A while back I’ve shared with you a list of 24 movies about survival.
Since then, I’ve come to realize there are many other movies that serve the same purpose and can reveal an ingenious way to move forward after a natural or man-made disaster.
#50. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Five shipwrecked survivors wash up on a jungle island only to become prey to a wealthy hunter interested in pursuing a different game than the four-legged kind.
#49. My Side of the Mountain (1969)
Sure, it’s a family-friendly movie, but do you constantly find news stories about little boys who survive being lost in the wilderness? I do, and it’s because of the most important part of survival: keeping yourself in good spirits.
#48. Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Mexican-American War vet Jeremiah hears the mountains calling after serving his duty, but quickly discovers there is a steep learning curve he must overcome in order to survive long enough to become a self-sufficient mountain man of the Rockies.
By escaping the horrors of civilization he only finds brutality in the wild, and must now contend with the cold, grizzly bears, and the hostile Crow Indian Nation.
There is a lot of practical mountain man knowledge and life hacks in this one, including an ingenious way of sleeping warm on the ground by burying hot coals underneath you.
#47. The Cay (1974)
An old man teaches a boy how to survive on a desert island after their passenger ship is torpedoed by the Nazis during WWII.
#46. Death Hunt (1981)
Charles Bronson stars as a survivalist trapsman on the run from Canadian Mounties in the harsh British Columbia wilderness.
#45. The Voyage of the Mimi (1984)
Highly practical with great production value, this mini-series was Ben Affleck’s acting debut that they showed all kids (like me) in the state of Washington to teach surviving shipwreck.
#44. Dances With Wolves (1990)
A military officer keeps his post after discovering his duty station on the barren plains abandoned, only to fall in love with the simple, good natured Indian people it’s there to dominate.
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#43. Lord of the Flies (1990)
Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.
#42. A Cry in the Wild (1990)
A boy who is the lone survivor of a plane crash in the Yukon wilderness uses only a hatchet to survive.
#41. Alive (1993)
Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the snow swept Andes are forced to use desperate measures to survive after a plane crash.
#40. Legends of the Fall (1995)
WWI and tense rivalry break up a close-knit family living in the Montana wilderness, but they must re-unite to survive further troubles.
#39. Last of the Dogmen (1995)
A rugged bounty hunter discovers a lost tribe of Cheyenne Indians living in the present-day Montana Oxbow Quadrangle.
#38. The Edge (1997)
An intellectual billionaire and two lesser men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood-thirsty Kodiak Bear hunting them down.
#37. 7 Years In Tibet (1997)
A German mountaineer team attempts to summit Nanga Parbat in India in 1939, only to be arrested as enemy aliens as WWII begins to escalate across the globe.
They escape a POW camp and navigate the high plateau into Tibet, where they must evade detection during the invasion by The People’s Liberation Army of China. Based on true events.
#36. The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000)
Detailing the famous Shackleton expedition to the Antarctic, the ship Endurance is sunk, leaving the 29-man crew drifting on the ice for 10 months. All survived.
#35. Cast Away (2000)
A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.
#34. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
At the end of WW2, a German POW doing hard labor in the Soviet Gulag escapes from his Siberian camp to return to Germany but he’s pursued by a Soviet NKVD officer.
#33. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
A man uses the survival and hunting skills taught to him as a boy in the Ural Mountains to help defend Stalingrad during the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
#32. The Four Feathers (2002)
A British officer is branded a coward for not accompanying his regiment into Egypt during the Mahdist War. After shame awakes his courage, he treks the deserts of Africa to save some of his friends imprisoned in the Khalifa’s prison.
#31. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.
#30. The Hunted (2003)
Tommy Lee Jones stars as an elite tracker who trains survival skills for the military, and is tasked to hunt down his best pupil.
#29. The Snow Walker (2003)
A bush pilot and a sick Inuk woman must survive the elements of the Northwest Territories after a plane crash.
#28. Alone in the Wilderness (2004)
Dick Proenneke documented his years-long experience in the Aleutian Peninsula in Alaska, during the 1960’s, building a log cabin and living off the land.
#27. Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
#26. Grizzly Man (2005)
I get it, he was a bit of a goofball who messed up, bad. But he still went out into the rugged Alaskan backcountry and documented great Grizzly bear photage, and with a smile on his face.
#25. Eight Below (2006)
Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.
