Titles similar to the post-apocalyptic series whose first season has just ended
HBO Max has ended the first season of ‘The last of us‘, the translation to the screen of the famous post-apocalyptic video game developed by Naughty Dog carried out by Neil Druckman (father of the original games) and craig mazin (which was behind the acclaimed ‘Chernobyl’). Joel’s Odyssey (Peter Pascal) traversing a world ravaged by the Cordyceps fungus to bring Ellie to safety (Bella Ramsey), the girl who has shown herself to be immune to the infection, has been plagued with emotional and extremely hard moments for both characters. Not only because of what it has cost them to overcome the terrifying infected humans, but also to escape from the people who are willing to do anything to survive.
The series has already become the most watched on the platform in Spain, with which the audience has been orphaned by one of the essential titles of 2023 until new chapters arrive. Here we propose 10 titles similar to ‘The last of us’ that can make the wait more bearable.
1. ‘The fifth day’
Frank Doelgerone of the producers of ‘Game of Thrones’, is behind this ‘thriller’ that adapts the ‘bestseller’ of Frank Schätzing. The fate of humanity rests in the hands of a handful of scientists who must find a way to neutralize an intelligent marine organism that is rebelling to ensure the survival of its environment. It is the oceans and their creatures that fight back against the exploitation of humans. It stars actors of different nationalities (mostly Europeans), such as Alexander Karim, Cécile de France, Leonie Benesch, Barbara Sukowa, Krista Kosonen and Oliver Masucci. Available in Movistar Plus+.2.’The Walking Dead’
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The series that has turned the genre zombie in ‘mainstream’ and that has been expanding its universe in multiple ‘spin-offs’: ‘Fear the walking dead’, ‘World Beyond’, ‘Tales of the Walking Dead’, the future ‘Dead City’… It is not based on a video game, but on a popular comic by Robert Kirkman. As in ‘The last of us’, the protagonists are the survivors of an infection, who must prevent those infected (here the living dead) from biting them and turning them into monsters just like them. Although the focus has been increasingly placed on confrontations between the uninfected. Available in Fox, Disney+ and Netflix.3. ‘Station Eleven’
Based on a novel by Emily St. John Mandel Published in 2014, it was one of the series on infections that anticipated the pandemic that we are experiencing from 2020. It premiered in December 2021, when we had already gone through the worst phase of the covid, but filming began shortly before news began to emerge about a strange virus that had been detected in China. Patrick Somervillewriter of ‘The leftovers’ and ‘showrunner’ of ‘Maniac’ and ‘Made for love’, here follows a handful of characters before and after a relentless flu that wipes out part of humanity. Available in HBO Max.4. ‘Blackout’
There are no mushrooms or zombies here, but the population is also facing a critical situation after a solar storm cause an electrical fault widespread. Without basic services, chaos reigns in the streets, which makes the fight for survival bring out the worst and the best in citizens, in this case on Spanish soil. there are five movies self-contained and independent in which practically only an actor with a weighty role repeats in two of them (Luis Callejo), made by as many directors: Rodrigo SorogoyenRaúl Arévalo, Isa Campos, Alberto Rodríguez and Isaki Lacuesta. Available in Movistar Plus+.5. ‘The Collapse’
French series that masterfully shows what it would mean the collapse of our civilization, something that the Spanish film ‘Apagón’ also explores. The consequences of the end of the world are power cuts, the lack of supplies, the hysteria of the population… There are eight chapters of just over 20 minutes shot in sequence shot and starring eight characters located in different areas of France who, with the resources they have, face a world like they have never imagined before. Available in RTVE Play, Disney+ and Filmin.
6. ‘The rain’
The particular vision of the apocalypse of the danes, which was also the first Netflix original series from the Scandinavian country. Here the virus brings it The rain, so everything it touches is contaminated. Six years after the catastrophe, two brothers they come out of their bunker to see what is left of the world they knew. They will join a group of young survivors and embark on a journey in search of any signs of life and answers. Available in Netflix.
7. ‘Nation’
He black mood and the action (in addition to the gory scenes) permeate this series about a team that has to escort from one end of the United States to the other, from New York to a medical laboratory in California, a man immune to a zombie virus. It is the only hope to get an antidote, the same thing that happens with Ellie in ‘The last of us’. In their arduous journey, of course, they will come across a few lurking dangers: the living dead, tornadoes, and even a sect that venerates zombies. Available in Netflix.8.’Black Summer’
Action-horror series set in the early days of the zombie apocalypse and starring a group of strangers who have to unite to protect themselves from the walking dead. As in ‘The last of us’, the characters know that they not only have to be careful with those who are infected, but those who are not infected can also be very dangerous. Available in Netflix.9. ‘See’
One of the first series of Apple +, in which the virus that plagues humanity does not turn humans into zombies, but leaves them without sight. He counts as a screenwriter with Steven Knight, the creator of ‘Peaky Blinders’, and as a protagonist he has one of the actors from ‘Game of Thrones’, the ‘Aquaman’ Jason Momoa. She plays the chief of a tribe with two adoptive twin sons who do have a sense of vision, something considered heresy and sacrilege by most, which puts them in danger. Available in Apple+.10. ‘Sweet Tooth: The Deer Boy’
Adaptation of a post-apocalyptic comic by jeff lemire, with touches of fantasy. The protagonist is a child half human, half deer, born after a global pandemic that gave rise to a generation of kids who shared traits with all kinds of animals. Many even see them as guilty of the virus. The little boy lives his particular odyssey in the company of a globetrotter, after the death of his father. Available in Netflix.