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This is going to be a tough one. Looking for films that have a nuclear exchange and/or show current and future aftermath of such an exchange. Starting with 10 for now and there are many more than this, so let us add them to the list as we go and vote for our favorite.

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The original "Planet of the Apes" is a great film, so that was an easy pick for me.  A good movie, especially for the budget, is "Day the World Ended" from 1955 (I thought it was 56, but the IMDB says otherwise).  Also, "On the Beach" from 1959.

For complete after the apocalypse silliness, my skeleton in the closet is "Radioactive Dreams."  The movie is awful, but how can you not enjoy two guys who emerge from a nuclear bomb shelter and want to be classic "dancing dick" detectives.  Oh, and George Kennedy with his rotary shotgun of explosive doom.

What's that one with Patrick Swayze where he has this funky sword that looks like it was made in remedial shop class?

I think it was Steel Dawn.

For me, it would have to be Mad Max, but I'd have to make mention of Roller Blade, in which there's no gas for the cars, so everyone uses rollerskates to get around, while a gang of kung-fu ninja nympho nuns try to protect the earth from a psychotic hand puppet with a downright stupid affliction.
"Do not cry. Tears will only cause thy wheels to rust."

I voted for Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
Love that movie!   :thumbup:

DAY the WORLD ENDED. The 3-eyed,4-armed,horned rubber monster.One of my favorite AIP monsters.
ZARDOZ is a bugged out movie.
I'd mention DAMNATION ALLY and LOGANS RUN,but I don't think anyone would vote for them.(OOPS!)

Dr. Strangelove is preapocalyptic.

I voted for Road Warrior. The Planet of the Apes is a close second, and possibly a better film, but the POTA films don't really feel like post-apocalyptic films to me. I know they are, but they are set so far past the apocalypse that, even though they talk about it and end up even showing how it all came about, they feel like a genre unto themselves. Mad Max is also a better film than Road Warrior, but RW is just more fun to watch for me, with the growling animal child and the '80s hair and all, as well as the ultimate futility of all of Max's efforts to help. I could do without Lord Humungus's toady's butt-cheek cutouts, but, then, I guess no film is perfect.

I went with Mad Max.  Damnation Alley is another good one, and let's not forget Hell Comes To Frogtown and the immortal Rollerblade Warriors trilogy! 

THE ALL MIGHTY ROAD WARRIOR BOW BEFORE ITS GREATNESS.  :thumbup:

Someone else mentioned the missing HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN and for completeness I'd add HARDWARE.  There are doubtless others.

It's really hard to pick just one, since they span genres.  For 'serious,' I'd have to go with the original PLANET OF THE APES.  For action, it would be THE ROAD WARRIOR.

I just remember other gem of Post-Apocalyptic Films: 1990 the Bronx Warrior.

Placed all the ones mentioned and will also keep DR. STRANGELOVE because Slim Pickens rides that nuke into Russian at the end.

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Wasn't CHERRY 2000 a Post Apocalytic film? I only saw the middle part so far.

You know it brother!

There are some great films on that list but RW will always be my favorite film. There's just so much about that film and it also holds memories for me when I was growing up.
Planet of the Apes is close to it though because I loved that when I was a kid...I had all the toys for it.

I will always give "The Road Warrior" due respect.  I have good memories of watching it as a much younger lad.  In fact, I remember, way back in my early Marine Corps days, having a long discussion with some other Marines about the film.  It was probably a mix of Marines and Sailors, come to think of it.  Anyway, a fun film.


I think so, as I remember the idea that some of the outlands were dangerous.  Another big part of the movie was that natural resources were limited - whether from exhaustion or limited extraction efforts.

Had to go with Hardware.  That's a hell of a good film.

I have A soft spot in my heart for " Damnation Alley"
ok ok Maybe I'm Just in love With "The Landmaster"
The coll vehicle they drive across the country in.. :thumbup:

Despite a soft spot for Steel Dawn, I gotta go with The Road Warrior - the film that set the standard for 80's post apocalyptic cinema.

I have STEEL DAWN on my shelve in one of those multi-packs. Put it on the database Shadowfyre and will try to view it some time soon and will give you a report.  :smile:

Shadowfyre, I don't have STEEL DAWN, but rather HANDS OF STEEL.

I'd say the genre requires, more than any other one, a certain degree of madness to work. Tha "A movies" like "Planet of the Apes" or the different "Mad Max" films can be zanny, yes, but for real crazy stuff you need to watch the likes of "2.019 -  After the Fall of New York" or "Hardware". I mean, when was the last time you needed to ask your neighbours for supporting fire because some android was trying to rape your girl?

I went with A Boy and His Dog, just loved that movie, like the whole idea of the young man and his telepathic dog wandering the earth and surviving by their wits, especially like the fact that the dog is the smarter of the two.
You left out Miracle Mile, excellent movie about calling a wrong number and global thermonuclear war.

Well I've got three favourite. First is "Planet Of The Apes", everything makes there an unique atmosphere of typical movie for Sunday afternoon  :teddyr: Second one is Mad Max (generally whole series, I can't choose the best part) and last one Tank Girl. It's first post apocalyptic movie and probably my favourite. I saw it when I was 7 or 8 and it was key to the rest of bad movies (besides Lori Petty was mouth-watering for me then  :teddyr: :teddyr: )

Ha, ha! "Tank girl" rocks!  :hot:

If it wasn't because my brain hurts everytime I see it I would rank it higher in this thread. Gotta love the silly one-liners, the anarchic atmosphere and Malcolm McDowell and his mech arm.

