In which an attempt is made to catalog and compare post-apocalyptic films. Some entries include links to my full review (if you can click on the movie title it will take you there) Corrections? Comments? Additions? Email Toren!
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9 (2009)
Type of apocalypse: war/nerve gas
Location: America?
Number of humans: zero
Number of humans: zero
Years since apocalypse: less than 10
Monsters: robots (with animal bones)
Cannibalism? none
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
12 Monkeys (1995)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: Philadelphia
Number of humans: lots
Number of humans: lots
Years since apocalypse: 38
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
28 Days Later (2002)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: London
Number of humans: lots
Number of humans: lots
Time since apocalypse: 28 days
Monsters: feral infected humans
Cannibalism? No
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Number of humans: hundreds?
Number of humans: hundreds?
Time since apocalypse: less than 3 years
Monsters: feral infected humans
Cannibalism? No
Ends on a positive? No
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Phoenix AZ
Number of humans: hundreds?
Number of humans: hundreds?
Years since apocalypse: 17
Monsters: radiation victims (“Screamers”); robots
Cannibalism? Yes
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
After the Apocalypse (2004)
Type of apocalypse: War
Number of humans: At least 5
Number of humans: At least 5
Years since apocalypse:
Monsters:
Cannibalism?
Ends on a positive?
Toren’s Rating: n/a
Toren’s Rating: n/a
After Earth (2013)
Type of apocalypse: Environmental cataclysm
Location: Undisclosed
Number of humans: 2 on Earth, multitudes in space.
Location: Undisclosed
Number of humans: 2 on Earth, multitudes in space.
Years since apocalypse: 1000
Monsters: Aliens, evolved animals.
Cannibalism? No
Ends on a positive? Yes?
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Washington?
Number of humans: Colorado
Location: Washington?
Number of humans: Colorado
Years since apocalypse: 900
Monsters: 1 mutant
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Type of apocalypse: oil wars
Location:
Number of humans: thousands or millions
Location:
Number of humans: thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: less than 1 generation
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: London
Number of humans: dozens
Location: London
Number of humans: dozens
Years since apocalypse: 4
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? none
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Type of apocalypse: cosmic radiation ‘plague’
Location: Southwest USA
Number of humans: hundreds
Location: Southwest USA
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 64
Monsters: mutants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? unclear
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Book of Eli (2010)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: San Francisco
Number of humans: hundreds
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 30
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? Yes
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Type of apocalypse: robot
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: hundreds
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 2000
Monsters: robots
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Blindness (2008)
Type of apocalypse: mass hysteria
Location: unnamed city
Number of humans: billions
Location: unnamed city
Number of humans: billions
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Cadaver (Kadaver) (2020)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear?
Location: Norway
Number of humans: unknown
Location: Norway
Number of humans: unknown
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Cargo (2017)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: Australia
Number of humans: unknown
Location: Australia
Number of humans: unknown
Time since apocalypse: unspecified
Monsters: infected humans
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Children of Men (2006)
Type of apocalypse: pandemic
Location: Britain
Number of humans: billions
Location: Britain
Number of humans: billions
Years since apocalypse: 18
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? none
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
City of Ember (2008)
Type of apocalypse: Unspecified
Location: Somewhere in the United States
Number of humans: Presumably thousands
Location: Somewhere in the United States
Number of humans: Presumably thousands
Years since apocalypse: 241
Monsters: giant star-nosed mole
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Type of apocalypse: unexplained.
Location: “Big Isle”
Number of humans: Presumably thousands if not millions or more.
Location: “Big Isle”
Number of humans: Presumably thousands if not millions or more.
