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American post-apocalyptic films
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The list American post-apocalyptic films includes
The Hunger Games, Mad Max: Fury Road, Planet of the Apes, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Divergent.
The list consists of 296 members
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The Hunger Games
2012 film by Gary Ross
Overview: The Hunger Games is a 2012 American dystopian action film directed by Gary Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Collins. It ...
Release date: 23 March 2012Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, AdventureDirector: Gary RossCast: Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Lawrence, Willow Shields, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth BanksProducer: Diana Alvarez, Robin BissellWriter: Gary Ross, Suzanne CollinsKatniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve ...
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Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 film directed by George Miller
Overview: Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 Australian post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by George Miller. Miller collaborated with Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris on the screenplay ...Release date: 7 May 2015Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: George MillerProducer: Bruce Berman, Graham BurkeWriter: George Miller, Brendan McCarthyIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a p ... 0
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Planet of the Apes
2001 science fiction film directed by Tim Burton
Overview: Planet of the Apes is a 2001 American science fiction action adventure film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by William Broyles Jr., Lawrence Konner, and Mark Rosenthal. The sixth installment in ...
Release date: 26 July 2001Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Tim BurtonCast: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, Estella WarrenProducer: Ross Fanger, Katterli FrauenfelderWriter: Pierre Boulle, William Broyles Jr.In 2029, an Air Force astronaut crash-lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominate a race of primitive humans. 0
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
American superhero film franchise
Overview: X-Men: Days of Future Past is a 2014 superhero film directed and co-produced by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg from a story he created with Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn. The film is based ...
Release date: 10 May 2014Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Bryan SingerCast: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Nicholas HoultProducer: Tom Cohen, Todd HallowellWriter: Simon Kinberg, Jane GoldmanThe X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants. 0
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Divergent
2011 book by Veronica Roth
Overview: Divergent is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Neil Burger, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Veronica Roth. The film is the first installment in The Divergent ...
Release date: 18 March 2014Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Neil BurgerProducer: Lucy Fisher, John J. KellyWriter: Evan Daugherty, Vanessa TaylorIn a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents ... 0
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Warm Bodies
2013 American zombie romantic comedy film
Overview: Warm Bodies is a 2013 American paranormal romantic zombie comedy film written and directed by Jonathan Levine and based on Isaac Marion's 2010 novel of the same name, which in turn is inspired by Shak ...
Release date: 1 February 2013Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, ComedyDirector: Jonathan LevineProducer: Gillian Bohrer, Erik FeigWriter: Isaac Marion, Jonathan LevineAfter a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the ... 0
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The Host
2013 American romantic science fiction thriller film
Overview: The Host is a 2013 American romantic science fiction thriller film written for the screen and directed by Andrew Niccol based on the 2008 novel by Stephenie Meyer. The film stars Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel ...
Release date: 29 March 2013Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action, Adventure, RomanceDirector: Andrew NiccolCast: Rachel Roberts, Shyaam Karra, Brent Wendell Williams, Jhil McEntyre, Jalen Coleman, Saoirse RonanProducer: Ray Angelic, Claudia BluemhuberWriter: Andrew Niccol, Stephenie MeyerWhen an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder risks everything to protect the people she ... 0
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Cloud Atlas
2012 film directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis
Overview: Cloud Atlas is a 2012 epic science fiction film written and directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer. Based on the 2004 novel by David Mitchell, it has multiple plots occurring during six eras and features ...
Release date: 1 January 2012Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, MysteryDirector: Tom Tykwer, Lana WachowskiProducer: Stefan Arndt, Alex BodenWriter: David Mitchell, Lana WachowskiAn exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero ... 0
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The Book of Eli
2010 post-apocalyptic action film
Overview: The Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic neo-Western action film directed by the Hughes Brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson ...
Release date: 11 January 2010Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: Albert Hughes, Allen HughesProducer: Brad Arensman, Yolanda T. CochranWriter: Gary WhittaA post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind ... 0
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Zombieland
2009 film by Ruben Fleischer
Overview: Zombieland is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer (in his theatrical debut) and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. It stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eis ...
