Radiation movies and TV shows – page 2
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List of radiation movies
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A group of grad students have booked passage on the fishing trawler Harbinger to study the effects of global warming on a pod of Orcas in the Bering Sea. When the ship's crew dredges up a recently thawed piece of old Soviet space wreckage, ...
Style:
suspense, tense, rough, suspenseful, nautical ...
Plot:
creature, infection, creature feature, ship, alien abduction, alien, winter, fishing boat, monster, body horror, sea, military ...
Time:
year 1982
Place:
alaska
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Robinson, appropriately named as we will soon discover, is on vacation in Biarritz with his wife. What follows is the story behind the loss of his arm, a story that becomes increasingly bizarre and eventually apocalyptic, leading us down a narrative ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, exciting, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, virus, contamination, father daughter relationship, poison, end of the world, snow, fictional war, death, apocalypse, couple relations, vacation ...
Place:
europe, france, spain
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Solar debris crashes down to Earth, causing widespread destruction and unleashing solar radiation around the world. As genetic mutations rapidly spread, a group of friends must fight to stay alive and escape the chaos.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, tense, dread, thrilling ...
Plot:
mutation, survival, friends, disaster, struggle for survival, escape, radiation, cannibalism, group of friends, cannibal, radiation poisoning, chaos ...
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After an atomic explosion blasts the Moon out of Earth orbit, Moonbase Alpha drifts in space, with 300 people on board. When a rescue team from Earth arrives in a faster-than-light space ship, everyone is overjoyed that they can now return to Earth. ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, grim, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space opera, nuclear disaster, space colony, radiation, paranoia, conspiracy, hallucination, marooned, telepathy, isolation, alien invasion, desperation ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An ecological disaster turns some rednecks into flesh-eating mutants.
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, cult classic, grindhouse, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
redneck, mutant, violence, backwoods, radiation, body horror, zombie, small town, exploitation, underground, survival, infected ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
The main character was forgotten during an excursion to the Chernobyl exclusion zone. He will meet with the inhabitants of the zone and pass many obstacles in order to survive.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, tense, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
mutant, found footage, survival, nuclear disaster, radiation, isolation, contamination, ruins, loneliness, haunting, man versus nature, loss ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
chernobyl, ukraine, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
It's either about some humanoids that came from Atlantis, or something else.
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, tension, parody, spoof
Plot:
atlantis, creature feature, fight scenes, mutant, hunting, lake, man versus nature, investigation, radiation, female partner, mad scientist, small town ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Sometime in the near future within a place of rot and wasted dreams, four men come looking for the Hall of Wishes within the contaminated zone of post-apocalyptic earth.
Style:
bleak, atmospheric, grim, mysterious, psychological ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, isolation, desolation, dystopian future, haunting, survival, moral ambiguity, radiation, slow burn, salvation, post soviet, desire ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate few who are somehow immune from the effects. Animals go insane and human beings turn to white powder, leaving behind only empty clothing. A handful ...
Style:
apocalyptic, spooky, serious, bleak, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, disaster, dystopia, post apocalyptic, distopia, apocalypse, radiation, solar flare, wasteland, doomsday, desolation, 666 ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by ...
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, apocalyptic, mysterious, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
planet, robot, time dilation, apocalypse, disaster, star wars, space opera, space travel, spaceship, radiation, outer space, computer ...
Time:
future, year 1979, near future
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.
Style:
medical drama, light, controversial, road movie, hot
Plot:
nuclear power plant, radiation, catastrophe, explosions, nuclear, trial, truth, ice, mother, house, running, cold war ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986
Place:
poland, europe, russia, ukraine, soviet union ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric ...
Style:
tense, political, political thriller, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, politics, nuclear threat, u.s. air force, military, nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, bomber, nightmare, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place:
russia, new york, washington d.c., usa, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, political, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, submarine, war, navy, nuclear explosion, reporter, u.s. navy, confrontation, propaganda, battlefield, military, torpedo ...
Time:
60s
Place:
greenland, atlantic ocean, russia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, funny, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, time, time loop, destiny, teenager, scientist, changing the past or future, inventor, fish out of water, high school ...
Time:
future, 80s, 1950s, year 1985, 20th century ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, north america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
The mysterious murder of an environmental activist leads her straight-laced father, an Inspector of the local police force, through a haunting revelation of the murkiness of the British Nuclear Policy of the eighties.
Style:
detective, political, political thriller, cult classic, serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
conspiracy, revenge, politics, nuclear, murder, legal investigation, police, murder mystery, whistleblower, conspiracy theory, capitalism, new world order ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
england, northern england, yorkshire, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave their shelter to find a world full of mutants, freaks and ...
