Post-Apocalyptic Movies

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Hey everyone,

I like the post-apocalyptic movie genre. Can anyone recommend some good 'newer' post-apocalyptic movies (1990s - present). I really really really enjoyed The Road, Book of Eli and I Am Legend, so anything along those lines would be wonderful.

Bonus points to anyone who can suggest a good post-apocalyptic TV series (i.e., Jericho, Walking Dead).

Thank you all.

P.S., apologies if there's already a thread on this topic, but I did a quick search and couldn't find anything.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Kevin Costner made two of them. One really sucked (Waterworld) but I think The Postman is a really good movie.

[Yeah_Baby]

The Road is awesome.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Also, I know you said 90's to present, but I have to assume you've seen Mad Max and The Road Warrior. If not, you must.

[DownhillGoat]

Might be more on the sci-fi end of it than you're looking for, but Starship Troopers, Equilibrium, Pitch Black, Titan AE.

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Kevin Costner made two of them. One really sucked (Waterworld) but I think The Postman is a really good movie.

Oh no no no. The Postman is every bit as bad (probably worse) than Waterworld. At least the concept for Waterworld was sort of decent, but The Postman was beyond brutal. Please do yourself a favor and avoid it like the plague; it's also quite long if I remember right.

[Knalus]

I love them too. Looking forward to the other responses, even/especially the older ones.

One somewhat obscure one, I like Cyborg, a jean-Claude van dam movie. He rarely speaks in it, so that's a plus.

For tv series, also kinda obscure, Jeremiah is a good one. All the adults died 15 years ago.

On Netflix, the bbc series Survivors has had a good start so far.

[Ben_in_Canada]

Doomsday.

[MrMastodonFarm]

I'm just going to go and thank every post in this thread, might be one of my favorite topics.

[Flabbibulin]

heres a list of of them, but a lot pre-1990:

http://www.imdb.com/list/2WCgJcXeSEQ/

[MrMastodonFarm]

Children of Men!

Crap, I should have said that right away.

I feel shame I didn't, true shame.

[Gozer]

Idiocracy

[GreatWhiteEbola]

2 words...Steel Dawn

[Flabbibulin]

Anyone else see this as a kid:



Saw it when I was young and amazed. As an adult though, its just bad. It's post-apocalyptic, but involves time travel and what not..

edit: on second thought, it may be more cyberpunk than post-apocalyptic

[MrMastodonFarm]

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Children of Men!

Feel-good movie of the year.

[Francis's Hairpiece]

Blood of Heroes (aka Salute of the Jugger)

Nemesis

[Gozer]

Anyone watch Event Horizon recently?

I remember liking it years ago, I wonder if it's aged well.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Gozer

Anyone watch Event Horizon recently?

Oddly enough I watched it about a month ago. Enjoyed it more now then when it came out, actually.

Awesome movie.

[Dion]

I know you said 1990s - present, but there's a movie you have to see. It stars Charlton Heston - Soylent Green.



Soylent Green is a 1973 science fiction movie depicting a dystopian future in which overpopulation leads to depleted resources, which in turn leads to widespread unemployment and poverty. Real fruit, vegetables and meat are rare, expensive commodities, and much of the population survives on processed food rations, including "soylent green" wafers.

The film overlays the science fiction and police procedural genres as it depicts the efforts of New York City police detective Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston) and elderly police researcher Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson) to investigate the brutal murder of a wealthy businessman named William R. Simonson (Joseph Cotten). Thorn and Roth uncover clues which suggest that it is more than simply a bungled burglary.

The film, which is loosely based upon the 1966 science fiction novel Make Room! Make Room!, by Harry Harrison, won the Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film in 1973. (Wikipedia)