Post Apocalyptic Wasteland - The 'complete' list
by Sureds | created - 06 Jul 2016 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicA chronological list of live action movies and series set in a postapocalyptic wasteland.
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1. Glen and Randa (1971)
X | 93 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Teenagers Glen and Randa are members of a tribe that lives in a rural area, several decades after nuclear war has devastated the planet. They know nothing of the outside world, except that ... See full summary »
Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Steve Curry, Shelley Plimpton, Woodrow Chambliss, Garry Goodrow
Votes: 677
2. A Boy and His Dog (1975)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young man and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Director: L.Q. Jones | Stars: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton, Tim McIntire
Votes: 19,244 | Gross: $6.90M
3. The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
R | 94 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Virus holocaust is not the only plague that threatens our future. New York City, 2012 A.D. In a plague devastated world, one tired man finds a reason to fight.
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Yul Brynner, Max von Sydow, Joanna Miles, William Smith
Votes: 2,295
4. Damnation Alley (1977)
PG | 91 min | Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield
Votes: 5,876 | Gross: $8.72M
5. Deathsport (1978)
R | 82 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Futuristic Science Fiction about a sport to the death, using "destructocycles".
Directors: Allan Arkush, Nicholas Niciphor, Roger Corman | Stars: David Carradine, Claudia Jennings, Richard Lynch, William Smithers
Votes: 2,459
6. Mad Max (1979)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley
Votes: 222,586 | Gross: $8.75M
7. Ravagers (1979)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Richard Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Turkel, Art Carney
Votes: 518
8. Quintet (1979)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called "Quintet." For one small group, this obsession is not enough; they play the game with living pieces ... and only the winner survives.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson
Votes: 3,583
9. Stalker (1979)
Not Rated | 162 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
Votes: 144,846 | Gross: $0.23M
10. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps
Votes: 193,870 | Gross: $12.47M
11. Malevil (1981)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A group of ordinary French survived a nuclear war and found themselves in the face of what was left of civilization.
Director: Christian de Chalonge | Stars: Michel Serrault, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Villeret, Robert Dhéry
Votes: 964
12. The Last Chase (1981)
PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A former race car driver's car is confiscated. He rebuilds it and drives to Free California with a teen's help. Agents dispatch a jet pilot to stop him, fearing his autonomy threatens their control.
Director: Martyn Burke | Stars: Lee Majors, Burgess Meredith, Chris Makepeace, Alexandra Stewart
Votes: 1,212
13. Battletruck (1982)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Post World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age.
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright, Bruno Lawrence
Votes: 1,532
14. 2020 Texas Gladiators (1983)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a post-apocalyptic Texas, a band of warriors fight against a fascist regime that is trying to take control of all surviving population.
Directors: Joe D'Amato, George Eastman | Stars: Al Cliver, Harrison Muller, Daniel Stephen, Peter Hooten
Votes: 813
15. 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)
R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Mark Gregory, Fred Williamson, Vic Morrow, Christopher Connelly
Votes: 4,075
16. The Aftermath (1982)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
An astronaut battles mutant cannibals after returning from space to find Earth ravaged by nuclear and biological war.
Director: Steve Barkett | Stars: Steve Barkett, Lynne Margulies, Sid Haig, Christopher Barkett
Votes: 1,014
17. Megaforce (1982)
PG | 99 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Story about a rapid deployment defense unit that is called into action whenever freedom is threatened.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Barry Bostwick, Michael Beck, Persis Khambatta, Edward Mulhare
Votes: 4,300 | Gross: $5.68M
18. Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)
R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Giancarlo Prete, Fred Williamson, George Eastman, Anna Kanakis
Votes: 3,095
19. 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)
R | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi
After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, George Eastman, Anna Kanakis
Votes: 3,296
20. Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
R | 92 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.