#24. Rescue Dawn (2006)
A U.S. fighter pilot’s epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
#23. Apocalypto (2006)
Much of the New World was unknown even to indegenous peoples.
As prisoners of a raided village are brought into the heart of the resplendent Mayan empire, one by one are marched up a pyramid for human sacrifice until a few overcome their terrifying awe and make a desperate escape back into the dense jungle, and make a stand against their pursuers on their own turf.
#22. No Country For Old Men (2007)
Pursued across Texas from the plains to the Mexican border by a psychotic hit man, a Vietnam veteran with stolen drug money must rely on his wits and balls before he can spend it.
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#21. Into the Wild (2007)
After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
#20. The Road (2009)
In an apocalyptic world, a father and son roam a desolate landscape for the means of survival. When every other of the few survivors they encounter have turned to scavenging and murder to live just another day without hope, he tries to raise his son in the image of the goodness that’s dissappeared.
The water’s toxic, and not even a blade of grass grows, this movie is scary in the way it shows what it would be like to depend on finding a can of beans nobody else has yet to live. It’s also unfortunately but undoubtedly accurate of what your fellow man might do if he’s hungry enough.
#19. Happy People: A Year In The Taiga (2010)
On the Yenisei river of Siberia, a small indigenous tribe thrive within a beautiful but vast and unforgiving wilderness. Documentary makers Dmitry Vasyukov and Werner Herzog follow the everyday lives in the village Bakhtia, where the people have found contentment and a meaningful commitment to their world apart.
An immigrant sable hunter who has learned their ways and earned their respect demonstrates a lot of bushcraft, from building canoes to homemade mosquito repellant.
#18. 127 Hours (2010)
An adventurous mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
#17. The Divide (2011)
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
#16. Wrecked (2011)
A man trapped in a car wreck at the bottom of a ravine must overcome incredible odds to survive.
#15. The Day (2011)
A group of five people working to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future discover what they think is a safe, abandoned farmhouse, but they soon find themselves fighting to stay alive as a gang of bloodthirsty predators’ attack.
#14. The Grey (2011)
After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survive. But a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
#13. Into the White (2012)
Norway, WWII: A group of British and German soldiers find themselves stranded in the wilderness after an aircraft battle. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to place the rules of war aside.
#12. The Hunger Games (2012)
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place in The Hunger Games, a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.
#11. All Is Lost (2013)
A solo sea journey turns drastic when the mariner’s boat sinks and he’s left floating in a raft. Improvising his own solar still to make drinkable water is one of the many things he’ll have to do to survive.
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#10. Scenic Route (2013)
Tensions rise between lifelong friends Mitchell and Carter after their truck breaks down on an isolated desert road as they start to attack each other’s life decisions with unwavering brutality.
#9. Unbroken (2014)
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
#8. The Revenant (2015)
A fur trapper is mauled by a grizzly in the uncharted wilderness of the American frontier and left for dead by his partners. But he’s not dead, and even if he has to crawl out, he’ll get revenge.
#7. The Martian (2015)
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
#6. The Wave (2015)
Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger, collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
#5. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
#4. The Finest Hours (2016)
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
#3. The Survivalist (2017)
During a time of dwindling human population, a man lives efficiently alone in the woods. When two women show up searching for food, paranoia endangers their budding alliance.
#2. The Way Back (2020)
Siberian gulag escapees travel 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in India.
#1. The Mosquito Coast (2021)
Harrison Ford stars as a father fed up with American consumerism. So he moves his family to the jungles of Central America where he hopes his inventionism will improve the lives of local inhabitants.
Are other movies out there you think should have made this list? Let us know in the comments below!
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That’s quite a list you’ve compiled. Thank you. I’ve seen only a few of those. Like any form of art, movies can inspire and provoke thoughts. Along with some television shows and You Tube videos, the inspiration may be a bit shallow. Preparing for the unknown time and the unknown nature of a SHTF event can be more stressful and expensive than the entertainment media portray. The romantic presentations of homesteading often portray some challenging moments for the sake of drama, but rarely portray the psychological toll of when one finds themselves in the position of total self-reliance. Alone. Good article and I plan to watch some of them.
Panic in the Year Zero is a good one, too!
AGREE! Was the first to come to mind while reading the Article.
