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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: 518,752 | Gross: $0.28M
2. Threads (1984 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May
Votes: 20,184
3. Vice (I) (2018)
R | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 162,563 | Gross: $47.84M
4. Crimson Tide (1995)
R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven, George Dzundza
Votes: 123,484 | Gross: $91.40M
5. Green Zone (2010)
R | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear, Igal Naor
Votes: 142,778 | Gross: $35.05M
6. The Event (2010–2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a man goes looking for his missing girlfriend, he stumbles upon a government conspiracy that is bigger than the President himself.
Stars: Jason Ritter, Sarah Roemer, Ian Anthony Dale, Zeljko Ivanek
Votes: 26,594
7. Fair Game (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
Votes: 51,078 | Gross: $9.53M
8. The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A NASA astronaut, forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never given up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government's threats to stop him.
Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Max Thieriot
Votes: 23,286 | Gross: $11.00M
9. Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
R | 146 min | Drama, Thriller
An imprisoned rogue USAF general with a secret personal agenda, escapes the brig and takes over an ICBM silo, threatening to start WW3.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Roscoe Lee Browne, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 3,730
10. 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
11. Hiroshima (1995 TV Movie)
PG | 190 min | Drama, War
The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.
Directors: Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Lynne Adams, Wesley Addy, Allen Altman, Bernard Behrens
Votes: 985
12. 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: 1,236
13. Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995 Video)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, History, War
The history of nuclear weapons between 1945 until 1963.
Director: Peter Kuran | Stars: William Shatner, Edward Teller, W.H.P. Blandy, Frank H. Shelton
Votes: 3,623
14. Hiroshima: The Aftermath (2015)
94 min | Documentary
A documentary about the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima/Nagasaki and their aftermaths in both Japan and the United States. It includes many eyewitness accounts and historical documentation from both US and Japanese citizens.
Director: Lucy van Beek | Stars: Benjamin Bederson, Peter Burchett, Winston Churchill, Allen Dulles
Votes: 240
15. War Book (2014)
92 min | Drama
Eight UK government officials act out their potential response and decisions in a simulated war game scenario in which escalation of nuclear threat between India and Pakistan leads to nuclear war and quite likely the end of the world.
Director: Tom Harper | Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Shaun Evans, Sophie Okonedo, Phoebe Fox
Votes: 710
16. Countdown to Zero (2010)
PG | 91 min | Documentary
A documentary about how the likelihood of nuclear weapons (or fissile materials) usage has increased due to the rise of terrorism and lack of safeguards and verification.
Director: Lucy Walker | Stars: Graham Allison, James Baker III, Bruce Blair, Tony Blair
Votes: 2,315 | Gross: $0.27M
17. WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)
98 min | Documentary
There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the latter was not. Until now... Independent filmmaker, Emmy-award winningTV journalist, author... See full summary »
Director: Danny Schechter | Stars: Peter Arnett, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Maurice Hinchey
Votes: 457 | Gross: $0.03M
18. Sputnik Fever (2007)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Documentary looking back at the USSR's Sputnik satellite and its effects at the time and over the last 50 years.
Director: David Hoffman | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Gene Banucci, Jay Barbree, Paul Dickson
Votes: 129 | Gross: $0.01M
19. Killing Kelly (2021)
65 min | Documentary
An explosive new documentary about the strange death of Dr David Kelly, the British weapons expert found dead in the woods - as he predicted he would be - amidst the swirl of Tony Blair and... See full summary »
Director: Sean A Murray | Star: David Christopher Kelly
Votes: 44
20. The Birthday Party: A Chad, Matt & Rob Interactive Adventure (2010)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Action, Adventure
While trying to get to their boss's birthday party, three friends battle gangs, demons and an extremist militia on the streets of Los Angeles.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Rob Polonsky, Tyler Tuione
Votes: 43
21. A Call to Arms (2009)
85 min | Documentary, History, War
The eyewitness story of the illegal U.S. and U.K. military anthrax vaccination programs, which is recommended by Montel Williams as the Must-See Documentary of the Year. Because of the ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Miller | Stars: Michael Douglas, Linda Hamilton, Scott Miller, Melissa Mosich Miller
Votes: 60
22. 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
23. Anthrax War (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Filmmakers investigate 2001 anthrax attacks and uncover a nightmare world.
Director: Bob Coen | Stars: Bob Coen, Francis E. Boyle, Jean Patterson, Stuart Jacobson
Votes: 53
24. Death Without Consent (2007)
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Chris Carrington, 22, a brilliant Senior in college, has lost his father and brother to a hereditary kidney disease. He knows that he will die from it also. Having dealt with the agony of ... See full summary »
Director: Vera Chawla | Stars: Chad Doreck, Sonya Vaswani, Nina Merchant, Pawel Szajda
Votes: 51
25. Dr. Teller's Very Large Bomb (2006 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
As scientists race to perfect the atomic bomb, Dr. Teller has a bigger idea.
