Post Apocalyptic Series reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 185 Reddit reviews across 6 subreddits and 12 posts to rank the best Post Apocalyptic Series brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/NetflixBestOf, r/AskReddit, r/graphicnovels, r/books, r/suggestmeabook. Top-rated brands include The Stand (4.4/5), The Walking Dead (4.3/5), Station Eleven (5.0/5).
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Reviews185
Subreddits6
Posts12
Brands100
Products0
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#1
The Stand
4.4
(8)
"The stand by stephen king"
"The Stand by Stephen King"
"The Stand by by Stephen King, it is much more of a wandering, scorched earth feel than most of the other recommendations."
"The stand, preferably the book but the show ain't bad"
"I need to re-read The Stand again because it's been several years."
"The Stand is still the best."
"The stand is a great book, and will tie you into the greatest story ever, The dark tower."
""The Stand" by Stephen King, TV movie by Mick Garris IIRC."
#2
The Walking Dead
4.3
(8)
"* The Walking Dead"
"Would probably be a frontrunner."
"WALKING DEAD"
"The walking dead"
"Read the Walking Dead graphic novels instead. So much better."
"The Walking Dead ? Nooooo no please. It was good until last 2 seasons."
#3
Station Eleven
5.0
(6)
"***** YES **** Station Eleven! Soooo goood! I’ve made everyone I know watch it and not 1 person looked at me when they were done and asked !Why? Sooooo good"
"Station Eleven is probably the most underrated but easily the best of post apocalyptic television."
"Station Eleven. So good !"
"Station Eleven is an amazing limited series on MAX (HBO) that flips back and forth between timelines to fill in what happens after a flu pandemic leads to the collapse of civilization"
"Seconding Station Eleven. An excellent work."
"Station eleven (Emily St. John Mandel; not a series but the best post-apocalyptic novel I've read)"
#4
Y: The Last Man
4.7
(6)
"The comics for Y the last man are so good. Highly recommend seeking them out as the tv show was kinda meh and cancelled early."
"* Y: The Last Man"
"Y The Last Man. Just imagine if every man on earth died... except one...and every woman survived..."
"'Y The Last Man' was a great post-apocolyptic story."
"Y: The Last Man, not everyone loves it but I definitely do"
"DMZ, Y THE LAST MAN, OLD MAN LOGAN (The original stand-alone by Millar), SWEET TOOTH, WALKING DEAD, NICE HOUSE ON THE LAKE"
#5
The Rain
4.0
(6)
"I really enjoyed The Rain. It’s Danish but dubbed in English."
"I hate watching foreign language shows, but I was hooked on The Rain for awhile. I second the recommendation. Great show."
"Also, big thumbs up for The Rain, loved it."
"The rain"
"The Rain is good enough to spend leisure time."
"The Rain"
#6
The 100
4.0
(6)
"The 100 for sure, so good"
"The 100 is a ridiculously good show for being on The CW."
"Shows
I liked the 100"
"The 100"
"The 100 - Ok for CW standard a little rough for season 1."
"The 100"
#7
The Road
4.4
(5)
"The Road is the best film in the genre ever made."
"*The Road* (film and McCarthy novel) is superb and the only post-apocalyptic story I've ever really liked all that much."
"The Road was excellent once I got used to his style of writing"
"The Road by Cormac McCarthy"
"The Road."
#8
1984
5.0
(3)
"1984 is the best one I've read."
"1984."
"1984."
#9
3%
3.3
(4)
"3% is a fantastic series. Not so much horror as it is games/strategy/survival. Subtitles (Brazilian show)."
"The 3%"
"3%"
"3%. It'll piss you off though."
#10
To the Lake
4.3
(3)
"To the lake !!!!! better than us"
"To the Lake is a good one too!"
"To the lake"
#11
Black Summer
4.0
(3)
"Black summer on netflix."
"Black Summer if you’re cool with zombies"
"Black summer"
#12
Sweet Home
4.0
(3)
"Sweet Home on Netflix."
"Sweet home s1 n 2 its on Netflix, TWD s1 ,Falling skies, The 100."
"Sweet home"
#13
Into the Night
4.0
(3)
"I'd also recommend Into The Night!"
"Into The Night on Netflix is a fun ride."
"Into the night"
#14
Low
4.0
(3)
"Rick Remender’s Low"
"Low by Rick Remender. For an underwater version of the post apocalypse."
"Still ongoing if I'm not mistaken, LAZARUS and LOW"
#15
Severance
4.0
(3)
"Severance by Ling Ma"
"I really recommend Severence by Ling Ma"
"Severance by Ling Ma"
#16
Battlestar Galactica
4.0
(3)
"Battlestar Galactica (Remake)."
"It's definitely post apocalyptic."
"Could loosely be defined at post apocalyptic."
#17
Jericho
4.0
(3)
"Jericho is a nice quick binge"
"Jericho fits that bill. It used to be on Netflix, not sure it still is"
"One of my friends loved it."