The History Channel has two EXCELLENT series of shows. One is called Mountain Men where people show you how to live off the land, the second is ALONE where 10 people compete to survive the longest in harsh wilderness with only 10 items. I am watching all of the previous seasons on my tablet.
I remember reading ” the cay” in school, never knew there was a movie.
I seem to remember he got so hungry he ate his leather belt.
Good memory, I long forgot about that book, I might just have to read that again, I think I last read that book back in the late 70s early 80s
Here’s a recommendation to add to your list… The Mountain Between Us https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2226597/
The book of Eli
what did the war lord ask for, when his gang came back. He ask if they found any chap stick.
If you look close at there lips they are badly cracked and dry.
So get some chap stick or lip balm or carmex.
I prep it…
Or…’Cat Oil’.
On a personal note, I thought ‘The Book of Eli’ was a good movie, over all. It wasn’t nearly as ‘brutal’ as it could have and maybe should have been.
The man that lives 20 yrs on his own in Alaska. Can’t remember the name. Also the book of eli.
Alone in the Wilderness: story of Dick Proenneke. You’re right… so good.
It’s called “Alone in the Wilderness”
What’s the cost?
Great list! I would add “The Postman”, Kevin Costner, 1997.
Hey aren’t you …?
I was.
Ahhh. Ford Lincoln Mercury…
Ok I’m done
Also, “Captain Fantastic”, 2016, with Viggo Mortensen. Good movie!
I loved that movie
The Aussie film ‘Walkabout’ starring David Gulpilil. Survival in the outback.
There was an old movie…I mean really old…released about 1962 with Ray Milland….about a bombing in Los Angeles and how the family survived. I don’t know the name of it. But it was what got me started in thinking about what to do and what not to do in case of a disaster.
I think you’re referring to “Panic in Year Zero!” Ray Milland, Frankie Avalon, and Jean Hagen. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056331/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_63
A Classic.
Looks great! Like every Prepper novel ever written, got to watch it soon.
Panic in the year Zero. Remember seeing it as a kid – first time I ever saw a 50 round snail drum magazine on a Luger…thought that was the coolest thing!
Really old? Made me laugh out loud. I was born about that time and to me, really old movies are from the 40s.
I read instead of watching tv, and have a series I enjoy, Terry Henry Walton Chronicles by Craig Martelle. It’s even got werewolves and vampires to add some extra danger. He also wrote a series called End Times Alaska, which is a great possiblity for actually happening. Both share the lessons of a retired Marine.
I enjoyed them, you might also.
Red Dawn, 1st edition with Patrick Swayze.
Just exchange the Russians for the traitors who are infesting our government!
This should have been number 1. Inspired a generation.
“The Day After” The original not the rip off with all the snow. Also, some great TV shows, Like Jeremiah, Jericho, The short 3 episode British show “The survivors”.
Should have been “The day after tomorrow”
renegade: Get a copy of the book, It takes place in Florida right after a nuclear war. Wolf and Iron is a great one, as well, about a man forced from his home after all the computers died. Thrift Books might have copies. niio
Rescue Dawn is the true story of Dieter Dengler’s escape from a Laotian prisoner camp in 1966. Pretty good movie, the book by Dengler is even better. I saw the movie Revenant, thought the Punke book was much better. Lot has been written about Hugh Glass but, as is the case with Judge Holden, no one knows what is truth and what is fiction. Like to see a movie made of CM’s Blood Meridian, that is a fantastical bloody story of survival.
This may have been a made for tv movie. I read the book and saw the movie later. Both had the title, “I’m Alive,” which was a true account of a pilot and fat woman surviving a number of days (forget how many) in the Alaskan wilderness while they hope to be rescued. This was around 1973, and it was a true story.
The title was “Hey, I’m Alive.” Below is the obituary for Helen Klaben. Funny in the book she was described as a fat woman, although her obit says she was 140 lbs when the crash occurred. The book said the extra weight helped her survive.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/helen-klaben-u-s-woman-who-survived-plane-crash-and-spent-49-days-stranded-in-yukon-dies-aged-76
The earthling, Ricky Shroder and maybe William Holden.
Sorry about the spelling. Not in the dictionary!
Beasts of Tarzan
Costner fan, The Postman & Dances With Wolves are both excellent. I liked The Book of Eli too. How about Where the Red Fern Grows. That and My Side of the Mountain probably are better for learning survival & hunting stuff as the book rather than the movie. I don’t know about Alive, never saw the movie but the book was pretty bad. If it comes down to eating my dead neighbor I’m probably using my last 9mm cartridge.
