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Dr. Strangelove
D: Stanley Kubrick (1964) 94m
Highly regarded dark comedy subtitled How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. A general orders an unauthorised nuclear attack on the USSR and the President does his best to avert all-out war. Peter Sellers is brilliant in multiple roles and there are fine performances from the veteran cast. One of the first 25 films selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry.
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Mad Max
D: George Miller (1979) 93m
This Australian film had already gained a small cult following by the time its sequel, 'The Road Warrior', became a worldwide hit in 1981. In post-apocalyptic Australia, a cop quits the force and takes revenge on the motorcycle gang who killed his family. Civilisation survives (sort of) amidst action galore. Previously held the Guinness world record for most profitable film.
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Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior)
D: George Miller (1981) 96m
Australian action-fest with Mel Gibson reprising his role as post-apocalyptic tough guy Mad Max. The hero reluctantly helps a petrol-producing community fight off a gang of depraved nasties who want to swipe their stuff. Stunning visuals of a devastated future are the perfect backdrop for some of the wildest car stunts ever filmed. Considered as one of the greatest sequels ever made.
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The Matrix
D: The Wachowskis (1999) 136m
Definitive cyberpunk virtual reality head-trip about a software programmer (Keanu Reeves) obsessed with the legendary Morpheus, an all-knowing hacker. He discovers the world is ruled by super-computers which are using humans as battery power. Both the outstanding "bullet time" visual effects and martial arts sequences are not to be missed. The film won four Academy Awards.
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Children of Men
D: Alfonso Cuarón (2006) 109m
Searing tale of social collapse based on the novel by British mystery master P.D. James. In 2027 human fertility is a thing of the past. When an African 'fugee' becomes pregnant the leader of a pro-immigration insurgency (Julianne Moore) embroils her ex-husband in a plot to get the woman to the Human Project scientists. A stirring example of what serious sci-fi is all about.
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Snowpiercer
D: Bong Joon Ho (2013) 126m
In 2014, climate engineering backfires catastrophically and brings on a new ice age. The only survivors are on the 'Snowpiercer', a massive train traveling on a circumnavigational track. There is a big difference between rich and poor, and rebellion threatens the peace. Based on the French graphic novel 'Le Transperceneige' by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette.
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Interstellar
D: Christopher Nolan (2014) 169m
In the mid-21st century, crop blights and dust storms threaten Human extinction. Corn is the last viable crop. The world has also evolved into a Post-truth politics society where younger generations are taught ideas such as the Apollo program moon missions were faked. A team of intrepid explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to find a new home for humanity.
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Mad Max: Fury Road
D: George Miller (2015) 120m
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman (Charlize Theron) rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max. Tom Hardy takes over from Mel Gibson in this terrific revival of the Mad Max series. The film won six Academy Awards in various design and production categories.
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The Survivalist
D: Stephen Fingleton (2015) 104m
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes states, "The Survivalist's deliberate pace pays gripping dividends with a tautly told post-apocalyptic drama that offers some uniquely thought-provoking twists."
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