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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.
Memories and fears of a teenager growing up in the 1980's with the threat of a nuclear war a distinct reality..Please note this video is of a fairly depressi...
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Nov 20, 2023 · Two years in the making, “The Day After” was conceived at ABC in the wake of the 1979 film “ The China Syndrome ,” an Oscar-nominated fictional account about a near-meltdown at a California...
- Jim Mckairnes
Aug 26, 2015 · These '80s nuclear panic films relied on a unique dramatic engine: the threat of annihilation. In the average movie, we learn to empathize, and care about, the fates of the characters. But...
But all things considered, there are enough realistic scenarios on WOPR's list to scare anyone who has seriously thought about the likelihood of global thermonuclear war, especially with the unstable leaders of Russia, Iran, North Korea, China, and the United States to consider.
Mar 8, 2022 · The film served as a perfect primer on what would happen should the world’s nuclear powers draw down on each other and shoot. From it, I learned important concepts such as fallout, nuclear ...
Apr 28, 2015 · Most of the movies dealing with a subject like nuclear war only touch upon a few areas. They showcase the events leading to the eventual Armageddon or what society is like years after the...