The Day after Tomorrow. -. Threads (British 1980’s). -. The Omega Man (Charleston Heston). -. Earthquake (Charleston Heston). – The Towering Inferno (Steve McQueen). -. Tsunami, The Aftermath. -. Twister (Helen Hunt). -. Last Man on Earth (Vincent Pric-. The Day After (1983, Jason Robards) -. Where Have All The People Gone? , 1974 (Peter Graves)
Those are just a few off if the top of my head!
I have seen 80% of your list, and own 60% of those on DVD. I will be checking out the ones I haven’t seen from your list and the other commenters!! Thanks!!
Be ready , things as we know them are changing, FAST!!
Soylent Green 1973.
Charlton Heston.
Apocalypse Now 1979
The Ants & The Grasshopper
N/A on the date..
Red Ant don’t forget The Omega Man
Was there ever a movie on the Donner Party.?
one came out in 09, never seen it tho
Make some popcorn! Here are a few more:
Fort Apache The Bronx (1981)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Serpico (1973)
Book, One Second After, follows an EMP strike.
Book 2, One Year After, both by William Forstchen. The Home Series by A. American about societal collapse (AWESOME)! And also the Left Behind Series by Tim Lahey & Jerry Jenkins!
I have all the Left Behind books.
“Lost” Plane Crash survivors.
Gulag with David Keith
Artic – A man stranded in the Arctic after a plane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6820256/
Excellent quality low budget film starring Mads Mikkelsen.
Also:
The Survivalist – In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2580382
Also:
Tomorrow When The War Began – When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456941
This is an Aussie film that was later remade into an Aussie mini-series.
Richard Harris in Man in the Wilderness (based on true story) and A Man Called Horse and Return of a Man Called Horse.
red dawn
I also believe “Red Dawn” should be among the survival movies!
I am Legend. All the Walking Dead TV episodes.
The world the Flesh and the Devil. 1959. Harry Belafonte Inger Stevens. Science fiction, doomsday film one of my all-time favorites.
Excellent book EVERYONE should read. Also the follow up book, “One Year after, both by William R. Forstchen
I have both. They are very good reading and offer some insights into what may or, more probably, will happen in the event of an EMP or severe CME.
#49 #49. My Side of the Mountain (1969) there are 3 stories in the series. I read the covers off of the 1st one.
#39. Last of the Dogmen (1995) Definitely a classic! Great story and good acting.
#33. Enemy at the Gates (2001) Wow, what a movie.
#31. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) It happened to mine, it happened to them, and now they’re here for your kids, to make them shriek sieg heil to the new age gods of the left.
#23. Apocalypto (2006) Gibson wants to do a series on colonization, but Hollywood elitist nazis refuse to allow it. This is a fantastic adventure on survival.
#20. The Road (2009) If you want to see a do-not-do-this, watch it. Not even worthy to smell the farts of the rest. The movie is asinine, the man doing exactly the wrong things. It should be titled how to be a loser.
#12. The Hunger Games (2012) Great movie that’s very prophetic. This is what liberals want for us, to be their servant class.
#9. Unbroken (2014) this looks good.
A book, Mrs. Mike, is based on a lot of survival stories on the coast of Alaska, around 1900. niio
How about SOYLENT GREEN? Thanks for a great list I’ll watch some of them.
Ross: Edward G. Robinson’s last movie, and a great one! He saw how the nation was going and made that to warn people. niio
“CRUSOE” Phillip Winchester.
Before The Revenant there was Man in the Wilderness (Richard Harris) (1971) – based on a true story …
another true story of survival is Alive!! >>> plane crash in the Andes and a rugby team has to survive by any means possible …
if you like sea survival – good movie of a sailor’s true survival – All Is Lost (Robert Redford)
not sure if it’s all true to life – but – The Naked Prey – it was a biggie in it’s day
lastly – all fiction but it’s a classic – Deliverance – strumming banjos
Naked Prey is good, he makes snake look delicious! The Naked Jungle is another good one, Charlton Heston vs. Ants!
Am I supposed to insult you or something?
Judge: Naked Jungle! That has to be one of the best Heston made. niio
There are a series of programs on Prime that although not technically survival programs all based on living in Tudor and Victorian periods of time. they only use exactly what the people during that time frame would have used. it does not involve the gratuitous violence that so many of the above-mentioned movies use. That for I can actually watch these, I cannot watch things full of violence.
