Since the first literary publications, hundreds of apocalyptic stories have been published, which have become material for very popular movies and series.
Productions about zombies, aliens, and dystopian futures have dominated the box office in recent years. With everything that is happening today, it seems that this trend is far from over.
Here is a list of the best apocalyptic movies that are available on Netflix.
Mad Max: Fury Road
The world has turned into a desert and civilization has collapsed as a result of wars and dwindling resources. Max Rockatansky, a survivor haunted by visions of deceased people, is captured by an army commanded by a tyrannical leader named Immortan Joe, who takes him to territory ruled by him.
However, he is drawn into a group fleeing through the desert in a truck known as the “War Rig”, driven by Furiosa, an elite empress. They escape from a citadel tyrannized by Joe, from whom they have taken something irreplaceable. Enraged, the Warlord mobilizes all his gangs and relentlessly pursues the rebels along the desolate road.
Bird Box: A Ciegas
In the midst of a new reality where an invisible malevolent force purges the world’s population, a single mother, Malorie, and her two children embark on a life-threatening quest to find the last protected refuge on Earth.
In this dangerous quest, sight is the true enemy, Helpless, blindfolded, they gather the courage to follow a faint trail of hope hidden deep in a refuge downstream, darkness may be the only thing that can save them. Now, the rules of survival have changed.
Matrix
During 1999, a man named Thomas Anderson (also known as Neo) leads a normal life. A software technician by day and a hacker by night, he sits alone at home next to his monitor, waiting for a signal, a signal, of what or who he does not know, until one night, a mysterious woman named Trinity searches for him. and introduces you to that faceless character you’ve been waiting for: Morpheus.
Like some kind of messiah, Morpheus presents Neo with the truth about his world by showing him the dark secrets that have troubled him for so long.
Zombie Station: Train to Busan
Investment manager Seok-woo is a divorced man living in Seoul with his daughter, Soo-an. On Soo-an’s birthday, she asks to visit her mother, who lives in Busan, and Seok-woo travels with her with the intention of returning after lunch. They get on a fast train, but a sick woman also gets on another wagon. During the journey, the woman attacks a member of the train staff and soon all the passengers in the car are attacked, turning into zombies.
Seok-woo realizes that there is a zombie outbreak in South Korea, and together with passenger Sang-hwa, who is traveling with his pregnant wife Seong-kyeong, they isolate the safe front cars from the infected. They hope to reach their final destination in the hope of surviving.
Cargo
In a world taken over by a virus that turns people into zombies within 48 hours, the Rose family – Andy, Kay and their baby Rosie – are living safely on a houseboat in rural Australia. Andy, short of food, investigates an abandoned sailboat and retrieves various supplies. Later, Kay goes to collect more, but is attacked by a rabid zombie inside.
Meanwhile, an Aboriginal girl, Thoomi, tries to protect her infected father by feeding him wildlife and keeping him locked up while her mother frantically searches for her.
World War Z
When former UN investigator Gerry Lane and his family get stuck in an urban traffic jam, he feels like this is no ordinary traffic jam. His suspicions are confirmed when, suddenly, the city erupts into chaos. A deadly virus, spread with a single bite, is turning healthy people into something vicious, thoughtless and savage.
As the pandemic threatens to consume humanity, Gerry leads a worldwide search to find the source of the infection and hopefully stop its spread.
On the edge of tomorrow
An alien race has struck Earth in a relentless assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat in which he drops. Dead within minutes, Cage now inexplicably finds himself inside a time loop that forces him to experience the same brutal combat over and over again, fighting and dying again.
But with each battle, Cage is able to face adversaries with greater skill, along with Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski. And, as Cage and Vrataski fight the aliens, they are closer to defeating their enemies. (I)
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