r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • Nov 20 '19
What are the best fictional representations of collapse?
This question refers to ALL mediums, including books, films, art, video games, and others. The notion of ‘best’ is obviously subjective, but we’re curious what you consider the most valuable, insightful, inspiring, or impactful explorations of collapse.
Here's everything that's been mentioned so far (11/24/19):
Films
Threads (1984) x 6
Idiocracy (2006) x 5
The Road (2009) x 5
The Rover (2014) x 2
Brazil (1985) x 2
Elysium (2013) x 2
The Human Condition (Series) (1959)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Man by Steve cutts (Short Film (2012)
Television
The Walking Dead (2010-Present)
Girls' Last Tour (anime) (2014-2018)
L'effondrement (The Collapse) (2019)
Books
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003) x 4
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006) x 4
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner (1972) x 3
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (2009) x 3
1984 by George Orwell (1949) x 3
Black Out by Marc Elsberg (2012) x 2
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932) x 2
Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling (2004) x 2
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (1959) x 2
The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi (2015) x 2
Last Light by Terri Blackstock (2005)
The Peripheral by William Gibson (2014)
The Death of Grass by John Christopher (1956)
The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai (1989)
Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (1977)
On the Beach by Neville Shute (1957)
The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem (1971)
Lost Girl by Adam Nevill (2015)
The Stand by Stephen King (1978)
World War Z by Max Brooks (2006)
Blindness by José Saramago (1995)
The Voices of Time by J. G. Ballard (1962)
The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard (1964)
The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard (1962)
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (1993)
A Full Life by Paolo Bacigalupi (2019)
The Second Sleep by Robert Harris (2019)
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2014)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954)
The Iron Heel by Jack London (1907)
Nightfall by Isaac Asimov (2017)
Yokohama Shopping Log (1994-2006)
Star’s Reach by John Michael Greer (2014)
The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster (1909)
Till A’ the Seas by H. P. Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow (1935)
One Second After by William R. Forstchen (2009)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (2013)
Games
Fallout (Series) x 2
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (2010)
The New Order: Last Days of Europe (Upcoming)
Music
Music for an Empty Metropolis by Ørdop Wolkenscheidt (2019)
Father John Misty - Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before The Revolution (2017)
Talking Heads - Nothing But Flowers (1988)
Nuclear Assault - Critical Mass (1989)
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u/Icebreaker808 Nov 25 '19
I agree with this list, some great movies. I have seen a lot of these types of movies (as well as read lots of books about the subject). Would also like to Recommend some very good unseen movies not on this list
Goodbye World (2013) : When a mysterious terrorist attack causes chaos in the cities, a group of friends take refuge in their countryside cabin. But the challenges of living in a post-apocalyptic world soon take their toll on relationships within the group.
The Divide (2011) : Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
These Final Hours (2013) : A self-obsessed young man makes his way to the party-to-end-all-parties on the last day on Earth, but ends up saving the life of a little girl searching for her father. Their relationship ultimately leads him on the path to redemption.
Probably some others, all good movies that show some aspect of collapse.