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- Dr. Strangelove. No other movie could top this list; Stanley Kubrick’sDr Stranglove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is the de facto film about nuclear war.
- The Hunt for Red October. John McTiernan’s submarine thriller The Hunt for Red October, adapted from Tom Clancy’s novel of the same name, stars Sean Connery as Marko Ramius, the Soviet Union’s most decorated submarine captain, and commander of Red October, a technologically-superior sub that is invisible to sonar.
- Thirteen Days. Roger Donaldson’s Thirteen Days is a historical political thriller that dramatizes the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, as seen from the perspective of the US political leadership in charge of defusing the situation.
- Watchmen. Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel was long-considered unfilmable; ever since its publication in 1987, Watchmen had been stuck in production hell.
Jul 21, 2023 · The top 10 movies about nuclear war: 10. Miracle Mile (Steve De Jarnatt, 1988) From the lighthearted, if outdated, laughs of Revenge of the Nerds to Steve De Jarnatt’s bleak drama Miracle Mile, lead star Anthony Edwards proved his acting range throughout the 1980s. Taking on the role of Harry Washello, a young man who takes a chance phone ...
Mar 28, 2024 · No Way Out. No Way Out is pure 1980s Cold War. Kevin Costner plays a Navy officer who gets involved with another officer's girlfriend, played by Gene Hackman and Sean Young, respectively. Costner ...
Apr 14, 2018 · Nowadays, apart from the threats posed by a couple rogue nations with a handful of nukes or some crazy-eyed terrorists with a dirty bomb, the fear of a full-scale nuclear exchange and global ...
Aug 26, 2015 · Even the relatively goofy post-apocalyptic thrillers of the '80s hinged on the devastation of nuclear war.In 1979, Mad Max roamed a desert wasteland in a world destroyed by nukes. The popularity ...
Apr 28, 2015 · Miracle Mile (1988) Just when you finally meet the love of your life, that’s when the bombs start falling. Anthony Edwards plays a man who is trying to find the woman he is in love with ...
Feb 11, 2016 · Research. On the evening of November 20 1983, 100 million Americans settled down to watch Nicholas Meyer's made-for-TV film The Day After. The film’s focus was a familiarly normal community in rural Eastern Kansas in the lead up to, and aftermath of, nuclear war. It is shocking and arrestingly bleak viewing; moreover it was, and remained for ...