Director: David Worth | Stars: Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence, Fred Williamson
Votes: 2,879
21. The Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)
R | 103 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In the year 3000, the Earth has been rendered a desert by nuclear war. A group of survivors goes in search of rare and valuable water, but standing in their way are the evil Exterminators, who live only to cause pain and misery.
Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Robert Iannucci, Alicia Moro, Luciano Pigozzi, Eduardo Fajardo
Votes: 1,331
22. Escape from the Bronx (1983)
R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Mark Gregory, Henry Silva, Valeria D'Obici, Giancarlo Prete
Votes: 3,039 | Gross: $1.41M
23. Stryker (1983)
R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a group of Amazons. A "Road ... See full summary »
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Steve Sandor, Andria Savio, William Ostrander, Mike Lane
Votes: 804 | Gross: $1.72M
24. Endgame - Bronx lotta finale (1983)
TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A telepathic mutant recruits a post-World War III TV game-show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Al Cliver, Laura Gemser, George Eastman, Dino Conti
Votes: 1,398
25. Survival Zone (1983)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a post-nuclear holocaust world, roving bands of motorcycle gangs attack ranchers to try to take over their land.
Director: Percival Rubens | Stars: Gary Lockwood, Camilla Sparv, Morgan Stevens, Zoli Marki
Votes: 218
26. Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)
PG | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
On a desert planet, warlord Jared-Syn is trying to convince a tribe of mutants that he's their messiah and gain unlimited power hidden in a crystal. Ranger Dogen and explorer Dhyana, who's father was murdered by Syn, must stop him.
Director: Charles Band | Stars: Jeffrey Byron, Michael Preston, Tim Thomerson, Kelly Preston
Votes: 1,932 | Gross: $5.30M
27. Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty-hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil mutant warlord.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Andrea Marcovicci
Votes: 6,625 | Gross: $16.48M
28. Atlantis Interceptors (1983)
Unrated | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
An ancient Atlantean relic is discovered on the ocean floor near a sunken nuclear submarine, which triggers a violent set of events that sees a couple of scientists teaming up with a few mercenaries to survive the onslaught that follows.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Christopher Connelly, Gioia Scola, Tony King, Stefano Mingardo
Votes: 2,343
29. Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983)
PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A warrior seeks his true origins in a seemingly prehistoric wasteland.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Reb Brown, Corinne Cléry, John Steiner, Carole André
Votes: 3,488 | Gross: $2.81M
30. Rush (1983)
77 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a post-nuclear holocaust world, a survivor roams the desert, fighting bandits and the forces of an evil warlord.
Director: Tonino Ricci | Stars: Bruno Minniti, Gordon Mitchell, Laura Trotter, Rate Furlan
Votes: 186
31. I guerrieri dell'anno 2072 (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 2072 Rome, Italy, the ruthless CEO of a TV network plots to stage a modern series of gladiator games for ratings while one 'contenstant' learns of a conspiracy behind the true nature of the results.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jared Martin, Fred Williamson, Howard Ross, Eleonora Brigliadori
Votes: 1,745
32. She (1984)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a post-apocalyptic world, She aids two brothers' quest to rescue their kidnapped sister. Along the way, they battle weird creatures before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Sandahl Bergman, David Goss, Quin Kessler, Harrison Muller
Votes: 2,011
33. Rats: Night of Terror (1984)
Unrated | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic earth, where most of humanity lives underground, a group of surface people stumble upon an abandoned lab that was trying to bring life back to the earth's surface, but the place is run over by vicious rats.
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Geretta Geretta, Massimo Vanni, Gianni Franco
Votes: 3,183
34. A Man Called Rage (1984)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, a soldier of fortune enters "The Forbidden Land" to find uranium that will help save mankind. However, a rival adventurer is also after the uranium, but for his own ends.
