Movies - Your favourite Prep/Survival/Apocolypse flicks

Christmas and although we love our cricket and tennis, I find there is nothing on TV at night. I found this list of 'prepping videos' on www.happyprepper.com My suggestion would be to see if youtube has them first instead of going up and down the isles at the DVD rental place!! Going thru the list there were a couple that caught my eye.

101+ of the Best Movies for Preppers
Here are the top 101 movies for preppers (along with a list of classic favorites):

12 Monkeys (1985) - An Ebola like virus breaks out in Zaire was an eerie
premonition.
28 Days Later (2003) – Zombie horror pandemic and devastation ensues.
2012 (DVD release 2010) – Molten lava hits the fan with a Nostradamus-style loophole in the Mayan calendar! With shifting continental plates, sun flares, and collapsing cities, this apocalyptic movie has it all.
A Cry in the Wild (DVD release 2000) – A survival story of a kid with nothing more than a hatchet thrown into the wilds of the Canadian wilderness by a plane crash.
After Armageddon by the History Channel (DVD release 2011) – Unarguably the best docudrama for preppers about a societal collapse following a pandemic. This made for T.V story, packed with expert commentary, is about how both luck and preparedness may affect survival.
Aftershock (2012): Massive earthquake strikes Chili, and only one thing is more chilling than mother nature: human nature!
Alive (1983) – Based on a true story, a team of rugby players survive a plane
crash deep in the desolate, snow-covered Andes.
American Blackout by National Geographic (2014) – Docudrama about what
would transpire if a cyber-attack were to cripple America's electronic
infrastructure.
Apocalypse 101 by National Geographic (2013) – Survivalist owners of Forge Survival Supply (former Marines) share their expertise with people who want to be prepared for the unexpected.
Apocalypse How by Discovery Channel (2008) – This documentary of how an apocalypse could arrive (volcanic eruption, widespread plague, deadly asteroids, neighbouring stars, and nuclear and biological weapons).
Babylon AD (2008) – Vin Diesel stars... The rules are simple: kill or be killed.
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Behind Enemy Lines (2002) – A fighter navigator, who wants out of the Navy, gets shot down over war-torn Bosnia. His rescue operation is hamstrung by politics.
Blindness (2008) – A mysterious epidemic of blindness sweeps through a city; and soon the afflicted face the chaotic breakdown of social order.
Britain Blackout by National Geographic (circa 2011) – Not currently available on DVD, this docudrama is the UK version of American Blackout and well worth seeing!
Cabin Fever (2002) – A flesh eating disease shaves off faces.
Castaway (2000) – The movie with few words and Tom Hanks.
Catching Fire (2013) –The sequel to the Hunger Games – Survival is a game
well played by Katniss.
Carriers (2009) – A mysterious virus breaks out in the U.K. and a band of
survivors attempts to outrun it and save themselves.
Children of Men (2006) – It's 2027 and women are infertile; however a
miraculous woman is pregnant and heads to a sanctuary.
City of Ember (2008) – An underground city suffers a massive power fail, and two young townspeople follow clues left by the ancient builders yo find a way out of embers.
Collapse (2010) – The story of Michael Ruppert, a former Los Angeles police
office, whose eerie prediction of the current financial crisis shocked millions.
Contagion (2012) – A pandemic (lethal airborne virus) is born
Dances with Wolves –
Dante's Peak (1997)– A long-dormant volcano is about to erupt
Dark City () –
Dawn of the Dead (2004)– true horror flick with zombie blood and gore where aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a megamall.
Defiance (2013) – A transformed planet Earth sets the landscape for the arrival of seven unique alien races.
Deep Impact – A comet collides with earth.
Dirty War (2004) – A terrorist operation reaches fruition.
Doomsday (2008) – Disaster threatens the human race.
Doomsday Preppers (2012) – ordinary Americans who are preparing for the end of the world as we know it.
Dual Survival (2011) – Military-trained Dave Canterbury and barefooted
naturalist Cody Lundin are trained survival experts who take on the elements to show you survival skills.
Electronic Armageddon National Geographic (2010) – A documentary on the
science behind the dangers of a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse.
Enemy of the State (1998)– Will smith and Gene Hackman star in this cautionary tale of substance. Bring on the conspiracy theories (the character's birthday was
"9/11" three years before the day the Twin Towers vanished from the skyline.
Extreme Survival - Season 1 (2005) – Part of the Discovery Channel series
Extreme Survival, season one divulges the Secrets to Survival: Mountain Escape.
Escape from L.A. (circa 2000) – The actual title of the movie is John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. - Kurt Russell stars. An earthquake separates Los Angeles from the rest of California and the United States and it becomes a penal colony.
Escape from New York (2010) – The sequel to John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.
Goodbye World – mysterious cyber attack cripples America's electronic
infrastructure
Hunger games (2012) – Survival is a game well played by Katness. See also
Catching Fire.
I am Legend (2007) – Will Smith stars as a brilliant scientist who could not
contain an unstoppable virus.
I am Omega (2010) – The survivor of a deadly plague lives in isolation and
watches for infected zombies that hunt him. Another survivor holds the key to
immunity and the antidote.
Into the Storm (2014) – The town of Silverton is ravaged by an onslaught of
tornadoes and deadly cyclones.
Into the Wild (2008) – A cautionary tale of idealism gone awry, "Alexander
Supertramp" leaves behind family, friends and his education to venture to the
wilds of Alaska with little provisions or experience: only books.
Into the White (DVD release 2013) – Enemies in World War II become allies in
survival. After crash-landing their planes, the survivors seek refuge in an
isolated cabin and withstand a harsh spring in the mountainous wilderness of
Norway.
It's a Disaster (2012) – A mysterious city attack occurs, as friends have brunch and an impromptu therapy session. Trapped in the house and unsure of their fates, this is a rare comedy for preppers to enjoy.
Jericho (2007) – The first season of the favorite prepper T.V. series. A
mushroom cloud appears in the Kansas town and the residents of Jericho are
cut off from civilization in the wake of this nuclear blast.
Life After People (2008) – A History Channel exploration about if humans were to suddenly disappear, what would happen to the planet.
Lord of the flies (1990) – Military school kids are castaways on a deserted
island thrust into unusual rules of survival after a plane crash.
Man versus Wild (2013) –Bear Grylls navigates through remote locations
sharing his survival strategies.
and still more.........

