mdb-postapocalypticfuture, a list by Riz

8.1

/1085729/

79

/44948/

75

/21589/

4.2

/1198542/

97

/439/

Audience

86

/130441/

90

/51/

4.0

age 16+

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

66

6.8

/509392/

72

/27513/

71

/16405/

3.3

/515986/

65

/172/

Audience

68

/95151/

57

/34/

2.5

age 13+

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.

85

8.6

/1173608/

85

/24897/

81

/12313/

4.3

/524525/

91

/87/

Audience

95

/750532/

75

/22/

3.5

age 15+

Set ten years after the events of the original, James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action flick tells the story of a second attempt to get the rid of rebellion leader John Connor, this time targeting the boy himself. However, the rebellion has sent a reprogrammed terminator to protect Connor.

54

6.3

/276281/

67

/19615/

67

/9957/

2.9

/241094/

48

/155/

Audience

54

/62694/

43

/29/

1.5

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

72

6.8

/222242/

69

/7603/

67

/4063/

3.4

/165097/

89

/65/

Audience

70

/142544/

73

/14/

age 16+

In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.

80

7.6

/193627/

75

/6344/

74

/3452/

3.9

/136215/

93

/58/

Audience

86

/84817/

77

/15/

3.5

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

9

61

7.0

/552986/

72

/21395/

66

/10318/

3.1

/181380/

54

/260/

Audience

61

/164160/

54

/41/

2.0

age 14+

Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

70

7.1

/294244/

72

/12912/

68

/4846/

3.6

/168112/

80

/170/

Audience

72

/154359/

60

/30/

age 17+

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

53

6.5

/377200/

66

/11167/

60

/6229/

2.5

/115009/

33

/280/

Audience

53

/885519/

49

/46/

2.0

age 14+

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.

79

8.0

/646539/

79

/15333/

76

/7961/

3.9

/266457/

88

/75/

Audience

88

/391686/

75

/20/

3.0

age 17+

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

9

70

7.2

/813894/

74

/24396/

72

/15137/

3.4

/444062/

68

/215/

Audience

68

/1130704/

65

/37/

3.0

age 14+

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

77

7.1

/388890/

70

/18827/

69

/9182/

3.7

/552763/

94

/265/

Audience

72

/60689/

84

/38/

3.5

age 16+

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

72

7.2

/254129/

72

/6259/

70

/3623/

3.6

/117288/

74

/217/

Audience

68

/248720/

64

/33/

3.5

age 16+

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.

75

7.1

/157428/

72

/4735/

70

/2949/

3.6

/161468/

88

/72/

Audience

77

/73111/

76

/12/

age 16+

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

62

6.6

/167595/

70

/4395/

65

/2219/

3.2

/70592/

66

/47/

Audience

61

/81038/

45

/12/

2.5

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.

77

7.2

/272703/

73

/13467/

74

/6037/

3.4

/562451/

91

/369/

Audience

92

/3532/

71

/57/

3.0

age 14+

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

62

6.6

/386117/

69

/18476/

68

/9528/

2.9

/689079/

64

/172/

Audience

58

/8402/

51

/26/

2.5

age 16+

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

56

6.3

/209864/

66

/5903/

62

/3473/

2.8

/68236/

46

/65/

Audience

43

/230876/

56

/17/

2.5

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.

65

7.0

/147629/

72

/6716/

69

/3381/

3.4

/110839/

57

/184/

Audience

56

/282419/

60

/31/

3.0

age 12+

When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.

63

6.8

/339274/

71

/12303/

68

/5845/

3.2

/120216/

47

/210/

Audience

64

/351141/

53

/33/

3.0

age 17+

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

68

6.2

/147575/

66

/4864/

62

/2667/

3.0

/85062/

81

/54/

Audience

49

/68254/

71

/18/

4.0

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

65

6.8

/61018/

70

/1671/

66

/859/

3.3

/28851/

58

/36/

Audience

67

/44843/

53

/9/

3.0

age 13+

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.

74

6.9

/145399/

72

/9199/

73

/3857/

3.2

/216085/

94

/117/

Audience

89

/24/

63

/14/

3.0

age 13+

Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite with her, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way.

67

6.2

/103054/

60

/5714/

58

/2251/

3.2

/167990/

88

/257/

Audience

44

/20490/

78

/43/

3.5

age 18+

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

70

6.8

/243529/

69

/9512/

64

/5891/

2.9

/189954/

81

/212/

Audience

73

/131875/

60

/39/

3.5

age 14+

After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

64

6.3

/24128/

67

/709/

62

/348/

3.3

/23914/

79

/33/

Audience

58

/9335/

59

/10/

Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous "think tank," karate chop their way through flesh-eating zombies, and, of course, find time to go to the mall.