Director: Tonino Ricci | Stars: Bruno Minniti, Stelio Candelli, Werner Pochath, Taida Urruzola
Votes: 187
35. The Final Executioner (1984)
95 min | Action, Sci-Fi
After a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group that has managed to escape radioactive contamination takes it upon itself to exterminate ... See full summary »
Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: William Mang, Marina Costa, Harrison Muller, Woody Strode
Votes: 284
36. Mad Warrior (1984)
75 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
World War III is over, the planet is mostly uninhabitable. On an island in the Pacific, the Islanders survive this cursed world in a fortified colony. Under the orders of the maniacal Zeus they are forced to fight each other to the death.
Director: Willy Milan | Stars: Anthony Alonzo, Jennifer Kirkham, Johnny Monteiro, Dan Alvaro
Votes: 153
37. City Limits (1984)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A pair of teenage motorcycle gangs maintain an uneasy truce between each other in the not-too-distant future. When an evil corporation tries to take over their ruined city, the gangs must decide whether to fight their common enemy.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: John Stockwell, Darrell Larson, Rae Dawn Chong, James Earl Jones
Votes: 1,555
38. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being exiled from the most advanced town in post apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen.
Directors: George Miller, George Ogilvie | Stars: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn
Votes: 147,765 | Gross: $36.20M
39. Wheels of Fire (1985)
R | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a postapocalyptic future, a ruthless vehicular gang called the Highway Warriors is conquering the wasteland through murder and plunder. During a raid, they kidnap the sister of a road warrior named Trace. He brings hell down upon them.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Gary Watkins, Laura Banks, Lynda Wiesmeier, Linda Grovenor
Votes: 1,034
40. Warriors of the Apocalypse (1984)
R | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi
After civilization is wiped out by nuclear war, an adventurer leads a group of wanderers on a search for the fabled Mountain of Life. Along the way they encounter pygmy tribes, bands of ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby A. Suarez | Stars: Michael James, Deborah Moore, Ken Metcalfe, Mike Cohen
Votes: 261
41. Radioactive Dreams (1984)
R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a nuclear war, Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent fifteen years on their own in a bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, nineteen-years-old,... See full summary »
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: John Stockwell, Michael Dudikoff, Michele Little, Lisa Blount
Votes: 1,951 | Gross: $0.22M
42. DEFCON-4 (1985)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Donovan, Digby Cook, Tony Randel | Stars: Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King
Votes: 2,244 | Gross: $1.06M
43. O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)
88 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man searches for survival after nuclear war forces people into an underground bunker. The inhabitants await rescue while their refuge decays around them.
Director: Piotr Szulkin | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Kalina Jedrusik, Mariusz Dmochowski
Votes: 1,704
44. Land of Doom (1986)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear war, and a feminist warrior is forced to join up with a soldier of fortune in her journey to find a rumored "paradise" as they battle gangs of rampaging bandits.
Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Deborah Rennard, Garrick Dowhen, Daniel Radell, Frank Garret
Votes: 775
45. America 3000 (1986)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland where a tribe of women rule and all men are either ferals or slaves, one men rises up to free the men. Can they coexist in peace or will they die in war?
Director: David Engelbach | Stars: Chuck Wagner, Laurene Landon, William Wallace, Sue Giosa
Votes: 1,571
46. Robot Holocaust (1987)
Not Rated | 79 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A highly unlikely band of heroes traverses a post-apocalyptic wasteland to rescue a scientist from the tyrannical Dark One and his army of robots.
Director: Tim Kincaid | Stars: Norris Culf, Nadine Hartstein, J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner, Jennifer Delora
Votes: 2,097
47. Osa (1986)
92 min | Sci-Fi
In a future society where water is a precious resource, a savage gang murders a young girl's family. She is taken in by a man named Trooper, who teaches her how to fight, kill and survive. ... See full summary »
Director: Oleg Egorov | Stars: Kelly Lynch, Daniel Grimm, Phillip Vincent, Etienne Chicot
Votes: 72
48. Solarbabies (1986)
PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a post-apocalyptic future ruled by the military, a group of renegade teenage orphans find a legendary orb, Bohdai, that can supposedly bring the rain back to dried up Earth.
