Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "plutonium"

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: 729,871 | Gross: $326.11M

2. Back to the Future (1985)

PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover

Votes: 1,307,444 | Gross: $210.61M

3. The Martian (2015)

PG-13 | 144 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara

Votes: 925,895 | Gross: $228.43M

4. Tenet (2020)

PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Juhan Ulfsak

Votes: 593,020 | Gross: $58.46M

5. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg

Votes: 378,279 | Gross: $220.16M

6. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

PG-13 | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider-Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones.

Director: Marc Webb | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti

Votes: 538,198 | Gross: $202.85M

7. American Assassin (2017)

R | 111 min | Action, Thriller

After the death of his girlfriend at the hands of terrorists, Mitch Rapp is drawn into the world of counterterrorism, mentored by tough-as-nails former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan Hurley.

Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Taylor Kitsch

Votes: 90,991 | Gross: $36.25M

8. The Expendables 2 (2012)

R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme

Votes: 322,395 | Gross: $85.02M

9. The Sum of All Fears (2002)

PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

CIA analyst Jack Ryan must stop the plans of a Neo-Nazi faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's President by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore, Maryland.

Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ian Mongrain, Russell Bobbitt

Votes: 124,435 | Gross: $118.91M

10. G.I. Jane (1997)

R | 125 min | Action, Drama, War

Lt. Jordan, a US Navy topographic analyst, joins the US Navy Special Warfare Group and struggles to prove her worth in a unit dominated by men. But a cynical woman Texan senator has sold her out.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe

Votes: 87,048 | Gross: $48.17M

11. My Spy (2020)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Comedy

A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Kristen Schaal

Votes: 34,499

12. This Means War (2012)

PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

C.I.A. operatives wage an epic battle on each other when they discover they are dating the same woman.

Director: McG | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger

Votes: 194,262 | Gross: $54.76M

13. Silkwood (1983)

R | 131 min | Biography, Drama, History

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson

Votes: 22,210 | Gross: $35.62M

14. Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A jewel thief's daughter is kidnapped after he steals a collection of prized black diamonds, which aren't at all what they seem.

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak | Stars: Jet Li, DMX, Mark Dacascos, Anthony Anderson

Votes: 46,767 | Gross: $34.71M

15. 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: 9,130 | Gross: $3.56M

16. The Manhattan Project (1986)

PG-13 | 117 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as a nuclear medical research facility in Ithaca, NY.

Director: Marshall Brickman | Stars: John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Richard Council, Robert Schenkkan

Votes: 6,869 | Gross: $3.90M

17. Regular Show: The Movie (2015)

TV-PG | 70 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

To save the universe, and their friendship, Mordecai and Rigby must defeat an evil volleyball coach.

Director: J.G. Quintel | Stars: J.G. Quintel, William Salyers, Sam Marin, Mark Hamill

Votes: 6,078

18. Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

PG | 114 min | Action, Adventure

An extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.

Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle

Votes: 5,870

19. Edge of Darkness (1985)

53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When his daughter Emma is murdered, cop Craven discovers that she was in a GAIA group of activists occupied with exposing Northmoor nuclear waste storage facility for illegal activities.

Stars: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay, Ian McNeice

Votes: 4,165

20. The President's Man (2000 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Thriller

A U.S. president's highly classified secret agent must find a fearless replacement to take over his extremely dangerous military missions.

Directors: Eric Norris, Michael Preece | Stars: Chuck Norris, Dylan Neal, Jennifer Tung, Soon-Tek Oh

Votes: 2,419

21. The Devil, Probably (1977)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc, Laetitia Carcano

Votes: 4,736 | Gross: $0.03M

22. Special Bulletin (1983 TV Movie)

103 min | Drama

A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC... See full summary »

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Ed Flanders, Kathryn Walker, Roxanne Hart, Christopher Allport

Votes: 1,327

23. Detonator (1993 TV Movie)

R | 98 min | Action, Thriller

A train with hostages is stolen in Bremen, Germany. It's heading south through Europe with a nuclear bomb. A UN crime-fighting task force is in charge of stopping it in cooperation with local military and police.

Director: David Jackson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Alexandra Paul, Ted Levine

Votes: 3,997

24. Pu-239 (2006)

R | 97 min | Drama

A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.

Director: Scott Z. Burns | Stars: Paddy Considine, Oscar Isaac, Valeriu Pavel Dan, Kenneth Bryans

Votes: 4,179

25. Gamera, the Guardian of the Universe (1994)

Unrated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

An ornithologist investigates reports of a monstrous new species of bird just as a teenage girl is gifted an amulet found on mysterious atoll. As the creatures begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to the girl emerges.

Director: Shûsuke Kaneko | Stars: Tsuyoshi Ihara, Akira Onodera, Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani

Votes: 4,085

26. Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996 TV Movie)

R | 89 min | Thriller

Spy-turned-detective Harry Palmer is tasked with recovering a consignment of stolen plutonium in Saint Petersburg.

Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Yuri Limonty, Tanya Jackson

Votes: 1,377

27. House Shark (2017)

112 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When he finds a shark that can travel on land residing in his home, an ex-cop enlists the help of a grizzled former real estate agent, and an eccentric "house shark" expert to kill the beast.

