Best Post-Apocalyptic Movies from VHS Era
A hand-picked selection of the greatest post-apocalyptic films of the VHS era — chosen for standout pacing, personality, and pure rewatch value.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984
Mad Max 2
1981
Lessons of Darkness
1992
On the Silver Globe
1989
Twelve Monkeys
1995
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
1993
The Atomic Cafe
1982
Miracle Mile
1989
Dead Man's Letters
1986
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
1985
The Day After
1983
Last Night
1998
The Quiet Earth
1985
On Your Mark
1995
Testament
1983
Night of the Comet
1984
Until the End of the World
1991
The Last Battle
1983
Deep Impact
1998
The Blood of Heroes
1989
Dead End Drive-In
1986
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985
Six-String Samurai
1998
Nowhere
1997
Fist of the North Star
1986
Titan A.E.
2000
To the Stars by Hard Ways
1981
Appleseed
1988
Lifeforce
1985
Virus
1980
Robot Jox
1989
Waterworld
1995
Screamers
1995
On the Beach
2000
Cherry 2000
1987
The Trigger Effect
1996
Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988
Tank Girl
1995
2019: After the Fall of New York
1983
1990: The Bronx Warriors
1982
Cyborg
1989
Escape from the Bronx
1983
TC 2000
1993
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth
1997
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
Mindwarp
1992
Quintet
1979
The New Barbarians
1983
Steel Dawn
1987
Raiders of Atlantis
1983
Parasite
1982
The Postman
1997
Omega Doom
1996
Slipstream
1989
Barb Wire
1996
Beowulf
1999
Solarbabies
1986
Double Dragon
1994
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
Alien from L.A.
1988
Battlefield Earth
2000