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1. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.

Votes: 732,415 | Gross: $326.11M

2. The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

R | 94 min | Biography, Drama, War

Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.

Director: Ben Lewin | Stars: Paul Rudd, Pierfrancesco Favino, Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen

Votes: 11,905 | Gross: $0.71M

3. Manhattan (2014–2015)

TV-14 | 1,120 min | Drama, History, War

In 1943 Los Alamos, New Mexico, a team of government scientists is working on the top-secret Manhattan Project in a race to produce an atomic bomb before the Nazis. Meanwhile, their families adjust to life on the military base.

Stars: Rachel Brosnahan, Michael Chernus, Christopher Denham, Katja Herbers

Votes: 9,737

4. Lorenzo's Oil (1992)

PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama

Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite

Votes: 24,050 | Gross: $7.29M

5. Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History

This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret WWII project, and the first atomic bombs designed, built, and tested in Los Alamos.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack

Votes: 9,135 | Gross: $3.56M

6. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez

Votes: 22,093

7. Oppenheimer (1980)

Not Rated | 420 min | Biography, Drama, History

Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s.

Stars: Sam Waterston, John Carson, Christopher Muncke, Jana Shelden

Votes: 720

8. Truman (1995 TV Movie)

PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama

Though considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: Gary Sinise, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart, Colm Feore

Votes: 2,498

9. Infinity (1996)

PG | 119 min | Biography, Drama

Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.

Director: Matthew Broderick | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Force, Peter Riegert

Votes: 1,999 | Gross: $0.20M

10. 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: 749 | Gross: $2.66M

11. Hiroshima (2005 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Documentary with dramatic reenactments with actors to describe what dropping the bomb on Hiroshima was like.

Director: Paul Wilmshurst | Stars: John Hurt, Shuntaro Hida, George Elsey, Paul Tibbets

Votes: 1,880

12. Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup (2009 Video)

Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, History, War

An exploration of the viewpoint that the September 11, 2001 attacks were planned by the United States government.

Director: Dylan Avery | Stars: Osama bin Laden, Johnelle Bryant, George W. Bush, Laura Bush

Votes: 3,737

13. 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: 508

14. 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: 1,547

15. 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: 1,235

16. 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: 225

17. Donovan's Echo (2011)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.

Director: Jim Cliffe | Stars: Danny Glover, Kyarra Willis, Karen Holness, Bruce Greenwood

Votes: 1,952

18. Atomic Homefront (2017)

TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary

A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.

Director: Rebecca Cammisa | Stars: Dawn Chapman, Douglas Clemens, Robbin Ellison Dailey, Kay Drey

Votes: 569

19. Above and Beyond (1952)

Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama, War

Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II.

Directors: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating

Votes: 1,342

20. The Second Front (2005)

R | 88 min | Action, Romance, War

In the midst of World War 2, intelligence services from England, Germany and Russia collided in a fierce fight for the mind of Nicky Raus, a genius German Jewish scientist who has been developing a powerful state-of-the-art secret weapon.

Director: Dmitriy Fiks | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Todd Field, Svetlana Metkina, Ron Perlman

Votes: 353

21. WWII from Space (2012 TV Movie)

Documentary, History, War

The events of World War II from 1941 onward are depicted from the perspective of space.

Director: Simon George | Stars: Corey Johnson, Kevin Farrell, Geoffrey Wawro, Conrad Crane

Votes: 495

22. Oppenheimer After Trinity (2023)

58 min | Documentary

This documentary film, produced by award-winning producer Larry L. Sheffield, explores events that occurred immediately after the testing of the world's first atomic bomb in July of 1945.

