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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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Arcadia (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the not too distant future where a deadly disease has gripped the world, Arcadia has been built as safe disease-free haven for the privileged. Outside Arcadia, the average life lasts merely 40 years - unless they can earn a place amongst the elite.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Survival Zone (1983)
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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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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The Roller Blade Seven (1991)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic society, a sword-wielding roller skater fights evil ninjas, punk roller skaters and is sent on an important rescue mission.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, 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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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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Doomsday (2015)
Plot Summary:
Achilles, a normal man infected with a disease that will bring down the Erebus rulers (human/machine hybrids) escapes back in time from 2410 to the present day where he has a chance to stop the Erebus from ever rising to power. However he is followed by the Erebus-7 who will stop at nothing to hunt him down.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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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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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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Strange New World (1975)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, cult film
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Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990)
Plot Summary:
Griffin, a rollerblader in the not so distant future of an economically wrecked Los Angeles, races against time to save both his younger brother and the city from the fate dealt out by the fascist rollerblading street gang, the Rollerboys.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, apocalyptic, cult classic, colorful, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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A Feral World (2020)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned boy in a post-apocalyptic world, meets a grieving woman who is trying to find her lost daughter. Their journey leads them face-to-face with a despot who may have the daughter held captive.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, apocalyptic, psychotronic
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This Is Not a Test (1962)
Plot Summary:
A highway patrolman stops motorists on a highway after he hears news reports of a possible nuclear attack.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: political, surreal, apocalyptic, psychotronic, independent film
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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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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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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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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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Plague (1979)
Plot Summary:
An outbreak of a bacteria called M-3 causes people to die in extreme pain via body spasms. A woman who is a carrier escapes from a hospital and goes on the run, spreading the plague to people she encounters, and onto food in fast food stops etc. She has no idea however that she is a carrier, and as such may carry a cure.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, atmospheric, independent film
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I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
Plot Summary:
After the human race has been wiped out, Del lives in an empty town, content in his solitude and the utopia he has methodically created for himself, until he meets young Grace, who wants to stay with him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychological, surprise ending, bleak, dark, suspenseful, visually stunning, road movie, sad, realistic
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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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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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Quantum Apocalypse (2010)
Plot Summary:
A group of talented but rebellious 'rock-star scientists' find themselves in a race against time to save Earth when a comet makes an unexpected turn towards our blue planet where all life may cease to exist within days if our small town heroes fail to find a solution.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, rough, apocalyptic, 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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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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No Blade of Grass (1970)
Plot Summary:
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them. Adaptation of John Christopher's novel The Death of Grass (1956).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, offbeat, depressing, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, tense, bleak, serious, captivating
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Testament (1983)
Plot Summary:
Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San Francisco. After the nuclear attack, contact with the outside world is pretty much cut off.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: depressing, bleak, disturbing, emotional, tense, apocalyptic, thought provoking, serious, touching, realistic
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The Day After (1983)
Plot Summary:
The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as several family farms situated next to nearby nuclear missile silos.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: disturbing, futuristic, apocalyptic, harsh, serious, thought provoking, psychotronic, suspense, bleak, rough
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The Postman (1997)
Plot Summary:
In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags: futuristic, serious, exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, inspirational, epic, motivational, disturbing, grindhouse
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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