Style:
parody, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, mutant, apocalypse, chaos, dystopian future, dark humor, danger, wasteland, post-apocalyptic future, survivor, private detective ...
Time:
future, year 1985, 1940s, year 1986, 80s ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, UK, Spain
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, futuristic, spiritual, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
destiny, dystopia, reincarnation, life & death, multiple storylines, life philosophy, clone, homosexual, distopia, post apocalypse, karma, tribe ...
Time:
future, year 1936, distant future, year 1975, near future ...
Place:
seoul, san francisco, belgium, persia, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Action, Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Carl J. Sukenick is the commander of a branch of the CIA, battling terrorists with martial arts, while his dad keeps watch in the security center. Neal was sent out, but is a traitor, and he was mutated by a radiation blast. He sends Sara Shell to ...
Style:
grindhouse, suspense, detective, psychotronic, claymation ...
Plot:
traitor, martial arts, mutant, betrayal, secret agent, body horror, graphic violence, cia, creature feature, alien, revenge, infiltration ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group that has managed to escape radioactive contamination takes it upon itself to exterminate those it sees as "unfit", including ...
Style:
apocalyptic, bleak, harsh, action packed
Plot:
post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, violence, post apocalyptic, nuclear holocaust, survival, dystopia, revenge, vigilante justice, domination, survivalist, desolation ...
Time:
80s, future
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An escaped, but framed, prisoner escapes prison during a cobalt explosion and soon discovers he has grown a special power that makes his body impervious to everything. Learning this, he seeks vengeance on the bad guys who framed him for jail.
Style:
retro, crime drama, suspense, black and white, tension ...
Plot:
revenge, frame up, mutation, nuclear testing, prison break, superhuman powers, invulnerability, escaped prisoner, mobster, betrayal, cold war, fugitive ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The last seven survivors of a nuclear war barricade themselves against an attack by a mutant cannibal.
Style:
apocalyptic, independent film, scary, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, monster, post-apocalyptic future, mutant, distopia, post apocalyptic, murder, radiation, end of the world, survival, disaster, violent content ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A glowing meteor falls into a secluded pond into which Mafia hitmen have dumped the body of one of their victims. Students from the local college use the pond for a swimming hole. Then the fun begins.
Style:
independent film, suspense, cult horror, cult classic, tense ...
Plot:
meteorite, zombie, macabre, monster, murder, sorority, college student, small town, supernatural, isolation, mafia, swimming ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Following a nuclear power plant meltdown, a nearby village known as Nosferatu Village, became radiated, and subsequently abandoned for more than a decade. The year is 1984, and the public are now permitted to return, and a small group come back to ...
Style:
disturbing, psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
bat, survival horror, virus, survival, violence, escape, human existence, plague, evil, hiding place, friendship, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprinter in the world. From a setback in Seoul that nearly costs her the use of her feet to her ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, uplifting
Plot:
running, olympics, track and field, radiation, power relations, disability, unfulfillment, athlete's life, human spirit, hopes, athlete and trainer, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
barcelona, seoul
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A high-school teacher (Kenji Sawada) builds an atomic bomb to hold Tokyo hostage, then cannot decide what he wants.
Style:
philosophical, semi serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, atomic bomb, plutonium, high school teacher, technology, mental disorder, professor, sexploitation, satire, nuclear threat, car chase, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, USA, Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors is a French/North American animated TV show which was first broadcast on September 16, 1985. It was produced by DIC Entertainment and animated by the Japanese animation studios Sunrise, Shaft, Studio Giants, Studio ...
Style:
anime, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, offbeat ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
sword and sorcery, automobile, disorder, wizards and magicians, radiation, mad scientist, danger, chases and races, space and aliens, imaginary, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
distant future
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from ...
Style:
anime, exciting, captivating, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space opera, spacecraft, space adventure, space battle, save the world, space wars, radiation, siege, battles, danger, escapades ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
In a future decimated by war, only a small band of humans survive. The radiation from the war has created many new species, including huge, semi-intelligent dragons and evil mutants. The only source of power is the volcanic stone amber, but locating ...
Style:
serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sword and sorcery, good versus evil, mutant, partner, dystopian future, master villain, imaginary, rivalry, danger, escapades, survival, heroes ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary.
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
dystopian future, on the run, chase, chases and races, androids and robots, escapades, danger, secret place, chaos, post apocalypse, survivor, hiding place ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Star Blazers is an American animated television series adaptation of the Japanese anime series, Space Battleship Yamato I, II, and III. Star Blazers was first broadcast in the United States in 1979. Significantly, it was the first popular ...
Style:
anime, serious, exciting, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien invasion, space battle, space opera, space adventure, spaceship, superhero, spacecraft, space wars, outer space, siege, radiation, battles ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
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