The 100+ Apocalyptic Films That Didn't Quite Make the Top 200 List (Categorized!)
by emleml | created - 07 Jun 2015 | updated - 12 Oct 2022 | PublicYou may start by looking at The 200+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!). The films with a slightly lower rating make this list. These films all focus on the potential end of the world including accidental, viral outbreak, post-apocalyptic, nuclear, aliens, machines and environmental catastrophes. To be included, the film must have at least 5000 votes (except very old films) and an IMDB rating of 6.0 or higher.
You can also amuse yourself with Possibly, the Worst Ever 50+ Apocalyptic Films!
Each film has one or more apocalyptic categories such as Accidental, Post-Nuclear War, Viral Outbreak, Dystopian Future, Man versus Machine, Environmental, Alien Invasion, Monster/Zombie...Enjoy and feel free to send comments and additions!
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1. Vesper (2022)
Not Rated | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Struggling to survive with her father after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, 13-year-old Vesper must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future.
Directors: Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper | Stars: Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Rosy McEwen, Richard Brake
Votes: 22,353
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
2. Save Yourselves! (2020)
R | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A young Brooklyn couple head to an upstate cabin to unplug from their phones and reconnect with each other. Blissfully unaware of their surroundings, they are left to their own devices as the planet falls under attack.
Directors: Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson | Stars: Sunita Mani, John Reynolds, Ben Sinclair, John Early
Votes: 8,436
Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion
3. The Midnight Sky (2020)
PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Caoilinn Springall
Votes: 89,345
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
4. 2067 (2020)
Not Rated | 114 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
One man's journey to the future to save a dying world.
Director: Seth Larney | Stars: Aaron Glenane, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten, Finn Little
Votes: 11,746
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
5. Edge of Extinction (2020)
141 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
15 years after World War III, the nuclear winter is over, but mankind is on the verge of extinction. Civilisation no longer exists, food is scarce and most eke out a living by stealing and ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Gilbert | Stars: Luke Hobson, Georgie Smibert, Chris Kaye, Bryn Hodgen
Votes: 1,791
Also known as: Edge Of Extinction Apocalyptic categories: Post-Nuclear War, Dystopian Future
6. I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The apocalypse proves a blessing in disguise for one lucky recluse--until a second survivor arrives with the threat of companionship.
Director: Reed Morano | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Elle Fanning, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 12,584
Apocalyptic categories: Catastrophe, Dystopian Future
7. Extinction (2018)
TV-MA | 95 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A father has a recurring dream of losing his family. His nightmare turns into reality when the planet is invaded by a force bent on destruction. Fighting for their lives, he comes to realize an unknown strength to keep them safe from harm.
Director: Ben Young | Stars: Michael Peña, Lizzy Caplan, Amelia Crouch, Erica Tremblay
Votes: 57,598
Apocalyptic categories: Sci-Fi View of the Future, Alien Invasion, Man versus Machine
8. The Domestics (2018)
R | 95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
In the weeks following an apocalyptic event, a husband and wife venture across the countryside inhabited by deadly factions in search of safety, and must work together as they are pushed to the breaking point in order to survive.
Director: Mike P. Nelson | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Tyler Hoechlin, Sonoya Mizuno, Lance Reddick
Votes: 10,610
Apocalyptic category: Post-Apocalyptic Poisoning Event, Dystopian Future
9. How It Ends (2018)
TV-MA | 113 min | Action, Drama, Horror
In the midst of an apocalypse, a man struggles to reach his pregnant fiancé, who is thousands of miles away.
Director: David M. Rosenthal | Stars: Theo James, Kat Graham, Nancy Sorel, Nicole Ari Parker
Votes: 58,592
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
10. What Still Remains (2018)
TV-14 | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long destroyed by disease.
Director: Josh Mendoza | Stars: Lulu Antariksa, Colin O'Donoghue, Mimi Rogers, Dohn Norwood
Votes: 2,075
Apocalyptic category: Viral Epidemic
11. The Humanity Bureau (2017)
R | 95 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A dystopian thriller set in the year 2030 that sees the world in a permanent state of economic recession and facing serious environmental problems as a result of global warming.
