Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Z for Zachariah (2015)

Z for Zachariah poster
Directed by
Craig Zobel
Genre
drama film, science fiction film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film
Country
Iceland, Switzerland, United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 1,005 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After a nuclear war, a woman lives alone in a valley protected from radiation. Two men arrive separately and the three survivors form a tense love triangle.

lonelytensequietslow-burnsombersuspensefulintimatemelancholic

What happens

Z for Zachariah is a 2015 apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Craig Zobel and starring Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Chris Pine. Written by Nissar Modi, it is based on the 1974 posthumously published book of the same name by Robert C. O'Brien, though the plot differs in some significant ways. The film's plot has also been compared to the 1959 Harry Belafonte movie The World, the Flesh and the Devil, about a love triangle between a black engineer, a white woman, and a white man who may be the last people on Earth. The film was released on August 28, 2015, in the United States by Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate. The film had a limited theatrical release and was also released on video-on-demand platforms, and grossed $121,461 at the domestic US box office. It received generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?