'The Road' was so close to realism, it was frightening to imagine that such a scenario could happen and drain away the earth of all life and leave humans with nothing but their lives intact. Superb film, deserves a higher spot.
TO: Wtf it's Doris! RE: " . . . that such a scenario could happen and drain away the earth of all life and leave humans with nothing but their lives intact." And that's the UNrealistic part. What kind of cataclysm would kill all plant and animal life and yet leave human beings untouched?
Did anyone else like 9? I think it's better than most Pixar movies and far better than Frozen, but was so underrated. I mean the movie was beautiful. Not as great as the first 30 minutes of Wall-E, but still good.
Some are scarce,others like The Road,waters are contaminated. When the end comes,you only have to remember water are for drinking if you can find or produce some just enough for a half day.
I Am Legend in my opinion was the best. It had the Krippin Virus spread and make people and dogs nocturnal and dangerous, but there was a gigantic twist at the end.
Oh sure, the scientist in 'Nine' can fracture his own soul and bind it to a bunch of voodoo dolls...but one dark wizard does it and he never hears the end of it.
Except the scientist wanted to keep humanity alive, while the dark wizard was their version of Hitler...wanting to wipe out anyone who was of a tainted race
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book of eli, the matrix, i am legend. those all should have been on the list if you look at the votes. top 10 means best movies NOW, TODAY, NOT FROM THE 30s. Almost nobody´s watching shit from the 30s.
Have you ever watched those movies? Because not only are they good movies, they also have damm good looking post-Apocalyptic landscapes. I Am Legend for example, has a totally trashed New York landscape. if anything looks apocalyptic, it would look like that. If you compare the landscapes of I Am legend to "12 monkeys", then i´m 99% sure you´ll agree with me.
Elmar Kerkhof I watched all of them and book of eli and I am legend are bad at the same time. book of eli dont give anymore then any other flick is shown for landscape in this top 10. I am legend also wasnt much more then Escape from NY
I felt that Children of Men's world should have been number one because in a sense, it truly is a realistic tale of all the effects of both a Dystopia and an infertile world combined towards a world that screams suicide for the entire human race.
+Melissa Saar I read the book and it talks about how the country is burnt and how there's a LOT of ash everywhere so I think it was a super volcanoe especially as it's dark all the time probably because of the ash blocking out the sun
Just saw The Road. And had without a doubt, the best apocalyptic view of earth. You know the world is dying, when the trees are dying. And the ground can't grow plants anymore, because earth is basically dead. I have seen alot of zombie movies, but The Road is how earth would look like after all the zombies are killed.
One of the many inspirations behind the last of us. Still apart from the two man survival party aspect, I don't see how else naughty dog got inspiration from this movie. Oh, and It's an OK movie.
***** I know. I saw No country for old men's influence in there with the minimalist soundtrack, which I believe to be one of the games three best parts. These have even stated some of their influences in public. I still don't see what the road meant for these guys. The movie wasn't all that touching. The environment though felt pretty depressing.
10. "Oblivion": Things aren't what they seem to be. (2077) 9. "9": The last survivors aren't human. 8. "Waterworld": No time to gather 2 of every kind. 7. "12 Monkeys": Do we have The Time"? (2035) 6. "28 Days Later": Another kind of "Zombie Apocalypse" 5. "The Road": Is there anything left? 4. "Mad Max": The Police are just another gang. 3. "Wall-E": "Can Earth be saved/reclaimed? 2. "Planet of the Apes": How did this happen? Honorable Mentions: "I Am Legend": I'm an Omega man...this is my wristwatch. "Book of Eli": Literature you can feel. "The Matrix": Don't Humans make lousy batteries? "Snowpiercer": This train is bound for Infinity. "Children of Men": Man's favorite sport is gone. (2027) 1. "The Terminator": See what happens when you make Corporations "Human"? (2029)
"The Road", that movie deserves the number 1. The Terminator, although a good movie, is set in present day(for the time of the movie) with just glimpses of the post apocalyptic. The Road is pure post apocalyptic. I don't understand why it does not have more recognition as a Sci Fi movie.
Book of Eli is more than an honorable mention. It captures everything about a post apocalyptic setting. Shortened resources, hostile survivors , desolation, changed rules of society. It made me appreciate having running water things we take for granted everyday.