This television series although not as blunt awesome is extremely well put together by a group of very intelligent historians and farmers. So anyone who is interested in day-to-day living in a world where things were very different and we’re not easy to come by you would enjoy these programs. They all called Tudor monastery farm and Victorian farm…. I will try and add a link if it will let me….
https://watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.0abb46b7-4f3f-5f5d-afd0-0f1f993acc2e&ref_=atv_dp_share_seas&r=web
like them also – thru the BBC – “The Farm Series” – most are available on UTube and they download OK …
saving the 8 part WW2 Farm series to my database today
Julia: The BBC had a show on about how cavemen used a rick to hunt and that led to nuclear power. Tools Make Tools, or something. Every week there was a spinoff from what tools they worked on. There’s a series of books out like that, a how-to make your own, everything from smelting metal to building a car like a Model T. I am collecting the Foxfire series for the kids, one set each. niio
Sorry for some of the incorrect wording I have a very weird autocorrect!!!!
Not a movie, but ice age farmer has a video up that EVERYONE must see. On Bitchure.
Came out yesterday. Horror flick of all time.
We are in for serious trouble!!
Peace
MadFab
“The 12th man” is a true story about a Danish soldier who is the only survivor of an attempted espionage insertion. His trek across Denmark, while being pursued by Germans, is a remarkable act of courage and perseverance.
Over all, it’s a pretty good list. We all have to remember that these are either Hollywood or TV movies/series, for entertainment, and none really depict what actual conditions really might be like, although a few come close, I think. Even the ‘true stories’ are watered down to some degree because face it…a cinematic production that showed the absolute reality, heartbreak, disappointment and the vile things people can and will do to each other…would be ‘too much’ and wouldn’t sell. People want ‘reality’, but…not too much of it. Still, I found the list pretty good and have seen most of them. I usually look for the little things that go with learning to survive.
Great list, but I would add two more.
“The Swiss Family Robinson” – That was on ” The Wonderful World of Disney” when I was a kid and sparked my interest in survival. Read the book if you can find it…lots of great ideas. About a Swiss missionary and his family surviving after a shipwreck.
“Goodfellas” – Classic mob movie about a low level Mafia “soldier” who turns informant to save his bacon. Shows the pitfalls of a criminal life, the value of maintaining strict op-sec, (especially in communications), the importance of having a bug out plan, and is as good a real life consequence argument against drug use as I’ve seen. Plus it’s entertaining as hell, if you like gangster movies. Maybe a strange choice, but you can probably glean survival pointers from a lot of odd sources if you pay attention.
Another book I have recommended in the past is “Clan of the Cave Bear” and the sequel “The Valley of Horses”, by Jean Auel. In this case I would definitely recommend the book over the movie, simply because it goes into detail about primitive survival techniques. The movie was just “meh”, and focused on the soap opera type story, but of course that was it’s purpose.
To get your kids interested in prepping, perhaps the “Little House” books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I read the series as a kid, and was fascinated by the ways the family were able to supply their needs.
Probably the strongest takeaway from any of these is the importance of having a network of people who are trustworthy and dependable to back you up. In ” The Valley of Horses”, Ayla the heroine is able to survive and thrive on her own after being exiled from her adopted tribe, but she gets sick and realizes that she easily could have died alone. This impells her to seek out other humans and try to become an accepted part of a community once again.
Lone wolf survival may work short term, but it would be extremely difficult to maintain for an extended period.
There are some really good survival series (TV/cable) my favorite was Les Stroud. He has both books and videos for sale or stream.
Love Les Stroud!!
There are some really good survival series (TV/cable) my favorite was Les Stroud. He has both books and videos for sale or stream.
Also:
1.) “First They Killed my Father” (Netflix) how bad could it become? Watch ecent history unfold from a child’s viewpoint.
2.) “Defiance” (2008) with Daniel Craig. Surviving with a group, full of good population dynamics. The good, the bad and the ugly defined. Hard choices.
Lost in the Barrens
The modern rogue ( on YouTube ) had a series on Netflix years ago, don’t know if it’s still around. Once they started pandering to SJW’s and all the weirdos in those social circles we discontinued our subscription
There are some movies on Amazon prime that are good and some that are ridiculous. I just search for Prepper and Survivor movies and some really crazy ones come up. Most of them are only two stars though LOL!
