You can also see the full version of Earth2100 on youtube here:
Doomsday Bunkers:Discovery Channel Series focusing on a company that builds bunkers for those who prepare.
I would add Falling Skies to the TV list of Prepper / Post-TEOTWAWKI shows.
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Little House on the Prairie:An American pioneer drama series about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, MI. Based on Laura Ingalls WildersLittle House Books.The family appropriate show ran for nine seasons from 1974-1982, all seasons have been released to DVD.
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Earth 2100:Docudrama, a future look at our planet and society through the life of Lucy, and the input of experts. Good quality and chilling reality.
Man, I remember watching Threads through the banister on the stairs when I was like 8, because my dad was watching it and we were allowed to. I cried for WEEKS after watching it. That movie scared me really scared me. Unrelated- this is a great list!!
Its surprising how some movies stick with you. I saw Panic in the Year Zero back in the 60s when it came out and never forgot what that family had to go thru to survive. Having to buy food, firearms and toilet paper AFTER the SHTF always stuck with me. My wife and I drag out our copy every so often just to remind us of what it could be like.
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excellent list of movies,,they are great,,,i have most lol
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Aftermath: World Without Oil:A docudrama that poses the question what if the world ran out of oil? and theorizes about what would happen. There is a you tube link here as I have not found an available DVD.
Post TEOTWAWKI Movies(why we stock more than three days of food movies)
Alaska: The Last Frontier Season 3
Meet the Preppers:APNs own Phil Burns goes into depth on prepping with his family in this Animal Planet special.
Posted in:APN CornerFamily PreparednessPreparednessTV and MovieAbout the Author:Stephanie DayleStephanie is a writer for the American Preppers Network, a small local paper and for her blog, The Home Front and was featured in Marie Claire UK in the October 2012 issue that featured women preppers. She is also the credited writer of Emergency Bag Essentials (Swatchbook): Everything You Need to Bug Out released in August 2014 and available on . I write articles based on my own experience with emergency preparedness, self-sufficiency, homesteading, food preservation and life around the farmstead. I grew up in a very rural area where I learned to garden, the art of canning, to hunt and fish, and to raise my own animals for food. I also spent 6 years volunteering for the local county Search and Rescue group where I learned a variety of survival skills and a little bit about law enforcement protocol. As a general rule of principle I do not write articles about information that I have only read – if I am writing about something its because I have done it myself and gone to great lengths to provide you with the facts meshed with personal experience. My alter egos are as an full time mom, amateur photographer, and backpacker. Stephanies past APN articles are featured below on several pages. To connect with her — click on one of the many little square social media buttons below!Subscribe
Alone in the Wild:A three-part series featuring extreme photographer, Ed Wardle, as he is dropped off in the middle of the wilderness and attempts to survive three solo months. Link to you tube provided as I could find no available DVD.
missing idiocracy. the dumbing down of this nations citizens is extremely dangerous and should be considered a national security issue.
Marjory Wildcraft, the Martha Stewart of Prepping is a guest Host! Her grow your own groceries stuff is just fantastic ? even for us non-gardeners
Monumental: In Search of Americas National Treasure:Highly acclaimed documentary about Americas beginnings and how that relates to where we are headed now.
Apocalypse Man:History Channel special hosted by former U.S. Marine and martial-artist Rudy Reyes on how to survive the aftermath of TEOTWAWKI in an urban setting. This is a you tube link, as there was no available DVD.
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American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl:Highly acclaimeddocumentary about the American Dust Bowl and how they survived it.
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For your entertainment but also motivation and good old Hollywood optimism and maybe a bit of hero worship thrown in for good measure
Collapse (Michael Ruppert):Documentary about a former Los Angeles police officer, author, investigative reporter and radical thinker. He is interviewed about his beliefs that unsustainable energy and financial policies have led to an ongoing collapse of modern industrial civilization.
