Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore stories set after disasters that transform civilisation.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 431 films.
Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Horror, Zombiefilm, dystopian film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
After being rescued by the Fingers, a gang led by the psychopathic Satan worshipper, "Sir Lord" Jimmy Crystal, Spike is forced to kill Jimmy Shite in a death match, as an initiation. Sir Jimmy then renames the young boy "Jimmy" to match th…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Zombiefilm, dystopian film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film, zombie film
During the initial outbreak of the Rage Virus, a young boy, Jimmy Crystal, flees his house in the Scottish Highlands as his family is attacked by the Infected. He takes refuge in the local church with his father, a minister, but finds him …
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, drama film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
right|thumb|upright|A 1956 Cessna 182, the type of plane Hig flies In 2035, many years after a devastating flu pandemic almost eradicated humanity, Hig, a former mechanic, lives in Erie, Colorado, with a dog named Jasper and Bangley, a for…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, Zombiefilm, action film, drama film, dystopian film, horror film, independent film, katastrophe, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, zombie film
A group of animal rights activists infiltrate a laboratory in Cambridge which houses abnormally aggressive chimpanzees. Despite a scientist warning that the chimpanzees are "infected" with "rage", an activist frees one; it attacks her and,…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Cyberpunk, Super Hero, action film, action thriller, cyberpunk, dystopian film, film noir, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film
In 1999, in an unnamed city, Thomas Anderson, a computer programmer known as "Neo" in hacking circles, investigates the mystery of the "Matrix", bringing him to the attention of hacker Trinity. She tells him that Morpheus can answer Neo's …
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Thriller, action film, disaster film, post-apocalyptic film, survival film, thriller film
Five years after the impact of interstellar comet Clarke destroyed civilization and most life on Earth, the environment is chaotic, with sudden electromagnetic storms, lingering radioactive fallout, deorbiting fragments of Clarke's debris …
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Destiny, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, chase film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, tech-noir film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In 1984 Los Angeles, an imposing man appears naked in an alley amid electric flashes and attacks some punks for clothes. Later, a man with scars appears in an alley the same way and evades police. The first man robs a gun shop, looks up ad…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, black comedy film, chase film, comedy film, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, girls with guns, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, suspense film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In 2029, Earth has been ravaged by the war between the malevolent artificial intelligence Skynet and the human resistance. Skynet sends the T-1000—an advanced, shape-shifting prototype Terminator made of virtually indestructible liquid met…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Zombiefilm, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, zombie film
During the initial Rage Virus outbreak in Britain, Don, his wife Alice, and four other survivors shelter in a cottage outside London. They hear a boy screaming and allow him inside, only to discover that a horde of Infected has followed hi…
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Thriller, post-apocalyptic film, psychological thriller film
Misanthrope Amanda Sandford arranges an impromptu weekend getaway at a vacation rental with her husband Clay and their kids, Archie and Rose. After arriving at the rental, Amanda goes to the store. While shopping for groceries, Amanda sees…
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Family Drama, Monster Film, Thriller, apocalyptic film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, thriller film
Sightless aliens with sharp hearing and impenetrable armored skin have taken over the planet and killed most of the human population. The Abbott family – father Lee, mother Evelyn, deaf daughter Regan, and sons Marcus and Beau – live on th…
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Drama, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film
Panem is a dystopian, post-apocalyptic nation divided into twelve districts ruled by the Capitol. As punishment for a failed rebellion 74 years earlier, each district must annually select two tributes, one boy and one girl between the ages…
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Action, Adventure, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, tech noir, thriller film
In 2027, total human infertility has led to wars and global depression, pushing civilization to the brink of collapse as humanity faces extinction. The UK has transformed into a totalitarian police state in which asylum seekers are arreste…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film
Chapter 1: The Pole of Inaccessibility Decades after the apocalypse, Australia is a radioactive wasteland and the Green Place of Many Mothers is one of the last remaining areas with fresh water and plant cultivation. Raiders discover the G…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, steampunk film, thriller film
In 2031, 17 years after an attempt to stop climate change via stratospheric aerosol injection with the compound CW-7 catastrophically backfired, creating a new ice age that destroyed life on Earth, the remnants of humanity shelter in a sta…
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LGBTQ-related film, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action thriller, dystopian film, political drama, political thriller film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, thriller film, vigilante film
In the near future, Britain is ruled by the Norsefire political party, a fascist and totalitarian regime led by High Chancellor Adam Sutler. The government controls the populace through propaganda and fear, imprisoning or executing those d…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Sci-Fi, action film, drama film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, vampire film
In 2009, a genetically engineered measles virus designed to cure cancer mutated and killed 90% of the human population, and transformed another 9% into vampiric-zombies known as Darkseekers, who hunt for immune humans at night as they are …
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drama film, post-apocalyptic film, road movie
Luis, along with his son Esteban, travels to a rave held in the deserts of southern Morocco in search of his missing daughter, Mar. A subgroup of ravers tells them that another rave is taking place deeper in the desert afterwards, and that…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the 22nd century, rising sea levels caused by global warming have wiped out coastal cities and altered the world's climate. With the human population in decline, advanced nations have created humanoid robots called mechas (diminutive of…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, fantasy film, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, thriller film
A teenage boy awakens in an underground elevator without memory of his identity. A large group of male youths greets him in a large grassy area, called the "Glade", enclosed by massive stone walls. The "Gladers" have formed a rudimentary s…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
Max Rockatansky is captured by hydraulic despot cult leader Immortan Joe's War Boys and taken to his fortress called the Citadel. Max, a universal donor, is forced to transfuse his blood to Nux, a sick War Boy. Meanwhile, Joe sends his lie…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Family Drama, action film, adventure film, alien invasion, disaster film, drama film, fantasy film, katastrophe, science fiction film, thriller film
A narrator opens the film stating that extraterrestrials with immense intelligence have grown envious of humanity's dominion of Earth and are plotting against them. Charming but self-absorbed longshoreman Ray Ferrier works as a crane opera…
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Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, cyberpunk, drama film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, suspense film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In 1998, three years after the destruction of Cyberdyne Systems, Sarah and John Connor have retreated to Livingston, Guatemala, where they are ambushed by a T-800 Terminator—one of several sent back through time by Skynet prior to its eras…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Monster Film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film
In the small town of Millbrook, New York, the Abbott family — parents Evelyn and Lee, daughter Regan, who is deaf, and sons Marcus and Beau — attend a Little League baseball game. A meteor-like object is seen hurtling toward Earth. Soon af…
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