Back in 1932, one of the greatest geniuses in the history of cinema, the German Fritz Lang, created dystopian cinema in one fell swoop as we know it with his epic silent film Metropolis. Just under a century later, dystopian and post-apocalyptic cinema has become one of the most popular sub-genres of the sci-fi genre. Despite their (apparently) variety these films have imagined a future that, today, doesn't even seem too unlikely. The style of the costumes of post-apocalyptic films can be traced back to five general aesthetic strands depending on the setting of their story, nss magazine has listed them for you, so that when the apocalypse really comes, you will find yourself prepared.
Survivalist
Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller, 1985)
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller, 1985)
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller, 1985)
Resident Evil: Extinction. (Russell Mulcah, 2007)
The Book of Eli (Albert & Allen Hughes, 2010)
Elysium (Neill Blomkamp, 2013)
The Road (John Hillcoat, 2009)
Waterworld (Kevin Reynolds, 1995)
I Am Legend (Francis Lawrence, 2005)
The Matrix (Andy & Lana Wachowski, 1999)
The Matrix (Andy & Lana Wachowski, 1999)
The Matrix (Andy & Lana Wachowski, 1999)
The Matrix (Andy & Lana Wachowski, 1999)
Equilibrium (Kurt Wimmer, 2002)
Equilibrium (Kurt Wimmer, 2002)
Equilibrium (Kurt Wimmer, 2002)
Gattaca (Andrew Niccol, 1997)
Ex Machina (Alex Garldand, 2015)
Resident Evil: Retribution (Paul W. S. Anderson, 2012)
Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1995)
Æon Flux (Karyn Kusama, 2010)
Æon Flux (Karyn Kusama, 2010)
Into Darkness - Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2013)
The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)
Snowpiercer (Bong Jon-hoo, 2013)
Snowpiercer (Bong Jon-hoo, 2013)
Idiocracy (Mike Judge, 2006)
Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
A quiet place (John Krasinski, 2018)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)
Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1995)
Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)
The Purge: Anarchy (James DeMonaco, 2014)
Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
Reign of Fire (Rob Bowman, 2002)
Reign of Fire (Rob Bowman, 2002)
Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981)
Demolition Man (Marco Brambilla, 1993)
RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
The punk aesthetic is very close to that survivalist one but it is different for the setting of the story. While post-apocalyptic survivalist films have the natural environment as their silent protagonists, those in which the characters inspired by the punk aesthetic are the most infamous neighborhoods of big cities of the future and largely inspired by the punk aesthetic of the 80s, with an emphasis placed on the reinterpretation in a desecration sense of the military uniform or closer to the aesthetics of the gangs of the slums.