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51. Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Sport
A little league player named Chuck refuses to ever pitch again until nuclear weapons are disarmed. Basketball star "Amazing Grace" Smith follows the boy's example, and starts a trend.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck, Dean Alexander, Jim Allen
Votes: 1,539
52. Adventures of a Mathematician (2020)
102 min | Biography, Drama
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
Director: Thor Klein | Stars: Philippe Tlokinski, Esther Garrel, Sam Keeley, Joel Basman
Votes: 1,784
53. Fallout (1999)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Russian border war with Tajikistan leads to nuclear blackmail of the United States. Luckily, the United States has superior weapons.
Director: Rodney McDonald | Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Frank Zagarino, Teri Ann Linn, Scott Valentine
Votes: 442
54. The Missiles of October (1974 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: William Devane, Ralph Bellamy, Howard Da Silva, James Hong
Votes: 1,129
55. Shack Out on 101 (1955)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An isolated diner on California's 101 highway provides the backdrop of the story involving nuclear secrets, foreign spies and federal agents.
Director: Edward Dein | Stars: Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn, Lee Marvin
Votes: 831
56. The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A high school science teacher builds an atomic bomb and uses it to extort the nation, but cannot decide what he wants. Meanwhile, a determined cop is catching up to him, as is radiation poisoning.
Director: Kazuhiko Hasegawa | Stars: Bunta Sugawara, Kenji Sawada, Kimiko Ikegami, Kazuo Kitamura
Votes: 1,306
57. Without Warning (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Sci-Fi
3 fragments of an asteroid hit USA, China and France. The events are covered by TV news reports. More meteors come. Is it natural events or alien aggression?
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Sander Vanocur, Jane Kaczmarek, Bree Walker, Dwier Brown
Votes: 1,502
58. Day One (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, History
The use of the atomic bomb to end WWII was one of the most controversial events in human history. This Emmy-winning 1989 miniseries brings the conflicts to life in wrenching performances by a stellar cast.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn
Votes: 509
59. The Peacekeeper (1997)
R | 98 min | Action
When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.
Director: Frédéric Forestier | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Michael Sarrazin, Montel Williams, Roy Scheider
Votes: 2,904
60. Atlantis Interceptors (1983)
Unrated | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
An ancient Atlantean relic is discovered on the ocean floor near a sunken nuclear submarine, which triggers a violent set of events that sees a couple of scientists teaming up with a few mercenaries to survive the onslaught that follows.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Christopher Connelly, Gioia Scola, Tony King, Stefano Mingardo
Votes: 2,350
61. Whoops Apocalypse (1982)
138 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
During an election week, the U.S. president deals with the Russians, a deposed Shah and a stolen quark bomb while a terrorist plots an attack.
Stars: Barry Morse, John Barron, Ed Bishop, Bruce Montague
Votes: 332
62. The Beginning or the End (1947)
Passed | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
A docudrama detailing the research, development and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler
Votes: 751 | Gross: $2.66M
63. Atomic Rulers (1965 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil!
Directors: Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa | Stars: Ken Utsui, Sachihiro Ohsawa, Junko Ikeuchi, Minako Yamada
Votes: 458
64. Cold War (1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Anatoli Dobrynin, Robert McNamara, Vladimir Yerofeyev
Votes: 1,040
65. The Bomb (II) (2016)
55 min | Documentary
the bomb places the viewer in the middle of the story of nuclear weapons - the most dangerous machines ever built - from the Trinity Test in 1945 to the current state of nuclear weapons in 2016.
Directors: Kevin Ford, Smriti Keshari, Eric Schlosser
Votes: 609
66. Black Thunder (II) (1998)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A top secret stealth fighter is stolen. Only Navy Test Pilot Vince Connors can recover the plane and bring it back in one piece. Battling terrorists, and flying with deadly nerve gas, he has to evade his mentor, now the enemy's top pilot.
Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Richard Norton, Michael Cavanaugh, Nancy Valen
Votes: 622
67. Time Bomb Y2K (2023)
TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary
An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.
Directors: Brian Becker, Marley Mcdonald
Votes: 929
68. Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
Navy SEALS, headed by Lt. Bobby James, are dispatched to North Korea on a covert mission, all in an effort to take out a missile site...
