The Best Pre-Apocalyptic Movies of Our Pre-Apocalypse Times

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So recently I was cruisin’ the net like a cool guy when I came across the term “pre-apocalyptic.” It caught my attention for a few reasons:

1. I don’t have much going on in my life right now, so it doesn’t take much to distract me from my normal routine.

2. Three years ago I named my production company Prepocalypse Productions (don’t bother looking us up, we haven’t done very much).

3. I wanted to know what people considered to be pre-apocalyptic movies.

Reason number three resulted in this article, so there ya go, pointless web browsing can something lead to mild inspiration.

Thankfully, I soon found out there are no solid definitions for this term, so let’s go ahead and make up our own.

For the purposed of this article, pre-apocalyptic movies take place in a time immediately before a world-changing event. Once we get to the list itself you’ll see what I mean.

Post-apocalyptic movies have been such a staple for sci-fi and fantasy work for decades, so the idea of identifying specific stories as pre-apocalyptic was kind of exciting, especially because they’re allowed to avoid all the usual trappings of big-budget disaster and post-apocalyptic movies.

If we can even call this a genre at all, it’s still in its infancy, and it hasn’t yet become a Hollywood mainstay that will be endlessly milked for some scratch.

Now then, here are some of the best pre-apocalyptic movies that you should at least think about watching before clicking away to rewatch an old episode of Best of the Worst.