Query: North American post-apocalyptic disaster films
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
On the Beach (1959 film)
Ice (1998 film)
Post Impact
The Road (2009 film)
Reign of Fire (film)
Day the World Ended
Damnation Alley (film)
The Day After
Hell Comes to Frogtown
Panic in Year Zero!
Testament (1983 film)
The Divide (2011 film)
Deluge (film)
The Omega Man
Evidence from documents: On the Beach (1959 film): '''''On the Beach''''' is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists
Ice (1998 film): disaster films: '''''Ice''''' is a 1998 television disaster film starring Grant Show,
post-apocalyptic: An increase in sunspot activity causes disastrous, long-term consequences for the Earth. Los Angeles is, just as the rest of the world, covered with a layer of ice and snow. The government has collapsed and everyone is on their own.
North American: Though completely in English, it first premiered in Germany in 1998 before being aired on ABC in the United States in 2000.
Post Impact: The film centers on the story of Captain Tom Parker, who is forced to leave his family behind during a massive impact event.
The Road (2009 film): '''''The Road''''' is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic survival film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. The film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Reign of Fire (film): '''''Reign of Fire''''' is a 2002 post-apocalyptic science fantasy film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale, with the screenplay written by Matt Greenberg, Gregg Chabot, and Kevin Peterka. The film also features Izabella Scorupco and Gerard Butler.
Day the World Ended: '''''Day the World Ended''''' is a 1955 independently made black-and-white post-apocalyptic science fiction film, produced and directed by Roger Corman, that stars Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Adele Jergens, and Mike Connors. Chet Huntley of NBC, later of ''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'', served as the film's narrator. It was released by American Releasing Corporation (later American International Pictures) as a double feature with ''The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues''.
Damnation Alley (film): '''''Damnation Alley''''' is a 1977 post-apocalyptic film directed by Jack Smight, loosely based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Roger Zelazny. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith and the cinematography was by Harry Stradling Jr.
First Lieutenant Jake Tanner (Jan-Michael Vincent) shares ICBM silo duty at an American air force missile base in the Californian desert with Major Eugene "Sam" Denton (George Peppard), who is requesting not to work with him. On their way to duty, Denton talks to Sergeant Tom Keegan (Paul Winfield), an aspiring artist. When the United States detects incoming nuclear missiles from the Soviet Union, Tanner and Denton launch part of the retaliatory strike. The United States is hit hard, although it manages to intercept 40% of the Soviet missiles.
The Day After: '''''The Day After''''' is an American post-apocalyptic television film
Hell Comes to Frogtown: post-apocalyptic disaster films: This film is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where few fertile men and women exist due to atomic fallout.
North American: '''''Hell Comes to Frogtown''''' is a 1988 American science fiction action film
Panic in Year Zero!: North American: Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland), his wife Ann (Jean Hagen), their son Rick (Frankie Avalon), and daughter Karen (Mary Mitchel) leave suburban Los Angeles on a camping trip in the Sierra Nevada just after sunrise.
post-apocalyptic disaster: The family initially attempts to return to rescue Ann's mother back at their home, but they soon abandon the plan as panicked people climb over one another to escape the fallout from multiple nuclear explosions. Witnessing society being torn apart, Harry decides that the family must find refuge at their secluded vacation spot.
Testament (1983 film): The film tells the story of how one small suburban town near the San Francisco Bay Area slowly falls apart after a nuclear war destroys outside civilization.
The Divide (2011 film): North American: 'The Divide'' premiered at the SXSW festival in March 2011 and was released in theaters in the United States
post-apocalyptic disaster films: '''''The Divide''''' is a post-apocalyptic horror film
Deluge (film): North American post-apocalyptic disaster films: a 1933 American apocalyptic science fiction film,
post-apocalyptic: The townspeople stumble upon the situation and save Martin and Claire and bring them back to their new found city. Once they arrive, Martin finds his children and discovers his wife is alive and well and goes to her. Claire and Tom are devastated
The Omega Man: North American post-apocalyptic disaster films: a 1971 American post-apocalyptic action film
disaster: starring Charlton Heston as a survivor of a pandemic.