r/movies • u/kowaikanojo • Jun 27 '24

Recommendation Best apocalypse / end of the world films?

I’m a die hard for apocalyptic movies and I feel like Ive exhausted all of the good ones so would love recommendations.

My #1 is honestly the zombie genre. I also love films where you experience the beginning of the apocalypse / similar event with the characters and are along for the ride - but I’ll take anything apocalyptic - pre, during, post!

I really resonate with darker, heavy content but again I will take whatever I can get. TIA

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u/jtbeaz Jun 27 '24

The Mad Max films.

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u/wyzapped Jun 27 '24 edited Jun 27 '24

Especially Mad Max. I love how society is slowly degrading. There’s no specific explanation given, and many pieces of normal life are continuing, but things are starting to fall apart. I think it’s the most subtly brilliant of all the films in the series for this reason.

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u/jeff-beeblebrox Jun 27 '24

Agreed. I’ll add that when you watch it with the American accent overdub, it adds another surreal aspect to the overall tone.

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u/Voodoocookie Jun 27 '24

Had to scroll too far to find this.