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List of nuclear explosion movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or mistaken.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
nuclear threat, elementary school, youth, nuclear bomb, nuclear holocaust, cold war, panic, bomb shelter, bombing, nuclear explosion, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, twist ending, surprise ending, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
kids, date night, adult
Plot:
ape, astronaut, post apocalypse, planet of the apes, dystopia, gorilla, space and aliens, space exploration, trial, time travel, plot twist, desert ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1968, near future, 20th century ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' (which lasted two minutes and twenty eight seconds, including the signing of the peace treaty) is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and ...
Style:
dark comedy, apocalyptic, psychedelic, surreal, psychotronic ...
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, post apocalyptic, absurdism, nuclear holocaust, distopia, satire, epidemic, apocalypse, nuclear bomb, bombing ...
Time:
year 1969, future
Place:
cornwall, england, london
Is relevant?
120K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a ...
Style:
tense, cyber, futuristic, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
cold war, hacker, computer genius, computer hacker, computer, chess, computer cracker, nuclear threat, hacking, artificial intelligence, nuclear war, computer system ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
seattle, oregon, ussr, washington state, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, action adventure, independent film, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, survival, post-apocalyptic future, disaster, nuclear holocaust, wasteland, distopia, canuxploitation, post nuclear, exploitation, nuclear explosion ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, future
Place:
nova scotia, russia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
Style:
philosophical, sexy, cerebral, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, alone, apocalypse, male nudity, end of the world, vestiges of humanity, survival, dystopia, love triangle, disaster, parallel world ...
Time:
future, year 1985
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, politics, undercover, cold war, kgb, nuclear bomb, secret agent, conspiracy, closeted homosexual, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
russia, england, glasgow scotland, europe, london ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
bunker, opposites attract, fish out of water, happy ending, cold war, genius, cuban missile crisis, father son relationship, love story, fall in love, nuclear war, destiny ...
Time:
60s, future, 90s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, cuba
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The President of the United States must deal with an international military crisis while confined to a Colorado diner during a freak snowstorm.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, independent film, talky, serious ...
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear bomb, nuclear, politics, nuclear threat, diner, president, snow, usa politics, government, politician, nuclear explosion ...
Time:
future, year 1999, near future, 2000s, year 2008 ...
Place:
iraq, colorado, usa, baghdad iraq, korea ...
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47K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Style:
psychological, futuristic, cerebral, cult classic, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
distopia, decadence, money, violence, tower, dark humor, existentialism, violent, surrealism, male nudity, rape, orgy ...
Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016 ...
Place:
london, england, ireland
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269K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, distopia, end of the world, cannibalism, starvation, dystopia, on the road, journey ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, distant future, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, north america, canada
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Style:
futuristic, serious, apocalyptic, road movie, heroic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, lone hero, religion, protector, end of the world, dystopia, dystopic future, chaos ...
Time:
future, year 2010, near future, distant future, 2040s ...
Place:
indiana, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, surreal, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Plot:
nature, isolation, solitude, wilderness survival, survival, dog, forest, human animal relationship, diary, human nature, introspection, mountain ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alps, germany, austria
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Villagers find their situation growing increasingly desperate when their community becomes engulfed in an endless winter.
Style:
surreal, realistic, disturbing, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
nuclear bomb, fire, snow, ostrich, nature, tree, rooster, prostitution, rural setting, ecology, minimalism, environment ...
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A lowly utility worker is called to the future by a mysterious radio signal, he must leave his dying wife to embark on a journey that will force him to face his deepest fears in an attempt to change the fabric of reality and save humankind from its ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
time travel, time paradox, climate change, deforestation, parallel world, changing the past or future, discovery, time machine, research, apocalypse, disaster, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, near future
Is relevant?
115K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with ...
Style:
intense, apocalyptic, serious, entertaining, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, survival, worldwide chaos, hacker, danger, hysteria, heroic mission, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, london, los angeles, chicago ...
Is relevant?
756
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars, it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part "Alien" and part "ET". Encased in armor, it extends a human like form from its shell to ...
Style:
independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
mars, monster, egg, military, soldier, space, martian, killer animal, alien encounter, benign alien, danger, space and aliens ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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18K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?
Style:
adult animation, anime, exciting, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
superhero, villain, female warrior, justice, alternate reality, batman, battles, superman, fight, super villain, superpower, supernatural power ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
1960: the French intelligence service hires the 23-year-old André Merlaux. Handsome, well raised, intelligent but impressionable, Merlaux has much to learn to serve and defend the interests of France. Three officials must adequately train him to ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, feel good, satirical ...
Plot:
espionage, secret service, cia agent, government agent, political intrigue, escapades, secret agent, special agent, satire, spy mission, political unrest, reconnaissance ...
Time:
60s, future, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, sahara, algeria
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
When time travel allows a past wrong to be righted for The Flash and his family, the ripples of the event prove disastrous as a fractured, alternate reality now exists where a Justice League never formed, and even Superman is nowhere to be found. ...
Style:
intense, anime, suspenseful, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
superhero, justice league, batman, alternate timeline, hopes, time travel, superman, alternate reality, death, fight scenes, professor, comic book ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, big ben london, paris france, washington d.c., london
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Indonesia, UK, China, Singapore
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an alliance with a band of survivors to take back the planet once and for all.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspense, disturbing, smart ...
Plot:
alien, rescue, alien technology, spaceship, brutality, alien invasion, invasion, evil alien, monster, abduction, police officer, alien creature ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
laos, southeast asia, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hotshot Navy special ops guys get assigned to take a cruise to keep an eye on a VIP's daughter. Once the voyage is under way, somehow a nuke A) gets lost in the vicinity, and goes off. The resulting tidal wave capsizes the cruise ship, and its ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
terrorist, cruise ship, one against many, hostage, survival, betrayal, ocean, fight, kidnapping, terrorist group, teenage girl, conspiracy ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, pentagon, san diego california
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
Style:
suspense, epic, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
batman, superhero, justice, comic book, villain, violent, distopia, fighting crime, heroes, good versus evil, imaginary, threat ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, soviet union, washington d.c., ussr
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, serious, suspenseful, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, apocalypse, robot, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, man versus machine, dark future, terminator, killer robot ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2017, year 1997, 70s ...
Place:
san francisco, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
Style:
suspense, melancholic, talky, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
submarine, underwater, disaster, survival, race against time, apocalypse, moral dilemma, dystopic future, brutality, rescue, shark, danger ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1961, 1950s, 50s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. ...
Style:
epic, saga, hilarious, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
superman, superhero, mountain, comic book, superhuman powers, superpower, super powers, alter ego, multiverse, heroes, astronaut, villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, san francisco, north america, italy, russia
Is relevant?
118K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, tech noir, thought provoking, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, memory loss, amnesia, twists and turns, time travel, changing the past or future, frame up, destiny, prophecy, technology, time machine, gunfight ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future, 21st century
Place:
seattle
Is relevant?
174K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies ...
Style:
mind bending, exciting, clever, action packed, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, foreknowledge, psychic, changing the past or future, danger, destiny, save the day, twists and turns, supernatural ability, a vision, precognition, terrorism ...
Time:
future, year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, usa, arizona
Is relevant?
291K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Style:
serious, exciting, action packed, intense, saga ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, chase, genetics, experiment gone awry, transformation, monster, scientist, repressed memory, technology, mutant, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 60s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, central america, south america ...
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