Best post-nuclear-holocaust movie to date?

[derby378]

All the more reason to call for peace on earth, good will towards all mankind. Soon we'll have an administration that may hold out some hope for pursuing this ideal.

[Symarip]

1. Does Red Dawn qualify?

Swayze is teh awesome.

[derby378]

2. Nope - no nuclear holocaust in that one

Russkis? Check. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, pre-Dirty Dancing? Check. Wolverines? Check. Nukes? None, for reasons spelled out in the film.

[Symarip]

3. It's been a while since I saw it

Wait. Blade Runner qualifies, I believe.

I pick Blade Runner.

[TheMightyFavog]

Um.. the scene with the fighter pilot?

Col. Andy Tanner: ...The Russians need to take us in one piece, and that's why they're here. That's why they won't use nukes anymore; and we won't either, not on our own soil. The whole damn thing's pretty conventional now. Who knows? Maybe next week will be swords.

Darryl Bates: What started it?

Col. Andy Tanner: I don't know. Two toughest kids on the block, I guess. Sooner or later, they're gonna fight.

Jed Eckert: That simple, is it?

Col. Andy Tanner: Or maybe somebody just forget what it was like.

Jed Eckert: ...Well, who *is* on our side?

Col. Andy Tanner: Six hundred million screaming Chinamen.

Darryl Bates: Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen.

Col. Andy Tanner: There *were*. (he throws whiskey on the fire; it ignites violently, suggesting a nuclear explosion)

[Zuni]

30. there so is a nuclear holocaust

you just don't see it

[Deep13]

4. Two days ago I saw a vee-hicle that could 'aul that tankah...

You wanna git attah he'e, you talk tah me.

Road Warrior. I know Gibson's batshit insane, but it is still an entertaining movie.

[derby378]

5. I thought about the MAD MAX series...

...but even though nuclear war was involved, one of the narrators implied that this was not the sole reason society broke down. Representatives of the surviving nations talked and talked at the UN without agreeing on any solutions, and the people, sick of waiting for their elected officials to step up, merely took society into their own hands, resulting in widespread breakdown of the social order and the death of the nation-state. Mad Max was one of the final holdouts until his wife and daughter were murdered by a marauding biker gang.

[Deep13]

6. The end of the world happened between Mad Max and Road Warrior.

Just sayin'.

[leeroysphitz]

17. The Road Warrior was one damn fine piece of post apocalyptic film making and

one of the best action movies of all time.

Beyond Thunderdome? Not so much...

[JVS]

7. Has to be this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4KTebUT6Mw

[Symarip]

9. NOMINATED

+1

[JVS]

12. And for our encore performance, without nuclear holocaust

Interplanetary Revolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSE14cMsDtY&feature=related

[Blue_Tires]

19. epic find!

[CBGLuthier]

8. Threads and Testament are the best ( I have seen) of this lot

Dark and depressing movies.

One I also recommend is the excellent film, The War Game, by Peter Watkins. Not holocaust as it only focuses on the effects of one small bomb being dropped. It was so frightening and realistic in its portrayal that the BBC, which had commissioned it, refused to air it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059894/

Watkins was an incredible director. His "you were there like" film (The Battle of) Culloden is also worth checking out.

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Warrior of the Lost World.

[AngryAmish]

11. Disorderlies

[LanternWaste]

13. Def-Con 4

Def-Con 4. An 80's B-movie, but I can't really shoot down a movie that incorporates decomposing bodies, a menacing judge and jury of one teen-age pretty-boy in an airplane courtroom, cannibalism, a woman in prison for stealing a can of cling peaches-- and some pretty cool DVD cover art (which has zero to do with the movie itself-- clever marketing, I guess).

[Forkboy]

14. Threads makes The Day After look like a Disney flick.

When The Wind Blows is also a great one.

[Resuscitated Ethics]

15. A Boy and His Dog (1975)

Before Don Johnson became preeningly unwatchable. Haven't seen this a second time so it may suck. Love Jason Robards in almost anything.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072730/fullcredits

[regnaD kciN]

20. I was wondering how long it would take someone to mention this one...

[seemunkee]

29. Made my son watch it a couple of years ago

Yeah, it does suck, but it's fun.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

32. +1

:thumbsup:

[harmonicon]

16. other: Stalker

It's unclear if it's a post-nuclear-holocaust movie, but since it may be, that's my pick.

[CBGLuthier]

22. Great FIlm

Some days I even like it a little more than Solaris.

It is never made clear what created the Zone so a nuclear accident of some kind is a possibility. I think in the story it was based on it was a visit by aliens.

[harmonicon]

23. I think it's much better than Solaris

Solaris is in space.... The Zone is ... ? fascinating? I've seen the film many times and don't think I could ever get too tired of it. I didn't know that it was based on a story.... is the story Russian? Maybe I shouldn't read it, because it could spoil the film for me.

[CBGLuthier]

24. a novel called

Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky

Looking at amazon it appears they are major Russian SF writers. Unfortunately the only copy of the novel itself there is $90.00.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Boris+Strugatsky&x=0&y=0

[harmonicon]

25. well, that's that decision made for me - easy! (nt)

[TheCentepedeShoes]

18. Testament or On the Beach

Shows things unfolding more slowly

[RandomThoughts]

21. How about this one.

Condensed version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTwdhpudsSc

[DS1]

26. Terminator and Terminator 2

because technically they are post-nuclear-holocaust movies


:evilgrin:

[unpossibles]

27. "Hell Comes to Frogtown" nt

[Tom Kitten]

28. Panic In Year Zero!

No? OK...


Damnation Alley? Heh. Just kidding...


Both versions of "On The Beach" were very good. The 2000 version with Armand Assante had a great shot of the ruined Golden Gate Bridge.

[Zuni]

31. The Road Warrior

that is all there is to it.

12 Monkeys is pretty cool too.