Release date: 25 September 2009Genre: Comedy, Horror, Action, AdventureDirector: Ruben FleischerProducer: Ryan Kavanaugh, Gavin PoloneWriter: Rhett Reese, Paul WernickA shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters trying to get to an am ... 0
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Waterworld
1995 post-apocalyptic action film
Overview: Waterworld is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It was based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner ...
Release date: 28 July 1995Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Kevin ReynoldsProducer: Kevin Costner, John DavisWriter: Peter Rader, David TwohyIn a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," ... 0
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The Terminator
1984 science fiction film directed by James Cameron
Overview: The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd and produced by Hurd. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a ...
Release date: 26 October 1984Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: James CameronCast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, Rick RossovichProducer: John Daly, Derek GibsonWriter: James Cameron, Gale Anne HurdA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to ... 0
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The Matrix
1999 science fiction action film
Overview: The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the first installment in the Matrix film series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss ...
Release date: 31 March 1999Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Lana Wachowski, Lilly WachowskiCast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster, Joe PantolianoProducer: Bruce Berman, Dan CracchioloWriter: Lilly Wachowski, Lana WachowskiWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate de ... 0
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron
Overview: Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the script with William Wisher. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton and Robert ...
Release date: 1 July 1991Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: James CameronProducer: Stephanie Austin, James CameronWriter: James Cameron, William WisherA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from a more advanced and powerful cyborg. 0
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Tank Girl
1995 film Rachel Talalay
Overview: Tank Girl is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Rachel Talalay and written by Tedi Sarafian. Based on the British comics series created by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin ...
Release date: 31 March 1995Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, FantasyDirector: Rachel TalalayProducer: Tom Astor, Pen DenshamWriter: Alan Martin, Jamie HewlettA girl is among the few survivors of a dystopian Earth. Riding a war tank, she fights against the tyranny of a mega-corporation that dominates the remaining ... 0
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Jason X
2001 film directed by James Isaac
Overview: Jason X is a 2001 American science fiction slasher film directed by Jim Isaac and written by Todd Farmer. It is the tenth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. It stars Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck ...Release date: 24 July 2001Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: James IsaacProducer: Noel Cunningham, Sean S. CunninghamWriter: Todd Farmer, Arch McCoyJason Voorhees is cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the 21st century, and is discovered in the 25th century and taken to space. He gets thawed ... 0
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Doomsday
2008 film by Neil Marshall
Overview: Doomsday is a 2008 science fiction action film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film takes place in the future in Scotland, which has been quarantined because of a deadly virus. When the virus ...
Release date: 14 March 2008Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Neil MarshallProducer: Jeff Abberley, Julia BlackmanWriter: Neil MarshallA futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race. 0
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Avengers: Endgame
2019 superhero film produced by Marvel Studios
Overview: Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the ...
Release date: 3 May 2019Genre: Action, Sci-FiDirector: Anthony Russo, Joe RussoCast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy RennerProducer: Victoria Alonso, Mitchell BellWriter: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeelyAfter the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once ... 0
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The Divergent Series: Insurgent
2015 film by Robert Schwentke
Overview: The Divergent Series: Insurgent (simply known as Insurgent) is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Robert Schwentke, based on the 2012 novel Insurgent, the second book in ...
Release date: 19 March 2015Genre: Action, Romance, Sci-Fi, Adventure, ThrillerDirector: Robert SchwentkeProducer: Mathew Alden, Tina AndersonWriter: Brian Duffield, Akiva GoldsmanBeatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help ... 0
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After Earth
2013 American science fiction action adventure film directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Overview: After Earth is a 2013 American post-apocalyptic action-adventure film co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who co-wrote the script with Gary Whitta. The film was loosely based on an original ...
Release date: 31 May 2013Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, MysteryDirector: M. Night ShyamalanProducer: James Lassiter, Kwame ParkerWriter: Gary Whitta, M. Night ShyamalanA crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Earth, a millennium after events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher injured ... 0
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