Post-Apocalyptic
Post-Apocalyptic is narrative set after the collapse of civilisation. How this happened often informs the particular type of story within the setting. It can be after a destructive war (usually nuclear weaponry), an infectious disease, climate collapse, technological collapse, alien invasion or a zombie outbreak. Whilst usually indirectly associated with science fiction, it is not always the case.
Post-apocalyptic settings may also crossover with Dystopian settings, which may depict future societies during times of heavy oppression, violence, and scarcity as a result of disastrous, unfortunate events. Like Dystopian settings, they may also serve as a criticism of contemporary society and social behaviours along with their possible outcomes. This may also crossover with Survival as it follows characters in their struggle for food, water, shelter and protection from the elements.
Post-apocalyptic settings may also crossover with Dystopian settings, which may depict future societies during times of heavy oppression, violence, and scarcity as a result of disastrous, unfortunate events. Like Dystopian settings, they may also serve as a criticism of contemporary society and social behaviours along with their possible outcomes. This may also crossover with Survival as it follows characters in their struggle for food, water, shelter and protection from the elements.
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- CreatorFrank DarabontStarsAndrew LincolnNorman ReedusMelissa McBrideSheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.
- CreatorNeil DruckmannCraig MazinStarsPedro PascalBella RamseyAnna TorvAfter a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope.
- CreatorJason RothenbergStarsEliza TaylorBob MorleyMarie AvgeropoulosSet 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth, hoping to repopulate the planet.
- CreatorDave EricksonRobert KirkmanStarsKim DickensFrank DillaneCliff CurtisA Walking Dead spinoff set in Los Angeles, California. Follows two families who must band together to survive the undead apocalypse.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsJason MomoaSylvia HoeksHera HilmarFar in a dystopian future, the human race has lost the sense of sight, and society has had to find new ways to interact, build, hunt, and to survive. All of that is challenged when a set of twins are born with sight.
- CreatorGraham YostStarsRebecca FergusonCommonTim RobbinsMen and women live in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface.
- CreatorRobert RodatStarsNoah WyleDrew RoyMaxim KnightSurvivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.
- CreatorEric KripkeStarsBilly BurkeTracy SpiridakosGiancarlo EspositoFifteen years after a permanent global blackout, a group of revolutionaries seek to drive out a tyrannical militia that's taken over the former United States of America.
- CreatorJim MickleBeth SchwartzStarsNonso AnozieChristian ConveryAdeel AkhtarA boy who is half human and half deer survives in a post-apocalyptic world with other hybrids.
- CreatorSteven KaneHank SteinbergStarsEric DaneAdam BaldwinCharles ParnellThe crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population.
- CreatorWill ForteStarsWill ForteJanuary JonesCleopatra ColemanAlmost two years after a virus wiped out most of the human race, Phil Miller only wishes for some company, but soon gets more than he bargained for when that company shows up in the form of other survivors.
- CreatorGraeme MansonJosh FriedmanStarsDaveed DiggsMickey SumnerAlison WrightSeven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a perpetually-moving train that circles the globe, where class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.
- CreatorStephen ChboskyJosh SchaerJonathan E. SteinbergStarsSkeet UlrichLennie JamesAshley ScottA small town in Kansas is literally left in the dark after seeing a mushroom cloud over nearby Denver, Colorado. The townspeople struggle to find answers about the blast and solutions on how to survive.
- CreatorAlfred GoughMiles MillarStarsDaniel WuOrla BradyEmily BeechamA mighty warrior and a young boy with supernatural powers search for enlightenment in a ruthless post-apocalyptic America controlled by feudal barons.
- CreatorKevin MurphyRockne S. O'BannonMichael TaylorStarsGrant BowlerStephanie LeonidasJulie BenzLife in the city of Defiance, in a near future after the arrival of different alien lifeforms to Earth.
- CreatorJannik Tai MosholtChristian PotalivoEsben Toft JacobsenStarsAlba AugustLucas Lynggaard TønnesenMikkel Boe FølsgaardAfter a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety.
- CreatorCraig EnglerKarl SchaeferStarsRussell HodgkinsonNat ZangKeith AllanThree years after the zombie virus has gutted the United States of America a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
- StarsGary SiniseMolly RingwaldJamey SheridanAfter a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
- CreatorJason GeorgeStarsPauline EtienneLaurent CapellutoMehmet KurtulusWhen radiation from the sun causes a global disaster on Earth, survivors on an overnight flight from Brussels race from city to city trying to stay ahead of the sun's rays by remaining in the cover of night.
- CreatorJames CameronCharles H. EgleeStarsJessica AlbaMichael WeatherlyRichard GunnA group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest.
- CreatorJohn HyamsKarl SchaeferStarsJaime KingJustin Chu CaryChristine LeeIn the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
- CreatorPatrick SomervilleStarsMackenzie DavisHimesh PatelMatilda LawlerA post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines, telling the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost.
- CreatorJosh BooneBenjamin CavellStarsWhoopi GoldbergAlexander SkarsgårdJames MarsdenAfter the world is in ruins, due to a man-made plague, a battle of Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.
- CreatorVaun WilmottStarsChristopher EganTom WisdomRoxanne McKeeFollows the perilous journey of a rebellious young soldier who discovers he's the unlikely savior of humanity.
- StarsKelly OvertonJonathan ScarfeAleks PaunovicVanessa Helsing, distant relative of famous vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, is resurrected only to find that vampires have taken over the world.