Last Updated on 9 February 2025

The following list is a snapshot of society’s current opinions of the top 20 best movies about the last person on Earth.

This is a very narrow and focused topic, so I only found 7 different ranked lists online of “best ‘last man on earth’ movies”. Then I pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to the 7 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

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  1. The Omega Man (1971)
  2. The Quiet Earth (1985)
  3. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
  4. I Am Legend (2007)
  5. 28 Days Later (2002)
  6. Night of the Comet (1984)
  7. Oblivion (2013)
  8. On the Beach (1959)
  9. Don’t Look Up (2021)
  10. A Boy and His Dog (1975)
  11. La Jetée (1962)
  12. The World, The Flesh, and the Devil (1959)
  13. Planet of the Apes (1968)
  14. Soy leyenda (1967)
  15. Zombieland (2009)
  16. Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
  17. WALL-E (2008)
  18. A Quiet Place (2018)
  19. The Road (2009)
  20. The Last Woman on Earth (1960)

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