Director: James Dodson | Stars: Nicholas Gonzalez, Matthew Bushell, Keith David, Denis Arndt
Votes: 5,780
69. King Dinosaur (1955)
Not Rated | 63 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A new planet moves into the Solar system and four scientists (two couples) are sent to explore planet Nova. In between romantic interludes, the cast faces an iguana masquerading as a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: William Bryant, Wanda Curtis, Douglas Henderson, Patti Gallagher
Votes: 1,638
70. Lion Strike (1994)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A holiday vacation for Dr. Johnny Wu, his young son Bobby, and a beautiful forest ranger turns into a nightmare when they are thrown headfirst into a whirling maelstrom of violence involving a new breed of evil; the Global Mafia.
Directors: Rick Jacobson, Jacobsen Hart, Paul G. Volk | Stars: Don Wilson, Bobbie Phillips, Marcus Aurelius, Timothy D. Baker
Votes: 494
71. One Night Stand (1984)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In Australia, four teenagers in a Sydney theater are astounded to hear the news that a nuclear war has broken out in Eastern Europe. They try to figure out the best way they can survive the coming conflagration.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Tyler Coppin, Cassandra Delaney, Jay Hackett, Saskia Post
Votes: 256
72. Solar Attack (2006 TV Movie)
PG | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When the sun's increasing expulsions of plasma threaten to ignite methane in our atmosphere, international tensions rise while scientists race for a solution to avoid natural disaster.
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Joanne Kelly, Kevin Jubinville, Sugith Varughese
Votes: 1,162
73. The Day After Trinity (1981)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Else | Stars: Hans Bethe, Holm Bursom, Haakon Chevalier, Stirling Colgate
Votes: 1,240
74. Scorcher (I) (2002)
R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles, California.
Director: James Seale | Stars: Mark Dacascos, John Rhys-Davies, Tamara Davies, Mark Rolston
Votes: 1,486
75. Attack from Space (1965 TV Movie)
76 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The Supreme Council from the Emerald Planet sends the superhero Starman (Super Giant in Japan) to protect Earth from destruction by an evil alien race from the Sapphire Galaxy. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, Akira Mitsuwa | Stars: Ken Utsui, Sachihiro Ohsawa, Junko Ikeuchi, Minako Yamada
Votes: 703
76. Command and Control (2016)
PG | 92 min | Documentary, History
Documentary of 1980's near-launch of a nuclear missile from Arkansas, based on Eric Shlosser's award-winning book of the same name.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Michael Bideller, Andreas Birnbaum, Tom Brokaw, Robin Brosch
Votes: 996 | Gross: $0.05M
77. The Patriot (1986)
R | 88 min | Action
Agent tries to track down terrorists who are intercepting government nuclear weapons.
Director: Frank Harris | Stars: Gregg Henry, Simone Griffeth, Michael J. Pollard, Jeff Conaway
Votes: 396
78. Chain of Command (2000)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Secret Service agents must retrieve the briefcase allowing the President control of America's nuclear arsenal before massive destruction ensues.
Director: John Terlesky | Stars: Roy Scheider, Patrick Muldoon, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Biehn
Votes: 931
79. Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, War
Expansion pack for Command & Conquer: Generals (2003).
Director: John Salwitz | Stars: Julian Stone, Catherine Dao, Mike Saad, Ivan Allen
Votes: 945
80. Freedom Strike (1998)
R | 93 min | Drama, Action
When a peace treaty between America and Syria is thwarted, the renegade head of the Syrian army retaliates in a major way. He steals a nuclear weapon that only the Freedom Strike team can ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry P. Jacobs | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Tone Loc, Felicity Waterman, Jay Anthony
Votes: 483
81. The Atomic City (1952)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An atomic scientist's son is kidnapped by enemy agents.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: Gene Barry, Lydia Clarke, Michael Moore, Nancy Gates
Votes: 525
82. Heir to an Execution: A Granddaughter's Story (2004)
TV-PG | 99 min | Documentary
A filmmaker explores the lives and deaths of her grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed as spies in 1953.
Director: Ivy Meeropol | Stars: Bob Considine, Robert Meeropol, Morton Sobell, Sally Kanter Bruin
Votes: 445
83. Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1960)
Not Rated | 68 min | Thriller
An American secret agent tries to stop the Soviets from launching an intercontinental missile at the mainland United States.
Director: Barry Mahon | Stars: Monica Davis, John McKay, Phillip St. George, Edward Czerniuk
Votes: 1,169
84. Vivegam (2017)
Not Rated | 149 min | Action, Thriller
An Interpol agent betrayed by his friends sets out to take revenge against the friends who work for a secret agency.