59

6.4

/69733/

70

/2789/

63

/1669/

2.9

/23083/

53

/131/

Audience

46

/64253/

58

/27/

2.5

age 8+

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.

70

6.7

/99308/

70

/6738/

66

/2437/

3.1

/71759/

88

/78/

Audience

75

/296/

64

/16/

3.0

age 14+

A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

56

6.3

/41857/

66

/4828/

60

/1124/

3.0

/10656/

43

/7/

Audience

47

/956/

Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.

63

6.4

/33193/

66

/1612/

67

/998/

2.8

/14514/

67

/6/

Audience

57

/19771/

MAL

6.9

/25080/

age 18+

Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield must battle a rogue warrior seeking revenge after unleashing the deadly G-Virus, whilst a mutated monster goes on a rampage.

67

6.3

/48091/

66

/2884/

64

/1658/

3.1

/45424/

87

/77/

Audience

67

/1193/

65

/12/

2.5

age 17+

After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.

65

6.4

/19201/

66

/560/

62

/318/

3.2

/11300/

78

/36/

Audience

63

/10013/

68

/10/

2.5

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 IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

59

6.4

/84068/

66

/2814/

61

/1392/

2.6

/21804/

44

/144/

Audience

48

/141727/

49

/28/

MAL

6.3

/49163/

3.5

age 14+

Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.

68

55

7.0

/4701/

70

/135/

63

/62/

3.3

/823/

73

/15/

Audience

68

/1548/

The Age of Stupid is the new movie from Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September). Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

61

6.1

/2580/

59

/62/

58

/41/

3.2

/1823/

64

/14/

Audience

63

/475/

2.5

In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.

65

58

6.6

/4819/

68

/138/

62

/91/

3.2

/2200/

67

/9/

Audience

63

/666/

While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland) and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be first casualties.

64

55

6.4

/4028/

63

/124/

60

/72/

3.2

/4985/

Audience

71

/3798/

A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.

57

52

6.3

/7570/

67

/176/

57

/124/

3.1

/2311/

22

/9/

Audience

76

/3782/

Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a lady. However now joined by a talented newcomer, Kidda, an ambitious young peasant girl he and his team find they have one last chance for glory

59

58

6.0

/14383/

59

/325/

58

/212/

3.1

/2989/

69

/58/

Audience

54

/8160/

57

/17/

A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.

64

6.3

/13006/

68

/380/

61

/184/

3.3

/15869/

62

/29/

Audience

69

/8424/

After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf claims his mother's throne, assembles an army and sets out to brainwash and conquer Earth. Meanwhile, Blackwolf's gentle twin brother, the bearded and sage Avatar, calls upon his own magical abilities to foil Blackwolf's plans for world domination -- even if it means destroying his own flesh and blood.

59

6.4

/34061/

66

/706/

61

/506/

3.2

/14309/

65

/34/

Audience

53

/17285/

56

/7/

2.0

age 14+

Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain - sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.

68

6.7

/27613/

67

/836/

66

/505/

3.5

/12196/

71

/17/

Audience

69

/5849/

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.

63

6.4

/31958/

66

/1204/

66

/833/

3.0

/22407/

66

/110/

Audience

55

/8113/

57

/29/

3.0

age 16+

An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.

77

7.9

/24870/

81

/1920/

78

/808/

3.9

/70524/

82

/11/

Audience

89

/3223/

46

/5/

MAL

8.3

/333943/

Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo-3: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami. Meanwhile, Gendo Ikari and SEELE proceed with a secret project that involves both Rei and Shinji.

71

6.4

/18670/

65

/1326/

62

/309/

3.4

/7449/

96

/46/

Audience

66

/6797/

80

/10/

In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.

68

6.7

/29694/

68

/1783/

65

/666/

3.4

/25283/

91

/55/

Audience

77

/3894/

60

/6/

2.0

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an orphaned teen must battle a ruthless warlord to save the girl of his dreams.

60

6.0

/32740/

61

/2037/

56

/893/

2.9

/13593/

78

/98/

Audience

44

/7588/

68

/28/

2.5

age 14+

In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.

52

6.2

/205461/

66

/8619/

62

/3932/

2.6

/77036/

24

/101/

Audience

58

/390846/