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1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, War
An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 518,023 | Gross: $0.28M
2. Seven Days in May (1964)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner
Votes: 17,324 | Gross: $7.96M
3. Metal Gear Solid (1998 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
A crack government anti-terrorist squad takes over an obscure Alaskan nuclear disposal facility. Solid Snake is up for the task to infiltrate the facility, rescue the two hostages and thwart the terrorists' plans.
Director: Hideo Kojima | Stars: David Hayter, Patric Zimmerman, Peter Lurie, Akio Ôtsuka
Votes: 12,826
4. Backdraft 2 (2019 Video)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The sequel to the 1991 hit, follows an investigator with the Chicago F.D., who has to track down an arms dealer who use deadly fires as a distraction.
Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego | Stars: Joe Anderson, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Alisha Bailey
Votes: 2,465
5. Wrong Is Right (1982)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A TV reporter finds himself in the middle of an Arab leader buying two portable nukes, terrorists, arms dealer, a reporter/CIA spy killed, a US president ordering a K-I-L-L etc.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad, Katharine Ross
Votes: 2,264 | Gross: $3.38M
6. Atomic Train (1999)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A train filled with atomic devices threatens to destroy the city of Denver. John Serger (an NTSB agent) has to prevent this from happening
Stars: Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis, Esai Morales, John Finn
Votes: 2,352
7. 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: 5,777
8. Checkmate (1973)
R | 90 min | Thriller, Action
The Federation's Boss must call their best agent out of a bedroom romp with a gentleman because the USA, Russia, Britain and France, the four nuclear powers, are under the menace of an ... See full summary »
Directors: Lem Amero, John Amero, Henri Pachard | Stars: Diana Wilson, An Tsan Hu, J.J. Coyle, Don Draper
Votes: 49
9. 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: 1,934
10. Massive Retaliation (1984)
90 min | Drama, War
Three families that are best friends head to their secret retreat when WW3 seems to be nearing. The adults arrive at the retreat and must endure the stress to come while the children are ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas A. Cohen | Stars: Christopher Burton, Molly Cohen, Doug Santana, Alex Drude
Votes: 152
11. Critical Assembly (2002 TV Movie)
120 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two college students (Heigl and Smith) build a nuclear device, which is stolen by a fellow student. When it ends up in the hands of a terrorist, they work with an FBI agent (Beach) in a race against time.
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Katherine Heigl, Kerr Smith, J. August Richards, Jeff Roop
Votes: 420
12. Borders (1989 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary, Drama
A philosophical flume ride through the physical, political and moral borders that inhibit the free movement of people and ideas.
Directors: Merrill Aldighieri, Joe Tripician | Stars: Robert Anton Wilson, Brian Freemantle, Michio Kaku, Margaret Randall
Votes: 37
14. The Truth Game (1983 Video)
79 min
John Pilger's penetrating film which show the world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race. When the two American atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, ... See full summary »
Star: John Pilger
Votes: 11
15. Operation Sunflower (2014)
105 min | Drama, History
Through the eyes of the scientist in charge of the operation, we see the events leading to Israel developing her nuclear option in the 1960's.
Director: Avraham Kushnir | Stars: Yehoram Gaon, Baruch Brener, Daniella Kertesz, Tzufit Grant
Votes: 53
16. Children of Armageddon (2008)
95 min | Documentary
Facing a potential nuclear renaissance, this moving account explores the legacy of nuclear arms through the lives of 4 young women. First we meet Maki, granddaughter of a Hiroshima bombing ... See full summary »
Director: Fabienne Lips-Dumas | Stars: Christian Bernard, Stephan Cloutier, Melanie Cossette, Jocelyn Demers
17. Vybor tseli (1975)
158 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Igor Talankin | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Nikolay Volkov, Irina Skobtseva
Votes: 88
18. Explosive Situations (2000 TV Movie)
Unrated | 60 min | Documentary
The science involved in explosives is studied, with emphasis on nuclear testing and motion picture special effects.
Director: Kurt Sayenga | Star: Lance Henriksen
Votes: 7
19. Stockpile (2001)
102 min | Documentary, History
Director: Stephen Trombley | Star: Martin Sheen
Votes: 17
20. In Search of... Zombies (2011)
51 min | Documentary
In Search of... Zombies is the third in a series of videos based on the '70s TV show hosted by Leonard Nimoy investigating supernatural and paranormal phenomena. The show was revived in ... See full summary »
Directors: Matthew Day Jackson, Joseph Hung, David Tompkins | Stars: David Tompkins, Matthew Day Jackson, Wade Davis, Timothy Bright
21.
Flipper (1995–2000)
Episode:
Missile Crisis
(1996)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
International criminals force Keith and Garcia to help them locate a Cuban nuclear missile submerged in Florida coastal waters.
Director: Chris Thomson | Stars: Brian Wimmer, Colleen Flynn, Payton Haas, Jessica Alba
Votes: 20
22.
The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode:
The Human Factor
(1963)
TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
On a military base, in the frozen vastness of Greenland, an army psychiatrist devises a machine which enables him to tune in directly to his patients' thoughts.
Director: Abner Biberman | Stars: Gary Merrill, Harry Guardino, Joe De Santis, Ivan Dixon
Votes: 646
23.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Robot: Part Three
(1975)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Sarah and Kettlewell infiltrate an SRS meeting to try and find out what Miss Winters is up to but there is a surprise in store.
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Nicholas Courtney
Votes: 717
24.
The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode:
50 Insane Cold War Facts That Will Shock You!
(2018)
18 min | Documentary, Animation
Mixed in with these assorted bits of trivia are lessons on how the excessive paranoia of the Cold War lead to some unwise behavior.