Let me throw in The Survivalist (2015) to the list by debutant writer director Steven Fingleton for fans of the genre. It was runner-up in the 2015 Tribeca film festival newcomers category. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2580382/?ref_=nv_sr_1 This type of movie should have two great appeals to writers. 1) It's potentially low budget and has a better chance of being produced. Hiding and running lends itself to forests, mountains and abandoned buildings. Equals cheap and flexible budget. 2) Most of the crazy stuff doesn't have to be reasoned to the reader. In the dystopian future anything goes. Our atavistic tendencies come to the surface. After all that's the real appeal of this movie-type.

In popularity of apocalypse scenarios, I recognize the magnified fear of what a lot of people have been through – a civil war, a major hurricane, flash flood, an earthquake, a virus outbreak… The post-apocalyptic movie heroes are resilient and savvy, survive against all odds and keep their humanity while millions around perish. Hunger Games. Apocalipto (2006) by Mel Gibson.

Thanks for the recommendation, Michael. I'll add to my watch list.

Yvetta, I think you've hit on a key point about the appeal of these type of movies: They speak to that most fundamental aspect of who we are as human beings - the drive to survive.