Greatest Apocalyptic Movies of ALL Time - Top 30 with footage- + 50 more

This is a compilation of the 80 top Apocalyptic movies.
The list was organized from the best search results I could find. Of course, there will be some I may have left off.
The video is in two sections. The first 15 minutes is focused on the top 30. The second section of the video then looks at the remaining 50. These are just the approximate ranking based on which movies were searched the most on the internet. The list is also somewhat subjective, so there could be videos that should rank higher or vice versa.
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[@Yeoman7]

The Road is probably the most depressing movie I have ever seen.

[@Darkpara1]

Yeoman the book is even worse

[@meursault7030]

I don't really get what everyone finds so depressing about it. Like, yeah, it's sad. But everyone says it's up there in the most depressing films ever and I don't get why.

[@NoName-jy8oc]

@@meursault7030 Same here. Not depressing. ..just a little slow but definitely not depressing.

[@Atomic_Comic2077]

Did you see The Divide (2011) it’s something else entirely

[@tsoliot5913]

@@Darkpara1 I was going to write that word for word.

[@The_Savvy_Satyr]

I would add Children of Men to this list.

[@L_B2892]

Thank you for the list, finally found something to watch.

[@strategicinsomniac5607]

Just wanted to say thanks! You seemed to have put alot of work and thought into this list. I really appreciate that. It's hard to find good quality lists anymore. You're awesome.

[@marlenerowland1983]

Agreed!

[@pattywolford]

Thanks for the synopsis. I watched How It Ends, after seeing your list.

[@ara2805]

Also, have you ever watched Panic In Year Zero? A family leaves early one morning from Los Angeles for a Summer vacation of camping and fishing. A thermonuclear bomb is detonated and they must survive in the hills. This film was shot and distributed when the Hayes Commission held sway. In spite of bloodless shootings and petroglyphs of teepees that the California Indians never used it is still an excellent and realistic story of survival of a nuclear apocalypse.

[@bigdsson]

Best prepper movie I've ever seen.

[@Maniac1607]

"Threads" by Mick Jackson. Only movie that ever gave me nightmares.

[@adamw116]

The British Day After, right?

[@scottjoseph9578]

@@adamw116 The Day After is the American "Threads," and far inferior. (Although more influential.)

[@aliciakerr7639]

@@adamw116 the day after is a walk in the park compared to threads. Threads is terrifyingly realistic.

[@NoName-jy8oc]

The Road is definitely one of the best on this list. How It Ends is definitely not a top 10. Just my opinion folks.

[@marklutz8499]

A Zilla here here. I concur! SUCKS VERY BAD

[@stuartbagley2586]

The Road is very disturbing. Seems realistic even though we really have no idea what the apocalypse is.

[@NoName-jy8oc]

@@stuartbagley2586 I agree. That mysterious apocalypse is what makes it even better. But if I were to take an educated guess based on no marine life and no animals, I'd say it was a nuclear event.

[@spiet7380]

Biblically speaking Apocalypse means - To Unveil - The end of the world is a new meaning for an old word.

[@NoName-jy8oc]

@@stuartbagley2586 Right

[@yessme1]

Nice list.always looking for something new to watch.

[@casimirkulikowski5949]

Hey man thanks for the list because of your video i found some hidden gems, much appreciated

[@edwardwatt9420]

I agree with your choices and have to go back and look at some again. Thanks

[@littlegirl-lc8lh]

Thank you so very much!!!!!!!!! I want so much to take a look at so many at these movies!!!!!!

[@hairydave82]

Everyone should watch Threads. It's a British, made for TV film about a nuclear attack on the city of Sheffield in the early 1980s and the aftermath of the attack. The documentary-like, matter of fact voice over makes the viewing even more grim, seeing how woefully unprepared we were for that kind of war. The fact that it was made at a time when a nuclear war between East and West was a very real possibility makes it even more powerful.

[@inkwellflood8276]

Some good recommendations here, cheers ol bean. 🤘🏻🎩

[@DungeonStudio]

Some interesting choices. Yet so many missed still. I was really impressed with a recent Aussie film 'These Final Hours'. Another great one is a New Zealand film 'The Quiet Earth'. I even liked 'Maggie' in how it dealt with the increasing plague and how it affected family and friends. Probably the most CLASSIC of apocalyptic dramas has got to be 'On The Beach'. And the most surreal and insane is 'The Bed Sitting Room', utilizing some of the greatest British comedians/actors in the most filthy and dystopian locations.

