American movies about post-apocalypse

List of the best American movies about post-apocalypse, selected by visitors to our site: The Battery, Armageddon Tales, Mortal Engines, Z for Zachariah, A Quiet Place, Into the Badlands, Divergent, Light of My Life, The Rover, Zardoz.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

In rural Connecticut, baseball players Ben and Mickey are trying to survive a zombie plague. They are forced to form a battery: a catcher and a pitcher who work together to outwit the batter, the one who hits the ball. And the batter in this case just happens to be a zombie. Tough Ben and gentle Mickey frequently disagree on the best way to go about the situation. Then they suddenly hear a human voice through their walkie-talkies. Is salvation nearby, like Mickey thinks, or is Ben’s suspicion justified?

Markimdb: 3.3
Genrefantastic, action
CountryUSA, Germany

After surviving a worldwide pandemic, two men with different agendas, two women from a survival colony, and young girl and a man each form alliances as they cross post-apocalyptic landscapes.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA, New Zealand, Japan
Duration02:25

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryIceland, Luxembourg, USA
Duration02:28

In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:30

A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

Markimdb: 8
Genreaction, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration03:09

In a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:14

    In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, drama, crime
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:43

    10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his car through the lawless wasteland of the Australian outback, aided by the brother of one of the thieves.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:45

    In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic
    CountryUSA

    When a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you take your life. Facing the unknown, Malorie finds love, hope and a new beginning only for it to unravel. Now she must flee with her two children down a treacherous river to the one place left that may offer sanctuary. But to survive, they'll have to undertake the perilous two-day journey blindfolded.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:57

    In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
    CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
    Duration02:02

    Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
    CountryUSA, Germany, France, Australia, United Kingdom
    Duration01:34

      Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, cartoon
      CountryUSA, South Korea, Japan, Germany, Brazil, Italy
      Duration01:33

      400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:23

      A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
      Duration01:36

      Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:04

      After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:58

      Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police - controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen, the leader of the free world - Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter to find the head of the underground resistance and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
      Duration01:41

      In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:14

      In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland' – which is tattooed on Enola's back.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, South Africa, Germany
      Duration01:45

        A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantastic, action, cartoon, anime
        CountryUSA, Japan
        Duration01:46

        Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous "think tank," karate chop their way through flesh-eating zombies, and, of course, find time to go to the mall.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Germany, Italy
        Duration01:58

          All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrefantastic, action, sport
          CountryAustralia, USA
          Duration01:30

          Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a lady. However now joined by a talented newcomer, Kidda, an ambitious young peasant girl he and his team find they have one last chance for glory

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrefantastic, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:21

          People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrefantastic, drama
          CountryUSA

          On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrefantastic, action, comedy
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:44

          Based on the British cult comic-strip, our tank-riding anti-heroine fights a mega-corporation, which controls the world's water supply.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA

          A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:05

          After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrefantastic, drama, detective
          CountryPoland, USA

          After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantastic, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for commercial purposes, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell who loves the forest and its creatures, so decides to take matters into his own hands to protect what he loves.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:24

          Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe and no one can be trusted. Four young attractive people race through the back roads of the American West to the pounding beat of a vacation soundtrack. Their aim is to retreat to secluded utopian beach in the Gulf of Mexico, where they could peacefully wait out the pandemic and survive the apocalyptic disease. Their plans take a grim turn when their car breaks down on an isolated road starting a chain of events that will seal the fate of each of them in an inexorable and horrifying voyage of hell through a western landscape populated by only the hideous dead or the twisted living.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrefantastic, action, comedy
          CountryCanada, New Zealand, USA
          Duration01:41

            In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an orphaned teen must battle a ruthless warlord to save the girl of his dreams.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrefantastic, action, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:59

            An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: All citizens get a chance of being 'renewed' in a Civic Ceremony at their 30th birthday, unless they run and escape before their time comes.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA, Canada, Hong Kong, Luxembourg

            Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration01:53

            Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.

            Markimdb: 5
            Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA

            After a comet releases a mysterious virus that begins to kill all of the women in the world, a young couple's relationship is severely tested. They hide out (from both the illness and the savages who hunt the remaining women) in their over-sterilized apartment. Ultimately the duo escapes their self-imposed quarantine to head to the wilderness.

            Markimdb: 8.7
            Genrefantastic, action
            CountryUSA, Australia
            Duration02:16

            Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
            CountryItaly, USA
            Duration01:26

            Robert Morgan is the last man on earth, as far as he can tell. A plague killed everyone else on the planet several years ago. He was immune to it, and can only guess why. Vampires that were formerly human attack Morgan's home every night

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrefantastic, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:30

            It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration02:08

            A fatal plane crash changes the lives of Roman and Jake forever. Roman loses his wife and daughter in the accident, while Jake, his mind as he happens to be the air traffic controller, who fails to avert the nightmare. Rage and revenge engulfs Roman and Jake finds himself swamped with guilt and regret. Can the two make peace with the past?

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrehorror, action, comedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration00:28

            Four survivors are killin' zombies and searching for a place to call home.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrehorror, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:38

              After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

              Markimdb: 4.5
              Genrefantastic, action, drama, western
              CountryCanada, USA
              Duration01:47

              A bounty hunter named Atticus Gage tracks down criminals in a post-apocalyptic Earth.




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