Best Post-apocalyptic Future Movies & TV Shows

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

A 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.

Run time: 130m Tagline: The future is worth fighting for. Release: 2014-07-08

Stars: Andy Serkis Doc Shaw Gary Oldman Jason Clarke Karin Konoval Keri Russell Kodi Smit-McPhee Nick Thurston Terry Notary Toby Kebbell

28 Years Later

Twenty-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 mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

Run time: 115m Tagline: Time didn't heal anything. Release: 2025-06-18

Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Alfie Williams Chi Lewis-Parry Christopher Fulford Edvin Ryding Jack O'Connell Jodie Comer Kim Allan Ralph Fiennes Stella Gonet

28 Days Later

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

Run time: 113m Tagline: The days are numbered. Release: 2002-10-31

Stars: Brendan Gleeson Christopher Eccleston Cillian Murphy Leo Bill Luke Mably Megan Burns Naomie Harris Noah Huntley Ricci Harnett Stuart McQuarrie

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Dr. 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.

Run time: 110m Tagline: Fear is the new faith. Release: 2026-01-14

Stars: Alfie Williams Chi Lewis-Parry Connor Newall Emma Laird Erin Kellyman Ghazi Al Ruffai Jack O'Connell Maura Bird Ralph Fiennes Sam Locke

Silo

In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant underground silo that plunges hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.

Stars: Avi Nash Chinaza Uche Common Harriet Walter Rebecca Ferguson Rick Gomez Tim Robbins

Fallout

The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there's almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.

Stars: Aaron Moten Ella Purnell Frances Turner Kyle MacLachlan Moisés Arias Walton Goggins

28 Years Later

It's been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

Run time: 0m Tagline: In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved. Release: 2025-06-16

Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Alfie Williams Edvin Ryding Erin Kellyman Geoffrey Newland Jack O'Connell Jodie Comer Joe Blakemore Kim Allan Ralph Fiennes

Snowpiercer

More 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 politics of survival play out.

Stars: Alison Wright Clark Gregg Daveed Diggs Iddo Goldberg Katie McGuinness Michael Aronov Mickey Sumner Roberto Urbina Rowan Blanchard Sam Otto

Afterburn

Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.

Run time: 0m Tagline: The apocalypse isn't for everybody. Release: 2025-08-20

Stars: Daniel Bernhardt Dave Bautista Eden Epstein George Somner Kristofer Hivju Olga Kurylenko Samuel L. Jackson Sergio Freijo

The Walking Dead

Sheriff'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.

Stars: Christian Serratos Cooper Andrews Jeffrey Dean Morgan Josh McDermitt Khary Payton Lauren Cohan Melissa McBride Norman Reedus Ross Marquand Seth Gilliam

See

A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.

Stars: Archie Madekwe Christian Camargo Eden Epstein Hera Hilmar Jason Momoa Michael Raymond-James Nesta Cooper Olivia Cheng Sylvia Hoeks Tom Mison

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Several 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 empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

Run time: 145m Tagline: No one can stop the reign. Release: 2024-05-08

Stars: Eka Darville Freya Allan Kevin Durand Lydia Peckham Neil Sandilands Owen Teague Peter Macon Ras-Samuel Welda'abzgi Travis Jeffery William H. Macy

Arcadian

In the near future, on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons face terror at night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a plan for survival, using everything their father taught them to keep him alive.

Run time: 92m Tagline: Family is stronger than fear. Release: 2024-04-12

Stars: Daire McMahon Jaeden Martell Joe Dixon Joel Gillman Maxwell Jenkins Nicolas Cage Sadie Soverall Samantha Coughlan

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

Run time: 149m Tagline: Fury is born. Release: 2024-05-22

Stars: Alyla Browne Angus Sampson Anya Taylor-Joy Charlee Fraser Chris Hemsworth Elsa Pataky George Shevtsov John Howard Lachy Hulme Tom Burke

Oblivion

Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

Run time: 124m Tagline: Earth is a memory worth fighting for Release: 2013-04-10

Stars: Abigail Lowe Andrea Riseborough Isabelle Lowe Melissa Leo Morgan Freeman Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Olga Kurylenko Tom Cruise Zoë Bell

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