[@767truthseeker]

I think you left out an excellent movie, The Stand. Realistic and possible. I also want to thank you for your video. God Bless.

[@dipanjanmukhopadhyayoffice5609]

Very useful list good well done survivor

[@danieloktovian9523]

Great, I subscribed!

[@jaybirdful]

Amazing list ! 💯 The fact that you got the Divide and the Domestics in top ten tells me you know what’s up for damn sure 👍🏼 (1st running zombies was Return of the Living Dead 💀)

[@wvmountaineer69]

🙄😂

[@electropalsceo]

thank u, great share

[@tnh723]

dude... Six String Samurai love the channel, longtime fan :-)

[@freyasdottirx5894]

Threads seriously needs to be on this list.

[@evorock]

How could it NOT be, it was and still is, utterly terrifying

[@inkwellflood8276]

I watched the divide earlier - by the beard of Zeus it was spiffing, those actors earned their silver. Well worth a ponder.🤘🏻🎩

[@Saint696Anger]

I miss ya man, I looked up good apocalypse movies and you showed up in my recommendations

[@remicasallena]

Really like that jumped over the obvious ones, (mainstream ones).

[@sharodM]

and also A Boy and His Dog....starring a very young Don Johnson....and Jason Robards

[@ara2805]

Yeah, but with Benji playing Blood I give it only three out of five stars. In the Harlan Ellison Novela Blood was a German Shepard and the location was in city ruins.

[@jeronimoromero175]

You had me at "Dolf Lundren blowing shit up"

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you.

[@OldSchoolPrepper]

no one can get every movie/tv show on every list,which is why I appreciate the commet section so much! Thanks everyone for adding more movies/tv shows to watch! THANKS!

[@Civil_Luke]

I watched the video but now I really dont want to have to watch it again to find all the Titles. Wish there was a concise list of all these.

[@thedoc3747]

You forgot a Charlton Heston classic 'The Omega man' ...

[@ara2805]

The Omega Man was a hack job on I Am Legend and is far inferior to Vincent Price in The Last Man On Earth(1964). That was the closest adaption of Richard Matheson's novel.

[@scullcap357]

No doubt missed .

[@ara2805]

@Q Anon WRONG! By the way "sir," at 66, I'm hardly a kid.

[@ferdonandebull]

I agree the Vincent price was the closest to the book and was really good in spite of the low budget and shooting site. Omega man was better than will Smith’s version but wasn’t a great movie but it was a good movie...

[@ara2805]

@Q Anon I'll bet you watched Armaggedon and think that it was a great film too.

[@w4rh34d1]

I seriously subscribed when I saw your serious name...

[@parttimepreppers9907]

AOK List...."On the Beach" Gregory Peck...1959 Classic Is in my top Ten!:)))

[@mikestanley9176]

The 2000 mad for cable movie wasn't bad.

[@zemallachismail6621]

Good job bro & great top 30 ... & my best movie is : the road. ☺

[@concertinamadrigals4058]

More than a few titles that I've never heard of! Thanks for this list.

[@joannshorter127]

Some good ones here, but you left out what could very well be the most tragic & realistic apocalyptic movies ever made, The British film "Threads" chronicles the effects of a major nuclear conflict in a frighteningly dark, rough & realistic way. No zombies or sadistic survivors attacking the protagonists, just a really grim look at what could be. Not everyone's cup of tea & I must admit I enjoyed Zombieland much more, but if there is any point to these films, other than pure entertainment, Threads certainy makes its point - the need to avoid any use of nuclear weapons. "The Day After" made a huge impact after it aired in the US & helped to start a movement toward nuclear weapons treaties between the super powers. It's a shame that Threads isn't more well known since it just might have that same impact, which would certainly be a comfort in late 2022.

[@davidsto9064]

My top three were in your 50 list lol. Hated a few in your top 10 but who cares right. Your one is in my two five. But goodbye world, after the dark and dawn of the dead are some of my favourites of all time. 28 days/weeks there too.