Directors: Trent DiGiulio, Larry L. Sheffield | Stars: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Brian Stivale

Votes: 21

23. The Safe Side of the Fence (2015)

108 min | Documentary

World War II's Manhattan Project required the refinement of massive amounts of uranium, and St. Louis-based Mallinckrodt Chemical Works took on the job. As a result, the chemical company's ... See full summary »

Director: Tony West | Stars: Kay Drey, Gerald J. Kleba

Votes: 29

24. What Happened on the Moon? - An Investigation Into Apollo (2000 Video)

225 min | Documentary

An in-depth British breakdown of how NASA never had the technology to overcome putting a man on on the moon or anywhere further than low orbit from the Apollo moon missions even today with ... See full summary »

Director: David S. Percy | Stars: Ronnie Stronge, H.J.P. Arnold, Mary Bennett, Ian Crawford

Votes: 88

25. In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer (1964 TV Movie)

135 min | Drama

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Director: Gerhard Klingenberg | Stars: Charles Regnier, Siegfried Wischnewski, Carl Lange, Hans Karl Friedrich

Votes: 38

26. Rich Hall's Red Menace (2019)

Documentary

Comedian Rich Hall presents an alternative history of the Cold War, from nuclear near misses and fallout shelters to the CIA wiring a cat to spy on the Russian ambassador.

Director: Chris Cottam | Stars: Rich Hall, Eleanor Clift, William Darden, Thomas Doherty

Votes: 18

27. Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail (2015)

Documentary

Host and physicist Dr. Derek Muller unlocks the mysteries of uranium, one of the Earth's most controversial elements.

Star: Derek Muller

Votes: 530

28. The Half-Life of Genius Physicist Raemer Schreiber (2017)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The story of an early atomic pioneer - the "Farmer/Physicist" from a small town in Oregon. The right place, right time and right skills, hired by JR Oppenheimer, Schreiber would go onto to assembling the world's first atomic weapons.

Directors: Jared Brandon-Flande, John Webb | Stars: Albert Einstein, Klaus Fuchs, Jake Hecla, Roger Meade

Votes: 53

29. The First Secret City (2015)

105 min | Documentary

Before the creation of the secret cities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford, the Manhattan Project hired the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St. Louis to refine the first uranium used in ... See full summary »

Directors: Alison Carrick, C.D. Stelzer | Stars: John Bell, Carolyn Bower, Conrad Bowers, Karl Brooks

Votes: 16

30. Klaus Fuchs - Atomspion (1989)

88 min | Documentary

England, 1950. A defector Russian points out the brilliant nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs as a spy for the Soviet Union. Apparently, five years earlier, Fuchs had smuggled documents out of ... See full summary »

Directors: Donatello Dubini, Fosco Dubini, Wolfgang Meyer | Stars: Bernhard Baier, Hans Bethe, Klaus Fuchs, Lutz Göhnermeier

31. The Strangest Dream (2008)

Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Biography

The biography of Joseph Rotblat, the only scientist to leave the Manhattan Project, and would eventually win a Nobel Peace Prize.

Director: Eric Bednarski | Stars: Michael Jones, Joseph Rotblat, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Sandra Ionno Butcher

Votes: 30

32. Eynshteyn. Teoriya lyubvi (2013– )

180 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Scientists tend to rationalize everything, whether it's the existence of God or humans' deepest feelings. But scientists, too, are capable of passion.

Stars: Olga Budina, Dmitriy Pevtsov, Aleksandr Baluev, Olga Drozdova

Votes: 19

33. Uranium Derby (2017)

88 min | Documentary | Completed

Uranium Derby is a feature-length documentary about a young woman's look into an experiment gone wrong-the American nuclear experiment. This film depicts the manner in which toxic nuclear ... See full summary »

Director: Brittany Prater

34. Israel und die Bombe - Ein radioaktives Tabu (2012 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary

The documentary examines the question of Israel's possession of nuclear weapons. Answering in the affermative the movie also examines how Israel did so in secrecy but with the assistance of other countries.

Director: Dirk Pohlmann | Stars: Till Hagen, Dino A. Brugioni, Avner Cohen, Isabella Ginor

Votes: 35

35. V Was for Victory (1962)

28 min | Documentary, War

April-August 1945. Hitler had said: 'Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.' By 1945, Germany is beaten. Occupying armies uncover the staggering atrocities of Belsen, Auschwitz, and Buchenwald.

Stars: Budd Knapp, Fred Ashworth, Kermit Beahan, Johannes Blaskowitz

Votes: 13

36. Arid Lands (2007)

102 min | Documentary, History

Documentary about the land and people of the Columbia Basin and the Hanford Nuclear site in southeastern Washington state.