Director: Alan Johnson | Stars: Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Lukas Haas
Votes: 4,962 | Gross: $1.58M
49. Roller Blade (1986)
88 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic society, rebels fighting against a fascist state are aided by a group of roller-skating nuns called the Bod Sisters.
Director: Donald G. Jackson | Stars: Suzanne Solari, Jeff Hutchinson, Shaun Michelle, Katina Garner
Votes: 587
50. Hands of Steel (1986)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A cyborg is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands. He fails and hides in a diner in a desert run by a woman who likes him. The people who sent him are after him and so is the local arm wrestling champ.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Daniel Greene, Janet Agren, Claudio Cassinelli, George Eastman
Votes: 2,877
51. Wired to Kill (1986)
R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In the near future, law and order breaks down, diseases, violence and immorality are rampant. However, one Christian young man decides not to turn the other cheek anymore. He modifies his ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Schaeffer | Stars: Emily Longstreth, Devin Hoelscher, Merritt Butrick, Frank Collison
Votes: 319 | Gross: $0.19M
52. The Lone Runner (1986)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Summerking's daughter has been kidnapped, and the legendary hero of the desert comes to her rescue as he did when she was young. The Lone Runner proves to be an unstoppable hero with ... See full summary »
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Savina Gersak, Donald Hodson, Ronald Lacey
Votes: 201
53. Dead Man's Letters (1986)
87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In the aftermath of nuclear holocaust, a group of intellectuals crave to find hope in the pale and colorless new world. Among them, a history teacher tries to contact via letters his missing son.
Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy | Stars: Rolan Bykov, Iosif Ryklin, Viktor Mikhaylov, Aleksandr Sabinin
Votes: 3,828
54. Future Hunters (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A man from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to prevent the coming nuclear holocaust and enlists the help of a young couple.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Robert Patrick, Linda Carol, Ed Crick, Bob Schott
Votes: 520
55. Death Run (1987)
70 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist places her son and his girlfriend into a cryogenic sleep so they can survive the coming apocalypse. They wake 25 years later in a world dominated by neo-Nazi like ruler, called the Messiah who holds the "Death Run".
Director: Michael J. Murphy | Stars: Rob Bartlett, Debbi Stevens, Eddie Kirby, Wendy Parsons
Votes: 235
56. Urban Warriors (1987)
90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Three technicians working in an underground laboratory discover that a nuclear war has destroyed most of the aboveground world. After a brief search for food, the trio find that gangs of ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Bruno Bilotta, Alex Vitale, Bjorn Hammer, Maurice Poli
Votes: 158
57. Cherry 2000 (1987)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In 2017, a successful businessman travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. He hires a sexy renegade tracker to find an exact duplicate of his android wife.
Director: Steve De Jarnatt | Stars: Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Pamela Gidley, Jennifer Balgobin
Votes: 10,593 | Gross: $0.01M
58. Steel Dawn (1987)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by the leader of a murderous gang who's after the water they control.
Director: Lance Hool | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Anthony Zerbe, Christopher Neame
Votes: 5,532 | Gross: $0.56M
59. Equalizer 2000 (1987)
R | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A ruthless vehicular gang rules the post-apocalyptic wasteland. That's until a muscled hero named Slade builds the ultimate machine gun - Equalizer 2000, and declares a one man war on the gang's "piece of garbage" leader.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Richard Norton, Corinne Wahl, William Steis, Robert Patrick
Votes: 726
60. World Gone Wild (1987)
R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In the nuclear ravaged wasteland of Earth 2087 water is as precious as life itself. The isolated Lost Wells outpost survived the holocaust and the inhabitants guard the source of their ... See full summary »
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Bruce Dern, Michael Paré, Catherine Mary Stewart, Adam Ant
Votes: 1,069 | Gross: $0.31M
61. Interzone (1989)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Humans fight mutants in a post-holocaust world.
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Bruce Abbott, Beatrice Ring, Teagan Clive, John Armstead
Votes: 449
62. Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987–1988)
Not Rated | 30 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A group of guerrilla fighters battles the evil machine forces that dominate a future Earth.