TO: johnmonk66 RE: "The Road should have been number one, it is the most possible." Is it? Really? What kind of cataclysm would kill all plant and animal life and yet leave human beings untouched?
Indeed, the apocalyptic world without gas was Road Warrior. There was plenty of fuel to burn in Mad Max. It's almost like W.M didn't even watch the movie eh?
Agreed... I would've added or at least mentioned the The Day After and / or Threads. They're a little dated now, but still pretty awesome. Edit: They are also two of my all time favourite apocalyptic movies behind The Road and tied with The Book of Eli.
mrhard2000uk Yeah, I saw it as a kid. I love how it looks at the impact over years instead of a small slice of time directly following the bombs. Heavy stuff, but still epic after all these years. I have copies of it and The Day After and still watch them at least once a year. To me they are both timeless PA.
u hatemyzen i actually wouldnt show my kids threads, and they are 14 and 18, i have repetitive nightmares about sirens going off then getting nuked, and prob stems from the trouser shitting i prob did watching it way back then when i was a kid
"The Road" has a well written script, directed well and its well acted. Its an "awful" movie though in that it is extremely depressing. I didn't say its a bad movie. It's good...and its awful at the same time. I recommend if you watch the movie, sit through the end credits (and listen) which are much, much brighter than this cold, gray movie. I'd also recommend watching something much brighter like a funny comedy afterward.
The trailer for the road is hilarious, it has feel good music and gives a impression of hope. lot of folk watched that because of the trailer and lot of folk were left disturbed 🙂
Beautiful and horrifying. it has the best depiction of what "life" in the post apocalypse would be like. It's like the video game The Last Of Us without all the greenery and parasite controlled humans. I also will forever wonder what caused the (post) apocalypse in The Road.
Yes, 28 Days Later was an excellent movie. I especially loved the cold-blooded, practical, whatever it takes attitude of the Selena character. She didn't mess around!
+axesantex Santana Waterworld was a great success for young people at this time (so 30's people now i guess....) but adults didn't really get into it !! This movies recquires imagination :)
ronan sweeney The author of the Metro 2033 book had a choice of a movie or a game and he went with a game since that would allow him to use more of his imagination with it.
On the list of favorite movies of all time, Wall-E is among them, a true masterpiece of animation in its use of pantomime and music to tell a story. The themes of loneliness, commercialism, environmentalism, and extreme dependency on technology prove this is the most well crafted film from the studios of Pixar. Just a little side note, whenever I see the titular character stroll by the many advertisements and abandoned BnL malls/stores, a thought appears in my mind that postulates "what if Walmart had controlled the world?" Think about that for awhile
Jimbo smith Apparently you don't understand sarcasm. Oh wait, I'm sorry did you lose your family to an HD video? And now you are destined to seek revenge on any video clip with a resolution higher than 480p?
Jimbo smith Dude films have been recorded in 1080p for a long long time we just have somewhat recently gotten to the point where we have the tech to be able to display it in 1080p. soooo he could ask you the same thing are you stupid or what?
life as it is but has the future been changed maybe its been delayed or will never happen but one things for certain never stop fighting and I never will the battle has just begun
yeah, mad max, isnt an "apocalyptic" movie. its a dystopian movie, where society has collapsed. IMO, take mad max out, bump terminator back one, and put mad max 2 as number one. cause really, the book of eli, waterworld, i am legend, the road, and the majority of modern non zombie oriented apocalpyse movies are *Directly* inspired by george millers vision. mad max 2 is undeniably the greatest apocalyptic landscape, except for maybe, mad max fury road which was fUCKING FANTASTIC AND YOU SHOULD ALL WATCH IT TEN TIMES
It could be argued that the extent of social collapse seen in Mad Max 2 & 3 would count as the end of the world, since the old world HAS ended, & humanity is struggling to arise from its ashes. A dystopian world is where society's gone to hell: Blade Runner, for instance, or The Matrix. Matrix actually has both. The machine-ruled barren Earth & underground sanctuary Zion are post-apocalyptic; the false world inside the Matrix is dystopian, with its crumbling buildings & claustophobic highway. The Lathe of Heaven is also another well-visualized dystopian society. There've been 2 versions on tv: the better one was on PBS in the 80's ; more recently, A&E did a version, both based upon Ursula K LaGuin's excellent novel. On an overpopulated Earth, a young man has realized to his horror that some of his dreams literally alter reality. He goes. to a dream therapist for help, wanting to stop these dreams, but the doctor sees the potential to create a utopia. Unfortunately, there's not much control over the content of hypnotically. themed dreams!