Me too, but there is never a Preparedness, Survival, or Reasons to Prepare category in the movie sections so finding new movies that peak my interest can be difficult. Therefore I present to you,The Great Prepper Movie List,right here only on theAmerican Preppers Network!There is a section for family appropriate movies but please consult the ratings and reviews of a movie before turning it on with the kids.
The first time prepping ever crossed my mind was when I watched Red Dawn (the original). Navy vet here, and want to thank all the other vets in here.
Survivors:A British sci-fi drama about a plague of global proportions. Anarchy in the streets. The collapse of government and the rule of lawperhaps even the end of civilization itself, followed by the rise of tyranny and vigilantism.
Dual Survival:CurrentDiscovery Channel TV series featuring survivalist instructor Cody Lundin and his partner as place themselves in various locations to demonstrate how to get home alive.
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A lot of the older movies and documentaries on this list can be found on Netflix and/or YouTube, those are good places to look as well.Please note due the nature of what we prepare for, outside of the family category, some of the movies on these lists are exceedingly violent in nature. I have linked the movies to Amazon or Wikipedia where ever possible, please read about the movie before you get it. Check the synopsis, ratings and reviews prior to viewing or purchasing especially if you are sensitive to certain types of violent situations.
I am working on it as we speak feel free to leave any of your book recommendations, I will include them if I havent already!
Hollywood and modern fiction doesnt know how things are going to work out, it only knows what sells and what makes money.Instead of Prepping for a This is it! event as Hollywood and modern literature would have you believe. Its best to prep purely to be as independent as you can for whatever may come your way. In a way, dont prep for a SHTF someday, Prep instead for the SHTF thats outside your door EVERYDAY.
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yes, there are a lot of documentaries that should be includedsome are very entertaining too like the colony
I Shouldnt Be Alive:An extremely well made and highly acclaimed series by the Animal Planet of harrowing reenacted survival stories from around the world. This is linked to one season, but there are 5 others available.
For anyone that is still following this thread I would like to recommend the youtube video under documentaries called There is No Tomorrow its a very eye opening perspective. Out of the Movies on of my favorites is Trigger Effect, came out in the late 90s but you is still completely if not more valid today.
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Aftermath: Population Zero:A docudrama that poses the question what if all humans disappeared and follows what would happen to the planet, our homes, structures, and pets
There is No Tomorrow:A fantastic 34 minute animated you tube documentary on how our growth based society is unsustainable even with green energy and the future we will face. Full of facts; author unknown.
Patriotsby James Wesly, Rawles
A docudrama about what would happen if a nuclear bomb exploded in the heart of Washington, D.C.
American Experience: The Crash of 1929:A documentary about the start of the Great Depression and what it meant to America.
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The family movies are not R rated nor are the documentaries, and most of the TV shows (with the exception of a few) are fairly family friendly. Combined they make up nearly half the list?
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Survivorman:Discovery Channel series,survival expert Les Stroud strands himself in the wilderness for days on end in order to demonstrate how to survive and get home.
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Click on the listed Movies below to read more about them. Each one is linked to a purchasing source and/or more information.
Alaska: The Last Frontier Season 3
Out of the Wild:Nine ordinary people are given a three-day crash course in survival, then are dropped off in the depths of the rugged Alaska wilderness with minimal equipment and map to make it back to civilization.
The History Channel documentary AFTER ARMAGEDDON is also very good. My parents live in the LA Basin and I cant seem to get them to watch it. A real eye opener.
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Super-Volcano:A highly acclaimeddocudrama on what would happen if the Yellowstone super-volcano erupted.
Children of Men as a Environ-Anthropologist, this strikes me as a more sensible/realistic depiction to the Climate change issue.
American Experience: Influenza 1918:Documentary about how America was ravaged by the flu epidemic of 1918 that killed 675,000 peoplemore than died in all the wars of this century combinedbefore disappearing as mysteriously as it began.