Stars: Tim Dunigan, Peter MacNeill, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Maurice Dean Wint
Votes: 1,457
63. Hard Knuckle (1988 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
In the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Australia, the most popular sport is Hard Knuckle, a bloodier form of pool. Steve Bisley (Goose from Mad Max) is Harry, a pool hustler, who wants to beat Knuckle champ Top Dog, to get his bike back.
Director: Lex Marinos | Stars: Steve Bisley, Gary Day, David Jay, Richard Moir
Votes: 45
64. Survivor (1987)
86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An astronaut travels across the post apocalyptic Earth in search of an underground city.
Director: Michael Shackleton | Stars: Christopher Mayer, Richard Moll, Sue Kiel, Richard Haines
Votes: 258
65. On the Silver Globe (1988)
Unrated | 166 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A team of astronauts land on an inhabitable planet and form a society. Many years later, a single astronaut is sent to the planet and becomes a messiah.
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Dylag, Waldemar Kownacki
Votes: 4,579
66. Empire of Ash (1988)
Not Rated | 86 min | Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy
In post-nuclear "New Idaho," a lone warrior teams up with a girl to help rescue the girl's sister from a hostile warrior clan.
Directors: Michael Mazo, Lloyd A. Simandl | Stars: Melanie Kilgour, Thom Schioler, Frank Wilson, James Stephens
Votes: 220
67. Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
After a worldwide nuclear war, where 68% of the male population was wiped out and virile men becoming a rarity, Sam Hell, a scavenger and a highly virile man, is assigned to help rescue a group of fertile women kidnapped by humanoid frogs.
Directors: Donald G. Jackson, R.J. Kizer | Stars: Julius LeFlore, RCB, Roddy Piper, William Smith
Votes: 7,321
68. Sons of Steel (1988)
97 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic Australia, a scheme to blow up the Sydney Opera House is discovered. The only way to stop it is to send an agent back in time to prevent the plotters from hatching it.
Director: Gary L. Keady | Stars: Rob Hartley, Roz Wason, Jeff Duff, Dagmar Bláhová
Votes: 193
69. The Sisterhood (1988)
R | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the year 2021, women have been enslaved by men, with their only hope for freedom lying in the hands of a nomadic band of maiden warriors. The maiden warriors Alee and Vera tap Marya and her hawk to help them.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Rebecca Holden, Chuck Wagner, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Barbara Patrick
Votes: 758
70. Warlords (1988)
R | 87 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Dow is an ex-soldier searching the wasteland for his wife who was taken from him by the Warlord. With only a disembodied, wisecracking head and a renegade woman named Danny as his ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: David Carradine, Dawn Wildsmith, Sid Haig, Ross Hagen
Votes: 310
71. Phoenix the Warrior (1988)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, women warriors battle each other from junkyards to gravel pits as they determine the fate of the entire world.
Director: Robert Hayes | Stars: Persis Khambatta, Kathleen Kinmont, Peggy McIntaggart, James Emery
Votes: 1,099
72. Mutant War (1988 Video)
82 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The sequel to 'Galaxy Destroyer' which finds our hero Harry Trent wandering Earth's post-apocalyptic landscape full of mutants, monsters, and fragmented human tribes. Harry's attempt to ... See full summary »
Director: Brett Piper | Stars: Steve Bulyga, Jennifer Cates, Mark Deshaies, Cara Lea Holmes
Votes: 313
73. Desert Warrior (1988)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In the post-nuclear wastes of Earth two civilizations fight for survival. The Tyrogs, in the City of Doom, and the Drones, who live underground, free from radiation. The nuclear war is over but the fight for survival has just begun.