Director: Rob W. King | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Sarah Lind, Jakob Davies, Hugh Dillon
Votes: 12,069
Apocalyptic categories: Environmental Catastrophe, Dystopian Future
12. Geostorm (2017)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock for its creator to uncover the real threat before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out everything and everyone.
Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 118,315 | Gross: $33.70M
Apocalyptic category: Natural Catastrophe
13. The Recall (2017)
R | 90 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
When five friends vacation at a remote lake house they expect nothing less than a good time, unaware that planet Earth is under an alien invasion and mass-abduction.
Director: Mauro Borrelli | Stars: Wesley Snipes, RJ Mitte, Jedidiah Goodacre, Laura Bilgeri
Votes: 9,340 | Gross: $0.02M
Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion
14. Hostile (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange, disturbing creatures that only come out at nighttime.
Director: Mathieu Turi | Stars: Brittany Ashworth, Grégory Fitoussi, Javier Botet, Jay Benedict
Votes: 7,202
This is a placeholder as the movie has not yet been released. Who knows, it may make The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!).
15. The Worthy (2016)
99 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After the vast majority of the world's water supply is lethally contaminated, a small group of survivors who have taken refuge near a rare clean water source are thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse and must defend their lives from infiltrators who aren't what they seem.
Director: Ali F. Mostafa | Stars: Ali Suliman, Mahmoud Al Atrash, Samer al Masri, Rakeen Saad
Votes: 2,209
Apocalyptic category: Viral Outbreak
16. Here Alone (2016)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A young woman struggles to survive on her own in the wake of a mysterious epidemic that has killed much of society, and forced her deep into the unforgiving wilderness.
Director: Rod Blackhurst | Stars: Lucy Walters, Gina Piersanti, Adam David Thompson, Shane West
Votes: 7,911
Apocalyptic category: Zombie apocalypse
17. Kill Command (2016)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines.
Director: Steven Gomez | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Vanessa Kirby, David Ajala, Mike Noble
Votes: 14,998
Apocalyptic category: Man versus Machine
18. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
R | 107 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Alice returns to where the nightmare began: The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts
Votes: 100,847 | Gross: $26.83M
Apocalyptic categories: Zombie Epidemic, Accidental
Note: This is #6 in the series of 6
1 Resident Evil (2002)
2 Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
3 Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
4 Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
5 Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
6 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
19. To Survive (2014)
Not Rated | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A post-apocalyptic thriller about a heartbroken man and his new friends who must together battle marauders in order to survive in a new lawless world.
Director: Stephen Folker | Stars: Burt Culver, Ramon Bailey, Berkeley Clayborne, Glenn Harston
Votes: 170
Apocalyptic category: Sci-Fi View of the Future
20. Refuge: American Apocalypse (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 74 min | Thriller
Refuge is a suspense-thriller about a family struggling to survive in the wake of a great catastrophic event.
Director: Andrew Robertson | Stars: Carter Roy, Amy Rutberg, Eva Grace Kellner, Chris Kies
Votes: 616
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
21. Into the Forest (2015)
R | 101 min | Drama, Thriller
After a massive power outage, two sisters learn to survive on their own in their isolated woodland home.
Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Elliot Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie
Votes: 22,089 | Gross: $0.01M
Apocalyptic categories: Catastrophe, View of the Future
22. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe
Votes: 188,599 | Gross: $103.14M
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
23. Pandemic (2016)
TV-MA | 91 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A New York doctor travels with her team to Los Angeles to find survivors of a worldwide pandemic.
Director: John Suits | Stars: Rachel Nichols, Alfie Allen, Missi Pyle, Mekhi Phifer
Votes: 8,468
Apocalyptic category: Viral Epidemic
24. The 5th Wave (2016)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth in ruin. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother.
Director: J Blakeson | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez, Bailey Anne Borders
Votes: 117,179 | Gross: $34.92M
Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion
25. The Rezort (2015)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The ReZort, a safari park, offers paying guests the opportunity to kill as many zombies as they please following an outbreak.
