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Your favorite Survival/Post-apoc/Disaster movies?
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I pissed off my roommates in college when I called BS on a scene in Day After (in 1983 when it first ran). They in turn called me on it so I proved my point. They all had top secret clearance and here I was telling them all about procedures for nukes from my days in the NoDak silos.........as a kid! They were jealous! We still joke about it today.
An excellent list! Haven't seen children of men. Hopefully I can find it on Netflix
avboiler11
Master
Children of Men is an excellent flick.
I was able to snag a DVD of 'The Day After' off eBay 7-8 years ago. I was born in 1983 so never watched the original film, but it is definitely a compelling movie...especially being "made for TV".
I was able to snag a DVD of 'The Day After' off eBay 7-8 years ago. I was born in 1983 so never watched the original film, but it is definitely a compelling movie...especially being "made for TV".
Forgot to mention Amerika, the mini series. Don't think it's ever made it to DVD or video but it was a pretty good mini series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(miniseries)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_(miniseries)
The Bubba Effect
Grandmaster
I remember watching "Fortress" with my buddy when I was a kid. It was set in Australia in the 80's and followed a rural school teacher and her kids kidnapped and then hunted in the wilderness by masked criminals. Awesome movie, lots of improvising and doing what it takes to survive. Scarred me for life. Good times.
Fortress (TV Movie 1985) - IMDb
Fortress (TV Movie 1985) - IMDb
I remember watching it on tv when it originally ran. I was 15 at the time and it really upped my desire to prep.
Has anyone seen the new movie "No Escape" with Owen Wilson? Man and his family transfer to some Asian pacific country for work and there is a coup.
No Escape (2015) - IMDb
Thinking about "The Day After" caused me to remember "Threads" a 1984 British documentary style movie about post nuclear Sheffield, Eng. I remember it being very gritty and dark. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/
Yeah, mediocre movie. They get lucky quite a number of times.
Near the beginning, the wife has her and the kids locked in a hotel room and I'm bleating out "push furniture against door you stupid woman!"
My daughter said "Mom, you are someone who carries a gun every day and thinks about stuff like that. Other people don't."
I guess that was a compliment
indiucky
Grandmaster
I watched "Snowpiercer" the other night and was pretty impressed...The actress who played the go between there at the beginning and kind of guided the rebels through the train deserved an Oscar or at least a nod....Stayed with me for a day or so...
That German flick was good as well...Nice list Kut...
The Nightly News on any network is the best survival thing I see. Most evenings watching, either my wife or I will start talking about preps and what we need to do next.
As far as cinema goes, I can't think of a single movie or TV show that even came close to realism as far as survival in a post-SHTF event.
As far as cinema goes, I can't think of a single movie or TV show that even came close to realism as far as survival in a post-SHTF event.
SchwansManDan
Sharpshooter
A Boy and His Dog ... Don Johnson's first movie, if I remember correctly.
I also liked Omega Man. Charlton Heston was always a favorite.
I also liked Omega Man. Charlton Heston was always a favorite.
Mad Max
Mad Max: The Road Warrior
Red Dawn (the original)
Blade Runner
Doctor Strangelove
The Terminator
Reign of Fire
I am Legend
Cloverfield
The Day the Earth Stood Still (more like a movie about preventing the apocalypse)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the original, although the remake with Donald Southerland getting the last screech is memorable for its bleakness)
The War of the Worlds (the original)
Night of the Living Dead (the original)
The Thing (the John Carpenter version from the 1980s)
Mad Max: The Road Warrior
Red Dawn (the original)
Blade Runner
Doctor Strangelove
The Terminator
Reign of Fire
I am Legend
Cloverfield
The Day the Earth Stood Still (more like a movie about preventing the apocalypse)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the original, although the remake with Donald Southerland getting the last screech is memorable for its bleakness)
The War of the Worlds (the original)
Night of the Living Dead (the original)
The Thing (the John Carpenter version from the 1980s)
The Professor
Plinker
With Commentary:
War of the Worlds, 1950's edition: The scene in Denver with the panicking public is rather prophetic.
