In the science fiction series “Silo,” individuals live underground silos in a dystopian society. The Apple+ series, which is based on Hugh Howey’s “Wool” novel series, centres on a group of survivors who live in Silo 18, where countless generations of people have perished without ever having any contact with the outside world due to the toxic environment they believe exists outside and would instantly kill them if they even breathed the outside air.
The “windows,” which are actually enormous screens that stream a live feed of the lifeless, desolate world outside, are the only evidence of this toxicity that the people who live in Silo 18 have. Rebecca Ferguson, Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walter, Avi Nash, Rick Gomez, and Chinaza Uche all contribute to the Graham Yost-created series. We have a few suggestions if you liked the notion of “Silo,” so check those out too. The majority of these films like “Silo” are available on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime.
Jericho (2006-2008)
The focus of “Jericho” is on the citizens of Jericho, Kansas, after a series of nuclear explosions around the country. Without electricity, the townpeople are cut off from the outside world and begin putting together what resources they still have. But more than a nuclear weapon could, encounters with other surviving villages near Jericho and the rise of a new, militaristic government endangers everyone’s life.
‘Jericho’, a work by Stephen Chbosky, Josh Schaer, and Jonathan E. Steinberg, illustrates the immediate results of a catastrophic occurrence. Similar to “Silo,” the series shows how, during a moment of extraordinary crisis, those in authority are more focused on maintaining their position than on the welfare of the populace.
Raised by Wolves (2020-2022)
The plot of “Raised by Wolves” centres around two androids that crash-land on the planet Kepler-22b with a number of human embryos. They are simply referred to as Mother (Amanda Collin) and Father (Abubakar Salim). The two of them have been programmed to establish an atheistic human colony on the planet that resembles Earth after the war between militant atheists and the Mithraic religious order renders the real Earth uninhabitable. However, the arrival of a Mithraic ship and the knowledge that there are already humans living on the planet complicate matters for Mother and Father, who are perpetually short of supplies.
The universe of Aaron Guzikowski’s “Raised by Wolves” is one in which the Earth’s survivors have long since established a loosely organised civilization with distinct hierarchical and ideological frameworks. The major premise of the series and what drives the plot ahead is the conflict that results from the collision of opposing beliefs.
Snowpiercer (2020-2023)
A group of survivors are followed in the Josh Friedman and Graeme Mason film “Snowpiercer” as they live inside a train that travels across a frozen tundra that used to be Earth. Seven years of living aboard the train has caused the residents to adopt outdated social mores and create a class-based division in society.
The majority of the extremely scarce supplies on board are granted to individuals who were wealthier before the Earth turned into a frozen environment and purchased their way onboard the train, while those who stowed away barely had enough to eat. In order to keep everything seeming orderly and peaceful, the “upper class” in both “Silo” and “Snowpiercer” rules over the other residents of the cramped area.
The 100 (2014-2020)
Based on the science fiction novel series of the same name by Kass Morgan, “The 100” follows 100 juvenile offenders who are dispatched to the surface of the Earth to assess its habitability from the Ark, an orbiting, livable satellite in space. When nuclear warheads were unexpectedly blasted over the globe 97 years ago, causing the destruction of the planet and its ecology, the Ark’s inhabitants evacuated Earth.
The people are left with little alternative but to hold out hope that their home planet will once more be habitable because the Ark’s life support systems and resources are rapidly running out. The fictional world of “The 100,” created by Jason Rothenberg, is comparable to that of “Silo” in that humanity initially thinks the earth is uninhabitable after a man-made catastrophe decimates it all, only to discover that the contrary is actually true.
The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-)
In an alternate timeline depicted in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the United States was ruled by a more totalitarian government following a civil war. This repressive regime, which rules through the Old Testament, establishes new social strata, where women are severely oppressed. The world is also plagued by infertility brought on by STDs and environmental pollution, so women who can bear children are reduced to the status of slaves called Handmaids, who are only intended to give birth to the children of their “masters.”
Through the eyes of June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss), a Handmaid, the series, produced by Bruce Miller, examines this sad society and its effects. Similar to “Silo,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” is based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel of the same name. It depicts a society in which a person’s status depends on whether or not they were born into a wealthy family.
The Peripheral (2020-)
The Peripheral, which is set in the year 2032, centres on Flynne Fisher (Chloe Grace Moretz), a part-time employee of a 3D printing company who occasionally assists her brother Burton (Jack Reynor) in winning virtual reality simulation games so they may pay for their mother’s medication, who is terminally ill, with the money they win. A new, more sophisticated VR headgear that Burton is being paid to try out presents an opportunity for the siblings, but he urges Flynne to do it instead because she is more experienced with the technology. However, what begins as a straightforward hardware test in a simulation gradually becomes more real and perilous when Flynne becomes involved in a conflict between opposing forces in the far future.
The Rain (2018-2020)
In the universe of “The Rain,” a virus that spreads via precipitation has wiped off most of humanity. Simone (Alba August) and Rasmus (Lucas Lynggaard Tnnesen), who were imprisoned in a bunker by their scientist father when the crisis first started, are the focus of the series. After spending six years underground, the siblings ultimately surface to a new world and go off in quest of their father along with a few other survivors.
Esben Toft Jacobsen, Christian Potalivo, and Jannik Tai Mosholt produced the Netflix original series in Danish. The survivors in “The Rain” don’t actually know where the virus that caused the planet to fall came from or who released it, much like how in “Silo” everyone living underground doesn’t know why the outside world is toxic—primarily because centuries have passed since the planet became uninhabitable.
The Stand (2020-2021)
A man-made influenza strain called “Captain Trips,” intended for military purposes, accidentally spreads and kills the majority of people in “The Stand.” Mother Abigail Freemantle, played by Whoopi Goldberg, rallies the remaining survivors as they work to rebuild their lives.
But because people are just human, envy and resentment go hand in hand and pose a threat to split the remaining population. This is made worse by the mysterious Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgard), also known as “The Dark Man.” Josh Boon and Benjamin Cavell’s television series is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Similar to “Silo,” a weaponized product whose intended function was altered is the primary cause of the human population’s abrupt and catastrophic decrease.
The horrific disaster that occurs in Flynne’s near future is only alluded to in Scott B. Smith’s television series “The Peripheral,” but it is not ever depicted. Although it shares some similarities with “Silo,” the real similarity between the two shows lies in the characters’ perceptions of reality: Flynne believes she is in a simulation when she is actually walking in the future, and the residents of Silo 18 believe the world outside their windows to be a desolate wasteland when in fact it is a lush green environment that is being kept hidden from them.