A Boy and His Dog. Don Johnson before Miami Vice, way before.
Not that there is a lot of survival info in this movie (other than showing persistence is a key part of it), but a movie that seems more relevant every time I see it is “They Live” with Roddy Piper. He plays a drifter who uncovers a plot to enslave the entire earth’s population. Eerily prescient.
My vote is for the story “One second after”, it changed me from being casually aware of prepping to someone making plans and taking action to be prepared. I listened to it as a audio book on utube.
What’s the addy? niio
FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX, the early one with Jimmy
Stewart. one of my favorite movies. my wife told me that the Revenent never really happened.( it would be OK movie without Leonardo). too bad my wife doesn’t know her history. based on historical Hugh Glass story. also THE Book of Eli. So many good ones on the list.
Gilligan’s Island. (Lol!) Looks like folks here covered about everything. On books, “Survivors” and several others following by James Wesley Rawles.
No Blade of Grass (1970) British-American apocalyptic science fiction film.
An environmental catastrophe destroys civilization.
Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW6yksxCRyk
Rob: a plague dun the dirty deed. 28 Days Later was a good film about manmade plagues (for more information see: Wuhan, China). One of the most stupid movies I’ve ever seen about a nuclear holocaust was the Road. One of the girls brought a copy when she came to visit. we all watched it, then the next day I sat down with the grandkids and explained what a moron the actor was. He did everything the wrong way. when the kids watched it again, they explained to their mother and grandmother about the moron, hat to do, to watch for. Back home in Brooklyn, they talked about it with friends at school and Mom got a few calls from parents, but they were interested in what went wrong. It was a very popular flick with the left. niio
You should take a look at “Stars on Mars”, a new interesting “Survivor” type series. It is funny and at the same time “realistic”, and it is hosted by none other than Captain Kirk (William Shatner).
Lance Armstrong, Rhonda Rousey, Arial Winter and other adventurous celebrities live in a space habitat on the red planet, where they live, eat, sleep, strategize and bond with each other as they are faced with authentic conditions that simulate life on Mars. They must use their brains and brawn of the Survivor reality show or will be eliminated in things that can go very wrong on Mars.
Think of this show as TEOTWAWKI…
As mentioned by Floyd Lloyd above with links, Tomorrow When The War Began, based on the novels by John Marsden. Australia is invaded by an unknown nation and a group of teenagers, who were camping at the time of the invasion, return to these new circumstances and need to rescue family and friends without being captured themselves.
Planet Of The Apes, the movies and the TV series also comes to mind.
Spellbinder, an Australian TV series from 1995 – 97. During an outback excursion while working on a science project a student finds himself transported to a parallel universe where a feudal society, who are forbidden to invent anything, are ruled by a technocratic elite who are surviving on the remnants of a once superior, but now decaying, technology they no longer know how to repair or maintain. An Australian and Polish co-production.
The Tripods, an 1984 BBC TV, Fremantle Int, Channel 7 Australia co-production set in 2089. After an alien invasion the remaining population is reduced to a feudal existence. To maintain this feudal state all the population is ceremoniously “capped” when they reach adolescence to suppress all creative desires. This series follows the trials and tribulations of three teens who escape this ritual and join forces to find themselves on the run, evading the giant tripod machines, the Black Guard, and those who want them to do the “right” thing. Their journey takes them across the English Channel into Europe, through France to the human resistance somewhere in the Alps; while trying to survive, avoid capture, and not knowing if those who are offering to help will betray them or not. Not to mention those elite families, as well as farmers, wanting husbands for their daughters. This became a cult series but was never finished, the plug was pulled on it after series two and the series was never resolved. The series is based on the books written by Sam Youd under the pen name “John Carpenter,” first published by Hamish Hamilton in July 1968. The final book “The Pool of Fire” covers series three and completes the series.
Looking at present trends, Spellbinder and The Tripods were quite prophetic.
They all start with Failure, then the Will to survive and Not give up
Failure only happens when someone gives up and calls it quits
this is a learned habit and taught by the people who your following
ask any successfull person in life how many failures , loss’s and they will all tell the same story
if you dont fail you cannot succeed
yu must get up , look for tommorrow , start over , learn from your mistakes and change direction
determination and perservation