post apocalyptic films.

FatherLen

i am really i the mood to watch a load of post apocalyptic films like mad max and the sort.
a recent one i watched was the road and it was great.
any suggestions?

Nolanger

Boy and his dog.

Miguel_Sanchez

Mad Max II?

Fishooks12

The Road

mike65

Mad Max 11 (2) is the ultimate example in terms of sheer pizazz.

How post apocalyptic do you want to get?

Semi - Escape From New York, Children of Men, Soylent Green, Logans Run, Dawn of the Dead (1978), Threads
Whole - The Road, Omega Man, Waterworld, The Postman, Damnation Alley, Zardoz, Virus, On the Beach.

Jaafa

Defiantly the road.

Also The book of eli is a decent one too.

clig

Children Of Men is an awesome movie with amazingly filmed action sequences. Stake Land I thought was very good. Doomsday is one to watch aswell such a strange movie and I still don't know if I liked it or not but it's definitely post-apocalyptic!

niallb

Angels never sleep from 1989.

Odd film, and probably hard to find. The piano music the last man on earth plays in the middle of it haunted me for 15 years.
I wanted to learn to play the piano just to be able to play it, because I never heard it again until youtube launched, and I found a copy online. The film was never really released in Europe - it played on Channel 4 once shortly after it came out.

It's a mix of almost manga animation and real action.

Ihackedboardz

"Semi - Escape From New York, Children of Men, Soylent Green, Logans Run, Dawn of the Dead (1978), Threads "

Shouldn't Threads be in the whole category? considering global thermo nuclear war has happened... never the less it's a Must watch film!

Here's a few that you might find interesting

The war game
Fail safe (2 versions 1964 one with Henry Fonda & one with Clooney which I think was in 2000, both very good but 1964 one wins out)
The Day after
Testament
Countdown to looking glass
Miracle Mile

chin_grin

If you want post apocalyptic with vampires I'd highly recommend Stake Land.

bedrock#1

You want this beauty....

Threads (1984)

"Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long term effects of nuclear war on civilization"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488

Gamb!t

FatherLen wrote: »

i am really i the mood to watch a load of post apocalyptic films like mad max and the sort.
a recent one i watched was the road and it was great.
any suggestions?

Water World,always thought this was underated.

Pride Fighter

Night of the Comet is quite good, been about 8 years since I seen it but thought it was good.

p to the e

Try Cyborg with Jean Claude Van Damme. Dam good stuff.

clig

Van Damme good stuff

crushproof

mike65 wrote: »

Mad Max 11 (2) is the ultimate example in terms of sheer pizazz.

How post apocalyptic do you want to get?

Threads
.

Wow, I watched this last night on your recommendation. Big fan of post apolcalypitc movies and never heard of it before. It was brilliant, hard hitting with an excellent tension and build up. Great that it was just ordinary Sheffield and not one of the bigger cities. Will definitely be recommending again. It's also free on Google Video for anyone who wants to watch.
Also watched Stakeland last week, quite fresh to see a vampire with a hint of sarcasm and without soppyness.
The Quiet Earth is another hidden gem, all about a guy in New Zealand waking up to find himself being the only person alive.

al28283

One coming out soon, looks great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaLpieSNIfk

Galvasean

bedrock#1 wrote: »

You want this beauty....

Threads (1984)

"Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long term effects of nuclear war on civilization"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488

Was about to suggest that. The treatment is grim reading. Have yet to bring myself to watching it.
'When the Wind Blows' is another one. It's animated, but very bleak.

mike65

mike65 wrote: »

Mad Max 11 (2) is the ultimate example in terms of sheer pizazz.

Ha, I looked at this and couldn't figure out how I didn't know they made 11 of them.

JP Liz V1

I liked 12 Monkeys

tricky D

http://listverse.com/2008/03/05/top-10-dystopian-films-you-havent-seen/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dystopian_films

This week's random recommendation is Delicatessen. Humour, imagery, quirky and love the saw music.

mike65

Deleted User wrote: »

Ha, I looked at this and couldn't figure out how I didn't know they made 11 of them.

That was for our American readers!

"the Madness of King George the third?, I don't remember parts one and two!"

losthorizon

I cant believe nobody has mentoned Planet of the Apes. Its a classic.

Great storyline, whos smarter than who and the ending is a shocker!

The great thing about this film is that you dont even realise you are watching a post apocalyptic film. Im not giving away anything as everyone must have seen it by this stage. Surely.

"Get away from me you damned ape"

Eirebear

OP "I want to watch something in the vein of Mad Max"
Replies "The Road"

I mean...c'mon lads, think about it.

Gamb!t

al28283 wrote: »

One coming out soon, looks great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaLpieSNIfk

That looks well cool.Havent seen a good Biehn movie in a while.

SlipperyPeople

Found this while searching for recommendations so hopefully it's alright to bump, Considering the current times I've been wanting to watch some more of these.

