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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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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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Warning (2021)
Plot Summary:
Loneliness, death and the meaning of life, explored through vastly separate lives colliding in interweaving short stories set in future Earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: surreal, apocalyptic
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The Noah (1975)
Plot Summary:
Noah, the sole remaining survivor on our planet after a nuclear holocaust, finds himself unable to to accept his unique predicament. To cope with his loneliness, he creates an imaginary companion, then a companion for his companion and finally an entire civilization - a world of illusion in which there is no reality but Noah, no rules but those of the extinct world of his memory - our world. Written by Daniel Bourla.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, existential, mystic, avant garde, allegory, independent film, cult film
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Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967)
Plot Summary:
A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress born before the war, eventually stumbling into the company of a lonely old man.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, surreal, psychotronic
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The Last Man (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on a novel by Mary Shelley.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, exciting
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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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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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Ladybug Ladybug (1963)
Plot Summary:
Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or mistaken.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, apocalyptic, psychotronic, allegory, disaster movie
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Shelter (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a cataclysmic event, five strangers sealed inside an emergency shelter with all the comforts of home must learn to cope with their situation and with each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: disaster movie
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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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On the Beach (2000)
Plot Summary:
The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: tense, apocalyptic, serious, suspense, exciting, gloomy, psychotronic, disaster movie
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Countdown to Looking Glass (1984)
Plot Summary:
A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the perspective of an on-going news broadcast.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, tragic ending, mockumentary, disaster movie
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Visitor of a Museum (1989)
Plot Summary:
It is the future, the world is in ruins and a large portion of the population consists of deformed mutants living in reservations. In this world a man decides to spend his vacation visiting the ruins of a museum that is now buried under the sea.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, surreal, weird, eighties, bizarre
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Dead Man's Letters (1986)
Plot Summary:
In a world after the nuclear apocalypse a scholar helps a small group of children and adults survive, staying with them in the basement of the former museum of history. In his mind he writes letters to his son — though it is obvious that they will never be read.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychedelic, depressing, spiritual, mind blowing, poetic, twisted, eighties
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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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Fail Safe (2000)
Plot Summary:
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, political, psychological, apocalyptic, realistic, political thriller, disaster movie
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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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Embers (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, social, realistic
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Puzzlehead (2005)
Plot Summary:
In a post apocalyptic world where technology is outlawed, Walter, a reclusive scientist, secretly creates a self-aware android, "Puzzlehead". Jealously erupts when Puzzlehead wins the affection of Julia, the beautiful shopgirl that Walter has longed for. The resulting sci-fi love triangle is a Frankensteinian fable that traps all three in a web of deception and the ultimate betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense, surreal, cyber, bleak, independent film
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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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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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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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Right at Your Door (2006)
Plot Summary:
A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, rough, serious, apocalyptic, futuristic, twisted, surprise ending, independent film, scary
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A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Plot Summary:
Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog Blood are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War 4, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: cult classic, surreal, humorous, futuristic, tense, disturbing, stylized, grindhouse, dark comedy, offbeat
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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