40. Alive
When a group of rugby players plane crashes in the Andes mountains, they must come together in order to survive. This movie is based on a true story and is action packed too.
41. Andromeda Strain
This story chronicles the tale of a satellite crashing to earth near a village in New Mexico. When this happens a disease strikes the area that kills everyone besides an older homeless man and an infant. They are taken to a high-tech facility for further research. Scientists have to crack the microbe before the whole world suffers.
42. Apocalypto
This movie is based in the past during the times of the Mayan culture. The main character in the film is captured and must escape to save his family and his culture’s way of life.
43. Apollo 13
If you love movies based in space, then you’ll love this movie. Apollo 13 is based on a spacecraft that makes it into space and then malfunctions. It is up to the crew in the sky and on the ground to get the spaceship back to earth. But the astronauts must survive until then.
44. Battle Royale
This movie has actually been really controversial. It is about a group of middle school aged children that were forced by their government to hunt down and kill their classmates.
45. Behind Enemy Lines
In this movie, a military man is shot down in his enemy’s area. The enemy hunts him down without remorse, but his commanding officer does all he can to save him.
46. Black Hawk Down
A group of soldiers is sent into Somalia to help free hundreds of thousands of people who have been starved by a vicious warlord. However, the mission goes astray and these men suddenly find themselves fighting for their own survival.
47. Book of Eli
Denzel Washington is Eli in this film. He finds himself battling a vicious warlord in a post-apocalyptic world and must fight for his own survival.
48. Children of Men
In the year 2027, the world no longer has children. It has almost been two decades since the last baby was born. So when a man is asked to escort a pregnant woman out of the country, he jumps at the chance to save the human race and do so successfully.
49. Damnation Alley
A nuclear war takes place on the planet and nearly wipes out all of society. When the dust settles, insects begin to emerge and feast on the remaining survivors.
50. Dante’s Peak
This story is based around a town called Dante’s Peak. It has a dormant volcano that decides to erupt with little to no warning. The town must get away and fight for survival while the volcano erupts.
51. Death Hunt
An old-timer who lives in seclusion goes into town only to arrive in the midst of a dogfight. He doesn’t care for this and tries to buy the dog that is practically dead. This doesn’t go over well with the breeder, though he sells him the dog. The dog breeder later comes back and accuses the old timer of murder. Now, he must fight to right the injustice against him.
52. Deep Impact
A student discovers a comet heading straight for earth during his astronomer’s club. Scientists begin digging a cave to save around 800,000 people so the human race can avoid extinction. People begin to panic, but the president designs a plan where astronauts will destroy the comet in space to save the earth.
53. Defiance
This is a story about 2 brothers who were once simple farmers. After things turn ugly on the earth, they take the people that live in shambles around them and turn them into great fighters to earn their freedom.
54. 10 Cloverfield Lane
If you are a fan of John Goodman, then you’ll want to check this movie out. He takes in a girl who has been in a car wreck. When she awakes from the accident she finds out that she must stay inside with him because a chemical attack has made the air toxic. Because of his odd behavior, she tries to escape to learn the truth about the outside world.
55. Deliverance
This story is based on four businessmen from Atlanta. They wander into the wilderness of West Virginia, only to find a community that is lawless, dangerous, and isolated. They must fight for their survival in order to escape the area.
56. Doomsday
The world has faced an apocalypse. There is now a terrible disease threatening mankind. A specially trained group must rush to find a cure or mankind will end altogether.
57. Enemy at the Gates
This movie tells the story of a Russian sharpshooter that becomes the best in his country. It is a story of love, friendship, and survival as this man becomes the mark for one nation and the hope for his homeland.
58. Escape From New York
New York has been hit with an apocalypse. Now, one man must battle his way through lots of obstacles to escape Manhattan.
59. Farewell to the King
An American soldier has escaped prison from Japan. He escapes into the wilderness and is discovered by a native tribe. Though he fears the people at first, they are fascinated with him and think of him as a god. The Japanese forces find him, but he fights them again…this time it is for his tribe.
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