Best post-apocalyptic movies

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Best post-apocalyptic movies

Discover the best post-apocalyptic movies, ranked from best to worst.

Based on 0 votes, the movie 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, starring Ralph Fiennes and Alfie Williams, came in first as the best post-apocalyptic movie, followed by 40 Acres and Afterburn from 2025. Scroll down for the top 10 post-apocalyptic movies, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2026 - Ralph Fiennes, Alfie Williams, Jack O'Connell, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry, Connor...
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In an England transformed by an epidemic, Dr. Kelson discovers an unexpected connection with one of the infected. Meanwhile, Spike joins the group led by Jimmy Crystal, whose rules test •••
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40 Acres
2025 - Danielle Deadwyler, Kataem O'Connor, Michael Greyeyes, Milcania Diaz-Rojas, Leenah...
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In a world where food has become very scarce, a farming family in Canada defends their farm from gangs of cannibals. The mother, Hailey, prepares her children to fight. Danielle Deadwyler •••
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Afterburn
2025 - Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju, Samuel L. Jackson, Daniel Bernhardt...
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On an Earth ravaged by a massive solar flare, a group of treasure hunters recover famous objects such as the Mona Lisa and the Crown Jewels. They fight rivals, mutants and pirates. Dave •••
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Arcadian
2024 - Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell JenkinsAction, Horror, Science Fiction
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In the near future, on a ruined Earth, Paul and his twin sons live on an isolated farm and defend themselves each night against ferocious creatures. When their father is badly hurt, the •••
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Cell
2016 - John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle FuhrmanHorror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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A strange signal pulses through every cell phone network in the world and turns the people using their phones into bloodthirsty creatures. A group of survivors in New England tries to make •••
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Equilibrium
2002 - Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye DiggsAction, Science Fiction, Thriller
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In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime keeps the peace with a drug that suppresses people's emotions, and any display of feeling is punishable by death. A man charged with enforcing •••
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Greenland 2: Migration
2026 - Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis, Tommie Earl Jenkins, Trond Fausa...
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A few years after the disaster caused by the comet Clarke, the Garrity family has to leave the shelter in Greenland. John, Allison and Nathan travel through a changed Europe in search of a •••
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Iron Lung
2026 - Mark Fischbach, Caroline Kaplan, Troy Baker, Elsie Lovelock, Elle LaMont, Mick Lauer...
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In a future where all stars and habitable planets have disappeared, a prisoner is sent to survey an ocean of blood on a deserted moon. He descends into a tiny submarine, nicknamed the Iron •••
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Judge Dredd
1995 - Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Armand AssanteScience Fiction, Action
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In a grim future, Judges keep order by acting as judge, jury and executioner all at once. Dredd, one of them, is falsely accused of murder and has to prove his innocence. Sylvester •••
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Mad Max
1979 - Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-ByrneAction, Thriller, Science Fiction
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In a ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road and terrorizes innocent people. The police are determined to stop them. Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel and Hugh Keays-Byrne •••
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This list includes, for example, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Greenland 2: Migration, The End.

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Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026), Greenland 2: Migration (2026), Iron Lung (2026).

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Titles released in this period include The Bad Batch (2017), Cell (2016), Maggie (2015).

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