Director: Ron Bonk | Stars: Collin Dean, Aiden Tetro, Nathan Bonk, Trey Harrison

Votes: 2,038

28. Copenhagen (2002 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, History, War

A television adaptation of Michael Frayn's celebrated and award-winning stage play about the meeting between physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in 1941 Copenhagen. At this time the... See full summary »

Director: Howard Davies | Stars: Stephen Rea, Daniel Craig, Francesca Annis

Votes: 1,137

29. 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

30. 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: 1,299

31. Thunder Run (1985)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Charlie, a Korean War veteran, is driving a truck which is transporting plutonium from Nevada to Arizona. But there are a bunch of terrorists who want to steal the stuff...

Director: Gary Hudson | Stars: Forrest Tucker, John Ireland, John Shepherd, Jill Whitlow

Votes: 397 | Gross: $0.15M

32. Santa Claus (1959)

G | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

With Merlin's aid, Santa Claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil Pitch to ruin Christmas.

Director: René Cardona | Stars: José Elías Moreno, Cesáreo Quezadas 'Pulgarcito', José Luis Aguirre 'Trotsky', Armando Arriola

Votes: 5,164

33. The Lost Missile (1958)

Approved | 70 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi

A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.

Directors: Lester Wm. Berke, William Berke | Stars: Robert Loggia, Ellen Parker, Phillip Pine, Larry Kerr

Votes: 1,024

34. Time Bomb (1984 TV Movie)

95 min | Action, Drama

A gang of terrorists tries to hijack a truck carrying plutonium.

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Morgan Fairchild, Billy Dee Williams, Joseph Bottoms, Merlin Olsen

Votes: 188

35. Spy Time (2015)

93 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

Adolfo, a thirty something security guard, is going through a bad patch. Not only his lifetime girlfriend has just to finished with him to be a guy with no ambition, but he becomes the ... See full summary »

Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera | Stars: Imanol Arias, Quim Gutiérrez, Alexandra Jiménez, Berto Romero

Votes: 4,416

36. Stiletto Dance (2001 TV Movie)

R | 97 min | Drama, Action, Crime

Two undercover police officers must try to prevent a multi-million dollar nuclear arms deal among several mob factions.

Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Eric Roberts, Romano Orzari, Shawn Doyle, Brett Porter

Votes: 450

37. Under the Gun (1987)

R | 86 min | Action, Comedy

Mike Braxton (Sam Jones) a St. Louis cop, receives an urgent call from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles. The call ends abruptly and Mike rushes to LA to... See full summary »

Director: James Sbardellati | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Vanessa Williams, John Russell, Michael Halsey

Votes: 168

38. The Plutonium Incident (1980 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

A worker at a nuclear power plant finds life in danger after she points out unsafe conditions.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Janet Margolin, Bo Hopkins, Joseph Campanella, Powers Boothe

Votes: 61

39. Top Secret (1978 TV Movie)

100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A veteran American espionage agent is sent with a new partner to Italy, in order to track down 100 pounds of missing plutonium before it can be obtained by terrorists.

Director: Paul Leaf | Stars: Bill Cosby, Tracy Reed, Sheldon Leonard, Gloria Foster

Votes: 68

40. 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

41. Touch and Die (1992 TV Movie)

R | 180 min | Thriller

Frank Magenta works as a journalist in Rome for a big American newspaper. Assigned to gather information on the background of Scanzano, the presidential candidate of Italian origin, he ... See full summary »

Director: Piernico Solinas | Stars: Martin Sheen, Véronique Jannot, David Birney, Renée Estevez

Votes: 111

42. Crime Patrol (1993 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime

Move up the ranks from rookie to Delta Force by proving you can keep your cool as well as use your gun on the mean streets. You and your police partners must take down robbers, drug lords and even terrorists in this FMV light gun shooter.

Director: Barry Kirk | Stars: Jack Adams, Arthur Albert, Michael Allen, Stanley Allen

Votes: 36

43. Plutonium Baby (1987 Video)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror

Danny's mother was contaminated by radiation poisoning at the time of his birth. Years have passed, and Danny begins to go on a killing rampage.

Directors: Ray Hirschman, William Szarka | Stars: Patrick Molloy, Danny Guerra, Joe Viviani, Ciarán Sheehan

Votes: 265

44. Lichnyy nomer (2004)

100 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A terrorist organization know as "Ansar Allah" is preparing to turn the city of Rome into a City of Dead. But the heroism of Smolin, professionalism of Catherine Stone, help of Umar (from ... See full summary »

Director: Evgeniy Lavrentev | Stars: Aleksey Makarov, Louise Lombard, Vyacheslav Razbegaev, Viktor Verzhbitskiy

Votes: 639

45. The Nuclear Boy Scout (2003 TV Short)

20 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

David Hahn in the mid-nineties was a teenage boy scout working towards his merit badges. One badge in particular, the Atomic Energy Merit Badge, caught his imagination when it required him ... See full summary »

Director: Bindu Mathur | Star: David Hahn

Votes: 49

46. 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

47. 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

48. Airboss III: The Payback (2000)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Adventure

An American attack submarine on patrol in the South China Sea intercepts an SOS from a Russian freighter. The freighter was attacked by unidentified frogmen on the high seas and high grade ... See full summary »

Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Frank Zagarino, Kayle Watson, Caroline Strong, J. Christian Ingvordsen

Votes: 61

49. Blowin' in the Wind (2005)

62 min | Documentary, History, War

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Director: David Bradbury | Stars: Lisa Peers, Doug Rokke, Lauren Moret, George W. Bush

50. American Threnody (2007)

105 min | Documentary

One of the worst environmental disasters in American history happened at a place you probably never knew existed. There's a lot of American history buried up on Maxey Flat.

Director: Robert Rex Jackson | Stars: Nicole Barkasi, Teri Blanton, Fred Brown, Paul A. Charp