What are some good post-apocalyptic movies?
I'm sticking with films that really are about, and primarily center around, a post-apocalyptic world, not films leading up to it or with only a few minor scenes in the apocalyptic landscape, or films in which the "apocalyptic" situation is not global. Also, some films are technically during a period that's after a global apocalyptic situation, but that setting is not really dominant in the settings or isn't the primary operating "reality"/world of the story -- like the Matrix films, which are set in a post-apocalyptic land but also have as their real main operating "world" the computerized Matrix itself, so it feels less like the apocalypse is a consistent dominant thematic element.Anyway, I think people who are usually seeking out post-apocalyptic fare are looking for a certain kind of setting and focus and feel to the films, and as such I like to try and stick more strictly to that kind of film for my own listing of films of this type.Some of the best feature films:The RoadMad MaxThe Road WarriorTerminator: Salvation (the other films in the series didn't have enough story taking place in the post-apocalyptic period, so I personally don't count those)Twelve MonkeysDawn of the Dead (both versions)A Boy and His DogWALL-EOn the Beach2012Notable great TV movies:Threads (a horrifying, UK equivalent of The Day After but far more realistic and nightmarish)The Day AfterWhen the Wind BlowsThe Stand
Is Apocalypse Now a good movie?
For American History class I have to watch a movie... Apocalypse Now is on the list. The name of the movie just grabbed my attention. Is it a good movie? Is there lots of suspense in it? Is it action-y... any violence... blood? Ok... thx :)
Why aren't there any realistic apocalypse movies?
Movies about an apocalypse are always ridiculous. Why can't they make something realistic; for example something like the ''Dinosaur extinction'' but on humans. Make an asteroid crash without ridiculous Bruce Willis hero crap. Make it on the perspective of normal people away from the explosion. Have the asteroid throw so much dust in the air that plants don't grow for 10 years [like the dinosaurs]. By the 2nd month make food prices go to the sky, by 3 months they know nothing will grow for 10 years so food stops selling, people start killing each other, cannibalism, no more government structure since there's no food, etc.
GOOD movies about the world ending, Apocalypse, or scary movies on netflix ?
2012 The Day After Tomorrow The Happening Melancholia Knowing I Am Legend 28 Days Later 28 Weeks Later Dawn of the Dead Diary of the Dead Day of the Dead Zombieland (more a comedy though but its good) Apollo 18 the Alien series Predator Monsters Splice The Day the Earth Stood Still Cloverfield District 9 The Invasion Signs Equilibrium The Butterfly Effect Splinter Carriers The Crazies The Descent REC The Grudge The Ring The Woman in Black Dark Water Battle Royale American Psycho Final Destination Ginger Snaps Let the Right One In Pulse Dog Soldiers Jeepers Creepers The Hills Have Eyes Creep Shutter Shaun of the Dead The Amityville Horror Land of the Dead Pan's Labyrinth
What are some good post-apocalyptic novels or movies?
Try George R Stewart's award-winning Earth Abides from the early 50s (aka nuclear annihilation heyday), which was rumored to be the inspiration for Stephen King's The Stand. It's also old enough to be widely available used.I also enjoyed David Brin's The Postman as a novel, though I've heard some dreadful things about the movie adaptation and haven't seen it. Brin's a great "hard sci-fi" novelist, so it's very realistic. It's about the slow reorganization of society after an apocalypse where a survivor having a (stolen) postal uniform provides a basis for being given some undeserved but implied authority, and how he eventually accepts their need for someone who can help them believe that things will eventually return closer to "normal."Also the television series "Jericho" had some good moments of nuclear survivors in the heartland trying to figure out what happened to their world. Not a book or movie, I know, but some good acting and some interesting plot turns.I'll also second "A Canticle for Liebowitz" as a great read.And if you haven't seen "A Boy and His Dog" starring the young Don Johnson, written by Harlan Ellison and produced by our family friend, the late Alvy Moore (aka Hank Kimball, the county agricultural agent on Green Acres), you're missing something special and VERY weird (also dirt cheap on Amazon).One last thought, Tank Girl (Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts) is pretty close competition to the above, it started out as a graphically great comic that got a 1995 movie adaptation. The comic is ppobably better, but the movie is very lively and odd.Or Charlton Heston as the last actor, er, man in the world in Omega Man? Not one of my favorites, but he can overact with the best of them...Or one of my early childhood SF favorites, Alas, Babylon - Florida nuclear post-apocalypse (pre-Disney) - note foreword by David Brin of the above Postman...
Best zombie/post apocalypse movies? ?
OMG im obsessed with zombie movies <3 some good ones are Dawn of the Dead 28 Weeks Later 28 Days Later Resident Evil Resident Evil: Apocalypse Resident Evil: Extinction Resident Evil: Degeneration Zombie Honeymoon (this one is ammmazing if your stoned ;] ) Boy Eats Girl Land of the Dead The Plague Shaun of the Dead
Best Zombie Apocalypse movies from the 21st century?
My personal favourite : - Warm Bodies The other you might like : - Zombieland 1 - Zombieland 2 - Resident Evil - Death Snow (2009) - Land of Death (2005) Hopes helped.. ^_^
During apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic movies, where are the nations outside of America, like China, Mexico, or Canada?
Well it depends on the movie.If the movie is a zombie movie in America, then you can safely assume a zombie crisis is going on all over the world. One of the reasons they don't show other nations is because many people don't have a preference, and some even like having no outside knowledge. But if you are very interested there are plenty of movies that take place globally.An example of this would be 2011’s Contagipn. Contagion is about a virus that sweeps across the world. Even though the main storyline takes place in Minnesota, they show many places including Hong Kong, London, the CDC, and even a rural Asian village.Also a big reason is because it would cost more. Take AMC’s Walking Dead for example. The main storyline takes place in Georgia and Virginia it does not show anywhere else. The TV show was shot in Atlanta since that's where the comic book series took place, but they could of still shown the outside world. So think about it if they shot a scene with tons of zombies in Beijing it would cost more money, even if it was green screened. But in this they’re just filming in the country.So there's many reasons including budget, directors preferences, etc.