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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 Miracle Mile (Steve De Jarnatt, 1988) From the lighthearted, if outdated, laughs of Revenge of the Nerds to Steve De Jarnatt’s bleak drama Miracle Mile, lead star Anthony Edwards proved his acting range throughout the 1980s.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 ...
Aug 26, 2015 · Features. Apocalypse then: The forgotten history of 1980s nuclear panic movies. Movies like The Day After and Miracle Mile offer a glimpse at a time when the threat of nuclear war...
Jul 7, 2023 · The 1984 made-for-television movie 'Threads' depicted a post-nuclear wasteland that forced some viewers to look away from the screen.
Feb 6, 2023 · ST. LOUIS – With everything going on in the headlines, from Russia and Ukraine threatening nuclear war to a probable Chinese surveillance balloon hovering over the northern US on Thursday...
May 23, 2017 · Steve de Jarnatt’s ‘Miracle Mile’ offers a grim look at the world hours before nuclear apocalypse, kicked off by a pre-emptive strike by the US. by Daniel Oberhaus. May 23, 2017, 4:00am. Snap....
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.
