985)
Plot Summary:
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: philosophical, mindfuck, mind bending, surreal, apocalyptic, atmospheric, cerebral, existential, mind twisting, minimal cast
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Cargo (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspenseful, suspense, tense, philosophical, apocalyptic, space horror, atmospheric, twist ending, psychological thriller
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The Maze Runner (2014)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 498000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious, futuristic, surprise ending, enigmatic, apocalyptic, entertaining