Years since apocalypse: 106
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
The Colony (2013)
Type of apocalypse: ice age
Location: unknown
Number of humans: presumably at least 100
Location: unknown
Number of humans: presumably at least 100
Time since apocalypse: less than 2 generations
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Cyborg (1989)
Type of apocalypse: plague, anarchy, genocide, starvation
Location: New York, South Carolina, Atlanta
Number of humans: Presumably thousands or more
Location: New York, South Carolina, Atlanta
Number of humans: Presumably thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: Less than 25
Monsters: cyborgs
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Damnation Alley (1977)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: California, Utah, New York
Number of humans: At least
Location: California, Utah, New York
Number of humans: At least
Years since apocalypse: 2
Monsters: giant scorpions, killer cockroaches
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Type of apocalypse: Undisclosed
Location: America
Number of humans: dozens shown
Location: America
Number of humans: dozens shown
Years since apocalypse: 10
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Day of the Triffids (1963)
Type of apocalypse: meteor shower
Number of humans: billions
Number of humans: billions
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: killer plants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
The Day After (1983)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Kansas, Missouri
Number of humans: millions
Location: Kansas, Missouri
Number of humans: millions
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Day the World Ended (1955)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Southwest America
Number of humans: more than five
Location: Southwest America
Number of humans: more than five
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: mutant
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Deathlands: Homeward Bound (2003)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: America
Number of humans: thousands
Location: America
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: 120
Monsters: mutated humans and animals
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Def-Con 4 (1985)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Eastern Canada
Number of humans: Hundreds or thousands
Location: Eastern Canada
Number of humans: Hundreds or thousands
Time since apocalypse: 2 months
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Delicatessen
Type of apocalypse: undisclosed
Location: France
Number of humans: presumably thousands or millions
Location: France
Number of humans: presumably thousands or millions
Time since apocalypse: undisclosed
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: Scotland
Number of humans: millions or billions
Location: Scotland
Number of humans: millions or billions
Years since apocalypse: 30
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Cirio H. Santiago
Dune Warriors (1991)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: unknown
Number of humans: millions or billions
Location: unknown
Number of humans: millions or billions
Years since apocalypse: 40-60
Monsters: only if desert dwarves count
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3.7/10
Toren’s Rating: 3.7/10
Equalizer 2000 (1987)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Alaska
Number of humans: presumably thousands or millions
Number of humans: presumably thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: 100
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 2/10
Toren’s Rating: 2/10
Type of apocalypse: unknown
Location: New Zealand
Number of humans: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: hundreds or more
Number of humans: hundreds or more
Years since apocalypse: less than 1 lifetime
Monsters: disfigured mutants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Type of apocalypse: solar flare
Location: St Louis Missouri
Number of humans: millions inferred
Number of humans: millions inferred
Years since apocalypse: 15
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? implied
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6.8/10
Toren’s Rating: 6.8/10
Fist of the North Star (1986)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Kanto region, Japan
Number of humans: millions
Number of humans: millions
Years since apocalypse: possibly less than a lifetime
Monsters: giants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Five (1951)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: California
Number of humans: 5
Location: California
Number of humans: 5
Time since apocalypse: months
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Future Hunters (1986)
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: California
Number of humans: hundreds seen but presumably more
Location: California
Number of humans: hundreds seen but presumably more
How many years since apocalypse: 39
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes and also only the first 15 minutes take place in the post-apocalyptic world.
Toren’s Rating: 3.7/10
Toren’s Rating: 3.7/10
The Girl With All the Gifts (2016)
Type of apocalypse: fungal disease
Location: Home Counties, Britain
Number of humans: hundreds or thousands
Location: Home Counties, Britain
Number of humans: hundreds or thousands
Years since apocalypse: 20
Monsters: infected humans
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? debatable
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Goodbye World (2013)
Type of apocalypse: computer virus
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: billions
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: billions
Time since apocalypse: days
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: unknown
Number of humans: presumably thousands or millions
Location: unknown
Number of humans: presumably thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: robot
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Type of apocalypse: solar storm
Location: Germany
Number of humans: dozens shown
Location: Germany
Number of humans: dozens shown
Years since apocalypse: less than six
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Hell Comes to Frogtown (1987)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: presumably thousands or more
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: presumably thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: anthropomorphic mutant frogs
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Type of apocalypse: disease
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: dozens or more
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: dozens or more
Time since apocalypse: less than a decade
Monsters: mutant ‘reapers’
Cannibalism? inferred
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6.5/10
Toren’s Rating: 6.5/10
How I Live Now (2013)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: English Countryside
Number of humans: presumably millions
Location: English Countryside
Number of humans: presumably millions
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
I Am Legend (2007)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: New York City
Number of humans: less than 6
Location: New York City
Number of humans: less than 6
Years since apocalypse: 3
Monsters: feral mutant humans and dogs
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
It Comes At Night (2017)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: American wilderness
Number of humans: less than 6
Location: American wilderness
Number of humans: less than 6
Years since apocalypse: 0-1
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6.5/10
Toren’s Rating: 6.5/10
Land of Doom (1986)
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Location: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: n/a
Toren’s Rating: n/a
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Type of apocalypse: plague
Location: Rome or California
Number of humans: 1-2
Location: Rome or California
Number of humans: 1-2
Years since apocalypse: 3
Monsters: vampiric plague victims
Cannibalism? yes and no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
The Last Survivors / The Well (2014)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Oregon Valley
Number of humans: presumably at least hundreds
Location: Oregon Valley
Number of humans: presumably at least hundreds
Time since apocalypse: years to decades
Monsters: non
Cannibalism?