Director: Jun Gallardo | Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Shari Shattuck, Walter Abbot, Franklin Anson
Votes: 229
74. In the Aftermath (1988)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, an angel descends to help the survivors.
Director: Carl Colpaert | Stars: Tony Markes, Rainbow Dolan, Kenneth McCabe, Kurtiss J. Tews
Votes: 329
75. Dead Man Walking (1988)
R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
After Leila, his boss's daughter, is kidnapped by psychopathic plague victim Decker, chauffeur Chazz teams up with plague-infected mercenary Luger to penetrate the toxic & off-limits Plague Zone and bring her back alive.
Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Wings Hauser, Brion James, Pamela Ludwig, Leland Crooke
Votes: 391
76. Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em (1988)
48 min | Comedy
When a nuclear war hits Melbourne, Australia, we find that there's more than one way to survive in the fallout - why sit around wasting what air's left when there's time now to get loose and dance?
Director: Ray Boseley | Stars: Rob Howard, Nique Needles, Polly Croke, Daniel Lillford
Votes: 106
77. The Lawless Land (1988)
R | 81 min | Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Action-adventure set in a world of the near-future, where young love is forbidden among the lower classes. Nevertheless, one couple defies their police-state world to fight and hold on to ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Hess | Stars: Jsu Garcia, Leon, Xander Berkeley, Amanda Peterson
Votes: 145
78. Fire Fight (I) (1988)
86 min | Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, gangs of outlaws roam the land, trying to take power.
Director: Scott Pfeiffer | Stars: James Pfeiffer, Janice Carraher, Jack Turner, Ggreg Snyder
Votes: 47
79. Badlands 2005 (1988 TV Movie)
48 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In this unsold post-apocalyptic TV pilot, a U.S. marshal and his by-the-book cyborg partner are tasked to escort two mail order brides to a remote desert area where their husbands work, but a local bandit leader has other plans for them.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Lewis Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Sharon Stone, Caitlin O'Heaney
Votes: 63
80. The Blood of Heroes (1989)
R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.
Director: David Webb Peoples | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy Lindo, Anna Katarina
Votes: 7,580 | Gross: $0.88M
81. Empire of Ash III (1989)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
It's the year 2050, and the world has become a wasteland after a fatal virus has ravaged the human race. Those few that have survived are forced to fight against a powerful warrior empire ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Mazo, Lloyd A. Simandl | Stars: William Smith, Ken Farmer, Melanie Kilgour, Scott Anderson
Votes: 148
82. The Bronx Executioner (1989)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic New York City, a cyborg goes on a killing spree.
Director: Vanio Amici | Stars: Gabriele Gori, Margie Newton, Chuck Valenti, Rod Robinson
Votes: 279
83. Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force (1989)
R | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the future, a warrior nun on roller skates must rescue a seer, who is to be sacrificed by a band of mutants.
Director: Donald G. Jackson | Stars: Kathleen Kinmont, John Damon, Elizabeth Kaitan, Rory Calhoun
Votes: 315
84. Escape from Safehaven (1988)
R | 87 min | Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family seeks refuge in Safehaven, a community protected from the ravages of the outside world by a contingency of armed guards. However, once they settle into... See full summary »
Directors: Brian Thomas Jones, James McCalmont | Stars: Rick Gianasi, John Wittenbauer, Roy MacArthur, Mollie O'Mara
Votes: 105
85. Cyborg (1989)
R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn, Alex Daniels
Votes: 34,247 | Gross: $10.17M
86. Cy Warrior (1989)
90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Part man. Part robot. All ass kick. Unaffected by extreme heat and cold, impervious to bio-weapons and totally obedient, Cyber Warrior One will be the soldier of the future for the U.S. military. There's just one problem - he has a heart.
Director: Giannetto De Rossi | Stars: Frank Zagarino, Henry Silva, Sherrie Rose, Brandon Hammond
Votes: 237
87. Games of Survival (1989)
Unrated | 76 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A warrior from another planet must battle six opponents from different parts of the universe.
