10 Post-Apocalyptic Movies That Every Sci-Fi Fan Should Watch in 2021 – OtakuKart

From sci-fi post-apocalyptic movies fans favorite Mad Max franchise, this movie received nominations in ten categories. The movie won six awards for film editing, costume design, sound mixing, sound editing, and makeup and hairstyling out of the ten nominations. This Australian movie is a fourth installment and a reboot of the Mad Max franchise. The story is about a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland where water and petrol are rare commodities.

Years after humanitys collapse due to a nuclear catastrophe, Immortan Joe enslaves the remaining survivors inside his Citadel, a desert fortress. Imperator Furiosa, a warrior, fights against Joe and eventually teams up with Max Rockatanksy. Max is a former captive who still have visions of his traumatic past. The movie follows their story as the two rebels fight to restore peace in the world.

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Stars: Rosa Salazar,Christoph Waltz,Jennifer Connelly, Keean Johnson

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This movie has everything post-apocalyptic movies fans need; cyborgs, a futuristic world, and lots of action. Alita: Battle Angel is an adaptation of Yukito Kishiros manga series. The movie shows the post-apocalyptic world during the 23rd century after an outer space war that destroyed the earth. In the year 2563, a scientist discovers a female cyborg with an active human brain scouting through the junkyard. The scientist, Dyson Ido, gives her a new body and names her Alita after his late daughter.

Alita has no memories of her past, and she starts living with Dyson. She befriends Hugo, who lives near her house. Hugo dreams of living in the sky city of Zalem, where only the wealthy can live. However, as Alita gets close to him, she realizes that Hugo is hiding a dark secret from secret. As the secret unravels and starts to threaten their life, Alita tries her best to help him. When she remembers something about her past, she is better off forgetting so it wont come back to haunt her.

IMDb Ratings: 7.2

Director: Francis Lawrence

Writers: Mark Protosevich (screenplay), Akiva Goldsman (screenplay), Richard Matheson (novel)

Stars: Will Smith,Alice Braga,Charlie Tahan, Willow Smith

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This movie is an adaptation of Richard Mathesons novel of the same name and a remake of the 1971 movie The Omega Man. This is another one of those post-apocalyptic movies where civilization is compromised due to the viruss outbreak. In the year 2012, a human-made virus that was created to cure cancer turns deadly. The virus destroys 90% of the worlds population and turns 9.8% into cannibalistic mutants, Darkseekers, who are vulnerable to sunlight.

Now, the remaining 0.2% of the population immune to the virus are left as the prey of the Darkseekers. The movie revolves around a genius scientist Robert Neville, a survivor of a plague that converts humans into bloodthirsty mutants. Three years after the outbreak, Robert lives in the isolated ruins of Manhattan. He searches for other survivors as he wanders alone in New York City. Robert is immune to the virus, so he tries to find a cure for the plague using his own blood.

IMDb Ratings: 8.4

Writers: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard

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Does a post-apocalyptic world in the year 2805 where humanity is destroyed, and all thats left in the world is billions of tons of garbage sound scary to you? Well, its not! WALL-E is a heartfelt science fiction romance movie from Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios. The movie received praise for its story, voice, characters, visuals, and scenes of romance. The movie won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the best animation film and many other awards in different categories. WALL-E is a rare category among post-apocalyptic movies.

WALL-E stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class. He is the only remaining robot on earth, and he spends his days cleaning the planet, one piece of garbage at a time. However, after 700 years of solitude, Wall-E now has a personality, and he feels lonely. One day, he spots EVE, a sleek robot sent to earth to prove that it is still habitable. WALL-E falls in love with EVE. Smitten by the robot, WALL-E takes off on a journey as he follows EVE across the galaxy.

IMDb Ratings: 7.2

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Writers: Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken, Damien Chazelle

Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr

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This psychological thriller is a bit different from our regular post-apocalyptic movies. 10 Cloverfield Lane is a directional debut of Dan Trachtenberg, for which he received many positive reviews. This Paramount Pictures production is the second movie of the Cloverfield franchise. 10 Cloverfield lane is a full package of horror, science fiction, drama, thriller, and action. The movie follows a young woman, Michelle, who wakes up in an underground bunker after a car crash. She wakes up only to find two men beside her who claim that an event has left the surface of the earth uninhabitable.

Michelle packs up her apartment and leaves New Orleans after she breaks up with her fiance. On her way, she meets with an accident, which she survives, and meets Howard, who explains to her that he saved her from the outside air filled with radiation from a nuclear or a chemical attack. Howard starts taking care of her starting from then. However, soon Michelle finds herself wanting to escape from him due to his controlling nature. As Michelle struggles to get away from him, she finds a shocking truth about the outside world.

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