I had so much fun doing a Cinematic Alphabet for my favorites from the giallo genre last week, I thought I could come up with a good list featuring post-apocalyptic films. There are two self-imposed rules - no zombie films allowed (makes it too easy), but made-for-TV movies and mini-series in the P/A genre are fair game. The list was tougher than I thought it was going to be with choices like Hardware vs Hell Comes to Frogtown, Mad Max vs Malevil, The Quiet Earth vs Quintet and Panic in the Year Zero vs Planet Earth. I tend to lean more toward the intellectual stuff, but not always (I'm looking at you Rowdy Roddy, you magnificent bastard).
A
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| Akira |
B
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| A Boy and His Dog |
C
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| Cherry 2000 |
D
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| The Day of the Triffids (1981) |
E
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| Ever Since the World Ended |
F
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| Food of the Gods |
G
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| Gojira |
H
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| Hell Comes to Frogtown |
I
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| I Am Legend |
J
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| La Jetee |
K
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| Knights (1993) |
L
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| Logan's Run |
M
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| Malevil |
N
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| Night of the Comet |
O
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| The Omega Man |
P
 |
| Panic in the Year Zero |
Q
 |
| Quintet |
R
 |
| The Road Warrior |
S
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| Soylent Green |
T
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| Testament |
U
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| Urotsukidoji |
V
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| Virus (1980) -Uncut version |
W
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| The World, the Flesh and the Devil |
X
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| Xian Dai Hao Xia Zhuan (The Executioners) |
Y
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| Yor, The Hunter from the Future |
Z
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| Zardoz |
Wow. It's pretty spectacular that there's a PA film for every letter! The only glaring omission I'll toss out is what to me is one of the most horrifying films ever made, THREADS. Seen it? Do so. Though hey, now I feel like I have to check out Testament to see what could possibly unseat it...
ReplyDeleteThat was one of the toughest choices Emily, but I picked Testament because it focus' on one family (in my neck of the woods!) and is quietly heartbreaking. Plus Jane Alexander gives one of the all-time great performances.
ReplyDeleteGotcha. Sounds really up my alley, but it's unfortunately only a 'save' on Netflix. I'll keep my eye out for it though!
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