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1. Xenoam+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-12-28 16:02:23
I love apocalyptic movies (even ones that are not considered great) but the few I started watching on Netflix were really bad.
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2. Loughl+q[view] [source] 2024-12-28 16:05:43
>>Xenoam+(OP)
Can you name a good apocalyptic movie? I'm really struggling to come up with one. Twister, sort of, and that's neither good nor apocalyptic really.

Edit: Twelve Monkeys. I think that counts.

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3. dijit+G2[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-28 16:25:32
>>Loughl+q
There are loads, some skirt the horror genre for obvious reasons.

A quiet place, 28 days later, Children of Men

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4. coffee+X6[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-28 16:58:47
>>Loughl+q
Apocalypse Now, Apocalypto
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5. atombe+3b[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-28 17:29:43
>>Loughl+q
Threads (1984) — fair warning: brutal and traumatic

Snowpiercer (2013)

Melancholia (2011)

When the Wind Blows (1986)

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6. salger+Vc[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-28 17:40:58
>>Loughl+q
Mad Max, obviously, Night of the Comet, The Quiet Earth, A boy and his dog. I think the early 80s was a good time for the genre.

Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, and that other Charleton Heston movie with zombies that I can’t remember (not a huge fan of zombies)

The Road is a fairly recent movie that fits.

British TV had Space 1999, lots of early Doctor Who and an attempt at the Tripods series by John Christopher. By far my favorite was “Survivors” written by Terry Nation - who needs zombies when you’ve got actual problems to deal with!

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7. dagw+ng[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-28 18:03:25
>>salger+Vc
British TV had Space 1999

Not be confused with Spaced (1999) :)

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8. awiese+Hv[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-28 19:44:37
>>salger+Vc
> and that other Charleton Heston movie with zombies that I can’t remember

The Omega Man probably. The first adaptation of Mathesons "I am Legend". Though some people might disagree about the "Zombie" part.

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9. _DeadF+0w[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-28 19:45:59
>>Loughl+q
The Road? Not something you ever need to watch more than once but if you want to internalize bleakness it worked for me.
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10. MrMemb+AJ[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-28 21:08:33
>>dagw+ng
Also an incredible show but for very different reasons.
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11. Loughl+vs1[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-29 04:33:01
>>_DeadF+0w
I've read the book. That's enough.
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12. fian+g42[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-29 13:42:41
>>Loughl+q
The Book of Eli War of the Worlds 2012 Day of the Triffids (TV series) The Bodysnatchers Waterworld The Postman Contagion
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13. Xenoam+wD2[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-29 19:01:26
>>_DeadF+0w
Possibly (and sadly) the most realistic.
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14. salger+SQ3[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-30 05:30:29
>>Loughl+q
Not that anyone is likely to see this older thread, but Earth Abides was just released as a series. I haven’t watched it yet, I hope it does the book justice.
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15. _m_p+cL4[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-12-30 15:39:58
>>Loughl+q
_Until the End of the World_

_The Seventh Seal_

_The Sacrifice_

_La Jetee_

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