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After Armageddon:Highly acclaimed docudrama about a runaway flu pandemic has swept the nation and killed a large part of the population, one family must learn to survive to make it to a safe haven. A couple of doomsday preppers are featured in this special.
hey, and if you like DOOMSDAY PREPPERS, then check out the season finale eating bugs! ?
First time I thought of prepping was The Omega Man. Not so much the scenario but Nevilles setup, tool choices, etc., and the contrast between his setup and that of the young exiles. I was only 8 or so when it came out, but it planted a lot of thoughts. Followed closely by Day the World Ended and Panic in the Year Zero.
Life After People:A History Channel series spin-off from their Aftermath: Population Zero docudrama. See what happens to the cities and the structures we built after humans are not around to maintain them any longer. As a side note this series does cover some interesting information on the fate of un-maintained nuclear facilities and dams.
Collapse (Nat GEO):Docudrama on how societies succeed or fail and how our own society may fail.
The Colony:A Discovery Channel series that is a reality hybrid show that challenges 24 very different people, to rebuild their own civilization in a post-apocalyptic world created for them.
Training for the Apocalypse:A History Channel special about the personal stories of two men and what prompted them to prepare.
Evacuate Earth:A fascinating docudrama that theorizes how we would evacuate the earth in the face of impending doom, and how society would react. There is a you tube link here as I have not found an available DVD.
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As preppers, its important to remember that movies and TV shows are for entertainment purposes ONLY. Just because a hollywood director thinks modern society is going to end up like a scene from The Road after any given prolonged disaster doesnt mean its really going to happen that way. Please dont base your urgency, plans, or preps on movies or TV shows, instead base them on careful research and common sense.
Alaska the Last Frontier:A fantastic Discovery Channel series about the Kilcher family and their homesteading off-grid way of life in Alaska.
This navy vet agrees, but it does give info for the absolute newbs!
Have you ever wanted to sit down and enjoy a good movie that has a little to do with prepping or surviving?
The Best Defense:An excellent current Outdoor Channel educational series teaching self-defense through knowledge, skill, practice, and emergency preparedness.
Man, Woman, Wild:CurrentDiscover Channel series featuring special forces survival expert, Mykle Hawke, and his wife Ruth as they strand themselves in random locations to demonstrate how to get along, survive, and get home alive.
Yukon Passage:Older documentary of four young men retracing the foot steps of gold stampedes through the Yukon Territory surviving off of minimal supplies and the natural world around them.
The Alaska Experiment:Discovery Channel reality series, four teams of urbanites attempt to survive the wilds of Alaska for 3 months.
You might wish to add TV shows Jeremiah, The Last Train (U.K), and the miniseries Amerika. Falling Skies too.
Perfect Disaster: Anatomy of a Solar Storm:Docudrama that theorizes what might happen to our civilization and technology if we are hit by a massive solar storm. This is part 1 of 5 all parts featured on you tube as I could not find an available DVD.
Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
Jericho:A CBS fictional series about a small towns efforts to survive following a national terrorist attack and the collapse of the United States.
Question???? Good movies listed here, but what about some good prepper books???
Forgot Shaun of the Dead! Good one Alex.
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Prepper Minded Family Movies(Ratings Range from G to PG 13)
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When Aliens Attack:Well done docudrama on the theory of a future alien attack and what human society could actually do about it.
Just got the new Red Dawn last night hope its as good as the first
Take it from a U.S. ARMY vet with 10 years of service. These moves are only FYE.
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Revolution:NBCs current post apocalyptic science fiction drama series that follows a group of people who are trying figure out how to turn the power back on, after losing planet wide electricity 15 years earlier.
The Walking Dead:A current AMC original fiction horror series about azombie virus has infected most of the human population, those left fighting to survive battle the zombies and themselves.
2012: Countdown to Armageddon:A five-part History Channel series which covers many different views of how the world will end. It features several different preppers in the series including APNs own CEO, Hugh Vail.