British post-apocalyptic films

2001 film directed by Steven Spielberg

2006 film directed by Alfonso Cuarón

2004 film directed by Alexander Witt

2007 film directed by Russell Mulcahy

28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It stars Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to discover that the accidental release of a highly contagious, aggression-inducing virus has caused the breakdown of society. Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns, and Brendan Gleeson appear in supporting roles.

28 Weeks Later is a 2007 post-apocalyptic action horror film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who co-wrote it with Rowan Joffé, Enrique López Lavigne, and Jesús Olmo. It is a standalone sequel to 28 Days Later (2002) and the second instalment in its series. The film stars Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots, and Idris Elba. Set six months after the earlier Rage Virus outbreak, it follows the US-led NATO forces' attempt to establish a safe zone in London, the consequences of two young siblings breaking protocol, and the virus's reintroduction into Britain.

28 Years Later is a 2025 post-apocalyptic coming-of-age horror film produced and directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. The third film in the 28 Days Later film series, it stars Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, and Ralph Fiennes. The film tells the story of a boy living in a post-apocalyptic world who undertakes a hazardous journey with his ill mother in an effort to obtain medical treatment for her.

2012 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

1984 film by Michael Radford

2005 film directed by Garth Jennings

2016 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

2013 comedy film directed by Edgar Wright

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a 2026 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland. It is the direct sequel to 28 Years Later (2025) and the fourth instalment in the 28 Days Later film series. It stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film follows Spike as he is adopted into "Sir Lord" Jimmy Crystal's satanic cult while Dr. Ian Kelson makes an unexpected connection with Samson, an Alpha Infected.

2008 film by Neil Marshall

Zardoz is a 1974 science fantasy film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling. It depicts a post-apocalyptic world where barbarians (the Brutals) worship the stone idol Zardoz while growing food for a hidden elite, the Eternals. The Brutal Zed, driven by curiosity about Zardoz, instigates a confrontation between the two peoples.

2005 film by Peter Hyams

1984 television film directed by Mick Jackson

1986 film by Jimmy T. Murakami

2013 film directed by Kevin Macdonald

2016 film by Colm McCarthy

1962 film by Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis

1936 film by William Cameron Menzies

2008 film

2018 film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky

2003 film

1990 film by Richard Stanley

2015 film

1970 film by Cornel Wilde

1969 film by Richard Lester

1961 film directed by Val Guest

2010 film directed by Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford

1989 film by Steven Lisberger

2023 film directed by Mahalia Belo

The 28 Days Later film series, later renamed the 28 Years Later film series, consists of post-apocalyptic horror films, based on a concept by Alex Garland. It includes four released films, with a sequel in development. The franchise depicts the outbreak of the Rage Virus, a contagious disease that induces homicidal rage in those infected. Following the virus's accidental release from a laboratory in England, the resulting epidemic causes widespread societal collapse.

Timestalker is a 2024 British historical science fiction romantic comedy film written, directed by, and starring Alice Lowe.