Director: Steve Barker | Stars: Dougray Scott, Jessica De Gouw, Martin McCann, Claire Goose
Votes: 9,804
Apocalyptic categories: Zombie apocalypse, Dystopian Future
26. Jupiter Ascending (2015)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean
Votes: 194,438 | Gross: $47.39M
Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion
27. After the World Ended (2015)
90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An astronaut crashes in the middle of nowhere. A young woman searches for her family in an abandoned urban wasteland. A prisoner prepares for a space program that will make him the first human being on Mars.
Director: Tony Sebastian Ukpo | Stars: Haruka Abe, Vera Chok, Gabby Wong, Tino Orsini
Votes: 62
Apocalyptic categories: Post Nuclear War, Sci-Fi View of the Future
28. Dead Rising: Watchtower (2015)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Horror
An ineffective vaccine fails to stop an epidemic which is turning people into zombies. The survivors organize themselves to escape from the living dead.
Director: Zach Lipovsky | Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory, Virginia Madsen, Keegan Connor Tracy
Votes: 9,466
Apocalyptic category: Zombie Epidemic
29. Extinction (2015)
R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
Director: Miguel Ángel Vivas | Stars: Matthew Fox, Jeffrey Donovan, Quinn McColgan, Clara Lago
Votes: 17,876
Apocalyptic category: Viral Epidemic
30. Maggie (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side.
Director: Henry Hobson | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson, Laura Cayouette
Votes: 46,684 | Gross: $0.19M
Apocalyptic category: Viral Epidemic Note: Not really a zombie movie although this is a secondary theme.
31. Noah (2014)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson
Votes: 266,910 | Gross: $101.20M
Apocalyptic category: Biblical Apocalypse
32. Young Ones (2014)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Set in the future when water is hard to find, a teenage boy sets out to protect his family and survive.
Director: Jake Paltrow | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Shannon, Elle Fanning
Votes: 10,347
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
33. [REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
An ill-fated television reporter is rescued and sent on a voyage across the ocean, but she is followed by the deadly virus that has plagued her and numerous others.
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Manuela Velasco, Paco Manzanedo, Héctor Colomé, Ismael Fritschi
Votes: 20,079 | Gross: $0.00M
Apocalyptic category: Viral Epidemic
34. The Last Survivors (2014)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A teenage girl fights to protect the last working well in a drought-stricken valley from a greedy water baron.
Director: Tom Hammock | Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Booboo Stewart, Max Charles, Nicole Arianna Fox
Votes: 3,913
a.k.a. The Well
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
This film also appears on Revenge Movies.
35. Alien Outpost (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion.
Director: Jabbar Raisani | Stars: Adrian Paul, Reiley McClendon, Brandon Auret, Andy Davoli
Votes: 6,521
Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion
36. After the Dark (2013)
R | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.
Director: John Huddles | Stars: James D'Arcy, Sophie Lowe, Daryl Sabara, Freddie Stroma
Votes: 23,540
Apocalyptic category: Post-Nuclear War
37. Rapture-Palooza (2013)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Two teens battle their way through a religious apocalypse on a mission to defeat the Antichrist.
Director: Paul Middleditch | Stars: Craig Robinson, Anna Kendrick, John Francis Daley, Rob Corddry
Votes: 12,444
Apocalyptic category: Biblical Apocalypse
38. The Colony (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
Director: Jeff Renfroe | Stars: Kevin Zegers, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton, Charlotte Sullivan
Votes: 47,098
Apocalyptic categories: Environmental Catastrophe, Dystopian Future
39. The Host (2013)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder risks everything to protect the people she cares about.
Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel, Diane Kruger
Votes: 118,528 | Gross: $26.63M
Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion
40. Goodbye World (2013)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
When a mysterious terrorist attack causes chaos in the cities, a group of friends take refuge in their countryside cabin. But the challenges of living in a post-apocalyptic world soon take their toll on relationships within the group.
Director: Denis Henry Hennelly | Stars: Adrian Grenier, Kid Cudi, Mckenna Grace, Kerry Bishé
Votes: 7,357
Apocalyptic category: Catastrophe
41. The Dead 2: India (2013)
R | 98 min | Horror
An infectious epidemic spreads through India as an American turbine engineer learns that his pregnant girlfriend is trapped near the slums of Mumbai. Now he must battle his way across a 300mile wasteland of the ravenous undead.