Directors: Grant Aaker, Josh Wallaert

Votes: 19

37. Target: St. Louis Vol. 1 (2021)

55 min | Documentary

TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical testing on citizens of St. Louis's Northside. Told through the eyes of the survivors who ... See full summary »

Director: Damien D. Smith | Stars: Reese Archibald, Sarah M. Barnes, Chester Deanes Jr., Elkin L. Kistner

38. Los Alamos und die Erben der Bombe (2001 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 45 min | Documentary

In Los Alamos New Mexico, Robert J. Oppenheimer and his staff created the first atomic bomb, "Trinity," the scientific prototype to "Little Boy" and "Fat Man," the bombs that hastened the ... See full summary »

Director: Claus Biegert | Star: Ed Grothus

39. Alamogordo, Center of the World, Trinity 1945 (2020)

28 min | Short

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Directors: Larry L. Sheffield, Trent DiGiulio

40. Stockpile (2001)

102 min | Documentary, History

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Director: Stephen Trombley | Star: Martin Sheen

Votes: 17

41. The Next Day (2021)

18 min | Short, Biography, History

The Next Day tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project, as he struggles to sleep the night before the testing of the first atomic bomb.

Director: Josette DeTour | Stars: Kenny Beers, Danielle Devitt, Timothy Huls, Adam Long

42. America's Atomic Bomb Tests: Operation Tumbler Snapper (1997 Video)

47 min | Documentary, History, War

These are the atomic bomb tests that provided the answers that today are the core of America's nuclear weapon's knowledge. Formerly classified, this motion picture material documents ... See full summary »

Votes: 11

43. Little Boy (2007)

14 min | Short, Drama

The second installment of Frank Mosley's Perception Trilogy, inspired by Greek philosopher Plato's quote, "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Mosley | Stars: Reece Rios, Renée Kelly, Zane Hubbard, John Rainone

Votes: 14

44. Add, Subtract, Unite, Divide (2022 Podcast Series)

54 min | Drama

Great Depression. Not jobs to be found. Gertrude Blanch, a trained mathematician can only find work in a hat store when she is discovered by a representative of the Worlds Projects ... See full summary »

Stars: Margaux Amie, Zoe Anastassiou, Debbon Ayer, Ron Bianchi

45. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: Two Nazis for the Price of One (1967)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War

A Gestapo officer who knows all about the Stalag 13 operation blackmails Hogan to find out about the Manhattan Project.

Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary

Votes: 200

46. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: The Manhattan Project (2002)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Encouraged by Leo Szilard and galvanized by German success in achieving nuclear fission, the United States embarks on a crash program to build a nuclear bomb. Aided by many Jewish ... See full summary »

Director: Sean Dash | Stars: Lloyd Sherr, William Lanouette, Robert Christy, Albert Einstein

Votes: 75

47. A Science Odyssey (1998– )
Episode: Mysteries of the Universe (1998)

History

At the beginning of the century, discoveries about the hidden workings of the everyday world suggest all is not as it seems. Quantum theory, relativity, nuclear power, and clues about the ... See full summary »

Directors: Noel Buckner, Rob Whittlesey | Stars: Charles Osgood, Sallie Baliunas, Niels Bohr, Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Votes: 12

48. Lost Worlds (2005–2007)
Episode: Secret Cities of the A-Bomb (2006)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History

Secret U.S. cities were born out of the Manhattan Project and then abandoned, leaving historians to interview former citizens and search crumbling buildings to create a picture of what they were like.

Stars: Albert Einstein, Leslie Groves, Sig Hecker, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 18

49. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: The Bomb: February-September 1945 (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Following the events from the death of US President Roosevelt through to the dropping of the two bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that prompted Japan's surrender.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, Alger Hiss, Anthony Eden

Votes: 356

50. The Propaganda Report (2016– )
DNB: Secret Group Operating a COVID-19 Manhattan Project, NYT Pushes Estrogen Shots for Men, Devil's Advocate & Secret Michelle Obama Documentary (2020 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Monica Perez, Brad Binkley