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The Quiet Earth
1985
· Movie
· 91 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Every rating
54–70
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Letterboxd on 70.
See the most agreed on films →A scientist wakes to find himself seemingly the last human left on Earth. A catastrophic experiment has wiped out the entire population. He wanders through empty cities, grappling with utter loneliness and the madness of being the sole survivor. His solitude is eventually broken by the discovery of two other people, forcing them to confront why they were spared and what new world they must build, all while the cause of the disaster still looms.
Details
- Director
- Geoff Murphy
- Writers
- Bill Baer, Bruno Lawrence, Sam Pillsbury
- Released
- 8 September 1985
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.0M
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