After the Dark
At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.
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2014★ 7.2
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These Final Hours
2014★ 6.5
With the end of the world only hours away, self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing father. This simple act sets James on a path to redemption.
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2007★ 7.2
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The Survivalist
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The Quiet Earth
1985★ 6.6
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The Last Survivors
2014★ 6.0
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Daybreakers
2010★ 6.3
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2005★ 6.7
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2015★ 6.7
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Hollow Man
2000★ 6.0
Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed and Caine seems doomed to future without flesh, he starts to turn increasingly dangerous.
Blindness
2008★ 6.5
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Awake
2021★ 5.9
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2073
2024★ 6.7
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.
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2003★ 6.8
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2006★ 7.6
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2022★ 6.3
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Nine Days
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2016★ 5.8
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2019★ 6.3
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