20 Post-Apocalyptic Movies You Must See Before You Die

8. Delicatessen (1991)

It's hard to pull off the post-apocalyptic comedy, because not a lot of stuff seems all that funny in the wake of mass death and the collapse of civilisation, does it? French film Delicatessen, then, might be the only film to have ever pulled off post-apocalyptic funny to any proper degree of success. Helmed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (famous for Amelie), Delicatessen tells the story of a landlord who - in the wake of the apocalypse - struggles to get by (and for good reason) in a hellish France. The film manages to find the perfect balance between disgusting and comic; you spent the entire time watching Delicatessen with an expression somewhere between a grin and a grimace stuck on your face. As the cannibalistic implications begin to stack up, so does the tension, but ultimately Jeunet's film is a success because of the world that it creates: though it's a black comedy, the dark visions of post-apocalyptic France are incredibly disturbing.