Man Woman Wild (2011) – This Discovery Channel documentary sends Mykel
Hawke, a former Special Forces survival expert and his wife Ruth, a TV journalist, to remote locations where they must survive as a team.
Mountain Men: Season 1 (2013) – Documentary from the television series
popular with preppers, meet Eustace Conway, Tom Oar and Marty Meierotto: the mountain men living off the grid. From mud slides, falling trees, ravaging weather and savage animals, the mountain men forage off the land. (Look also for Mountain Men: season 2).
Never Cry Wolf (2004) – Disney presents the story of an inexperienced
biologist is thrust alone in a desolate Arctic terrain.
Noah (DVD release date 2014) – Starring Russell Crowe... The biblical story of Noah, found in the book of Genesis, comes to life
Outbreak (1997)- U.S. Army SWAT team comes in after an Ebola outbreak
among monkeys.
Out of the Wild The Alaska Experiment (2009) – Nine volunteers test their
endurance after a crash course in survival by getting stranded in the rugged
Alaskan interior, with only part of a map, some basic tools to get back to society.
Phase 7 (2011) – A man and his pregnant wife land a new apartment, when
suddenly they find themselves in a quarantined because of a deadly flu outbreak
Revolution (2012) – The great blackout happens in EMP style this television
series about a world without electricity and adventures to unravel the mystery
of how it all happened.
Right at your Door (2006) A dirty bomb brings a toxic cloud in Los Angeles.
Seven Alone (2010) – It's 1842 in America's unclaimed and unexplored land and the Sager family travels from Missouri to Oregon. Seven children continue the journey their parents began, a feat that truly defines the pioneer spirit.
Signs (2002) – Mel Gibson handles an alien invasion with a sticks and stones ingenuity.
Splinter (2008) – A mutant disease causes needles to poke out of skin.
Stake Land (2011) – America has fallen. A vampire scourge sweeps the nation.
Stranded: The Alive Story as You've Never Seen it (2009) –
Surviving Civil Unrest (2013) – Surviving Civil Unrest focuses on how to get
from point A to B if there is a major disaster in your area.
Survivor Man (2007) – This television series documentary features Les Stroud placed into extreme environments for seven days surviving completely alone with virtually no supplies.
Take Shelter (2011) – Is it mental illness or a prepping intuition? Find out as
one make Takes Shelter with his family.
Testament (1983) – A woman and her three frightened children face the
unthinkable - the devastating aftermath of a nuclear attack.
The After: Season 1 (2104) – Amazon Original Series. Eight strangers(See
also, The Day After).
The Apocalypse Collection (1998-2000) nuclear holocaust looms, millions of people suddenly vanish! Chaos reigns as two news anchors try to discover what happened.
The Book of Eli (2010)- A tale of post-apocalyptic America revolves around the message of an important book.
The Colony (2013) – In an ice age a colony is surviving underground. Colonists having a sniffle could jeopardise the others and are set into quarantine or banishment.
The Crazies (2010) – A chemical spill poisons the water and begins a murder
spree.
The Darkest Hour (2011): Aliens attack the power supply in Moscow
The Day (2011) This is a fight or die type movie set in post apocalyptic scene
where a band five try to stay alive.
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) – The effects of a global warming creates
catastrophic hyper-hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and a new ice age.
The Divide (2011) – Survivors of a Nuclear attack band together in their
apartment building.
The Donner Party (2010) – A harrowing true story of how pioneers along the
Oregon trail steered off course with hopes of a shorter route through the Sierra Nevada mountains found themselves in the dead of winter without enough provisions for all.
The Edge (2002) – A plane crash in the snowy Alaskan wilderness pits a brutal struggle for survival between two men (Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins).
The Grey (2012) – A plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. The
survivors must escape the icy elements and wolves.
The Happening (2008) – Mark Wahlberg stars... A natural disaster threatens to end civilization: pollution has been built to a point that causes a global backlash.
The Patriot (1999) – Stephen Segal (not the Mel Gibson version): A top
immunologist moves to a small town in Montana, then a violent extremist group
unleashes a lethal biological agent and takes over the town.
The Plague (1992) Based on a book by Albert Camus
The Postman (2009)– Kevin Costner stars... War has crippled the Earth.
Technology has been erased.
The Road (2009) – A post apocalyptic tale and a journey past cannibalism, this is a prepper favorite.
The Signal (2007) – A horror story where a mysterious transmission through cell phones radio and televisions turns everyone into killers.
The Sum of All Fears () – Terrorism of a nuclear device strikes the Superbowl!
The Walking Dead - Season! (2013) – In this television series, a man searches for his family in a world terrorized by the walking dead.
The Way Back (2013 ) – A true story of seven prisoners in 1940 who attempt escape from a Siberian landscape with little food or supplies. Together, they withstand extremes.
This is the End (2013)– A comedy that gets out of hand. Partygoers are faced with the apocalypse.
Toxic Skies (2008) – Two strangers search for the cure of a mysterious epidemic caused by the government's secret chemtrails.
Training for the Apocalypse by National Geographic (DVD release 2012) –
Documentary of two preppers whose experiences prompted them to prepare for Armageddon.
Trigger Effect (2003) – When the power goes out in the big city and society
starts to break down, not even suburbia is safe. Get your prescriptions in order before you watch this move.
Twister (1996) – Classic disaster movie made about tornadoes (twisters).
Volcano (1997) – Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano pushes to the surface, raining a storm of deadly fire bombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned city.
Water World (1995) – Kevin Costner stars... Earth is covered with water and
the human race struggles to survive on dilapidated boats and makeshift floating cities.
War of the Worlds (2005) – Tom Cruise stars... Alien machines invade the world in the remake of a classic.
White Fang (1991) – Disney's version of Jack London's tale of courage and
survival and of taming a wolf dog in the great Alaskan frontier.
World War Z (2013) - A zombie pandemic starring Brad Pitt for the prepper
ladies. Pitt attempts to help stop the global pandemic.
World's End (DVD release 2013) – A strange comedy: one night, five friends,
twelve bars – a boozy quest on which only the strongest will survive. But after a bizarre series of encounters with the out-of-this-world locals.
Young Pioneers (2013) – Newlywed homesteaders start their life together in
the Dakota Territory and endure harsh winters, and a swarm of grasshoppers as They stake their claim.
ZombieLand (2009) – Sisters work their way across a zombie-filled America to get to an amusement park.

