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Rate. A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. Director Peter Watkins Stars Michael Aspel Peter Graham Dave Baldwin. 2. When the Wind Blows. 1986 1h 24m 16+. 7.7 (13K) Rate. A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.
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- The Road (2009) The late Cormac McCarthy, who passed away at the age of 89 in June 2023, per the New York Times, was one of America’s greatest and darkest writers.
- The Rover (2014) There have been a lot of great dystopian movies set in the Australian outback, and one of the better and more recent examples of this is David Michod’s 2014 thriller, The Rover.
- Elysium (2013) Following the success of his 2009 feature film directorial debut, District 9, Neill Blomkamp gave the world Elysium four years later. This dystopian sci-fi action thriller stars Matt Damon as Max Da Costa, a reformed criminal with dreams of living on the luxurious space station known as Elysium.
- A Quiet Place (2018) Probably the quietest movie on this list, John Krasinski's 2018 lesson in theater etiquette, A Quiet Place, is as terrifying as it is silent.
- 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.
May 1, 2024 · The Day After. 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.
20 titles. 1. Threads (1984 TV Movie) TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. 8. Rate. 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.
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Jul 14, 2023 · 12 The Bedford Incident. Columbia Pictures. In 1964, James B. Harris was best known for producing three well-received Stanley Kubrick films: The Killing, Paths of Glory, and Lolita. With the Cold ...
Aug 10, 2017 · The Sum of All Fears (2002) Ben Affleck tries his hand at CIA analyst Jack Ryan, who must stop the plans of a Neo Nazis faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United ...