#18
The Windup Girl
5.0
(2)
"I'll second the Windup Girl. It was fantastic."
"The Wind-Up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi."
#19
I Am Legend
5.0
(2)
"I am Legend by Richard Matheson"
"I AM LEGAND (way better than the movie)"
#20
On the Beach
5.0
(2)
"Try "On the Beach" by Nevil Chute. It's a very touching book, it deals more with the 'people' side of things, but it's extremely well written."
"On the Beach is an awesome post apocalyptic novel."
#21
A Canticle for Leibowitz
5.0
(2)
"A Canticle for Lebowitz. A lot of the dystopian novels being mentioned don't have that scorched-earth feel, which shines forward in two I've mentioned."
"A Canticle for Lebowitz."
#22
Wool
5.0
(2)
"Wool by Hugh Howey. It has graphic novels and regular books."
"Post-apocalyptic:
* Wool (Hugh Howey)"
#23
Divergent
4.5
(2)
"I have read both The Hunger Games and Divergent. Divergent is definitely not inferior to The Hunger Games in any way."
"Divergent"
#24
Sweet Tooth
4.5
(2)
"Sweet Tooth!"
"SWEET TOOTH"
#25
Akira
4.5
(2)
"Akira by Otomo."
"AKIRA is gud"
#26
See
4.0
(2)
"Finally someone else knows See. Such a fun, different take."
"There’s really good ones on Appletv if you have access to it. I really enjoyed “See” and “invasion”"
#27
Z Nation
4.0
(2)
"Z nation is good, gets bit goofy towards the end but still fun watch. Also you can watch its prequels Black Summer has 2 seasons also good watch Walking Dead Daryl Dixon spinoff was great for me All of us are dead if you don't mind it's in Korean"
"Also adding Z Nation is fantastic!"
#28
Leave the World Behind
4.0
(2)
"Not a show, but the movie Leave the World Behind was really good and my partner and I enjoyed it."
"Leave the World Behind ^netflix"
#29
Wonder Woman: Dead Earth
4.0
(2)
"* Wonder Woman: Dead Earth"
"Wonder Woman: Dead Earth by Daniel Warren Johnson"
#30
Wasteland
4.0
(2)
"Wasteland by Anthony Johnston, Justin Greenwood & Christopher Mitten"
"Wasteland"
#31
Ship Breaker
4.0
(2)
"Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1)"
"Ship Breaker series"
#32
Dawn of the Dead
4.0
(2)
"Dawn of the dead was good."
"Dawn of the Dead (original)"
#33
The Strain
4.0
(2)
"I loved The Strain, but I haven't seen the last season and I don't know if it's good."
"The Strain from FX. It’s by Guillermo Del Toro"
#34
Zombieland
4.0
(2)
"Movies
Zombie land"
"Zombie land is good to be honest "
#35
The Handmaid's Tale
4.0
(2)
"Handmaid’s tale"
"The Handmaiden's Tale."
#36
Fahrenheit 451
4.0
(2)
"Farenheit 451."
"Classics of Fahrenheit 451"
#37
The Long Walk
4.0
(2)
"The long walk - S King"
"Stephen King's The Long Walk. It's a gripping story about a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world."
#38
Revolution
3.5
(2)
"Revolution"
"It's pretty entertaining."
#39
Silo
3.5
(2)
"Silo and Foundation are on AppleTv+ and Fallout is on Prime."
"Silo"
#40
Daybreak
3.5
(2)
"Day break, the society, the 100, snow piercer, into the night, to the lake, mist, rain, 3 percent"
"Daybreak"
#41
The Postman
3.5
(2)
"The Postman isn't a series, but the book is quite good."
"The Postman… like… the classic… "Il Postino"? Or the Kevin Costner?? I think."
#42
Crossed
3.0
(2)
"2nd Crossed by Garth Ennis. And also Crossed Wish You Were Here."
"Crossed, I warn you tho it's fucked up"
#43
Colony
2.5
(2)
"Check out the 'reality' series *Colony*."
"Colony wasn't good as I expect and I didnt like their scenario."
#44
Deadenders
4.0
(1)
"Deadenders by Ed Brubaker & Warren Pleece"
#45
East of West
4.0
(1)
"East of West by Jonathan Hickman & Nick Dragotta"
#46
Angelic
4.0
(1)
"Angelic by Si Spurrier & Casper Wjingaard"
#47
Alienated
4.0
(1)
"Alienated by Si Spurrier & Chris Wildgoose"
#48
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World
4.0
(1)
"I'm reading Once Upon a Time at the End of the World right now. By Jason Aaron. I dig it."
#49
Nocterra
4.0
(1)
"Nocterra by Snyder."
#50
Devolution
4.0
(1)
"Devolution by Remender."