[@stephen42007]

respect for acknowledging the existence of The Dead AND The Dead 2 I never see anyone talk about it

[@glenbrucecostello4464]

To me and many others Threads is still the most shocking and depressing hard to sit through apocalyptic films I've ever seen , I've seen it twice once when it first Aired in 84 on the bbc and second and last time a few years ago on dvd , it's just relentlessly bleak and unforgiving not bad for a drama that literally used rice krispies and tomato sauce for blast burns victim's and was made on a shoestring budget from the bbc. This is a good list by the way .

[@vivienneclarke2421]

I only just heard of and watched it a week ago. It was so disturbing I couldn't stop thinking about it for days. .

[@everything4realestate243]

Thanks for the list, gonna check some out!

[@VermontPrepper]

Great list. Just watched aftermath. Want a bunker now

[@Darkpara1]

Quite enjoyed it for a low budget film

[@cliffidroid]

Threads, On the Beach and Virus (1980) are all just as depressing as The Road. For kicks and giggles I'll remind everyone of Planet of the Apes.

[@ara2805]

I assume you're referring to the original Planet of the Apes. Its sequels went from bad, Beneath Planet of the Apes ( which was BENEATH the original) to worse Battle for Planet of the Apes. The Tim Burton remake was asinine as well.

[@adamlarsen1566]

THREADS!

[@montanabulldog9687]

Just saw the film "Daylight Ends", I think its a GREAT FILM !. Considering its from "Down Under" . . . I think "The War Starts Tomorrow" is also, an EXCELLENT FILM . . .

[@jwrappuhn71]

Good vid bro, thanks for the list.

[@phantombarr2976]

The Postman was a great movie should have made the top 10

[@dolores8431]

Great video. gonna watch several of these. Some I've seen, but great list!!

[@lastfanstanding999]

"Children of Men"

[@danieloktovian9523]

No it isn't apocalyptic

[@scottjoseph9578]

@@danieloktovian9523 yes, it is. No babies, societal destruction. PD James' novel is also a masterpiece.

[@scottjoseph9578]

"Threads" is THE Nuclear War film. Practically perfect movie.

[@vitakyo982]

Soylent green , Omega man , ...

[@richardbidinger2577]

Soylant Green wasn't really an apocalyptic movie, it was dystopian sure, but it was meant to be a seriously overcrowded world.

[@joetrudnak9589]

I thought for sure Threads and The Day After would be #1 & #2

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

lol awesome you put the silence over bird box

[@piotrmarekkujawa2990]

Mate got a question. For years i'm searching for a post app. Film. The story is about a guy that has a small dog. The fuel reserves died out and he and a girl he saves search for a high tech city where the people still live normaly. Any ideas? I am sure Owen Wilson has a 3min role at the start of the movie but not in his filmography.

[@ara2805]

I thought you might be referring to A Boy And His Dog (1975). It had nothing to do with fuel or a high tech city. It did have a post-apocalyptic thermonuclear wasteland and underground cities that kidnapped "fresh blood" from the surface. It's from a novel by Harlan Ellison.

[@piotrmarekkujawa2990]

@@ara2805 unfortunetly not it's around 2000 i saw it on HBO about 10years ago

[@ara2805]

@@piotrmarekkujawa2990 Go to IMBD and search using the plots highlights and approximate year of release. Or if you remember any of the actors then search for them then check their filmography.

[@maryhildreth754]

What happened to the one you uploaded last night? It wasn't there when I clicked on it and I couldn't find it on your channel.

[@SeriousSurvivor]

Apparently I got hit with a copyright violation from one of the clips. So I had to remove it and edit that clip out. Was finally able to get it back up today. Thanks!

[@rufturbo997]

@@SeriousSurvivor It wasn't Red Dawn was it. Surprised that didn't make your list.

[@SeriousSurvivor]

@@rufturbo997 yeah, that one and the footage from a quiet place.

[@resilientdad7436]

Are you kidding me???? "How it ends" #1, it was junk, doesn't belong on this list, everything else, ok

[@justinreimers]

I liked the movie until the end cliffhanger. Was very good as far as acting and portrayal of sudden SHTF when you're far from home

[@MeesterGonzalez]

Even though I'm not a big Will Smith fan, I'd definitely place "I Am Legend" above "How It Ends". Too many plotholes in the latter and the ending was waaaay too vague to leave anyone satisfied. Honestly, it wouldn't even be in my top 30.

[@MeesterGonzalez]

PS. What happened to "Day of the Triffids"??? Hellooooo?