Damnation Alley. . .if for no other reason than the Landmaster.
The Arrival: aliens causing Global Warming
The Postman: this was one case where I felt the movie did better than the book
The Day After Tomorrow: Good twist.
Carriers: Short run film, but I thouht it was well under-rated. Someone Went in the parking lot and posted Alex Jones Flyers on all the cars.
The Happening : Mother Nature has finally had enough of our crap.
Battle Los Angeles : Even though I think an alien invasion would be a little more in their favor.
Contagion: Possibly the most realistic movie of how a pandemic outbreak would play out. Watch the Food Distribution scene.
World War Z: Running Zombies. . .'nuff said
Special Mentions-
The Crazies: Though the most difficult aspect of a real-life Zombie Apocalypse will be pretending I'm not excited, I don't feel in the Romero-type zombification results. I don't believe in the re-animation of the dead, recently or otherwise. HOWEVER, The Crazies brings forth something I do believe is possible: the drug/virus-modification of the human mind to incite extreme rage, paranoia and sociopathy. We know that both the Soviets and our own gubmint did experiments on this very subject. The Crazies shows an excellent example of a "zombie-type" outbreak where external factors have removed the reasoning parts of the brain and turned people into homocidal killers because a drug or engineered virus was released.
The original Red Dawn - Soviet invasion of the US. 'nuff said.
The Day the War Began - An Australian take on the US' version of Red Dawn. Buncha Aussie kids taking on (IIRC) North Korean invaders.
Zombieland - Mainly because of the kid's list of rules of survival.
I'm leaving out a lot, but these are the highlights.
The Professor
War of the Worlds, 1950's edition: The scene in Denver with the panicking public is rather prophetic.
Damnation Alley. . .if for no other reason than the Landmaster.
The Arrival: aliens causing Global Warming
The Postman: this was one case where I felt the movie did better than the book
The Day After Tomorrow: Good twist.
Carriers: Short run film, but I thouht it was well under-rated. Someone Went in the parking lot and posted Alex Jones Flyers on all the cars.
The Happening : Mother Nature has finally had enough of our crap.
Battle Los Angeles : Even though I think an alien invasion would be a little more in their favor.
Contagion: Possibly the most realistic movie of how a pandemic outbreak would play out. Watch the Food Distribution scene.
World War Z: Running Zombies. . .'nuff said
Special Mentions-
The Crazies: Though the most difficult aspect of a real-life Zombie Apocalypse will be pretending I'm not excited, I don't feel in the Romero-type zombification results. I don't believe in the re-animation of the dead, recently or otherwise. HOWEVER, The Crazies brings forth something I do believe is possible: the drug/virus-modification of the human mind to incite extreme rage, paranoia and sociopathy. We know that both the Soviets and our own gubmint did experiments on this very subject. The Crazies shows an excellent example of a "zombie-type" outbreak where external factors have removed the reasoning parts of the brain and turned people into homocidal killers because a drug or engineered virus was released.
The original Red Dawn - Soviet invasion of the US. 'nuff said.
The Day the War Began - An Australian take on the US' version of Red Dawn. Buncha Aussie kids taking on (IIRC) North Korean invaders.
Zombieland - Mainly because of the kid's list of rules of survival.
I'm leaving out a lot, but these are the highlights.
The Professor
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Defiance would be my favorite Hollywood type movie.
But Remnants is my favorite for Honorable Mention - because of what it was trying to do. (Of course, I might be biased since I was in it... )
This, THIS, is the one I'm waiting for:
[video=youtube;cWnbrwjnbZA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnbrwjnbZA[/video]
But Remnants is my favorite for Honorable Mention - because of what it was trying to do. (Of course, I might be biased since I was in it... )
This, THIS, is the one I'm waiting for:
[video=youtube;cWnbrwjnbZA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnbrwjnbZA[/video]
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