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The Top 10 Post-Apocalyptic Movies on Hulu 2019 Edition

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Hulu is a great source of post-apocalyptic TV shows right now, but not so much for movies. Despite how thin their catalog is in this genre compared to, say, Netflix, they still have a few excellent options to satisfy your apocalyptic cravings. Here are the top 10 best post-apocalyptic movies on Hulu, starting with #1.

At the end of the article you’ll find a complete list of every post-apocalyptic movie on Hulu. Did we miss any? Please let us know in the comments so we can update the list!

Also, please be sure to check out our list of the Top 10 Post Apocalyptic TV shows on Hulu, and our Top 10 TV Shows and Movies on Netflix lists as well. Happy streaming!

1. Independence Day

7.0
Independence Day (1996) 145min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 3 July 1996 (USA)
Director: Roland EmmerichWriter: Dean Devlin, Roland EmmerichStars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
Summary: The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
Countries: USALanguages: English
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2. A Quiet Place

7.5
A Quiet Place (2018) 90min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6 April 2018 (USA)
Director: John KrasinskiWriter: Bryan Woods, Scott BeckStars: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds
Summary: In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Countries: USALanguages: English, American Sign Language
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3. The Terminator

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The Terminator (1984) 107min | Action, Sci-Fi | 26 October 1984 (USA)
Director: James CameronWriter: James Cameron, Gale Anne HurdStars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn
Summary: A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
Countries: UK, USALanguages: English, Spanish
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4. The Domestics

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The Domestics (2018) 95min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | 29 June 2018 (USA)
Director: Mike P. NelsonWriter: Mike P. NelsonStars: Kate Bosworth, Tyler Hoechlin, Sonoya Mizuno
Summary: In the weeks following an apocalyptic event, a husband and wife venture across the countryside inhabited by deadly factions in search of safety, and must work together as they are pushed to the breaking point in order to survive.
Countries: USALanguages: English
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5. The Directive

4.4
The Directive (2019) 113min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 15 March 2019 (USA)
Director: Alexander Raye PimentelWriter: Alexander Raye PimentelStars: Nicholas Winand, Kyle Abraham, Paul Askedall
Summary: One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Countries: USALanguages: English
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6. Daylight’s End

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Daylight's End (2016) 105min | Action, Fantasy, Horror | 23 September 2016 (Netherlands)
Director: William KaufmanWriter: Chad LawStars: Johnny Strong, Lance Henriksen, Louis Mandylor
Summary: Following an outbreak that turned most of mankind into vampire-zombie-like creatures, the few survivors have to fight the creatures and marauders.
Countries: USALanguages: English
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7. Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection

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Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection (2012) 86min | Horror | 30 November 2012 (UK)
Director: James PlumbWriter: Andrew Jones, James PlumbStars: Sule Rimi, Kathy Saxondale, Lee Bane
Summary: The deceased have risen with the instinct to feed on the living as a family is trapped during a zombie apocalypse. Wales. Based on George A. Romero's classic "Night of the Living Dead".
Countries: UKLanguages: English
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8. The Time Machine

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The Time Machine (2002) 96min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 8 March 2002 (USA)
Director: Simon WellsWriter: H.G. Wells, David DuncanStars: Guy Pearce, Yancey Arias, Mark Addy
Summary: Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
Countries: USA, United Arab EmiratesLanguages: English
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9. The Colony

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The Colony (2013) 95min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 20 September 2013 (USA)
Director: Jeff RenfroeWriter: Jeff Renfroe, Svet RouskovStars: Kevin Zegers, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton
Summary: Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
Countries: Canada, USALanguages: English
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10. What We Become

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What We Become (2015) 85min | Horror, Thriller | 13 May 2016 (USA)
Director: Bo MikkelsenWriter: Bo MikkelsenStars: Benjamin Engell, Troels Lyby, Mille Dinesen
Summary: A family of four is quarantined in their home as a virulent strand of the flu spreads into town and they are forced to the extreme to escape alive.
Countries: DenmarkLanguages: Danish
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Bonus Dystopian: Idiocracy

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Idiocracy (2006) 84min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 25 January 2007 (Germany)
Director: Mike JudgeWriter: Mike JudgeStars: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard
Summary: Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes five centuries in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
Countries: USALanguages: English
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Full List of Post-Apocalyptic Movies on Hulu

We’re being very generous in calling some of these post-apocalyptic. One, for example, is just about a prepper getting ready for the apocalypse. But with such a short list, we figured it was best to include all edge cases.

Independence Day (alien invasion)
A Quiet Place (alien invasion)
The Terminator (robot apocalypse)
The Domestics (chemical warfare)
The Directive (virus)
Daylight’s End (zombie wasteland)
Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection (zombie)
The Time Machine (dystopia-slavery)
The Colony (ice age plus zombies)
What We Become (zombie)

Idiocracy (dystopia)
The Last Man (prepping for immanent apocalypse)
The Crazies (virus)
Its a Disaster (surprise attack)
Post Human: An Event (no clue)

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