Directors: Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford | Stars: Joseph Millson, Meenu Mishra, Anand Krishna Goyal, Sandip Datta Gupta
Votes: 2,148
Apocalyptic category: Zombie Epidemic Note: Sequel to The Dead (2010)
42. Bounty Killer (2013)
R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Bounty killers compete for body count, fame and a fat stack of cash. They're ending the plague of corporate greed and providing the survivors of the apocalypse with retribution. This is the age of the BOUNTY KILLER.
Director: Henry Saine | Stars: Matthew Marsden, Kristanna Loken, Christian Pitre, Barak Hardley
Votes: 7,511
Apocalyptic category: Post-Nuclear War
43. The Returned (2013)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In a post-zombie world, where the infected live normal lives, their retroviral drug is running out.
Director: Manuel Carballo | Stars: Emily Hampshire, Kris Holden-Ried, Shawn Doyle, Claudia Bassols
Votes: 8,765
Apocalyptic categories: Zombie Epidemic, Viral Epidemic
44. Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A gang of bank robbers fight their way out of a zombie-infested London.
Director: Matthias Hoene | Stars: Rasmus Hardiker, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Ryan, Ashley Thomas
Votes: 20,259
Apocalyptic category: Zombie Epidemic
45. Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
R | 95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Alice fights alongside a resistance movement to regain her freedom from an Umbrella Corporation testing facility.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez, Aryana Engineer
Votes: 150,005 | Gross: $42.35M
Apocalyptic categories: Zombie Epidemic, Accidental
Note: This is #5 in the series of 6
1 Resident Evil (2002)
2 Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
3 Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
4 Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
5 Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
6 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
46. The Divide (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Director: Xavier Gens | Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 38,543 | Gross: $0.02M
Apocalyptic category: Post-Nuclear War Note: Sometimes difficult to watch but realistic good acting and worth the watch.
47. Battle Los Angeles (2011)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.
Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ramón Rodríguez
Votes: 185,096 | Gross: $83.55M
Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion
48. The Day (I) (2011)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A group of five people working to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future discover what they think is a safe, abandoned farmhouse, but they soon find themselves fighting to stay alive as a gang of bloodthirsty predators attack.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Shawn Ashmore, Brianna Barnes, Ashley Bell, Brayden Edwards
Votes: 13,303 | Gross: $0.02M
Apocalyptic category: Human versus Mutant
49. Hell (2011)
R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the not too distant future, people struggle to survive their greatest enemy, the sun.
Director: Tim Fehlbaum | Stars: Lilo Baur, Marco Calamandrei, Lisa Vicari, Lars Eidinger
Votes: 12,384
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
50. Deadheads (2011)
R | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror
Two inexplicably coherent zombies awake amidst a zombie attack, and decide to take a road trip to find the one's lost love, unaware they are being chased by the agents of a ruthless company with its own agenda.
Directors: Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce | Stars: Michael McKiddy, Ross Kidder, Markus Taylor, Sebastian Galasso
Votes: 5,532
Apocalyptic category: (Comedy) Zombie Epidemic
51. State of Emergency (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Chaos consumes a small town when a chemical facility explodes releasing a deadly toxin. Moments after the leak, the town's residents show signs of mutation, causing the military to ... See full summary »
Director: Turner Clay | Stars: Jay Hayden, Tori White, Scott Lilly, Kathryn Todd Norman
Votes: 3,165
Apocalyptic categories: Zombie Epidemic, Viral Epidemic
52. Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
R | 96 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
While still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors living in a prison surrounded by the infected who also want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Kim Coates
Votes: 179,082 | Gross: $60.13M
Apocalyptic categories: Zombie Epidemic, Accidental
Note: This is #4 in the series of 6
1 Resident Evil (2002)
2 Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
3 Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
4 Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
5 Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
6 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
53. Legion (2010)
R | 100 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
When a group of strangers at a dusty roadside diner come under attack by demonic forces, their only chance for survival lies with an archangel named Michael, who informs a pregnant waitress that her unborn child is humanity's last hope.
Director: Scott Stewart | Stars: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Charles S. Dutton, Lucas Black
Votes: 111,873 | Gross: $40.17M
Apocalyptic category: Biblical Apocalypse
54. The Dead (2010)
R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An American mercenary, the sole survivor of a plane crash, has to run the gauntlet across Africa, battling with the living dead.
