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1. The China Syndrome. 1979 2h 2m PG. 7.4 (33K) Rate. 81 Metascore. A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant. Director James Bridges Stars Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas. 2. The Chain Reaction. 1980 1h 32m. 5.3 (1.2K) Rate.
1. Threads. 1984 1h 52m TV-MA. 8.0 (20K) Rate. TV Movie 92 Metascore. The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization. Director Mick Jackson Stars Karen Meagher Reece Dinsdale David Brierly. 2. By Dawn's Early Light. 1990 1h 40m PG-13. 6.9 (4.1K)
Nov 20, 1983 · The Day After: Directed by Nicholas Meyer. With Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum. The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
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- Drama, Sci-Fi
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- 1983-11-20
May 16, 2024 · As one of the most renowned nuclear war films, The Day After (1983) offers a devastating depiction of a world irrevocably changed by nuclear conflict. The film's relentless realism and powerful imagery provide a deeply unsettling window into the lives of everyday people affected by the unthinkable event.
- Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Director: Stanley Kubrick. In the process of adapting Peter George’s novel Red Alert for the screen, Stanley Kubrick found the inherent absurdities of mutual assured destruction (MAD) – a military doctrine engendering peace between east and west through mutual threat of nuclear obliteration – leading him away from the straight thriller material of the source to what ultimately became a “nightmare comedy”.
- Seven Days in May (1964) Director: John Frankenheimer. In the 1960s, few filmmakers married contemporary concerns with action and thriller elements as well as John Frankenheimer.
- Fail Safe (1964) Director: Sidney Lumet. Released just months after Dr. Strangelove, Fail Safe has an almost identical premise – only where Kubrick’s film is a farce which laughs at humanity’s appetite for self-destruction, Sidney Lumet’s drama despairs.
- The War Game (1966) Director: Peter Watkins. While there was little comforting in Hollywood’s depiction of nuclear sabre-rattling in the period immediately following the Cuban missile crisis, Peter Watkins’ BBC film The War Game proved so unpalatably honest it would be banned from airing on British television for 20 years.
Feb 15, 2024 · 1. Fat Man and Little Boy. Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia. 35 votes. Fat Man and Little Boy is a 1989 film about the Manhattan Project, the effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II. The film follows the race to build the first atomic bomb, as well as the ethical debate over its use.
Aug 26, 2015 · Take 1988's Miracle Mile, which successfully captured the late '80s paranoia over nuclear annihilation. As the film begins, Harry (Anthony Edwards) stands outside a diner, waiting for the...