Ends on a positive?
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
La Jetee (1962)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Paris
Number of humans: thousands
Location: Paris
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes and no
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Le Dernier Combat (The Last Battle) (1983)
Type of apocalypse: unknown
Location: France?
Number of humans: dozens at least
Location: France?
Number of humans: dozens at least
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Logan’s Run (1976)
Type of apocalypse: unknown
Location: Washington DC
Number of humans: presumably thousands or more
Location: Washington DC
Number of humans: presumably thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: about 300
Monsters: robots
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Los últimos días (The Last Days) (2013)
Type of apocalypse: virus
Location: Spain?
Number of humans: [pending]
Location: Spain?
Number of humans: [pending]
Years since apocalypse: [pending]
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? [pending]
Ends on a positive? [pending]
Toren’s Rating: n/a
Toren’s Rating: n/a
Type of apocalypse: War/resource shortage
Location: America
Number of humans: thousands
Location: America
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: 7
Monsters: giant frogs, centipedes, crabs and burrowing worms, among others
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6.8/10
Toren’s Rating: 6.8/10
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Type of apocalypse: War/resource shortage
Location: Australian Desert
Number of humans: thousands
Location: Australian Desert
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: about five
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 7.8/10
Toren’s Rating: 7.8/10
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Type of apocalypse: War/resource shortage
Location: Australian desert
Number of humans: thousands
Location: Australian desert
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: about 20
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Mad Max Fury Road (2015)
Type of apocalypse: War/resource shortage
Location: Australian desert
Number of humans: thousands
Location: Australian desert
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Mad Shelia (2016)
Type of apocalypse: War/resource shortage
Location:
Number of humans: thousands
Location:
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse:
Monsters:
Cannibalism?
Ends on a positive?
Toren’s Rating: tbd
Toren’s Rating: tbd
Mad Warrior AKA Clash of the Warlords (1983)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: hundreds shown
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: hundreds shown
Years since apocalypse: undisclosed
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Type of apocalypse: undisclosed
Location: the Arctic/outer space
Number of humans: unknown
Location: the Arctic/outer space
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: 3 weeks
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Type of apocalypse: nuclear explosion?
Location: “Sunderland”
Number of humans: dozens seen
Years since apocalypse: 2-3?
Monsters: feral subhuman “supplicants”
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a postive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5.5/10
Mortal Engines (2018)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war (more or less)
Location: Europe
Number of humans: thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: hundreds
Monsters: undead cyborg
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Mother/Android (2021)
Type of apocalypse: robot uprising
Location: Massachusetts USA
Number of humans: thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: 9 months
Monsters: androids
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: presumably thousands or more
Location: unknown
Number of humans: presumably thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: 1000
Monsters: giant mutant insects
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 10/10
Toren’s Rating: 10/10
Type of apocalypse: tbd
Location: tbd
Number of humans: tbd
Location: tbd
Number of humans: tbd
Years since apocalypse: tbd
Monsters: mutants
Cannibalism? tbd
Ends on a positive? tbd
Toren’s Rating: tbd
Toren’s Rating: tbd
New Barbarians (I Nuovi Barbari) AKA Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: hundreds
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 30ish
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4.5/10
Night of the Comet (1984)
Type of apocalypse: comet dust
Location: Southern California
Number of humans: dozens
Location: Southern California
Number of humans: dozens
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: “zombies”
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Noah (1975)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: unknown island
Number of humans: one
Location: unknown island
Number of humans: one
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Oblivion (2013)
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: Northeastern United States
Number of humans: Hundreds or thousands
Location: Northeastern United States
Number of humans: Hundreds or thousands
Years since apocalypse: 60
Monsters: aliens
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Type of apocalypse: robot/nuclear war
Location: unspecified
Number of humans: undisclosed
Location: unspecified
Number of humans: undisclosed
Years since apocalypse: undisclosed
Monsters: just robots
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
The Omega Man
Type of apocalypse: biological warfare
Location: Los Angeles
Number of humans: one
Location: Los Angeles
Number of humans: one
Years since apocalypse: 2
Monsters: albino mutants
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Type of apocalypse: Nuclear war
Location: Australia
Number of humans: dozens
Location: Australia
Number of humans: dozens
Time since apocalypse: days
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Panic in Year Zero!