Also, usually dystopian settings take place as society rebuilds itself following an apocalyptic event, so you can say that the two almost go hand-in-hand...
The Road is one of those movies I never get tired of watching. Mesmerizing with some powerful acting and images. People label it as unrelentingly bleak and depressing but the overall message is of humanity and self sacrifice.
It's really more of a critic of the bible - of all religious books, actually - and the blind (heh) following of any kind of so called scriptures. It's how it can be a tool of power if used by the wrong men, by manipulating people's beliefs and hopes, using "faith" to crush rebellion and ultimately ascertain dominance upon the weak minded slaves you create. You know what's funny ? Book of Eli, in my opinion, never gives a positive view of the Bible. It's not even used at the end of the movie . It just joins the archives, safeguarding a culture that isn't relevant anymore.
Hello? "Logan's Run", anyone? The domed city, the Sandmen, the search for the elusive "Sanctuary"...and outside of their enclosed world, a world where nature has recovered and reclaimed the Earth. Washington D.C. covered in vines...took my breath away the first time I saw it as a child. The movie definitely deserved a place on this list.
Children of men should have been no1. You can see the effort put into even the smallest details (search Children of men advertisements) and it looks so realistic it's scary. I like Terminator 2 as a movie but the future parts are nothing special.
When I first saw Planet of the Apes when I was a kid, the first thing that popped in my mind when they showed that "plot-twist" was, "Wait, we were supposed 2 think the planet controlled by apes *wasn't* Earth?"
Charles Gaming's comment is a nice acknowledgement of the current and deliberate ethnic "cleansing" of Australia, Europe and America. Only a few years ago, the people such as Charles Gaming used to just deny it. And now they say stuff like "why are you being a racist?". From denial to intimidation. Perhaps there's hope even for them after all...
ChestOfDoom I'm Aussie and it's all true apart from the think the don't mention like all the deadly animals that could easily kill you and the 50 degrees wether we have during winter
Correction: The apocalypse in the Book of Eli wasn't wholly nuclear. The general idea, if I recall, was that the bombs burned away the Earth's ozone layer, and without that barrier the sun burned everything. It's why they all wear goggles and sunglasses outside, and why there's a motif of blind characters.
True, but, looking around outside, you do see a bunch of craters, all over the place, so, I think it's pretty obvious that some probably MOST places on Earth were hit multiple times! It seemed long enough that some places were coming out of it to some degree. It could be that maybe inside some people's lifetime that the ozone may have been able to recover, since sunglasses would be enough protection if it were totally gone!
Besides some people reinterpret apocalyptic scenarios as any type of mass destruction, not just nuclear or physical warfare, but environmental disasters as well.
If we're looking at new Fallouts, New Vegas provided a much more interesting post-apocalypse, in my opinion, with a lot more depth and character than Fallout 3. And I haven't even touched the first two games, so I can't say whether or not those are better, even. Fallout 3 was almost TOO apocalyptic.. like, the apocalypse had just happened yesterday, and humanity still hadn't started spreading out again. New Vegas was more believable, little settlements everywhere trying to reestablish civilization, and dozens of unique factions all vying for control, or just struggling day-to-day to survive.
Nick Hartless In terms of sheer destruction and decay.. sure, I could give you that. I didn't like how nearly all of the buildings seemed to be made of the same shitty spare parts.. like the knowledge of building structures had somehow been lost to humanity, but.. it was still pretty cool, walking and fighting through the ruins of DC.
Both do their own thing well. F03 feels more apocalyptic, and NV made me want to be a cowboy. Ammo too easy to get in NV, but all that atmosphere is lore friendly.
TO: Rafal Wysocki RE: ""The Day After" hands down the most terrifying apocalyptic movie of all time." While The Day After was a pretty good movie, it can't compare to Threads, particularly concerning a nuclear war and its aftermath. With Threads, there was no Hollywood sugar-coating or happy ending - just things getting worse and worse.