[@avanellehansen4525]

Super. How about books next?

[@fastshipper1023]

Great list, I’m going to check out the ones I haven’t seen

[@kfeltenberger]

Try to locate "Remnants", a 2013 movie with Tom Sizemore. Ignore the scenes with Sizemore as they were added after the movie was finished to try and add "star appeal". The movie was an indie film shot in the Carolinas (IIRC) in 2012 or so and released in 2013 and depicts how a gated community deals with an extrasolar event that acts like a super EMP. It's gritty and while low budget, it examined the group dynamics of how neighbors would handle such an event rather than focusing on the lone wolf or wandering band in gas masks trope.

[@jeffreycorbett3295]

Maybe I wasn't paying complete attention, but I would add The Crazies(2010) to the list as well.

[@metalmyron]

There are two amazing movies that I dont think you mentioned, 1, The Last Battle, aka "le dernier combat" from 1983 written by Luc Besson 2, The Quiet Earth, low budget New Zealand movie that holds it own.

[@SeriousSurvivor]

I will have to check those out, thanks.

[@wvmountaineer69]

This is not a test 1962

[@tneew]

did anyone else come to look for something you might have missed only to be tremendous dispointed and finding your self very opposed to the suggested ranking of movies?

[@thatguy9885]

Docudrama called “Smallpox”. Made in ‘02 and is on KZbin. Didn’t go full apocalypse, but can be a very unsettling film if you dwell on it.

[@nobodyslive4298]

For some Reason I feel like watching a movie like this right now BTW great Video way to less views

[@promedio2933]

Yeah The Omega Man bumps most of the top 30 films in that list, even I Am Legend.

[@mikestanley9176]

On the Beach (original and 2000 remake) Threads , Damnation Alley, The Stand (TV miniseries) to name a few.

[@2OldGeeksTalking]

The movie A BOY AND HIS DOG, was great....probably couldn't make that movie today, with SJW sensibilities.

[@arianarnwine9290]

You need to be specific about "the last ones" movie as I couldn't figure out which one you're mentioning.

[@aceventura9075]

How it Ends??? Gotta disagree on that one.

[@samirdaric2493]

Logan's Run ,Postman, hell even Waterworld was better than that abomination 😆😅😂🤣

[@adamw116]

Gotta agree, the lead was terrible and the most memorable thing to me was the shots of post apocalyptic Seattle.

[@Lucifer__83]

Idk,the movie had the most perfect vibe for an appocalypse imo

[@ameeromedia5883]

I wasn't feeling it either!

[@coewhat]

@@samirdaric2493 “Waterworld” really??? Fckin Waterworld?!?! Gsus, to have Waterworld on ANY list is in its self, asinine af.

[@Morbeushardmode]

Right on! Been scanning for post-apocalyptic movies.

[@bb21again.67]

You should try and watch Quiet Earth,a low budget movie from New Zealand.

[@johnd4348]

Never heard of 90 percent of these movies.

[@Anne.411]

Brain freeze is a recent upload but I dont know how old it was. I have seen every zombie movie there is to see and hadnt seen this one when I came across it. Train to Busan is good too and its free here on YT. Both of these movies are

[@richardikin]

I would drop #4 and #8 down about 20 places. Also, Hostile and Tomorrow When The War Began should be much higher. Apart from that, pretty good list.

[@kipviteo2274]

Hope some of these are on you tube or the audio books.

[@arleh5402]

Ever Since the World Ended, The Battery, Survivors(2008)

[@JulianGT80]

I think his list does show the best apocalyptic movies out there. Postapocalypse is hard to make. Hope more big companies will make new ones. I watch all of the ones worth watching. And now we wait :) Pretty sure Serious Survivor did the same, since he made that list, so well.

[@WTF-vv8ic]

Too bad you didn’t leave any descriptions a list of the movies

[@jeffmorleyy3825]

One problem with The Road was most of the time they traveled down the middle of the road. If there are threats about you do not want to be in the middle of the road.

[@jeffmorleyy3825]

@RabidNinja 84 Well if you are in survival mode and you have unknown threats all around you then to survive one would travel the most secure route. But this a entertainment movie not a post nuclear or virus attack movie. My friends and i give this movie a 5 out of 10 just because it is so unrealistic.

