An insomniac's guide to everything post-apocalyptic, earth that was, outbreak, time travel, alternate reality & sci-fi.
This is the best of the best (in no specific order) post-apocalyptic, earth that was, outbreak & sci-fi movies picked by an insomniac of note. (With a bit of paranormal here and there)
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- 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.
- CreatorTerry NationStarsLucy FlemingIan McCullochDenis LillA community of survivors struggle to stay alive in the wake of a global pandemic known as the Death that wiped out 99.98% of humanity.
- CreatorAdrian HodgesStarsJulie GrahamMax BeesleyPaterson JosephAn unknown virus pandemic kills more than 90% of the world's population. Those immune must strive to survive and overcome the difficulties of this new world order, hoping that the virus will not mutate.I like the 1975 series better but this was a worthy try.
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresChiwetel EjioforThe crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykFive hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsEliza DushkuHarry LennixFran KranzA top secret organization erases the identities of attractive young people, turning them into blank "dolls" ready for imprints of temporary identities they need to fulfill assignments for clients.Last episode, last season (season 2 episode 13)
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
- DirectorCharles de LauzirikaStarsHarrison FordDaryl HannahMichael DeeleyThe definitive three-and-a-half hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic Blade Runner (1982), culled from 80 interviews and hours of never-before-seen outtakes and lost footage.This is a must see and make sure you get the definitive directors cut of Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, to watch just after it. It will be the best 6 hours of your life, or your money back. ;-)
- StarsSacha DhawanChristopher FulfordDinita GohilA group of commuter train passagers are put in accidental suspended animation and emerge years later into a devastated world.Not the best but worth a watch.
- CreatorKevin FallsStarsKevin McKiddGretchen EgolfMoon BloodgoodA San Francisco journalist mysteriously travels to the past and alters the path of people's lives. When his travels reunite him with his long-lost fiancée Livia, life with his present-day wife gets very interesting.Yet, another TV series cancelled to early.
- CreatorJeffrey Grant RiceStarsDarren McGavinSimon OaklandJack GrinnageCarl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.Watch the series and movies. This and Twilight zone is where the X-Files were born.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDarren McGavinCarol LynleySimon OaklandAn abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingRobert McCordJay OverholtsOrdinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.The original series is classic, the later versions were just not up to scratch. Also, if you can get hold of the interviews and the series pitch by Rod Serling - this is the man, down to earth, honest.
- StarsEric StoltzCatherine BellLou Diamond PhillipsA shipping magnate hires four experts from various fields to investigate what happened to his ships that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle. The team discovers a threat that might unravel time itself and cause the world to end.I liked it and of course there is a nice South African connection in it. ;-)
- CreatorBryan FullerStarsEllen MuthCallum BlueJasmine GuyGeorgia Lass is surprised to discover that an afterlife does exist, and that she's already been assigned a job. Her new boss is Rube, a "reaper" -- one of the many who pluck the souls of the living and escort them to their eternal reward.Come on Ellen Muth as a reaper, together with the always brilliant Mandy Patinkin (Criminal Minds died when he left) what more do you want?
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsEllen MuthCallum BlueSarah WynterGeorge's been dead and working as grim reaper 5 years. She and her 3 colleagues get a new, chaotic boss. George looks different to the living e.g. her mom and sister.
- DirectorMurali K. ThalluriStarsTeresa PalmerFrank SweetSam HarrisAt 2:37, someone commits suicide in the school lavatory. The day is told up to that point from the viewpoint of six different students.Disturbing.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsElliott GouldJames BrolinBrenda VaccaroWhen the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.Sam Waterston not playing Jack McCoy, enough said. (Ps. I like the original L&O, just nice to see him in something else)
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsRufus SewellKiefer SutherlandJennifer ConnellyA man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.Kick The Adjustment Bureau's butt.
- DirectorMark McQueenStarsDanny DyerCraig FairbrassMyAnna BuringLondon based N-gen tests a performance booster on 30000. A month later, agile zombies plague London, spreading the disease with a bite. One man has 54 hours to find the cure/immune woman.fast moving zombie like people.
- DirectorTommy WirkolaStarsJeppe Beck LaursenCharlotte FrognerJenny SkavlanA ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.If you don't mind subs - it is very funny. Pretty cool zombie entry.
- DirectorChristopher MenaulStarsRutger HauerMiranda RichardsonPeter VaughanIn April 1964, more than twenty years after the Nazis won World War II, S.S. officer Xavier March uncovers a plot to eliminate the attendees of the Wannsee Conference so that Germany can establish better relations with the U.S.
- DirectorMatt ReevesStarsKodi Smit-McPheeChloë Grace MoretzRichard JenkinsA bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.
- DirectorGareth CarrivickStarsChris O'DowdMarc WoottonDean Lennox KellyWhile drinking at their local pub, three social outcasts attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum.
- DirectorKyle RankinStarsChristopher Rodriguez MarquetteBrooke NevinKinsey PackardA slacker awakes to find himself weak and wrapped in a webbing; after realizing that the world has been taken over by giant alien insects, he wakes a ragtag group of strangers and together they fight for survival.Brilliant.
