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1. Chernobyl (2019)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 868,214
2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel
Votes: 432,466 | Gross: $352.39M
3. Chernobyl: Abyss (2021)
136 min | Drama, History
A story about a heroic fireman who worked as one of Chernobyl liquidators.
Director: Danila Kozlovskiy | Stars: Danila Kozlovskiy, Oksana Akinshina, Filipp Avdeev, Ravshana Kurkova
Votes: 10,549
4. Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who takes them to the abandoned city Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. During their exploration, they soon discover they are not alone.
Director: Bradley Parker | Stars: Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips
Votes: 68,656 | Gross: $18.12M
5. Forever Young (2022)
126 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows a troupe of young students at one of France's most prestigious performing arts academies as they navigate the ups and downs of art and love.
Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stars: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Sofiane Bennacer, Louis Garrel, Micha Lescot
Votes: 1,400
6. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (2022)
96 min | Documentary, History
Newly-discovered archive footage and witness accounts to lay bare the tragedy and heroic efforts made to prevent another explosion.
Director: James Jones | Stars: Lyudmila Ignatenko, Oleksiy Breus, Leonenko Vitaliy, Aleksandr Syrota
Votes: 1,873
7. The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
180 min | Documentary
The Chernobyl Disaster, narrated by Ben Fogle, is a dramatic and detailed 3-part documentary series that reveals the events that led to the 1986 nuclear accident.
Star: Ben Fogle
Votes: 58
8. King Lear (1987)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Woody Allen, Freddy Buache, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy
Votes: 1,489 | Gross: $0.06M
9. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
You play as a scavenger suffering from amnesia inside the exclusion zone of a nuclear power plant in the Ukraine which exploded, creating mutants, and weird paranormal activity.
Director: Zach Hanks | Stars: Anthony Green, Aleksandr Vilkov, Anatoliy Bogush, Andrey Podubinskiy
Votes: 1,680
10. Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991 TV Movie)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama, History
True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl and how one American specialist, Dr. Robert Gale, helped the soviet doctors treat the survivors.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: Jon Voight, Jason Robards, Sammi Davis, Annette Crosbie
Votes: 344
11. Land of Oblivion (2011)
108 min | Drama
Chernobyl, 1986: a few hours before the disaster, Piotr and Anya's wedding is interrupted by a fire at the power station.
Director: Michale Boganim | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Andrzej Chyra, Ilya Iosifov, Sergey Strelnikov
Votes: 922
12. Inseparable (2014 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Romance
It's April of 1986. Pripyat, Ukraine. A core meltdown occurred at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant. Over thirty people died during the blast but the estimated death toll as a result ... See full summary »
Director: Vitaliy Vorobyov | Stars: Timur Bokancha, Yura Borisov, Andrey Kazakov, Galina Korneeva
Votes: 63
13. Pripyat (1999)
100 min | Documentary
After 1986, a restricted zone was erected at a radius of 30km around Chernobyl. More than 100.000 people have been evacuated from there, but some have remained or returned. "Pripyat" follows four protagonists who live or work in this zone.
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Votes: 347
14. Inseparable (2013)
52 min | Action, Drama, Romance
This is an account of love and loss, bravery and supernatural stoicism in the face of unbeatable odds.
Stars: Elena Kolesnichenko, Mariya Poezzhaeva, Yura Borisov, Evgeniya Loza
Votes: 777
15. The Russian Woodpecker (2015)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, War
A gripping, award-winning documentary about an irradiated Ukrainian artist's search for the truth about Chernobyl and his prescient and powerful warnings about Putin's plans for a coming Russian invasion.
Director: Chad Gracia | Stars: Andrei Alexandrovich, Fedor Alexandrovich, Igor Alexandrovich, Natalia Barabovskaya
Votes: 1,490
16. Decay (1990)
103 min | Drama
1986. Chernobyl disaster. Couples, friends, and a risk-taking journalist are woven into the larger framework of the disaster. Panic follows.
Director: Mikhail Belikov | Stars: Sergey Shakurov, Tatyana Kochemasova, Stanislav Stankevich, Georgiy Drozd
Votes: 269
17. Down Squad
107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | Completed
Four youngsters with Down syndrome get radioactive superpowers and form an alliance to fight against a xenophobic politician who wants to destroy their kind.
Director: Arjen Rooseboom | Stars: Quincy Hutzezon, Laurens Vos, Shady Gomaa, Alex Naber
18. Chernobyl: Men of steel (2022)
60 min | Documentary
Samosely are the people who did not come to terms with the forced evacuation after the Chernobyl disaster. They returned to their homes to live on the land of their fathers.
