Armageddon!
Put on your apocalypstick and smoke 'em if you got 'em as we unwind at the end of the way that was.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
6.3/10
Director: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Starring: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Angelo Rossitto
The third in the 'Mad Max' Trilogy pits Max (Mel Gibson) against the sadistic Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) while he leads a tribe of wild children to th... Read more
Threads (1984)
8.1/10
Director: Mick Jackson
Starring: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, Rita May
The aftermath of global thermonuclear war is shown with graphic effectiveness in this shockingly realistic BBC series. Set in Sheffield, England and t... Read more
The Element of Crime (1984)
6.9/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lei, Gerald Wells
Lars Von Trier's stunning debut film is the story of Fisher, an exiled ex-cop who returns to his old beat to catch a serial killer with a taste for yo... Read more
The Day After (1983)
7.1/10
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, John Lithgow
The effects of a full-scale nuclear war are seen through the eyes of those living in a small Kansas town. Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Gutten... Read more
Mad Max 2 ( aka The Road Warrior ) ( Blu-ray ) (1981)
Director: George Miller
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Called by Andrew Sarris a 'post-apocalyptic adventure yarn of such breathtaking velocity that it would have spun hopelessly out of control without the... Read more
Mad Max 2 ( aka The Road Warrior ) (1981)
Director: George Miller
Starring: Vernon Wells, Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
Called by Andrew Sarris a 'post-apocalyptic adventure yarn of such breathtaking velocity that it would have spun hopelessly out of control without the... Read more
Quintet (1979)
5.2/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Bibi Andersson, Vittorio Gassman, Paul Newman, Fernando Rey, Brigitte Fossey
Robert Altman's vision of a post-apocalyptic 'ice city' where the remnants of mankind play a convoluted high stakes game with life and death on the ta... Read more
Mad Max (1979)
7/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne
The cult classic that made Mel Gibson a star as the futuristic avenger, a former police officer whose family was murdered by marauders. A bleak desert... Read more
Dawn of the Dead ( Blu-ray ) (1978)
8/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: David Emge, Gaylen Ross, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger
As modern society is consumed by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating horde... Read more
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
8/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Scott Reiniger, Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross, David Emge
As modern society is consumed by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh-eating horde... Read more