#51
DMZ
4.0
(1)
"DMZ, Y THE LAST MAN, OLD MAN LOGAN (The original stand-alone by Millar), SWEET TOOTH, WALKING DEAD, NICE HOUSE ON THE LAKE"
#52
Old Man Logan
4.0
(1)
"OLD MAN LOGAN (The original stand-alone by Millar)"
#53
Swan Song
4.0
(1)
"Swan Song by Robert McCammon"
#54
Roadside Picnic
4.0
(1)
"The book that inspired it was "A Roadside Picnic""
#55
Hell Divers
4.0
(1)
"Books
Hell divers - N S Smith"
#56
Mountain Man
4.0
(1)
"Mountain man - K C Blackmore"
#57
Yesterday's Gone
4.0
(1)
"Yesterday’s gone - S Platt"
#58
One Second After
4.0
(1)
"One second after - W Forstchen"
#59
The Trackers
4.0
(1)
"The Trackers - N S Smith"
#60
Altered Carbon
4.0
(1)
"Altered carbon"
#61
Love, Death & Robots
4.0
(1)
"Love death robots"
#62
The Man in the High Castle
4.0
(1)
"Man in the high castle"
#63
Black Mirror
4.0
(1)
"Most of black mirror"
#64
The Book of Eli
4.0
(1)
"Book of Eli was pretty good."
#65
Planet of the Apes
4.0
(1)
"Huge fan of both new and old Apes series 🦍
That they’re post-apocalyptic is often forgotten."
#66
When the Wind Blows
4.0
(1)
"When the Wind Blows is a pretty horrific animated movie about an old couple who survive nuclear war and wait in their home for rescue."
#67
Dead Set
4.0
(1)
"Dead Set miniseries (2008)."
#68
Young Ones
4.0
(1)
"[Young Ones] was a pretty good movie."
#69
Equilibrium
4.0
(1)
"Equilibrium or Dredd."
#70
Dredd
4.0
(1)
"Equilibrium or Dredd."
#71
Afro Samurai
4.0
(1)
"If you're into anime with hip hop music then Afro Samurai"
#72
12 Monkeys
4.0
(1)
"12 Monkeys tv series"
#73
Cloverfield
4.0
(1)
"Cloverfield & 10 Cloverfield Lane"
#74
The Hunger Games
4.0
(1)
"The Hunger Games"
#75
World War Z
4.0
(1)
"*World War Z* is quite nice. Don't let the movie put you off."
#76
Alas, Babylon
4.0
(1)
"Alas Babylon. Dated but still quite revealing of human character."
#77
Brave New World
4.0
(1)
"Brave New World."
#78
Animal Farm
4.0
(1)
"Animal Farm."
#79
The Giver and Gathering Blue
4.0
(1)
"The Giver and Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. Not action packed, but they have the rest of your qualifications."
#80
The Silenced
4.0
(1)
"You might try "The Silenced" by James DeVita."
#81
Sharp North and Blown Away
4.0
(1)
"Sharp North and Blown Away by Patrick Cave. Fairly similar to The Hunger Games"
#82
A Boy and His Dog
3.0
(1)
"Not on Netflix but prime, but A Boy And His Dog takes place in 2024. Really young Don Johnson."
#83
Y, The Last Man
3.0
(1)
"Y, The Last Man is another take on a pandemic that kills only males. Worth watching though it wasn't renewed and IMO is inferior to the graphic novels."
#84
Omniscient
3.0
(1)
"Omniscient (Tight one season show)"
#85
Class of 07
3.0
(1)
"Class of 07 on Prime. It's new & only 1 season, so who knows what will happen. But it was a bit of a different take on the apocalypse trope."
#86
Manifest
3.0
(1)
"Manifest"
#87
The Realm
3.0
(1)
"The Realm. DND meets The Walking Dead. Unfortunately, it was unfinished."
#88
Elephantmen and Hip Flask
3.0
(1)
"Elephantmen and Hip Flask by Richard Starkings. Not *exactly* post-apocalyptic but tone and feel they fit the bill"
#89
Giants
3.0
(1)
"* Giants"
#90
Red x Rover x Charlie
3.0
(1)
"* Red x Rover x Charlie"
#91
DC vs. Vampire
3.0
(1)
"* DC vs. Vampire"
#92
The Last God
3.0
(1)
"* The Last God"
#93
SMT 4 and SMT 4 Apocalypse
3.0
(1)
"Smt 4 and smt 4 apocalypse"
#94
Eclipse
3.0
(1)
"Eclipse by Kaplan."
#95
Lazarus
3.0
(1)
"Still ongoing if I'm not mistaken, LAZARUS and LOW"
#96
The Dark Tower
3.0
(1)
"The dark tower. s King"
#97
Nation Z
3.0
(1)
"Watch Nation Z."
#98
Into the Badlands
3.0
(1)
"Into the Badlands was produced by a friend of mine."
#99
Hardware
3.0
(1)
"Hardware"
#100
O-bi O-ba: The End of Civilisation
3.0
(1)
"O-bi O-ba : The End of Civilisation"
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