Directors: Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford | Stars: Rob Freeman, Prince David Osei, David Dontoh, Ben Crowe
Votes: 9,640
Apocalyptic category: Zombie Epidemic Note: Followed by The Dead 2: India (2013)
55. 2012 (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet
Votes: 397,497 | Gross: $166.11M
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe Note: The special effects are amazingly realistic but the film is unrealistic with near miss after near miss.
56. One Hundred Mornings (2009)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Set in a world upended by a complete breakdown of society, two couples hide out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive this crisis.
Director: Conor Horgan | Stars: Ciarán McMenamin, Alex Reid, Kelly Campbell, Rory Keenan
Votes: 511
Apocalyptic category: Dystopian Future
57. The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A remake of the 1951 classic science fiction film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith
Votes: 178,438 | Gross: $79.37M
Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion Note the movie is a less successful remake of the original The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
58. Babylon A.D. (2008)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Veteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 98,445 | Gross: $22.53M
Apocalyptic category: Biblical Apocalypse
59. The Happening (2008)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez
Votes: 216,345 | Gross: $64.51M
Apocalyptic category: Viral Epidemic
60. The Invasion (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 99 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond
Votes: 82,627 | Gross: $15.07M
Apocalyptic categories: Alien Invasion, Viral Epidemic
61. Diary of the Dead (2007)
R | 95 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Michelle Morgan, Joshua Close, Shawn Roberts, Todd Schroeder
Votes: 49,221 | Gross: $0.96M
Apocalyptic category: Zombie Epidemic
62. End of the Line (II) (2007)
95 min | Horror, Thriller
Karen boards a late-night train and fights with several other passengers to survive a murderous night after becoming trapped in a tunnel.
Director: Maurice Devereaux | Stars: Ilona Elkin, Nicolas Wright, Neil Napier, Emily Shelton
Votes: 5,136
Apocalyptic categories: Biblical Apocalypse, Murderous Cult
Note: too few votes to make The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!).
63. Southland Tales (2006)
R | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
During a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Carlos Amezcua
Votes: 40,612 | Gross: $0.28M
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
64. La hora fría (2006)
92 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
8-year-old Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptic war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo, gays Lucas and Mateo... See full summary »
Director: Elio Quiroga | Stars: Silke, Omar Muñoz, Pepo Oliva, Carola Manzanares
Votes: 1,971
Apocalyptic category: Post-Nuclear War Note: too few votes to make The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!).
65. Æon Flux (2005)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Æon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government. When she is sent on a mission to kill the Chairman, a whole new mystery is found.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo, Marton Csokas
Votes: 132,722 | Gross: $25.87M
Apocalyptic category: Dystopian Future
66. Dreamcatcher (2003)
R | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis
Votes: 96,420 | Gross: $33.72M
Apocalyptic categories: Alien Invasion, Viral Epidemic
67. The Core (2003)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Bruce Greenwood
Votes: 107,235 | Gross: $31.19M
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
68. Dragon Head (2003)
R | 122 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A teenage boy wakes up and finds himself on a train. He vaguely remembers being on a class trip when something terrible happened, and he is one of the few survivors.
Director: Jôji Iida | Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Sayaka Kanda, Takayuki Yamada, Naohito Fujiki
Votes: 833
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
69. The Time Machine (2002)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
Director: Simon Wells | Stars: Guy Pearce, Yancey Arias, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law
Votes: 130,322 | Gross: $56.68M
Apocalyptic category: Dystopian Future
70. Planet of the Apes (2001)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 2029, an Air Force astronaut crash-lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominate a race of primitive humans.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 228,795 | Gross: $180.01M
Apocalyptic categories: Post-Nuclear War, Dystopian Future Note: This is a remake (although less successful) of the original Planet of the Apes (1968)
71. The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000 Video)
R | 84 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
As the war between Heaven and Earth rages on, the half-human, half-angel Danyael is mankind's only hope against a diabolical angel that wants to destroy them all.
