Thousands of people suddenly go blind. Herded into a prison and left to fend for themselves, they develop a savage social order. A woman who can see (Julianne Moore) makes it her responsibility to take care of other people and thus becomes a reluctant leader and hero.
The viral-outbreak drama “Blindness,” opening Friday, is the latest film in a cresting wave of mass-disaster flicks. Here’s a partial list of apocalyptic or dystopian movies that were made after Sept. 11.
Cloverfield 2008
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A beast of unknown origin levels Manhattan.
The Happening 2008
Ordinary Americans driven to suicide.
WALL-E 2008
Humans flee their world of garbage and grow obese from inactivity.
City of Ember 2008
An unspecified calamity forces the human race to move to a city underground.
The Road 2008
A survivor of a nuclear disaster navigates his son to safety through a ravaged world.
I Am Legend 2007
Will Smith plays a scientist who is one of a few people not turned into a zombie.
Children of Men 2006
The human race loses its ability to reproduce.
War of the Worlds 2005
New York is Ground Zero for an alien invasion.
The Day After Tomorrow 2004
Coastal cities are devastated by a changing climate.
28 Days Later 2003
Virus turns humans into ravenous cannibals.