- Bonus List of Movies for Preppers (Oldies but Goodies):
A Boy And his dog (1975) – It's 2024 and World War IV has ravaged Earth:
survivors battle for food, shelter and companionship in a post-atomic wasteland.
Alone in the Wilderness (DVD release 2003) – A slow but moving documentary of Dick Proenneke, a self-sufficient craftsman, who left civilization to forge a solitary life deep in the wilds of Alaska in the 1950s.
Earthquake (1974) – Charlton Heston stars... Citizens come together when a
catastrophic earthquake rips through Southern California.
Empire in the Sun (1987) – A young boy survives on determination in the face
Japan invading Shanghai on December 8, 1941.
Invasion USA (1985) – Chuck Norris stars... Terrorism, riots and martial law
invade.
Jerimiah Johnson (1979) – Robert Redford stars in this powerful epic of a man who turns his back on civilization and learns a new code of survival in a brutal land of isolated mountains and hostile Indians.
Madmax Beyond Thunderdome (1985) –The sequel to Madmax the Road
Warrior.
Madmax the road Warrior (1979) – Mel Gibson stars... A gang of nomadic bikers and cops play an apocalyptic death game.
Panic in the Year Zero (1963) – Los Angeles is demolished by a nuclear attack; next comes looting and robbing. A family hides in an isolated fishing cabin only to find more danger.
The Day After (1983) – A made for TV movie on nuclear holocaust from the cold war, which terrified America back in the day.
The Last Man on Earth (1964) – Vincent Price stars... The classic tale of the last survivor of a horrific plague who fights to stay alive in a world of flesh-eating zombies.
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) – Ranking No. 21 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American films, this 1940 film starring Henry Fonda, is the film version of John Steinbeck's epic tale of the Great Depression.
Red Dawn (1984)– This one is for American patriots (communist invaders
descend a small Colorado town). There is a remake, which has not received
good prepper reviews.
Swiss Family Robinson (1960) – Shipwrecked in the South Seas on a deserted island, Disney takes us on a classic adventure with the courageous Robinson family who deal with pirates and face survival with love.