# The best post-apocalyptic movies of all time

Deserts, empty roads and survivors: the films about the world after the end most recommended by Italian rankings (MadMass, LaScimmiaPensa, MangaForever).

- 22 votes · 13 items
- May 26, 2026 · il_melomane
- https://even.best/en/l/2071/the-best-post-apocalyptic-movies-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Furiosa, Max and a two-hour chase across the desert.
2. **12 Monkeys (1995)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Bruce Willis travels back in time to stop a virus.
3. **Children of Men (2006)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A sterile humanity and one last hope.
4. **Snowpiercer (2013)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A train circling a frozen planet.
5. **Planet of the Apes (1968)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Charlton Heston and the Statue of Liberty.
6. **I Am Legend (2007)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Will Smith and his dog in an empty New York.
7. **The Road (2009)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A father and son on foot, from Cormac McCarthy's novel.
8. **28 Days Later (2002)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Deserted London and infected who run.
9. **A Quiet Place (2018)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A family surviving in silence.
10. **Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mad Max 2, the template for the whole genre.
11. **WALL-E (2008)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A lonely robot on an abandoned Earth.
12. **The Book of Eli (2010)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Denzel Washington crosses America carrying a book.
13. **Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Miyazaki and the toxic forest.

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