And yes, Lori Petty was VERY hot back then, nothing to be ashamed of. :wink:

I've been wanting to see TANK GIRL for years now and even had rented it once on VHS, but had to return it before viewing. I'll have to make this film a priority. Saw a trailer over at imdb.com.

Added TANK GIRL and 2.019 to the Post Apocalyptic list

Omega Man is my fav but I still need to see Ultimate Warrior, from what I've read of it before, I think it'll be a favorite of mines. I love Radioactive Dreams too, those disco mutants are priceless!

Tank Girl is a favorite of mine. I remember seeing in thearters when I was younger. Lori Petty wa so fine for my little adolescent self.

Miracle Mile is other great film that I saw rather recent. It came on TV a bunch of times a couple of months ago on sundays.

Has anyone here ever seen :  The Quiet Earth   ???
It about three survivors left on earth of some kind of nuclear power
experment gone wrong....
With A pretty cool ending...

One of the common "I am looking for a movie" films, which is often an indication that a movie has something going for it.  People may not remember the title, but they remember the interesting situation.  Waking up one day, when you should be dead, and finding that everyone else is gone.

Trying to remember what was the experiment that went wrong and sent everyone away.  Time travel?  Super collider?  Some sort of big and powerful science...but it escapes me.

It was called : Project Flashlight ... in the movie
It had something to do with transmitting power all over the planet.

I take it "Planet of the Apes" refers to the one with Chuck Heston. Even so , I'll have to go with Fist of the North Star. I'm not sure it qualifies, being anime, but the exploding heads and kung fu blows with delayed action make it a classic. Not to mention Ken walking through buildings.

I'm glad some other people liked Tank Girl. That makes me feel less alone. I liked it immensely when it came out in theatres. Recently I tried to watch the DVD, but after about 15 minutes it got to me. Still, I'll try again later. Just to quibble, wasn't the disaster supposed to be caused by a comet or something?

Why include The Postman but not Waterworld?

True. In her own words:

Tank Girl: This comet came crashing into the earth. BAM! Total devastation. No celebrities, no cable TV, *no water*! It hasn't rained in 11 years. Now, 20 people gotta squeeze into the same bathtub. So it ain't all bad.

Er, does "The Cars that Ate Paris" count as post-apocalyptic? 

And wasn't Mad Max 1 set BEFORE WW3?

Wait...THE BEACH, is post-apoc? Is that the Leo Dicaprio. flick i never saw?
I chose THREADS, as i respect it the most.

Whoever mentioned "The beach" was probably meaning "On the beach", the 1959 Stanley Kramer film, or the 2000 remake for TV. They're about an U.S. submarine that reaches Australia after WWIII has just wiped out the rest of the globe.

I only saw the miniseries, and was pretty good, specially if you consider it was helmed by the late Russel Mulcahy.

I think Scott might have picked up the title from my post, but made an error when transposing the title.  I made that small change to the poll.  Good catch by Flange.

I could argue that most DiCaprio films are like the end of the world to me.

Also where is Robot Holocaust?  Oh, thats right, no-one in there right mind (and not even anyone on here!) would vote for that!

No fans of Albert Pyun's "Omega Doom" yet?  :teddyr:

Gotta love the idea of "A fistful of dollars" with cyborgs and Rutger Hauer, but it sucks big time.

I have a copy of The Quiet Earth on VHS, picked up from a closing video store. Good movie that deserves to seen more. Like a really good, film-length version of a "Twilight Zone" story.

I like The Ultimate Warrior but it is an often underwhelming film. Good cast who need more to do, and don't expect lots of action. Good ending though.

Would Screamers be considered post-apocalyptic?  I mean, it is set in another world, but still deals with the downfall of man. If so, I'd have to choose that.

I saw this and fell asleep. So it can't be all bad if you need some sleep.. :tongueout:

I would say so, because warfare ruined the planet and left on small bands of survivors, still fighting it out, despite the fact that the war ruined what they were fighting over in the first place.  "Screamers" was a lost chance, because the premise is a very cool one.  They could have done a lot with the film.  Some parts are still interesting, even with the failure.

"Screamers" is still one of my favourite B-movies ever. It has its ups and downs, but overall it works quite well, and the script by Dan O'Bannon et al. has much more nuances that could be expected. If it only made sense it would be a classic.

I'll second that. It has 10 out of 10 for atmosphere and the cast does a good job. However, every semblance of coherence is thrown out of the window just to provide plot twists. In the end, it becomes predictable. You simply think, what is the most unlikely thing that would happen, and it happens!

SCREAMERS is a very good little film.  :thumbup:

QUIET EARTH is an OK film also. Australian film, but I don't think it had bodies all around. He was kinda like the last man on earth until he finds an aborigine. The story was interesting, but he seemed to wander around just a little to long for my interest at the time I saw it which may have been about 15 years ago.

Some of the films mentioned could be future society films and possibly a separate category. I'd make a new catagory, but I haven't been feeling well this week. Actually been real sick, but trying to get back into action here.

Someone should have a Future Society Poll/Database. With films like SOYLENT GREEN.

I agree with everyone about Screamers. I loved the premise and Peter Weller gives a top notch prefromance but the end with the girl and his friend just had me scratching my head.

Still a great film.

The Quiet Earth is from New Zealand, not Australia. And Api was a Maori not an Aborigine. But you said it has been a while, and your still recovering from being ill.

Has anyone ever seen the French post apocalyptic film Le Dernier Combat/The Final Combat starring Jean Reno and directed by Luc Besson? Any good? The premise has always sounded interesting and the part about no one being able to speak would be interesting to see how they pulled it off.

I saw Le dernier combat last year, it's a pretty good film, but I had trouble getting into it, precisely for the whole "no language" idea. It worked, but I found it annoying. It's worth a look, that's for sure.