Films about apocalypse / end of the world
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Threads (1984)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/reference
Barry Hines's BAFTA winning masterpiece, be warned though it's very dark and depressing ! (Which is how a true apocalypse / end of the world film should be, not some naff sugar-coated Hollywood production!)
Also I highly recommend the following:
Testament (1983)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086429/reference
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/reference
Barry Hines's BAFTA winning masterpiece, be warned though it's very dark and depressing ! (Which is how a true apocalypse / end of the world film should be, not some naff sugar-coated Hollywood production!)
Also I highly recommend the following:
Testament (1983)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086429/reference
Threads (1984)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/reference
Barry Hines's BAFTA winning masterpiece, be warned though it's very dark and depressing ! (Which is how a true apocalypse / end of the world film should be, not some naff sugar-coated Hollywood production!)
Dayum! Just read the wiki plot synopsis and that is indeed dark.
It's a weird film, it's far far too long and has some stupid scenes in it. The good scenes are fantastic, I think I've heard about a fan made shorter cut of it before, which knocks off about 90 minutes from the film, sounds interesting!
Stephen King's The Stand is a 4 part end of the world film
After I first watched threads 13 years ago it messed me up a bit and gave me a morbid curiousity.. so for nuke films...
Threads (obviously)
The War Game
The Day After
Testament
By Dawn's Early Light
WarGames
Thirteen Days
Fail Safe
Jericho (TV series)
On The Beach
Dr. Strangelove (comedy)
Terminator 2
and there's probably more I've forgotten. Sleepless nights after the first two in particular!
Threads (obviously)
The War Game
The Day After
Testament
By Dawn's Early Light
WarGames
Thirteen Days
Fail Safe
Jericho (TV series)
On The Beach
Dr. Strangelove (comedy)
Terminator 2
and there's probably more I've forgotten. Sleepless nights after the first two in particular!
I know a few people who have said that, and to think they used to show it in schools! Easily the most depressing film I've ever seen, and quite hard hitting, it must have been a shock to the system for a lot of people, especially when it was released (Cold War, nuke threats, etc).
For anyone considering it; don't be put off by its age or lack of any well known actors, it is well worth seeing.
And in the Post before mine too!!
Granted I was scanning this thread, and looking on IMDB at the same time!, so the 5 minutes between yours and mine probly happened whilst I was doing that!!
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Threads (1984)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/reference
Barry Hines's BAFTA winning masterpiece, be warned though it's very dark and depressing ! (Which is how a true apocalypse / end of the world film should be, not some naff sugar-coated Hollywood production!)
Jesus that is depressing. Watched half of it and was like, you poor sods, til the bomb came, you had to live in an intact sheffield!
La Jetee by Chris Marker - recognised last night in the In Memoriam section of the Oscars.
Made in 1961 and was/is miles ahead of it's time. It set the tone for any time travel-type apocalypse film, and films like Twelve Monkeys, Source Code and Looper have borrowed heavily from it.
It's a half hour long piece of black and white stills with narration. Sounds boring, but when considering its age it's genuinely mind blowing how impressive it is. The original is in French with subtitles, but the English version is just as good (I'm pretty sure the narrator is either the same on both versions, or just very similar).
Made in 1961 and was/is miles ahead of it's time. It set the tone for any time travel-type apocalypse film, and films like Twelve Monkeys, Source Code and Looper have borrowed heavily from it.
It's a half hour long piece of black and white stills with narration. Sounds boring, but when considering its age it's genuinely mind blowing how impressive it is. The original is in French with subtitles, but the English version is just as good (I'm pretty sure the narrator is either the same on both versions, or just very similar).
The Quiet Earth, saw this when I was about 10 and has stayed with me since then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Earth_(film)
Probably awful by today's standards, but fits the OP's request.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Earth_(film)
Probably awful by today's standards, but fits the OP's request.
I'm gonna have to clear 6 hours this weekend to watch it now!! Well not IT, but The Stand!!... Oh You know what I mean!! Though I have 'IT' and 'The Langoliers' too!!..
Read it on wiki, GRIM!