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: California
Number of humans: dozens
Location: California
Number of humans: dozens
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: New York
Number of humans: hundreds
Location: New York
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 2000
Monsters: advanced ape society
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Postman (1997)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Oregon
Number of humans: thousands or millions
Location: Oregon
Number of humans: thousands or millions
Years since apocalypse: 15
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Type of apocalypse: experiment gone wrong
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Number of humans: 3
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Number of humans: 3
Time since apocalypse: days
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Type of apocalypse: alien invasion
Location: America
Number of humans: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Time since apocalypse: months & years
Monsters: aliens
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes (both parts)
Toren’s Rating: 7 (both parts)
Toren’s Rating: 7 (both parts)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Unknown, possibly America or Europe
Number of humans: Scores or hundreds shown
Number of humans: Scores or hundreds shown
Time since apocalypse: months & years
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: at least hundreds
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: at least hundreds
Years since apocalypse: undisclosed
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
The Road (2009)
Type of apocalypse: undisclosed
Location: Southeastern United States
Number of humans: presumably at least thousands
Location: Southeastern United States
Number of humans: presumably at least thousands
Years since apocalypse: 8
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? not really
Toren’s Rating: 8.5/10
Toren’s Rating: 8.5/10
Type of apocalypse: viral plague
Location: United States
Number of humans: dozens seen
Location: United States
Number of humans: dozens seen
Years since apocalypse: 8
Monsters: rabid plague ‘nightwalkers’
Cannibalism? only nightwalkers
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 3.5/10
Toren’s Rating: 3.5/10
Salute of the Jugger (Blood of Heroes) 1989
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: thousands
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Scorch Trials (2015)
Type of apocalypse: solar flares and “zombie” virus pandemic
Location: America, possibly San Francisco?
Number of humans: Possibly millions
Location: America, possibly San Francisco?
Number of humans: Possibly millions
Years since apocalypse: unclear, presumably less than two generations
Monsters: insane cannibalistic virus-infected “cranks”
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? n/a
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Type of apocalypse: environmental
Location: Montana?
Number of humans: Hundreds at least
Location: Montana?
Number of humans: Hundreds at least
Years since apocalypse: 50
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Screamers (1995)
Type of apocalypse: war
Location: The planet Sirius 6B
Number of humans: unknown
Location: The planet Sirius 6B
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: 10
Monsters: robots
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
She (1982)
Type of apocalypse: apparently nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: at least hundreds
Location: unknown
Number of humans: at least hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 23
Monsters: robots, mutants
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Six String Samurai (1998)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Las Vegas
Number of humans:
Location: Las Vegas
Number of humans:
Years since apocalypse: 40
Monsters: none
Cannibalism?
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The Sky Has Fallen (2009)
Type of apocalypse: plague
Location:
Number of humans:
Location:
Number of humans:
How many years since apocalypse:
Monsters: demonic figures
Cannibalism?
Ends on a positive?
Toren’s Rating: tbd
Toren’s Rating: tbd
Snowpiercer (2013)
Type of apocalypse: climate change
Location: global (train)
Number of humans: hundreds
Location: global (train)
Number of humans: hundreds
Years since apocalypse: 17
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Solarbabies (1986)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: 1000
Monsters: alien
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? Yes?
Toren’s Rating: tbd
Type of apocalypse: WWIII
Location: undisclosed
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: Hundreds at least
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: shrieking sand-burrowing half-men
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: shrieking sand-burrowing half-men
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: undisclosed
Number of humans: at least hundreds
Number of humans: at least hundreds
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes but not for the sidekick
Toren’s Rating: 2.5
Toren’s Rating: 2.5
Tank Girl
Type of apocalypse: comet
Location: presumably Australia
Number of humans: thousands or more
Location: presumably Australia
Number of humans: thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: 11
Monsters: kangaroo DNA-spliced supersoldiers
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 2/10
Toren’s Rating: 2/10
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: dozens or hundreds
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: dinosaurs
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Terminator: Salvation (2009)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: California
Number of humans: thousands
Number of humans: thousands
Years since apocalypse: 14
Monsters: robots/cyborgs
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Threads (1984)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Sheffield, UK
Number of humans: billions
Location: Sheffield, UK
Number of humans: billions
Years since apocalypse: from days to 13 years
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Type of apocalypse: disease
Location: France
Number of humans: Presumably thousands
Location: France
Number of humans: Presumably thousands
How many years since apocalypse: blern
Monsters: No
Cannibalism? No
Ends on a positive? No
Toren’s Rating: 5.3/10
Toren’s Rating: 5.3/10
Tooth & Nail (2007)Type of apocalypse: blern
Location:
Number of humans:
Location:
Number of humans:
How many years since apocalypse: blern
Monsters:
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive?
