Movies and TV series about post-apocalyptic futures
The 60 best titles about post-apocalyptic futures, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021 · Kazuya Tsurumaki
MovieActionAnimationDramaIn the aftermath of the Fourth Impact, stranded without their Evangelions, Shinji, Asuka and Rei find refuge in one of the rare pockets of humanity that still exist on the ruined planet Earth. There,
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionAn 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 worl
DARLING in the FRANXX
2018
SeriesAnimationComedyDramaThe distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where
Adventure Time
2010
SeriesAnimationComedySci-Fi & FantasyUnlikely heroes Finn and Jake are buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. The best of friends, our heroes always find themselves in the middle of escapades. Finn and Jake depend on each other t
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997 · Hideaki Anno
MovieAnimationDramaFantasySEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is f
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · James Cameron
MovieActionScience FictionThrillerTen years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Sky
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 · Hayao Miyazaki
MovieAdventureAnimationFantasyAfter a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the
The Last of Us
2023 · Cecil O'Connor
SeriesDramaTwenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job so
Made in Abyss
2017 · Sho Tanaka
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDramaLocated in the center of a remote island, the Abyss is the last unexplored region, a huge and treacherous fathomless hole inhabited by strange creatures where only the bravest adventurers descend in s
Fire Force
2019
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedyYear 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where humans beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals".
ThunderCats
1985 · Jules Bass
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationKidsThe inhabitants of the planet Thundera evacuate just before it is destroyed. They were pursued by a band of mutants. All but one of their escape ships was destroyed. Only a small group of Thunderians
A Quiet Place
2018 · John Krasinski
MovieDramaHorrorScience FictionA family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
High School of the Dead
2010 · Hiroyuki Omori
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationDramaA small group of students at Fujimi High are fighting for their lives after surviving a zombie outbreak. It is up to Takashi to unite the survivors and escape the horrors that surround them. In this n
The Walking Dead
2010
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasySheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017 · Matt Reeves
MovieDramaScience FictionWarCaesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins
Twelve Monkeys
1995 · Terry Gilliam
MovieMysteryScience FictionThrillerIn 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 survivor
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014 · Matt Reeves
MovieActionDramaScience FictionA group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 · George Miller
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionAs the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the
Snowpiercer
2013 · Bong Joon Ho
MovieActionDramaScience FictionIn 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 engi
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026 · Nia DaCosta
MovieHorrorScience FictionThrillerDr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyMaggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, be
Zombieland
2009 · Ruben Fleischer
MovieComedyHorrorColumbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved su
The Animatrix
2003 · Koji Morimoto
MovieAnimationScience FictionStraight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide
Sweet Tooth
2021 · Amanda Burrell
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & FantasyOn a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and half-deer searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector.
A Quiet Place Part II
2021 · John Krasinski
MovieHorrorScience FictionThrillerFollowing 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 threa
Twisted Metal
2023 · Grant DeKernion
SeriesAction & AdventureComedyA motor-mouthed outsider with no memory of his past is offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the hel
Fear the Walking Dead
2015 · Michael Satrazemis
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaWhat did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning
Into the Badlands
2015 · Michael Taylor
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaIn a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on th
Escape from New York
1981 · John Carpenter
MovieActionScience FictionThrillerIn a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken
Love and Monsters
2020 · Michael Matthews
MovieAdventureComedyFantasySeven 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 vent
Raised by Wolves
2020 · Robyn Meisinger
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAfter Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treac
28 Years Later
2025 · Danny Boyle
MovieHorrorScience FictionThrillerTwenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into the dark heart of the
12 Monkeys
2015 · Richard Suckle
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & FantasyThe provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the p
Snowpiercer
2020 · Paul Zbyszewski
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & FantasyMore than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe as class warfare, social injustice and
The Walking Dead: World Beyond
2020 · Matthew Negrete
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & FantasyA heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-co
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 · Gabriele Muccino
MovieDramaA struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Vampire Hunter D
1985 · Toyoo Ashida
MovieAnimationFantasyHorrorIn a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2001 · Yoshiaki Kawajiri
MovieActionAdventureAnimationD, a legendary dhampir competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman who has seemingly been abducted by vampire nobleman Meier Link.
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
2007 · Kazuya Tsurumaki
MovieActionAnimationDramaAfter the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterio
Falling Skies
2011 · David Eick
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyFalling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded to
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 · Wes Ball
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionSeveral generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his emp
Van Helsing
2016
SeriesAction & AdventureMysterySci-Fi & FantasyVanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she
I Am Legend
2007 · Francis Lawrence
MovieDramaScience FictionThrillerRobert 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 a
The Last Man on Earth
2015 · Christopher Miller
SeriesComedyDramaThe year is 2022, and after an unlikely event, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller, who used to be just an average guy who loved his family and hated his job at the bank. Now, in his RV, Phil s
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985 · George Miller
MovieActionAdventureScience FictionMad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
The Last Ship
2014 · Michael Bay
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyTheir mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Francis Lawrence
MovieAdventureScience FictionThrillerAfter surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming th
The Maze Runner
2014 · Wes Ball
MovieActionMysteryScience FictionA teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society,
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