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Plot Summary:
In a post-nuclear world, a happy family of ranchers is beseiged by a roving band of ne'er do well marauders who want to eat the men and mate with the women. Having already killed and eaten an entire mission full of nuns, the family has no choice but to grab their rifles and defend their homestead. Meanwhile, the lonely, nubile daughter begins to have feelings for the buff blond stranger with no family who has wandered onto the property. It's romance, intrigue, action, and violence on the dark continent!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 218
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, independent film
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The Survivalist (1987)
Plot Summary:
An atomic bomb falls in Siberia and the USA is blamed.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, independent film, cult film
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Warriors of the Apocalypse (1984)
Plot Summary:
After a nuclear war with civilization's death as a result leads an adventurer, a group of hikers on their search for the Mountain of Life. On their way they meet pygmy tribes, brutal gangs and amazon women.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic
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A Man Called Rage (1984)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a soldier of fortune enters "The Forbidden Land" to find uranium that will help save mankind. However, a rival adventurer is also after the uranium, but for his own ends.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic
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Sweetwater (1988)
Plot Summary:
Allan and Lisa flee the war-torn city of Sweetwater with their young son for the safety of the municipal dump in this sleepy war drama. They join other displaced survivors who were driven from their homes. After Lisa gives birth to another child and Allan has a fling with the prostitute Mary Diamond, he trades Lisa for a gun. Allan leads a resistance group trying to retake their city who would rather fight and die than live in exile.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic
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Angels Die Hard (1970)
Plot Summary:
Gang of bikers try to save people in a mining disaster.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film
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Angel Unchained (1970)
Plot Summary:
Angel is the biker who joins a commune of hippies near a small town. When the town rednecks attack them, Angel calls up some of his bad biker buddies to exact revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
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Aftershock (1990)
Plot Summary:
An alien visits Earth during World War III, learns English by absorbing a dictionary, and meets good and bad earthlings.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, independent film
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Escape from the Bronx (1983)
Plot Summary:
A ragtag group of people have to fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, grindhouse, grim, cult classic, action adventure, rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, fast
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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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Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
Plot Summary:
A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, grindhouse, bleak, serious, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic, campy
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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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2020 Freedom Fighters (1983)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic Texas, a band of warriors fight against a fascist regime that is trying to take control of all surviving population.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 796
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, tense, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, grindhouse, cult film
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The Aftermath (1982)
Plot Summary:
After a lengthy space mission, two astronauts (Steve Barkett and Larry Latham) return to an Earth transformed by nuclear war. As renegade gangs and mutants rule Los Angeles, the astronauts join two pretty women and a couple of kids in a growing resistance movement. This sci-fi adventure follows the men as they battle bell-bottomed biker leader Cutter and his brutal gang.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 980
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic, tense, retro, slasher, grindhouse, disgusting, 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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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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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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Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)
Plot Summary:
Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, fantasy adventure, dieselpunk, cult classic, action adventure, exciting, rough, offbeat, bleak, serious
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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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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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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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Edge of Extinction (2020)
Plot Summary:
15 years after a global apocalypse, mankind is on the verge of extinction. Civilisation no longer exists, food is scarce and most eke out a living by stealing and killing. One boy clings onto life in the desolate British countryside, where staying away from others has been key to his survival. But this self-imposed isolation comes to an abrupt end when he crosses paths with another group of survivors and faces an enemy far more savage than any of them could imagine.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: disturbing, apocalyptic, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, splatter
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Planet Earth (1974)
Plot Summary:
Planet Earth is a sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II (1973) made-for-TV movie, in which a NASA scientist, Dylan Hunt, is revived from suspended animation in the post-nuclear war United States. In Planet Earth, Dylan is now a sworn member of PAX, the colony of people who revived him. Dylan and his PAX team find another colony which is ruled by women and where all men are slaves. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and organizes a rebellion. Dylan once again has a profound influence in the new world that he finds himself in, in the year 2233.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, grindhouse, exciting, offbeat, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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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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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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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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The Domestics (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young husband and wife must fight to return home in a post-apocalyptic mid-western landscape ravaged by gangs.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, apocalyptic, bleak, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, scary
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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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Mad Max (1979)
Plot Summary:
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 218000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: road movie, futuristic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, suspenseful, stylized, cult classic, tense, brutal, harsh
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Automata (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic, cyber, suspense, retro, mind bending, experimental
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Doomsday (2008)
Plot Summary:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse, serious, road movie, splatter, cult classic