Director: Michael Lennick | Stars: Hans Bethe, Freeman Dyson, Reed Hadley, Richard Rhodes
Votes: 18
26. 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
27. Power of Decision (1958)
55 min | Documentary
This documentary shows the early ideas about how nuclear war between the USA and the USSR could look like. It is made purely from the US side and takes place mostly in the US military ... See full summary »
Votes: 13
28. Comedy Central Salutes George W. Bush (2008 Video)
110 min | Animation, Biography, Comedy
Stars: George W. Bush, Dave Attell, Lewis Black, Timothy Bottoms
29. Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped (1995 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary
Documentary addressing controversial questions surrounding the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan at the end of World War II. Includes interviews with historians and analysis of records left by participants in the decision.
Stars: Peter Jennings, Gar Alperovitz, Barton Bernstein, McGeorge Bundy
Votes: 42
30. Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space (2009)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Short
When a war starts in space, can anyone really win?
Director: Denis Delestrac | Stars: George W. Bush, Helen Caldicott, Kevin Chilton, Noam Chomsky
Votes: 86
31. Beneath the Plains: The Minuteman Missile on Alert (2020 Video)
31 min | Documentary, Short
The story of the Minuteman strategic missile program, focusing on the Cold War years. From the 1960s onward, up to one thousand nuclear-armed ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) ... See full summary »
Directors: Bob Noll, Mike Sullivan | Stars: Steve Ket, Linda Aldrich, Don Alston, Bruce Blair
32. Nuclear Tipping Point (2010)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
A documentary produced by the Nuclear Security Project to raise awareness about nuclear threats and to help build support for the urgent actions needed to reduce nuclear dangers.
Director: Ben Goddard | Stars: Michael Douglas, Mikhail Gorbachev, John F. Kennedy, Henry Kissinger
Votes: 24
33. In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer (1964 TV Movie)
135 min | Drama
Director: Gerhard Klingenberg | Stars: Charles Regnier, Siegfried Wischnewski, Carl Lange, Hans Karl Friedrich
Votes: 38
34. Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (2001 Video)
48 min | Documentary, History
This is a documentary about the historical context of the Cuban Missile Crisis, that is available on the DVD for the film, Thirteen Days (2000). Using archival footage and new interviews ... See full summary »
Director: Alita Holly | Stars: Sam Donaldson, Ernest R. May, Sergei Khrushchev, Marvin Kalb
Votes: 61
35. Leading to War (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
LEADING TO WAR documents how the Bush Administration made its case to the American people for military action in Iraq, despite worldwide opposition.
Director: Barry J. Hershey | Stars: Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell
Votes: 55
36. Umatilla (2004)
52 min | Documentary
Umatilla Chemical Weapons Depot is the home to the largest stockpile of leaking chemical weapons in the world.
Director: R.J. Mchatton
37. The Priest Who Blessed the Bomb (2007)
10 min | Short
This haunting film portrays the events in Hiroshima on 6th August 1945, and follows the thoughts of Father George Zabelka a Roman Catholic priest who gave the crew of the plane that dropped... See full summary »
Director: Joe Jenkins
38. Planspiel Atomkrieg - Raketenpoker um die Nachrüstung (2008 TV Movie)
45 min | History
Director: Gabriele Trost | Stars: Viktor Cherkashin, Robert McFarlane, Hans Apel, Erhard Eppler
39. On the Brink: Doomsday (1997 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, War
The A-Bomb, the H-Bomb, Cold War, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Yeltsin, Reagan...Who said that the world was a safe place?
Director: Gary Parker | Stars: Ed Green, Peter Roman, R. Cargill Hall, Vassily Reshetnikov
Votes: 23
40. Notes on Nuclear War (1983)
60 min | Documentary
The development of nuclear weapons, their effects and how they have affected contemporary politics and military strategy.
Director: Tina Viljoen | Star: Gwynne Dyer
Votes: 8
42.
Q.E.D. (1982–1999)
Episode:
A Guide to Armageddon
(1982)
Documentary
A Guide to Armageddon (aka Q.E.D), is a 30 minute documentary about a nuclear missile detonating in London, and the effects it would have on things like buildings, cars and people. Directed by Mick Jackson, and narrated by Ludovic Kennedy.
Director: Mick Jackson | Star: Ludovic Kennedy
Votes: 71
43.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Spying on Saddam
(1999)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
Chronicles the United Nation's dramatic eight-year long effort to find and dismantle Saddam Hussein's secret weapons of mass destruction.
Stars: William Arkin, Richard Butler, Barton Gellman, Khidhir Hamza
Votes: 11