I've watch the survivalist, akira, shaun of the dead and 28 days later. Any one else got any decent films they've seen that fall into this genre?

Zulu

SlipperyPeople wrote: »

Found this while searching for recommendations so hopefully it's alright to bump, Considering the current times I've been wanting to watch some more of these.

I've watch the survivalist, akira, shaun of the dead and 28 days later. Any one else got any decent films they've seen that fall into this genre?

I presume you've watched 28 weeks later?

Kylta

Day off the Triffiths, (I think it was a two parter) was on bbc a few years back. The film was ok but it made back in th 50s.

p to the e

If you're in a cheery mood and fancy being down for the next two weeks then watch "The Road".

Kylta

Try any of the following
The Postman
Zombieland,
The Mist
I am legend.
28 Days Later

I look forward to watching pre apocalypse movies with the same sense of remoteness that we used watch the post apocalyptic ones with..

Fysh

SlipperyPeople wrote: »

Found this while searching for recommendations so hopefully it's alright to bump, Considering the current times I've been wanting to watch some more of these.

I've watch the survivalist, akira, shaun of the dead and 28 days later. Any one else got any decent films they've seen that fall into this genre?

Rover (2014) is an underrated recent one - it's "properly" post-apocalyptic in that the apocalypse, whatever it was, has been and gone and the film deals with survivors making do as best they can. Plus it stars Robert Pattinson in one of his earliest decent performances, alongside Guy Pearce.

quickbeam

Melancholia. Lars Von Trier, so maybe a bit of an acquired taste.

Heckler

The Road is about as bleak as they come. I thought it was great especially the music. (Nick Cave and Warren Ellis) Really grated on the nerves. My skin was crawling for half of it. Made a lasting impression.

Mad Max ( all of them) because brilliant.

28 days later because of John Murphys theme. Great film too.

Kylta

Maybe try
The Snowpiecer
The Crazies ( timothy olyphant version could
be remad version)
Legion

El Gato De Negocios

Threads is as bleak as it gets and is uncomfortably real.

73bc61lyohr0mu

Catz

j.s. pill II

bedrock#1 wrote: »

You want this beauty....

Threads (1984)

"Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long term effects of nuclear war on civilization"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488

+1 million

Makes The Road look like Happy Gilmore

Once you've watched it - you cannot unwatch it!:eek:

Hangdogroad

Kylta wrote: »

Day off the Triffiths, (I think it was a two parter) was on bbc a few years back. The film was ok but it made back in th 50s.

Early 80s tv version is the best.

Rodney Bathgate

Doomsday (2007)

DoozerT6

The Road is INCREDIBLY bleak and Viggo Mortensen is fantastic in it, but I think Threads is even bleaker because it just seems...more real, I guess. Not more realistic per se, but more real.

Blue850

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtP80Z08lfg

Docu/drama from 2010 of what might happen the USA
in the event of a flu like pandemic....

blackwave

+1 for threads very unsettling but brilliant to watch!

Kylta

The Survivalist.
Mars Attack
The Divide
One Hundred Morning's

Kylta

A quiet place

Ipso

Has anyone seen On the Beach starring Gregory Peck?

bonny!

The Stand tv series is ok. I remember watching it as a child and being terrified but intrigued at the same time.

I watched it again about two years ago and it hasn't aged well and for some reason I never catch the end episodes so I dont know the conclusion. Still the first couple of episodes are quite suited. Book is probably much better.

quickbeam

Ipso wrote: »

Has anyone seen On the Beach starring Gregory Peck?

Yeah, I did. It's not bad. I prefer the book it's based on though.

Greyfox

bonny! wrote: »

Still the first couple of episodes are quite suited. Book is probably much better.

Book is way better due to how low budget the tv series was, luckily theirs a proper adaptation of the stand in development now. Hopefully its brilliant as the Stand is probably the only story that shows the gradual breakdown of society rather than just skipping to society been already in ruins. I also hope the tv series based of the last of us game captures what made the game so special.

As people have mentioned Dawn of dead remake, a quiet place, I am legend, 28 days later, Doomsday and Mad max fury road where all great films

Heckler

I am legend the movie is good but could have been called Zombie War Whatever for all its relevance to the book really. Rewatching it right now and enjoying.

The Richard Matheson book is even better. A very short read but well worth it.

The movie is in title only mostly. The real reason for the title of the book becomes apparent in the end.

Heckler

Heckler wrote: »

I am legend the movie is good but could have been called Zombie War Whatever for all its relevance to the book really. Rewatching it right now and enjoying.

The Richard Matheson book is even better. A very short read but well worth it.

The movie is in title only mostly. The real reason for the title of the book becomes apparent in the end.

Rewatching now I see there is an alternative ending which is really bad. Shocking bad. Hollywood bad.