mass infertility theme

also known as: sub-replacement fertility

For one reason or another people become infertile and civilization gradually die out.

19 total · 1 choice · 15 major · 3 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Children of Men (2006) choice The film explores a future where the women of the world had all become infertile.
movie: 2019 After the Fall of New York (1983) major Radiation had rendered humans sterile and the Eurac rulers of New York were scouring Manhattan for subjects to use in genetic experiments.
movie: A Boy and His Dog (1975) major The subterranean townspeople lured Vic underground as part of a plot to harvest his sperm to be used to impregnate their womenfolk as the menfolk had become infertile owing to prolonged underground habitation.
movie: Aeon Flux (2005) major The story is set in a future where humans reproduced via cloning because those who survived a devastating pandemic some 400 years prior were all left infertile.
movie: American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993) major Mary was the only woman who was able to conceive, and the story follows her efforts to get her fetus (the last hope for humanity) to the safety of the so-called "Europe artificial womb".
movie: Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) major Cosmic radiation made the people of 2024 infertile, dooming their society.
movie: Devil Girl from Mars (1954) major The male population on Mars became impotent and the Martian women sought to acquire Human males to replace the dying Martian male population in an effort to save Martial civilization.
movie: Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988) major The film is set in post-apocalyptic wasteland where few fertile men and women exist due to atomic fallout.
movie: I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) major The aliens needed to mate with Human females in order to perpetuate their species because all their females had perished.
movie: Mars Needs Women (1967) major Martians had developed a genetic deficiency so that now produced only male children.