Your favorite post-apocolyptic movie?

[Hijinks]

I belive the Patrick Swayze movie was Red Dawn, not Steel Dawn

I liked 13 Days Later, a British film about zombies infected by rage

 

[Black Omega]

In addition to other excellent movies already mentioned...

When The Wind Blows. An interesting animated movie about a british couple that survive a nuclear war. It's fairly low key, no big explosions, and spends alot of time on the dreary and lethal aftermath. A very sad movie.

 

[jester47]

HARDWARE
Max Headroom

 

[DMH]

I belive the Patrick Swayze movie was Red Dawn, not Steel Dawn

Steel Dawn has Swayze- I tried watching it a few months ago it and want my time back.

 

[buzzard]

I belive the Patrick Swayze movie was Red Dawn, not Steel Dawn

I liked 13 Days Later, a British film about zombies infected by rage

I don't know if I'd call Red Dawn post apocalyptic. It's a war movie. World War III, but still a war movie. Maybe you could call it mid-apocalyptic.

buzzard

 

[Urizen]

Does anybody remember "Damnation Alley"? I think it was a made for TV movie in the 70's. All I remember about it was these cool (for the time) multi wheeled military type vehicles, and some giant scorpions. I was kind of young, but I remember enjoying it at the time.

I never saw the movie, but read that OUTSTANDING book.

Ok, I'm chiming in with my favorites.

The Road Warrior
The Omega Man
The Postman ( I know, they totally screwed with the book)
Deep Impact
The Day after Tomorrow
The Planet of the Apes
Made for tv movie "The Day after"
Stephen Kings "The Stand"
And I'll throw in Dawn of the Dead and 28 days later

 

[Knightfall]

@Knightfall1972 - I liked Waterworld too. Not my favorite film, but I think it was better than a lot of people made it out to be.

That's exactly my opinion. It won't ever be a cult classic, but it was enjoyable. And BTW, I didn't mind the Postman movie the first time I saw it. However, watching it a few years later made me realize it wasn't very good.

And how could I have forgot Zardoz and Cherry 2000. Zardoz is just a weird movie you can't look away from, because it's so cheesy, while Cherry 2000 is just a fun movie. Here's some more info...

Zardoz (1974): In the distant future Earth is divided into two camps, the barely civilized group and the overly civilized one with mental powers. A plague is attacking the second group after which it's members cease to have any interest in life and become nearly catatonic. When Sean Connery one of the barbarians, crosses over, the tenuous balance in their world is threatened.

Cherry 2000 (1987): In the future, a man travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes, but of real flesh and blood!

 

[Neo]

I belive the Patrick Swayze movie was Red Dawn, not Steel Dawn

Actually they were both Swayze movies.

Red Dawn was about the US being invaded and Swayze and some other kids forming a resistance

Steel Dawn was a post apocalyptic setting where swaye played some sword wielding law man.

 

[Rackhir]

Escape from New York Cleveland.

Escape from LA

I'm strangely fascinated with Snake Plisken, and have alwats wondered what happened in Cleveland.

Cleveland was where he staged the bank robbery with Brain that got him caught. There's scenes from it on the Extended Edition DVD for Escape from New York.

I loved "Salute of the Jugger"/"Blood of Heroes" as well. It's the only movie that I've ever seen where I really wanted to get up and cheer at the end and I hate sports movies. I just wish I could get a copy of the original "Salute of the Jugger"/Ozzy version. I got to see it when I was in Japan and I liked the extra footage at the end which goes beyond the "feel good" american finish. In the American version it ends at the victory party. In the SotJ version Salo and the other members of the team (minus Kidda and Gar who join the league) have to return to playing the dog towns. Lord Vlle has a malicious speach about how having a jugger like Salo being condemed to playing Dogtowns is almost as good a revenge. Finally, there's a nice scene with Salo reasuring the nervous new quick before a game. Also there were a few more scenes earlier in the movie as well, such as when they encounter a patrol from the Red Cities. I bought the soundtrack for this. You gotta love the drums during the games.

Twelve Monkeys is another fave. My favorite Gilliam movie. It's so cool when you finally get to understand what's been going on and see the whole plot laid out before you.

 

[KaosDevice]

I liked 13 Days Later, a British film about zombies infected by rage

Ummm..I'm thinking you are talking about 28 Days Later? Great film.

I'd like to throw a shout out for 'On the Beach' the original and remake with Armand Assante as well.