IveGotToast Well Skyrim was announced at the VGAs, maybe this will be the year. It is not too late for a 2014 reveal. But Yes, I don't know how much longer I can go without any Fallout 4 news.
The Road is the first (and probably the only) book that made me cry. You are scared before turning every page, usually the soundtrack makes you scared but in the book the atmosphere itself is terrifying. No zombie BS, just what you would expect people to become- they either commit suicide, turn into cannibals or the 'ethical' survivors (the one carrying the fire)
28 days later is in my opinion the greatest horror movie ever made. Since its release 17 years ago I have yet to see a movie that captures this level of hopelessness and those haunting images of those empty streets are just so raw and the feel so real.
Psycho, Night of the Living Dead, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, John Carpenter's The Thing, REC, all arguably just as good as 28 Days, and most of those have a feeling of hopelessness.
Don't the empty streets feel real because they were? If I recall, they filmed in central London really early in the morning on a holiday Sunday or something similar, so the streets were as empty as they ever get.
"The Stand" (1990ish) will always be #1 on my list. Gary Sinise, Jamie Sheridan, Miguel Ferrer, etc were all great in it. Stephen King is a master at storytelling .
"9", "The Road", "WALL.E", "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes", "Terminator Franchise", and "War For The Planet Of The Apes" had AMAZING land scapes I've ever saw! Also if anyone would wanna see the landscape of waterworld, just go on a ship and sail out to sea. Lol 😆😆😆
The Road is easily the best of all these. It's such a realistic and morbid take on a post-apocalyptic world. Children of Men is another movie that does a really good job of conveying the grim reality of an apocalypse and is probably the second best depiction on this list.
God, I grew up with all these 80s - 90s movies that all denoted 2025 - 2035 would be the apocalypse caused by super technology and overgrowth of humans, and when the movies were made, it felt like it really would be. Now it's already halfway to 2017 and those movie's ideas of what year the apocalypse would be seem so silly. xD I wonder what the generation in 2035 will feel if they ever watch those movies, if they even do. - Probably, "Wow, the CGI was bad... Wait, you mean your cars ran on gasoline?"
what about the creative post-apocalyptic Germany in the year 2016, when solar flares have destroyed the earth's atmosphere and temperatures have risen by 10°C. The movie "Hell" from 2011.. includes cannibals, crazy survivors and the search for the mountaints cause "thats where the water is from.. haven't you seen the picture in the bottle water?"
They don't know every movie ever made, give them a brake, tho i will check that movie you are talking about and see if i like it, if i do i will come back and thank you...
I think Children of Men is probably the most realistic post-apocalyptic film. Things get worse day by day, and everyone slowly loses hope. Plus they explored it from so many angles.
Actually, according to a lot of studies, if humans left the earth (or if the previous civilization left earth a long time ago), within 150 million years there would be almost no trace of them left.
If there was a nuclear war that destroyed our population previously we wouldn't be here, according to Threads humanity wouldn't be able to reproduce from at least 13 years after a full scale attack, and anyone born prior would've been retarded or deformed.
I think the best term to qualify it would be pre-apocalyptic. It basically shows that society is on the verge of collapse, but still (barely) functional.
Threads, Logan’s Run, Soylent Green, The Omega Man, Where Have All The People Gone? A Boy And His Dog, THX1138, Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams ( Mount Fuji In Red, Blizzard) scenes. The Man In The High Castle.
I usually like post apocalyptic movies, but 'the Road' was just plain depressing. It was a good movie, but a depressing one. I watched it once and am glad I did, but I doubt I'd watch it again any time soon.
The Road by far rises above all the others. I read the book, which was beautifully hopeless, never tells what caused the apocalypse. The movie brings this dark madness to life. The papa and his son have such a heartbreaking closeness and it's the only reason they find the will to survive. It's only the movie that could actually happen.
If we r talking about survival so of course most of u have not heard about Alive(1993) based on real story of a plane crash in remote snowy mountain where 27 survivors survived for 80 days by eating bodies of rest of survivors who died in crash!! What we see in most of movies, we know it aint real but what happened in that movie was so fucking real!!