Director: Amadeusz Kocan | Stars: Maciej Bogaczyk, Krystian Machnik, Miroslaw Utta
Votes: 6
19. Voices from Chernobyl (2016)
82 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Testimonies of Chernobyl based on the book of Svetlana Alexievitch
Director: Pol Cruchten | Stars: Dinara Drukarova, Camille Saltet de Sablet d'Estières, Marc Citti, Yves Pignot
Votes: 105
20. Kolokol Chernobylya (1987)
88 min | Documentary
The film focuses very much on the human side of Chernobyl. It was made between May 28 and June 26, 1986, and some parts were added in September 1986. Many of those featured in the film ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Rollan Sergienko, Vladimir Sinelnikov
Votes: 42
21. The last people of Chernobyl (2018)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The documentary was created during a charity expedition that was organized to help "samosely". It presents the life of people who never accepted the enforced evacuation, that was ordered ... See full summary »
Director: Amadeusz Kocan | Stars: Maciej Bogaczyk, Krystian Machnik
Votes: 20
22. The Real Chernobyl (2019 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary
This special documentary heads to Ukraine to meet the people involved in dealing with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.
Directors: Stephanie DeGroote, Julia Karmo | Star: Diana Magnay
Votes: 6
23. Soviets (1991– )
Documentary
A series of documentaries exploring life in the Soviet Union during the glasnost era of the late 1980s.
Votes: 24
24. Return of the Atom (2015)
110 min | Documentary
Introduction to Olkiluoto OL3 nuclear plant building process in Finland. Plant is the first green-lighted nuclear plant in west after Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
Directors: Jussi Eerola, Mika Taanila | Stars: Petri Hämäläinen, Heikki Jaakkola, Juha Jaakkola, Ritva Junkkari
Votes: 106
25. Tchernobyl: Une histoire naturelle (2010 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Luc Riolon | Stars: Gin Candotti Besson, Carl-Magnus Larsson, Sergey Gashchak, Denise Stammose
Votes: 64
26. Tous cobayes? (2012)
PG | 115 min | Documentary, Drama
The most complete consumer study ever done on laboratory rats regarding a Monsanto GMO
Director: Jean-Paul Jaud | Stars: Gérard Boinon, José Bové, Jean-Luc Chagnolleau, Dominique Marion
Votes: 40
27. Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl (2011)
109 min | Drama, Fantasy
A girl, Kalina, who lives in Belarus spends summer vacation at grandma's house in rural area. They village is very close to the area prohibited to reside because of radioactive ... See full summary »
Director: Akiyoshi Imazeki | Star: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
28. La noche del fin del mundo (2008 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, History
Exactly to the 1:23:45 AM, in the night of Friday 26 April, 1986, happened the worst nuclear disaster of all 20th Century: Chernobyl. Journalist Iker Jiménez, host and creator of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Iker Jiménez, Sergio Fernández de Pinedo, Manuel Romo, Álvaro Sanmartín, Carmen Porter | Stars: Iker Jiménez, Carmen Porter, Anna Korolevskaya, Ricardo García
Votes: 50
30. Cold Comfort: Australia's Nuclear Responsibilities (1987 Video)
50 min | Documentary, History, News
Director: Jack White | Star: Jennifer Robinson
31. Yuri's Omen (2012)
14 min | Short, Drama, Family
Konstantin is about to discover the deepest secret of his past.
Director: Jordi Montornés | Stars: Valeriy Byk, Pau Sastre
Votes: 16
33. If Not Me Then Who? (2006 TV Movie)
39 min | Documentary
Documentary exploring the story and legacy of The Liquidators; the men and women who risked their lives to clean up the devastation left by the Chernobyl Nuclear accident of 1986.
Directors: Ed Cowley, Jonathan Fairbairn
35.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
Engineering Disasters
(1999)
TV-G | 44 min | Documentary, History
Features The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 and other engineering disasters.
Stars: Lyndon B. Johnson, Roger McCarthy, Story Musgrave, Ralph Nader
Votes: 36
36.
Blood+ (2005–2006)
Episode:
Moon Over Ekaterinburg
(2006)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
David and his team track down Adams near Chernobyl and fight his monstrous son there.
Directors: Akiko Honda, Jun'ichi Fujisaku, Michael Hack | Stars: Eri Kitamura, Katsuyuki Konishi, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Akiko Yajima
Votes: 37
37.