Director: Armand Gazarian | Stars: Nicholas Hill, Cindy Coatman, Steve Dalton, Roosevelt Miller Jr.
Votes: 166
88. The Terror Within (1989)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When chemical warfare leaves the world barren and filled with mutated monsters, a band of survivors in an underground complex battle one of the creatures that was able to break in.
Director: Thierry Notz | Stars: Andrew Stevens, Starr Andreeff, George Kennedy, Terri Treas
Votes: 2,280 | Gross: $0.86M
89. Slipstream (1989)
PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.
Director: Steven Lisberger | Stars: Bob Peck, Mark Hamill, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton
Votes: 3,067
90. Crime Zone (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Helen and Bone live in a repressive futuristic dystopian society they badly want to escape from. Mysterious Jason hires them to steal a disc for him. It's practically a suicide mission, but he claims he can smuggle them out, in return.
Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: David Carradine, Peter Nelson, Sherilyn Fenn, Michael Shaner
Votes: 710
91. Spirits of the Air: Gremlins of the Clouds (1987)
96 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Brother and sister endure alone together in a post-apocalyptic Outback until the sudden arrival of a stranger.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Michael Lake, Melissa Davis, Norman Boyd, Rhys Davis
Votes: 785
92. Rising Storm (1989)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a future postapocalyptic America ruled by a fascist televangelist, young thief Joe and his brother agree to help pretty Mila and her sister find an ancient artifact that could change everything.
Director: Francis Schaeffer | Stars: Zach Galligan, Wayne Crawford, June Chadwick, Elizabeth Keifer
Votes: 334
93. Visitor of a Museum (1989)
136 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, in which a large part of the population consists of demented and deformed mutants being kept in reservations, a man embarks upon visiting the ruins of a museum ... See full summary »
Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy | Stars: Viktor Mikhaylov, Vera Mayorova, Vadim Lobanov, Irina Rakshina
Votes: 1,366
94. Ultra Warrior (1990)
R | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After the nuclear holocaust, one man rises from the ashes to become the leader of a ragged gang of survivors. They soon discover that their greatest challenge is yet to come; they must ... See full summary »
Directors: Augusto Tamayo San Román, Kevin Tent | Stars: Dack Rambo, Clare Beresford, Meshach Taylor, Mark Bringelson
Votes: 867 | Gross: $0.41M
95. Flight from Paradise (1990)
112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In flashback, we learn that after a nuclear catastrophe, two teenagers were living in an artificial ... See full summary »
Director: Ettore Pasculli | Stars: Fabrice Josso, Inés Sastre, Horst Buchholz, Aurore Clément
Votes: 77
96. Hardware (1990)
R | 94 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.
Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch, Carl McCoy
Votes: 16,453 | Gross: $5.73M
97. A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell (1990)
Not Rated | 82 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
In a post-Armageddon world, a young woman finds herself in a fight for survival against mutant cavemen, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.
Director: Brett Piper | Stars: Paul Guzzi, Linda Corwin, Alex Pirnie, Mark Deshaies
Votes: 1,787
98. Aftershock (1990)
R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi
An alien visits Earth during World War III, learns English by absorbing a dictionary, and meets good and bad earthlings.
Director: Frank Harris | Stars: James Lew, Michael Standing, Elizabeth Kaitan, Jay Roberts Jr.
Votes: 414
99. Shredder Orpheus (1990)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror
Skateboarder named Orpheus and friends go to Hell to stop television signals that are brainwashing America.
Director: Robert McGinley | Stars: Robert McGinley, Megan Murphy, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Linda Severt
Votes: 190
100. Bimbos B.C. (1990 Video)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
A story set in a post-apocalyptic time about all-female pack of warriors who fight against villain Tim Curry and his zombie batch. Based on a comic book.
Director: Todd Sheets | Stars: Jenny Admire, Deric Bernier, Matthew Lewis, Tonia Monahan
Votes: 164
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