Comment by Xenoamorphous
1 year ago
I love apocalyptic movies (even ones that are not considered great) but the few I started watching on Netflix were really bad.
1 year ago
I love apocalyptic movies (even ones that are not considered great) but the few I started watching on Netflix were really bad.
Can you name a good apocalyptic movie? I'm really struggling to come up with one. Twister, sort of, and that's neither good nor apocalyptic really.
Edit: Twelve Monkeys. I think that counts.
Mad Max, obviously, Night of the Comet, The Quiet Earth, A boy and his dog. I think the early 80s was a good time for the genre.
Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, and that other Charleton Heston movie with zombies that I can’t remember (not a huge fan of zombies)
The Road is a fairly recent movie that fits.
British TV had Space 1999, lots of early Doctor Who and an attempt at the Tripods series by John Christopher. By far my favorite was “Survivors” written by Terry Nation - who needs zombies when you’ve got actual problems to deal with!
British TV had Space 1999
Not be confused with Spaced (1999) :)
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> and that other Charleton Heston movie with zombies that I can’t remember
The Omega Man probably. The first adaptation of Mathesons "I am Legend". Though some people might disagree about the "Zombie" part.
There are loads, some skirt the horror genre for obvious reasons.
A quiet place, 28 days later, Children of Men
Threads (1984) — fair warning: brutal and traumatic
Snowpiercer (2013)
Melancholia (2011)
When the Wind Blows (1986)
Not that anyone is likely to see this older thread, but Earth Abides was just released as a series. I haven’t watched it yet, I hope it does the book justice.
The Book of Eli War of the Worlds 2012 Day of the Triffids (TV series) The Bodysnatchers Waterworld The Postman Contagion
The Road? Not something you ever need to watch more than once but if you want to internalize bleakness it worked for me.
I've read the book. That's enough.
Possibly (and sadly) the most realistic.
Apocalypse Now, Apocalypto
_Until the End of the World_
_The Seventh Seal_
_The Sacrifice_
_La Jetee_