[@Americanpatriot-zo2tk]

I wouldn’t risk my life for Twinkies! I like those snowball snack things.

[@coffeezombie244]

Man this bro is in left field staring at the sun. The man said 28 weeks later was good.

[@cinderron11]

Great video but I don't understand why Zombie movies make a list . Zombies are the most unlikely thing that'll ever happen in the world . Nobody will ever have to deal with such things in their lifetime .

[@cinderron11]

@Joshua Hornz Sick people won't have the strength to come after anyone unless their sickness is a mental one .

[@cinderron11]

@Joshua Hornz Okay , possibly but there is no such thing and never will be such a thing as zombies . When you are dead you are not going after anyone unless you are a ghost .

[@markchadwick1858]

You ever being to los Angeles ,plenty there

[@ColtBiddix]

How on earth was Red Dawn not here. It wasn't on this list at all which is shocking because it should be in the top five seeing that is the most realistic and the most likely to occur

[@VanishingNomad]

Agreed. Defiantly in the top 5. With the over seas version "Tomorrow when the war began' somewhere in the top 10.

[@slappychap969]

THANKS SO EFFING MUCH.. I LOVE LOVE APOCALYPTIC MOVIES..

[@scottagamer]

The darkest hour it's good too.

[@ZEUStheKingGermanShepherd]

Several on here i havent seen. Thankyou !

[@silversponge4259]

Same here. Watched it. Liked it. Commented on it and now it's gone.

[@SeriousSurvivor]

KZbin blocked it due to one of the clips I used. Apparently there was a copyright issue. So I had to re-edit it and upload again. Thanks.

[@debrameadors4469]

About The Road, I think the boy will be lunch sooner or later .

[@arthurwilliams7886]

Reign of Fire should be #1 on this list. I didn’t see it in the top 30 or the next 50.

[@ah64dbeast37]

Stake land was a great low budget

[@shaneg8095]

Good list

[@SuperUncleRyan]

Doomsday should definitely be on the list. The movie has an excellent idea for our border wall too. Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse was really good too, for the comic relief aspect anyway. Book of Eli was probably my favorite from the list. I love Denzel Washington and of course I can't get enough Mila Kunis.

[@ara2805]

Doomsday? You're kidding, right?

[@SuperUncleRyan]

@@ara2805 it was no award winner by any stretch but you gotta admit the craziness in that movie was entertaining. Entertaining not educational. LOL and I loved the automated machine guns on the border wall.

[@Darkpara1]

That’s how Scotland would be if you cut off their lager supply for a month

[@mrs.sherry]

I really enjoyed Train to Busan as one of the best zombie movies.

[@stephenshepherd1433]

You need to watch "Panic In Year Zero", and add it to your list.

[@bigdsson]

I agree this is the best prepper movie I've ever seen. Anyone interested in being prepared has to watch this movie.

[@montanabulldog9687]

I became "Very Good Friends" with a woman TEACHER, from "Costa Rica", because of this film . . . she kept asking questions about it, I provided the ANSWERS . . . the rest is "History", as were "Still at It" . . . lol. !

[@rainingglass5554]

Did you really put WWZ ahead of The Colony and Zombieland?

[@teacherroy5660]

Thanks .....mcconaughey

[@toastnjam7384]

The two very first apocalyptic movies should have gotten an honorable mentioned. Deluge (1933) and Things to Come (1936).

[@CrazyGiL09]

The colony,the road,finch

[@01Gens]

Its funny how most people cant wait for the doomsday to be some bad ass survivor when in reality you will be dead in 2 weeks.

[@Americanpatriot-zo2tk]

I like your pose I don’t think I’d be dead in two weeks I think I might stretch it out to several months depending on what supplies I had and how determined I was. It’s easy to sit back when you’re comfortable and watch a movie and make the big decisions thanks for your post.

[@KorumEmrys]

Since I am guessing you have not seen it, Try "RAVAGERS" with Richard harris

[@SeriousSurvivor]

I will check that out. Thanks!

[@calebevans8986]

I'm trying to find this one post apocalyptic movie I vaguely remember from when I was a kid. All I can remember was it was desert like scenery and there was like some sort of mining camp .. No idea what it was called lol

[@daviddevine9643]

Mad Max

[@STAYFROSTY1776]

I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing I've seen every one of them and some you didn't list keep up the great work Patriot thanks