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More movies SIMILAR to this one???

posted 13 years ago by omegaman7769-1
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I love post apocalyptic movies. There's a certain believability to them ;) It's too bad this one didn't fair so well. I thought it was a great B grade movie. Are there any movies at least as good as this one I should check out?

I've seen the following, and enjoyed them:
Logan's Run 1976
Waterworld
2012
Terminator
The matrix
Knowing
The Road
The book of eli
I am legend
Resident evil
the day after tomorrow
The Postman
The Stand

I could probably go on, but lets just trust, that I've seen the EPIC movies LOL!

I found a decent list below :)
http://chriscoyier.net/2009/10/25/list-of-post-apocalyptic-movies/

[–] CptDomino 13 years ago

The only one I can think of right now, besides the ones from your list, is 9. It's been awhile since I've seen it, but I can pretty much remember that it was about how these really smart machines were invented, but were so smart they ended up turning on the humans and killing them all, and a scientist (or something along those lines) puts his soul into 9 rag dolls. I can't remember much else, but it would definitely fall under post apocalyptic.

[–] omegaman7769-1 13 years ago

LOL! 9! I forgot about that one. Excellent movie! ;)

[–] dsb829 13 years ago

I recommend Mad Max and/or the Road Warrior if you haven't seen either of those. Also Children of Men, which I guess can be considered a sort of pre-apocalypse movie.

[–] omegaman7769-1 13 years ago

I've seen children of men(pretty decent), the others I have not. Thanks! :)

[–] starline 13 years ago

Not exactly the same...but made me think of Tremors...lol
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100814/

[–] omegaman7769-1 13 years ago

LOL! Tremors is good. At least the first one. It kind of went down hill after the first one. Although most sequels do ;)

[–] fkelleghan 13 years ago

Omegaman, with a handle like yours, I'll be considering you to be my MAIN MAN for go-to post-apocalypse fun.

A fun one, with hot chicks, satirical edge, and kinda-scary pop-up thrills, is Night of the Comet.

It isn't SIMILAR to this one, but it's as post-apoc fun as one can have for 95 minutes, plus the always wonderful Mary Woronov is head of the team of ... No, can't spoil it.

When you make a fuller list, maybe you could drop by here again to share it with us?

Fiona

Science first! And information: also first!

[–] omegaman7769-1 13 years ago

I'll definitely be checking it out. Thanks! And I likely will concoct a large list of disaster movies to share with the thread :)

[–] fkelleghan 13 years ago

Hell, I might even have an extra copy of the "Night of the Comet" DVD, which I could gift to you. I'll search my shelves.

Apropos of nothing, many years ago I decided to collect all the werewolf movies I could find. Since my bf is a collector of vintage horror movies (and wrote and starred in "Eyes of the Werewolf"), I found quite a lot. And then I forgot. I've probably missed many films from the 2K decade.

Wait, duh, Fiona. My boyfriend, Tim Sullivan (listed on IMDb as Tim Sullivan (V)), also wrote and starred in "Twilight of the Dogs," which has its own page here at the IMDb - that one's post-apocalyptic. All of the movies he's been connected with were micro-budget straight-to-DVD fun little films, and I added most of the info for them.

I'll look for an extra copy of that one, too, though I'm pretty sure I have only the VHS format.

Please do make that list! Even if only a handful of folks here contribute to it, we might make the best Disaster Movie List on the planet. Which won't feed the poor, but which will be totally awesome.

Nice to meet you, mate!

Fiona

Science first! And information: also first!

[–] fkelleghan 13 years ago

Hey, couldn't find an extra copy of "Night of the Comet" at home - but I think you'll enjoy it. It's horror-comedy gold.

Fiona

Science first! And information: also first!

[–] jen_ren128 13 years ago

Cant think of any more movies but some tv shows are Jericho and The Tribe.

[–] dave-935-71127 13 years ago

Delicatessan
Dark City
City Of Lost Children

[–] omegaman7769-1 13 years ago

I've seen dark city before. Excellent movie. Sutherland was very impressive in this one :)
The other two sound very interesting. I'm not generally into foreign movies, but I did like Pans labyrinth. It opened my mind in fact.

[–] dave-935-71127 13 years ago

IMHO Delicatessan is the best movie that has been mentioned on this thread.

[–] psdhart 9 years ago

Delicatessan
Dark City
City Of Lost Children

definitely those three

[–] agent2009 13 years ago

Good list but... how could you leave out Twelve Monkeys when five billion people had been wiped out??

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In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritu Sancti.

[–] tonyhouse 12 years ago

Just saw the movie while flipping through channels. To me, the premise seemed most similar to Aeon Flux, The Starlost, Logan's Run and THX-1138. They all deal with dystopian versions of the future where a population has forgotten its past.

[–] RichN36 12 years ago

I kept thinking Logan's Run while watching it.

This sonic transducer is I suppose some kind of audio-vibratory-physio-molecular transport device

[–] bookmarkm 9 years ago

Yup!. Tonyhouse. Your entries are the most closely aligned with the basic plot. Well done.

[–] sanctuary_thirteen 12 years ago

Try The City of Lost Children, it's not apocalyptic per se, but visually CoE lifted much from CoLC

[–] EgyGirl 12 years ago

Michael York's Logan's Run. check it out!

[–] omegaman7769-1 12 years ago

I recently purchased Logan's Run on blu-ray. Since it seems to be very popular. Just haven't watched it yet. Probably will tonight now :)

[–] EgyGirl 12 years ago

corny but good story. let me know what u think of it after watching.

[–] omegaman7769-1 12 years ago

Perhaps a bit corny at times. But I enjoyed it for the most part. I'm gonna post a question in the proper thread. Something has me a bit confused.

Thanks for recommending it. It's not something I'll soon forget :)

[–] EgyGirl 12 years ago

I'm curious to know about your question. Could you post the link where you ask your question? Perhaps I could help.

[–] omegaman7769-1 12 years ago

Natural Childbearing:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/board/thread/193154384