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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.
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 ...
Rate. 83 Metascore. After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother. Director: Siddiq Barmak | Stars: Marina Golbahari, Zubaida Sahar, Khwaja Nader, Mohammad Arif Herati.
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 ...
May 12, 2016 · The attack sequence’s effects are primitive even by the standards of 1983, and Meyer was denied access to military footage of A-bomb tests that could have added a dash of verisimilitude.
Apr 17, 2016 · Command and Control: Directed by Robert Kenner. With Michael Bideller, Andreas Birnbaum, Tom Brokaw, Robin Brosch. Documentary of 1980's near-launch of a nuclear missile from Arkansas, based on Eric Shlosser's award-winning book of the same name.
Mar 8, 2022 · Four decades after "The Day After." In 1983, “The Day After” wasn’t merely a made-for-TV movie. It was a “special event” produced by ABC to bring the world’s superpowers to their senses.
