Beyond the Time Barrier 1960
A pilot travels to a dystopian future where humanity faces extinction from a deadly plague.
Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer · United States · 6/10
Last Woman on Earth 1960
Three survivors of a mysterious catastrophe that wiped out the world's population struggle with their new reality.
Dir. Roger Corman · United States · 4.4/10
Battle of the Worlds 1961
A rogue planet enters the solar system on a collision course with Earth; an eccentric scientist works to stop it.
Italy
The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961
Nuclear tests knock Earth off its axis, causing global climate changes that threaten all life.
Dir. Val Guest · United Kingdom · 7.2/10
The Day the Sky Exploded (La morte viene dallo spazio) 1961
Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.
France · 4.1/10
The Devil at 4 O'Clock 1961
A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy · United States · 6.4/10
The Last War 1961
A Japanese film depicting the potential devastation of a global nuclear war.
Dir. Shûe Matsubayashi · Japan · 6.2/10
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
Dir. Irwin Allen · United States · 5.7/10
La Jetée 1962
In a post-apocalyptic future a man is sent back in time to save humanity.
Dir. Chris Marker · France · 7.9/10
Panic in year Zero! 1962
A family tries to survive in the aftermath of a nuclear attack on Los Angeles.
Dir. Ray Milland · United States · 6.2/10
The Creation of the Humanoids 1962
In a post-nuclear world, humans create humanoid robots, leading to conflicts between the two groups.
Dir. Wesley Barry · United States · 6.3/10
The Day of the Triffids 1962
Most of humanity is blinded by a meteor shower leaving them vulnerable to carnivorous plants.
Dir. Unknown · United Kingdom
The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1962
Nuclear tests knock Earth off its axis, causing global climate changes that threaten all life.
Dir. Val Guest · United Kingdom · 6.8/10
This Is Not a Test 1962
A group of people at a roadblock face the possibility of imminent nuclear war.
Dir. Fredric Gadette · United States · 5.5/10
Gorath (妖星ゴラス) 1963
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.
Japan · 6.6/10
Ladybug Ladybug 1963
A school receives a nuclear attack warning and teachers must decide how to protect their students.
Dir. Frank Perry · United States · 6.8/10
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
A satirical take on Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the US and Soviet Union.
Dir. Stanley Kubrick · United Kingdom · 8.1/10
Fail-Safe 1964
American planes are accidentally ordered to drop nuclear bombs on Moscow causing a crisis.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · United States · 7.8/10
The Last Man on Earth 1964
A man believes he is the last human survivor in a world overrun by vampire-like creatures.
Dir. Ubaldo Ragona · Italy · 6.5/10
The Time Travelers 1964
Scientists build a time portal into the year 2071 and find an Earth devastated by nuclear war and populated by mutants.
United States
Crack in the World 1965
Scientists accidentally create a crack in the Earth's crust threatening global destruction.
Dir. Andrew Marton · United States · 5.7/10
The Flight of the Phoenix 1965
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
United States · 7.2/10
The Satan Bug 1965
A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain, named The Satan Bug because all life can be killed off by it should it escape, may have been stolen.
Dir. John Sturges · United States · 6.1/10
Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 1966
The Doctor and his companions arrive on Earth in 2150 to find it devastated by the Daleks.
Dir. Gordon Flemyng · United Kingdom · 6.1/10
In the Year 2889 1967
Survivors of a global nuclear war gather at a remote farmhouse, only to find the fallout has created mutant attackers.
United States · 7.5/10
Late August at the Hotel Ozone 1967
A group of young women search for other survivors in a post-apocalyptic world.
Dir. Jan Schmidt · Czechoslovakia · 6.2/10
Night of the Living Dead 1968
A group of survivors barricade themselves in a farmhouse against a horde of flesh-eating zombies.
Dir. George A. Romero · United States · 7.6/10
Planet of the Apes 1968
An astronaut crash-lands on a planet where intelligent apes dominate humans.
Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner · United States · 7.7/10
Il seme dell'uomo 1969
A couple struggles to survive in a post-apocalyptic world devoid of other humans.
Dir. Marco Ferreri · Italy · 6.5/10
Krakatoa, East of Java 1969
A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems.
Italy · 5.9/10
The Bed-Sitting Room 1969
Survivors of a nuclear war try to maintain civilization in a surreal devastated London.
Dir. Richard Lester · United Kingdom · 5.8/10
The Red Tent (Красная палатка) 1969
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
Italy · 6/10