Director: Siva | Stars: Ajith Kumar, Vivek Oberoi, Kajal Aggarwal, Akshara Haasan
Votes: 12,911
85. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (I) (1991 Video Game)
Unrated | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An on-rails light-gun shooter based on Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).
Directors: Jack Haeger, George Petro | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong, Peter Kent
Votes: 1,940
86. Command & Conquer: Generals (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, War
China and the US are faced with the growing threat of the Global Liberation Army, that sees both of the superpowers as a threat to their freedom. Through three campaigns and multiplayer battles, you'll have the chance to save the world.
Stars: Aki Aleong, Ivan Allen, June Angela, Gregg Berger
Votes: 1,381
87. Thunderball: The Radio Play (2016 Video)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
BBC Radio 4's version of Ian Fleming's Bond story of the same name.
Director: Martin Jarvis | Stars: Toby Stephens, Tom Conti, Alfred Molina, Janet Montgomery
Votes: 26
88. The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2010)
109 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Richard Rhodes, Martin Sherwin
Votes: 228
89. In the Dark of the Valley (2021)
101 min | Documentary, History
A group of mothers discover that the Santa Susana Field Laboratory was the site of one of the largest nuclear accidents in United States history; and may have exposed their children and their community to cancer-causing hazardous waste.
Director: Nicholas Mihm
Votes: 119
90. 009-1 (2006–2007)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Crime
What would happen if the Cold War was still at large?
Stars: Yumiko Shaku, Hôchû Ôtsuka, Grant James, Jessie James Grelle
Votes: 233
91. First Strike (1979 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary
An interesting Cold War film that starts with showing a hypothetical Soviet nuclear first strike scenario leading to a U.S. surrender, followed by a United States Air Force "sales pitch" for more defense spending.
Director: Fleming E. Fuller | Stars: Richard H. Ellis, William R. Graham, Francis P. Hoeber, Edward N. Luttwak
Votes: 44
92. Roswell: The Aliens Attack (1999 TV Movie)
PG | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two aliens escape from 1947 Roswell, New Mexico and set out to sabotage the Earth. The lady alien finds she enjoys sex and likes to seduce soldiers. However, the male eventually falls in ... See full summary »
Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Steven Flynn, Kate Greenhouse, Heather Hanson, Brent Stait
Votes: 344
93. Humanity's End (2008 Video)
R | 87 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The last man in the universe is hunted down by a hybrid race known as the Nephilim.
Director: Neil Johnson | Stars: Jay Laisne, Rochelle Vallese, Cynthia Ickes, Will Tulin
Votes: 1,133
94. Mobster (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mobster is the story of two men - Jacob Hadar, West Coast kingpin of the Israeli Mob, and Special Agent Ron Zarger, the man implanted to bring him down. Equipped with the latest ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Eric Johnson | Stars: Meni Aga, Michel Wakim, Hamzah Saman, Ninef Arsanos
Votes: 68
95. Neutron Bomb (2022)
Documentary
How the deadliest bomb in the world almost came to be
Director: Peter Kuran | Star: Brian Stivale
Votes: 8
96. Missile (1988)
115 min | Documentary
Follows the 4315th Training Squadron of the Strategic Air Command at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where Air Force officers are trained to man the Launch Control Centers for the ... See full summary »
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Votes: 165
97. You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days (2016–2018)
Unrated | Comedy
This insane comedy series examines President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office.
Stars: John Di Domenico, Ron Sparks, Aron Tager, Lisa Gilroy
Votes: 227
98. Did the Mob Kill JFK? (2009 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, History
Did the Mafia order the killing of JFK? The compelling evidence includes a never before seen interview with an FBI informant who shared a prison cell with a Mafia kingpin.
Stars: Jack Van Laningham, Gerald Posner, Ronald Goldfarb, Lamar Waldron
Votes: 30
99. Race for the Bomb (1987– )
360 min | Drama, War
This docudrama tells the story of how the atomic bomb came to be built.
Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Jean-Paul Muel, Maury Chaykin, Tom Rack
Votes: 69
100. Falling Fire (1997)
R | 98 min | Sci-Fi
An asteroid is brought by spaceship to lunar orbit to be mined for resources for dying Earth. Sabotage to the ship's navigation system guides the asteroid into collision orbit with Earth.
Director: Daniel D'Or | Stars: Michael Paré, Heidi von Palleske, Mackenzie Gray, Zerha Leverman
Votes: 295