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Plot Summary:
Bloodthirsty factions rule the barren earth. It's the 21st Century and a biological disaster has ruined the planet. Here, in a world where gunpowder is more valuable than gold, a few hundred survivors wage the final conflict for power and control. Yet among them rises a new warrior, destined to shape the aeons which will follow -- a man who stops at nothing to achieve his ends, and for whom courage is the only commodity.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, cult film
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Terminal Virus (1995)
Plot Summary:
It has been 23 years since a world war during which combatants unleashed a lab-created virus that has made life no fun at all. Civilization has broken down into forcibly celibate, warring male and female tribes. Any co mingling, even rape, is punished by both sides with summary execution, for victim and perpetrator alike. A paramilitary fanatic on a vague religious mission leads his gunmen to massacre a peaceful scientific community where men and women committed the blasphemy of co-ed habitation.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film
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Dream Warrior (2003)
Plot Summary:
In an apocalyptic future, a man with extra-human powers goes on the run.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 551
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Croatia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film
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Driving Force (1989)
Plot Summary:
In the near future Steve (Sam Jones) takes a job as a tow truck driver that has to battle a gang of baddies led by Nelson (Don Swayze).
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force (1989)
Plot Summary:
In the future, a warrior nun on roller skates must rescue a seer, who is to be sacrificed by a band of mutants.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: surreal, apocalyptic, psychotronic, independent film
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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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Legend Of The Roller Blade Seven (1992)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic world where rollerblading is the chief means of travel, the evil Pharoah sends his minions outside the Wheel Zone to abduct a psychic. The psychic has been trained in the way of the samurai, but has shunned her training to become a Passive. Once abducted, her brother joins forces with others to try and rescue her, but they face many challenges from the Dark Side.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, parody, cult film
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Wheels of Fire (1985)
Plot Summary:
The Future is now. There are no rules and no place to hide from the deadly Highway Warriors who ravage the roads in machines of destruction.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 999
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, soap opera, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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The Lawless Land (1988)
Plot Summary:
Action-adventure set in a world of the near-future, where young love is forbidden among the lower classes. Nevertheless, one couple defies their police-state world to fight and hold on to whatever love they can find.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film
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The Sisterhood (1988)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2021 AD. Women have been enslaved by a brutal army of men who survived the nuclear holocaust. Their only hope for freedom is in the hands of a nomadic band of fierce she-warriors: The Sisterhood.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, cult film
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Karate Cop (1991)
Plot Summary:
John Travis is the last honest cop in a future dominated by terroristic martial-arts gangs who fight gladiator-style in arenas.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, campy
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Knights (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the future, as a result of devastating wars, all suitable for cultivation of land turned into one big lifeless desert. In the search of fertile lands around the world were traveling group of nomadic farmers. But one of the distant city genesis in these lands came cyborgs. For the operation they need human resources, or more simply - blood. To combat this army of Vampire creator has been sent cyborg Gabriel (Christopherson). In this he will help the girl Nea (Long), whose parents as a child killed the main villain - Job (Henriksen).
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, futuristic
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Future World (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Urban Warriors (1987)
Plot Summary:
Three technicians working in an underground laboratory discover that a nuclear war has destroyed most of the aboveground world. After a brief search for food, the trio find that gangs of murderous mutants want them for their next meal. Will the scientists be able to find other uncontaminated humans to rebuild civilization with, or will they all end up as mutant chow?.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse
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Robo Warriors (1996)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2036 and Earth has been invaded: hope lies with the last Robo Warrior - a towering fighting machine.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: futuristic, mecha, independent film
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Equalizer 2000 (1987)
Plot Summary:
In a bleak, postnuclear future world, warring factions struggle to claim the Equalizer 2000, the one weapon powerful enough to guarantee survival.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 714
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: futuristic, slasher, apocalyptic, independent film, cult film
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Dune Warriors (1991)
Plot Summary:
After the end of the world, Earth is a thirsty planet ruled by vicious warlords. One woman is brave enough to fight back; she bands together five warriors to save her town and their precious water.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, perverse, psychotronic, independent film, neo western
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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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Battletruck (1982)
Plot Summary:
It’s the 21st century, the Oil Wars have made a mess of the planet and the land outside major cities is lawless. After Hunter comes to the aid of Corlie, who has run away from the villainous Straker, he takes her to the peaceful community of Clearwater. Unfortunately for the citizens of Clearwater, Straker fully intends to get Corlie back.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, retro, road movie, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, 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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Neon City (1991)
Plot Summary:
"Mad Max" clone set in the not-too-distant future about a group of people trying to escape to a safe haven called Neon City after a solar disaster that has decimated the Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, bleak, serious, apocalyptic, independent film, crying, weird
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City Limits (1984)
Plot Summary:
A series of teenage gangs struggle against each other in a not-so-distant future. Eventually they united against an evil corporation, as represented by evil CEO Robby Benson who wants to control everything.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, cult film
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Ultra Warrior (1990)
Plot Summary:
After the nuclear holocaust, one man rises from the ashes to become the leader of a ragged gang of survivors. They soon discover that their greatest challenge is yet to come; they must fight a battle for the ages against the evil minions of The Bishop.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, tense, bleak, serious, futuristic
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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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Robot Wars (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease and desist) to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, cult classic, mecha, cult film
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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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Land of Doom (1986)
Plot Summary:
Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear war, and a feminist warrior is forced to join up with a soldier of fortune in her journey to find a rumored "paradise" as they battle gangs of rampaging bandits.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, independent film, exciting, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, cult film
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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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Escape from L.A. (1996)
Plot Summary:
This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his daughter, part of a resistance movement, steals the control unit for a doomsday weapon, Snake again gets tapped to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, futuristic, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, cyber, grindhouse
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Escape from New York (1981)
Plot Summary:
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict, Snake Plissken, to rescue him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, serious, rough, dark, stylized, allegory, retro