Generation of Change (2017)
Episode:
Aufstieg und Fall
(2017)
90 min | Documentary
Directors: Sebastian Dehnhardt, Matthias Schmidt, Maarten van der Duin | Stars: Vladimir Afanyuk, Leszek Balcerowicz, Leonid Brezhnev, Winston Churchill
Votes: 6
38.
Disasters Engineered (2019– )
Episode:
Chernobyl and Bhopal
(2019)
Documentary
Experts examine how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Bhopal gas tragedy happened. What were the consequences and how could they have been avoided?
Directors: Sam Cryer, Daniel Sharp | Stars: Christos N. Markides, Serhii Plokhy, Igor Pioro, Kate Bellingham
Votes: 11
39.
Zero Hour (2004– )
Episode:
Disaster at Chernobyl
(2004)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
At precisely 01:23:48 on a spring morning of April 26th 1986, the world changed forever. In Pripyat, Ukraine in the Soviet Union the largest nuclear reactor of its kind exploded at the ... See full summary »
Director: Renny Bartlett | Stars: Dan Korn, David Morrissey, Nikolai Steinberg, Alexander Yuvchenko
Votes: 171
40.
PBS Space Time (2015– )
Episode:
Thorium and the Future of Nuclear Energy
(2019)
19 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Nuclear reactors currently in service have some problems. Radioactive waste is the biggest one. Collant system reliability is another failure of which lead to the world's three worst ... See full summary »
Star: Matthew O'Dowd
41.
La vida según Galeano (2013)
Episode:
Mundo se rifa
(2013)
24 min | Documentary
Director: Eliseo Álvarez
42.
American Dad! (2005– )
Episode:
The Chilly Thrillies
(2020)
TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy
Francine discovers that she enjoys Roger's ASMR voice, but Roger feels used when he finds out why she's been spending so much time with him and runs away to the still irradiated Chernobyl. An iron rod pierces Steve's skull.
Directors: Jansen Yee, Ron Hughart, Brent Woods | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane
Votes: 336
43.
Evening Urgant (2012–2022)
Episode:
Danila Kozlovsky/Alexander Rodnyansky/Luís Figo
(2021)
Comedy, News, Talk-Show
Actor/film director Danila Kozlovsky and producer Alexander Rodnyansky (Chernobyl: Abyss (2021)); Soccer player Luís Figo.
Stars: Ivan Urgant, Dmitriy Khrustalyov, Danila Kozlovskiy, Alexander Rodnyansky
44.
Missä olit, kun? (2021– )
Episode:
Missä olit, kun Tshernobylissä räjähti?
(2021)
23 min | Documentary
Director: Henrik Lobbas | Stars: Ripsa Koskinen-Papunen, Urpo Martikainen
45.
Destination Truth (2007–2012)
Episode:
Ghosts of Chernobyl/Sal'awa
(2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Reality-TV
The Team conducts the first paranormal investigation at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Then, Josh and team search Egypt for the Sal'awa, the Egyptian version of the Werewolf, who locals claim has attacked children.
Stars: Josh Gates, Bechara 'Bicha' Gholam, Jael De Pardo, Sharra Romany
Votes: 38
46.
SciShow (2012– )
Episode:
A Better Way to Do Nuclear Energy?
(2021)
7 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Nuclear power is an electrical energy generation option that does not produce greenhouse gases that warm the Earth. But a few nuclear reactors have experienced cooling failures that have ... See full summary »
Star: Rose Bear Don't Walk
47.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode:
Deus Ex Latrina
(2021)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Legends are stranded in a forest, and pair off. Meanwhile, Behrad discovers where they are, while Bishop and the Gideon AI team up.
Director: Nico Sachse | Stars: Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Olivia Swann
Votes: 747
48.
Pozner (2008– )
Episode:
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
(2010)
Talk-Show
President of Kalmykia/President of FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
Stars: Vladimir Pozner, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
49.
Jedna jedina (2022– )
Episode:
Cerno-bil, Krsko-bu
(2022)
Documentary, History
Director: Lana Kosovac
50.
Undecided with Matt Ferrell (2018– )
Episode:
Revisiting Thorium Energy - The Future of Nuclear Power?
(2022)
15 min | Documentary
To many people thorium nuclear reactors are an important part of our transition away from fossil fuels. But at this point the reactors are still fairly theoretical. Fianlly, as of 2022, ... See full summary »
Star: Matt Ferrell