Toren’s Rating: TBD
Toren’s Rating: TBD
Turbo Kid (2015)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: scores or possibly hundreds
Number of humans: scores or possibly hundreds
Years since apocalypse: Somewhere between 20 and 1
Monsters: robots
Cannibalism? Yes (in a way)
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
ype of apocalypse: virus
Location: USA, Antarctica
Number of humans: 200
Number of humans: 200
Years since apocalypse: 0 to several
Monsters:
Cannibalism? No
Ends on a positive? No
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
WALL-E
Type of apocalypse: Mass consumerism
Location: Unknown
Number of humans: Zero
Location: Unknown
Number of humans: Zero
Years since apocalypse: 800
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? None
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 10/10
Toren’s Rating: 10/10
Warriors of the Apocalypse AKA Searchers of the Voodoo Mountain (1985)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Possibly South America
Number of humans: hundreds or thousands.
Location: Possibly South America
Number of humans: hundreds or thousands.
Years since apocalypse: 90 +
Monsters: jungle dwarves with healing powers
Cannibalism? unclear
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Toren’s Rating: 3/10
Wastelander (2018)Type of apocalypse:
Location:
Number of humans:
Location:
Number of humans:
Years since apocalypse:
Monsters:
Cannibalism?
Ends on a positive?
Toren’s Rating: tbd
Toren’s Rating: tbd
Type of apocalypse: climate change
Location: Denver, CO and Mount Everest
Number of humans: hundreds or thousands.
Location: Denver, CO and Mount Everest
Number of humans: hundreds or thousands.
Years since apocalypse: hundreds
Monsters: huge mutant fish
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
What Still Remains (2018)
Type of apocalypse: plague
Location: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Location: unknown
Number of humans: unknown
Years since apocalypse: 19+
Monsters: no
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Wheels of Fire (1984)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: unknown
Number of humans: Likely thousands or more
Location: unknown
Number of humans: Likely thousands or more
Years since apocalypse: unknown
Monsters: mutant subterranean”sandmen”
Cannibalism? yes
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
Toren’s Rating: 4/10
When the Wind Blows
Type of apocalypse: nuclear war
Location: Sussex, UK
Number of humans: two known
Location: Sussex, UK
Number of humans: two known
Time since apocalypse: immediate
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
Toren’s Rating: 6/10
World Gone Wild (1987)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: America, probably California
Number of humans: at least thousands
Number of humans: at least thousands
Time since apocalypse: 75 years
Monsters: No
Cannibalism? Yes
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
Ends on a positive? Yes
Toren’s Rating: 5/10
The World, The Flesh and the Devil
Type of apocalypse: global radioactive cloud
Location: Pennsylvania, New York
Number of humans: At least 3
Location: Pennsylvania, New York
Number of humans: At least 3
Time since apocalypse: days
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Toren’s Rating: 8/10
Young Ones (2014)
Type of apocalypse: drought
Location: USA
Number of humans: presumably millions or billions
Location: USA
Number of humans: presumably millions or billions
Years since apocalypse: possibly less than a generation
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? no
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Z for Zachariah (2015)
Type of apocalypse: nuclear
Location: Rural area USA
Number of humans: At least 3
Location: Rural area USA
Number of humans: At least 3
Time since apocalypse: about 1 year
Monsters: none
Cannibalism? no
Ends on a positive? yes
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Toren’s Rating: 7/10
Hey some of these are on youtube!
World Gone Wild:
Stryker 1983
Hell Comes to Frogtown
She 1982
Six String Samurai
The Day After
The Bed Sitting Room
Neon City
damnation alley
Day of the Triffids
The Day the World Ended 1955
Def-Con 4
Equalizer 2000
The World, The Flesh and The Devil
Warriors of the Apocalypse
New Barbarians
Empire of Ash AKA Empire of Ash II AKA Manic Warriors
Virus (1980)
I can’t believe you rated 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later the same. 28 Days Later is so far superior. However, you redeem yourself with Blindness, I think you and I are the only two people in the world who liked that movie.
The visual style of “Zardoz” reminds me so much of “Excalibur”!
I can’t believe you thought salute of the Jugger was better than Mad Max: beyond the Thunderdome. I disagree strongly on that one.
I don’t think I will watch Zardox.
ZOMG! Zardoz! So good, 10/10!
I’d see 12 Monkeys again sometime. I think I only saw it one the time (when it came out on video). Sheri really liked Delicatessen.
If you do find Hardware make sure you don’t watch it with your brother.
I went with your brother, Colin and I think Jeffyboy to see it in the theatre. I remember it because there is a part of the movie that is quite colourful and I think your brother yelled out “I’m tripping out man!” and the entire theatre (minus myself) laughed.