Director: Patrick Lussier | Stars: Christopher Walken, Vincent Spano, Davino Buzzotta, Kayren Butler
Votes: 5,790
Apocalyptic category: Biblical Apocalypse
72. Virus (1999)
R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After outrunning a typhoon at sea, a strong-willed tugboat navigator and her crew discover a high-tech alien life form that's taken control of a Russian research vessel and aims to destroy on a massive scale.
Director: John Bruno | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Joanna Pacula
Votes: 29,909 | Gross: $14.01M
Apocalyptic category: Alien Invasion
73. End of Days (1999)
R | 122 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 116,672 | Gross: $66.89M
Apocalyptic category: Biblical Apocalypse
74. The Prophecy II (1998 Video)
R | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
When the powers of good and evil again descend to Earth in a battle over mankind, the only hope for survival is the unborn child of an innocent woman. With the help of a mysterious stranger, she races to protect her child and save mankind.
Director: Greg Spence | Stars: Christopher Walken, Russell Wong, Jennifer Beals, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 8,179
Apocalyptic category: Biblical Apocalypse
75. The Postman (1997)
R | 177 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams
Votes: 78,254 | Gross: $17.63M
Apocalyptic category: Post-Nuclear War
76. Escape from L.A. (1996)
R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, A.J. Langer
Votes: 80,479 | Gross: $25.48M
Apocalyptic category: Dystopian Future Note: The first film in the series (better) Escape from New York (1981) is on the list The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!)
77. Judge Dredd (1995)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 124,835 | Gross: $34.69M
Apocalyptic category: Dystopian Future
78. Tank Girl (1995)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining potable water supply of the planet.
Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Don Harvey
Votes: 34,731 | Gross: $4.06M
Apocalyptic categories: (Comedy) Post-Nuclear War, Dystopian Future
79. Without Warning (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Sci-Fi
3 fragments of an asteroid hit USA, China and France. The events are covered by TV news reports. More meteors come. Is it natural events or alien aggression?
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Sander Vanocur, Jane Kaczmarek, Bree Walker, Dwier Brown
Votes: 1,489
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe Note: too few votes to make The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!).
80. Neon City (1991)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
"Mad Max" clone set in the not-too-distant future about a group of people trying to escape to a safe haven called Neon City after a solar disaster that has decimated the Earth.
Director: Monte Markham | Stars: Michael Ironside, Vanity, Lyle Alzado, Valerie Wildman
Votes: 1,243
Apocalyptic categories: Accident, Dystopian Future
81. The Rapture (1991)
R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A telephone operator living an empty, amoral life finds God and loses him again.
Director: Michael Tolkin | Stars: Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Darwyn Carson, Patrick Bauchau
Votes: 6,028 | Gross: $1.28M
Apocalyptic category: Biblical Apocalypse Note: too few votes to make The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!).
82. Hardware (1990)
R | 94 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, Carl McCoy
Votes: 16,434 | Gross: $5.73M
Apocalyptic categories: Post-Nuclear War, Man versus Machine
83. Spirits of the Air: Gremlins of the Clouds (1987)
96 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Brother and sister endure alone together in a post-apocalyptic Outback until the sudden arrival of a stranger.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Michael Lake, Melissa Davis, Norman Boyd, Rhys Davis
Votes: 780
Apocalyptic category: Post Nuclear War
84. Millennium (1989)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An NTSB investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster meets a warrior woman from 1000 years in the future.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti, Robert Joy
Votes: 6,956 | Gross: $5.78M
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
85. The Blood of Heroes (1989)
R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.
Director: David Webb Peoples | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy Lindo, Anna Katarina
Votes: 7,565 | Gross: $0.88M
Apocalyptic categories: Post-Nuclear War, Dystopian Future
86. The Seventh Sign (1988)
R | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Abby Quinn is eagerly awaiting childbirth but is haunted by dreams where she suffers a miscarriage. When she decides to rent a room to a mysterious stranger, she realizes a chain of events that will unleash the end of humanity.
Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman
Votes: 15,663 | Gross: $18.88M
Apocalyptic category: Biblical Apocalypse
87. World Gone Wild (1987)
R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In the nuclear ravaged wasteland of Earth 2087 water is as precious as life itself. The isolated Lost Wells outpost survived the holocaust and the inhabitants guard the source of their ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Bruce Dern, Michael Paré, Catherine Mary Stewart, Adam Ant
Votes: 1,067 | Gross: $0.31M
Apocalyptic category: Post-Nuclear War
88. Fist of the North Star (1986)
Not Rated | 110 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In a post-nuclear hellscape, a master of the deadly martial art "Hokuto Shinken" allies with two kids and an expert in "Nanto Suicho-Ken" to battle the tyrants who kidnapped his lover.
Director: Toyoo Ashida | Stars: Akira Kamiya, Yuriko Yamamoto, Kenji Utsumi, Chikao Ôtsuka
Votes: 7,281
Apocalyptic categories: Post-Nuclear War, Dystopian Future Note: too few votes to make The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!).
89. Radioactive Dreams (1984)
R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a nuclear war, Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent fifteen years on their own in a bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, nineteen-years-old,... See full summary »
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: John Stockwell, Michael Dudikoff, Michele Little, Lisa Blount
Votes: 1,941 | Gross: $0.22M
Apocalyptic category: Post-Nuclear War Note: too few votes to make The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!).
90. The Noah's Ark Principle (1984)
100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Near the end of the 20th century, WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) are retired. However, certain factions plan to use a science space station as a weapon against each other. The astronauts inside will decide the world's fate.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Richy Müller, Franz Buchrieser, Aviva Joel, Matthias Fuchs
Votes: 1,104
Apocalyptic category: View of the Future Note: (German) Translated: The Noah's Ark Principle
91. Malevil (1981)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A group of ordinary French survived a nuclear war and found themselves in the face of what was left of civilization.
Director: Christian de Chalonge | Stars: Michel Serrault, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Villeret, Robert Dhéry
Votes: 961
Apocalyptic category: Post-Nuclear War Note: French - too few votes to make The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!).
92. Virus (1980)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Masao Kusakari, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao Natsuyagi, Shin'ichi Chiba
Votes: 3,041
Apocalyptic category: Viral Epidemic Note: Language is Japanese; English title: Virus Note: too few votes to make The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!).
93. Quintet (1979)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson
Votes: 3,572
Apocalyptic category: Environmental Catastrophe
94. Damnation Alley (1977)
PG | 91 min | Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield
Votes: 5,868 | Gross: $8.72M
Apocalyptic category: Post-Nuclear War
95. The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
R | 94 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Virus holocaust is not the only plague that threatens our future. New York City, 2012 A.D. In a plague devastated world, one tired man finds a reason to fight.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Yul Brynner, Max von Sydow, Joanna Miles, William Smith
Votes: 2,293
Apocalyptic category: Post-Nuclear War
96. Zardoz (1974)
R | 105 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In the late 23rd century, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton
Votes: 24,534 | Gross: $0.07M
Apocalyptic category: Dystopian Future
97. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
G | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Ten years after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden
Votes: 33,650 | Gross: $8.84M
Apocalyptic categories: Post-Nuclear War, Dystopian Future Note: This is #5 of the 5 original Planet of the Apes movies. The other 4 made the The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!) list. The full 5 in the series are: 1 Planet of the Apes (1968) 2 Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) 3 Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) 4 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) 5 Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
98. The Final Programme (1973)
R | 81 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A trio of scientists plan to create a self-replicating, immortal, hermaphrodite using the Final Programme developed by a dead, Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre, Sterling Hayden, Harry Andrews
Votes: 1,078
Apocalyptic category: Human versus Mutant
99. The Seed of Man (1969)
113 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young couple argue about having a child in the days after a global plague wipes out most of Earth's population.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Anne Wiazemsky, Marzio Margine, Rada Rassimov, Maria Teresa Piaggio
Votes: 554
Apocalyptic category: Viral Epidemic Note: Italian (original title: ll seme dell'uomo) too few votes to make The 180+ Best Apocalyptic Films Rated 6+ (Categorized!).
100. The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
Approved | 75 min | Sci-Fi
In a post holocaust society, robots take it on their own to help the dying human race by giving them android bodies.
Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Don Megowan, Erica Elliott, Frances McCann, Don Doolittle
Votes: 1,522
Apocalyptic categories: Post-Nuclear War, Man versus Machine, Dystopian Future
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