Nuclear bomb movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nuclear bomb movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious, realistic, exciting and interesting films and TV shows about / with nuclear bomb, danger, race against time, nuclear threat, catastrophe, bomb, nuclear explosion, explosion, nuclear and disaster plots mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nuclear bomb: Unthinkable (2010), The Sum of All Fears (2002), The Day After (1983), The Peacemaker (1997), Jerusalem Countdown (2011), Fat Man and Little Boy (1989), Crimson Tide (1995), The Fourth Protocol (1987), Fail Safe (1964), Atomic Train (1999).
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100K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, psychological thriller, sexy, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorism, nuclear bomb, spy, counter terrorism, torture, expert, terrorist, violence, politics, cia, dehumanization, interrogation ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
iran, akron ohio, usa, middle east
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, political, political thriller, tense ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
cold war, terrorism, nuclear bomb, espionage, spy, cia, nuclear explosion, terrorist, nuclear war, secret agent, terrorist plot, nuclear threat ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 2000s, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place:
maryland, russia, israel, washington d.c., chechnya ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, ...
Style:
futuristic, harsh, apocalyptic, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
cold war, nuclear war, apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear explosion, disaster, nuclear bomb, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, dystopia, radiation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
80s, future, distant future, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, soviet union, kansas city, ussr ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, political thriller, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, nuclear explosion, nuclear bomb, train crash, chase, conspiracy, revenge, murder, bosnian war, car chase, secret service ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, former yugoslavia, russia, manhattan new york city, bosnia ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When nuclear weapons are smuggled into America, FBI Agent Shane Daughtry (David A.R White) is faced with an impossible task -- find them before they are detonated. The clock is ticking and the only people who can help are a washed up arms dealer ...
Style:
christian film, serious, suspenseful, realistic, disgusting ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, religious, bomb, law enforcement, danger, nuclear threat, chases and races, state affairs, faith, christian propaganda, christian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, iran, middle east
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, cerebral, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
satire, cold war, military, nuclear war, nuclear threat, nuclear explosion, u.s. air force, nuclear holocaust, nuclear bomb, doomsday, anti war, absurdism ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1942, 1930s
Place:
soviet union, washington d.c., persia, united kingdom, england ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.
Style:
factual, intense, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, nuclear bomb, atomic bomb, scientist, politics, military, scientific research, biopic, idealism, nuclear, moral dilemma, ego clash ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, new mexico, bay area, germany, russia
Is relevant?
135K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
On a US 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.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
submarine, nuclear threat, cold war, navy, nuclear bomb, u.s. navy, underwater, nuclear explosion, spy, terrorist, nuclear missile, military ...
Time:
90s
Place:
alabama, mediterranean sea, pacific ocean, russia
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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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28K
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: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 61 min.
TV show
Story:
A train headed for Denver carrying nuclear waste and toxic materials is en route for disaster when it becomes a runaway. Renegade investigator and train enthusiast John Seger jumps on board in a bid to save thousand of innocent lives...
Style:
fast, serious, suspenseful, bleak, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train crash, runaway train, railway, natural disaster, race against time, nuclear explosion, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, terrorism, die hard, subway, pandemic, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, usa
Is relevant?
476K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous ...
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, sentimental, entertaining, tear jerker ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, space travel, catastrophe, astronaut, race against time, self sacrifice, asteroid, nasa, save the world ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, future, 20th century
Place:
new york, washington d.c., paris france, usa, taj mahal ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have ...
Style:
sexy, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
end of the world, disaster, cold war, nuclear bomb, newspaper, chaos, natural disaster, apocalypse, science, race against time, danger, nuclear ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, distant future, 20th century, future ...
Place:
london, england, russia, europe, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain software glitches have ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, cyber, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear bomb, computer, terrorism, technophobia, chaos, prodigy, government agency, race against time, heroes, technology gone awry, undercover, danger ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
washington d.c., bosnia, tehran iran, afghanistan, montreal ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
What happens when a washed up KGB agent, who has defected to the United States, gets into the back seat of an Uber with a Nuclear Bomb he has to disarm in 48 hours?
Style:
tension, suspense, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear bomb, satire, espionage, countdown, problem, nuclear threat, bomb, bomb threat, secret agent, threat, race against time, special agent ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
556K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, visually stunning, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
giant monster, monster, robot, kaiju, creature, invasion, battles, chaos and mayhem, androids and robots, danger, destruction, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, near future, year 2017 ...
Place:
tokyo, pacific ocean, seattle, san francisco, hong kong ...
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110K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorism, nuclear explosion, train, mexican standoff, fighter jet, female warrior, male male relationship, danger, escapades, chases and races, rivalry, aviation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
utah, usa, pentagon, hong kong
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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 ...
Is relevant?
194K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Cambodia
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, epic ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, technology, fictional war, ex special forces, space station, human versus robot, killer robot, secret laboratory, nuclear fallout, nuclear explosion, humanoid robot ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 21st century
Place:
asia, los angeles, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against ...
Style:
action adventure, saga, clever, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, terrorist, female spy, tough guy, cia agent, plutonium, hand to hand combat, violence, bodyguard, rogue agent, cia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, kashmir, ireland, france, germany ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.
Style:
apocalyptic, controversial, mockumentary, disturbing, semi documentary ...
Plot:
nuclear war, cold war, nuclear threat, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nuclear bomb, nuclear, war, post apocalypse, dystopia, nuclear disaster, distopia ...
Time:
distant future, year 1965, 60s, future
Place:
europe, england, britain
Is relevant?
273K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Style:
parody, funny, action comedy, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
spy, female spy, undercover agent, espionage, assassin, female agent, female protagonist, female killer, cia, spy spoof, cia agent, disguise ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, paris france, italy, budapest, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland) and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, retro, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, dystopia, nuclear bomb, disaster, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, survival horror, nuclear explosion, post-apocalyptic future, bombing, nuclear threat ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, southern california
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, realistic, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
cold war, submarine, navy, nuclear submarine, radiation, courage, underwater, radiation sickness, nuclear, radioactivity, sea, sea disaster ...
Time:
60s, year 1989, year 2002, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
soviet union, nova scotia, russia, moscow russia, atlantic ocean ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
In Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhua, RAW Agent Vinod (Saif Ali Khan) is rescued by colleague Rajan (Ravi Kishan) from a rogue Pakistani army officer (Shahbaz Khan). In Russia/Uzbekistan, an ex-KGB Officer is tortured and murdered. In Cape Town, a ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, patriotic
Plot:
espionage, spy, car chase, tough guy, nuclear bomb, threat, danger, undercover, twists and turns, chase, dishonesty, nuclear threat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, morocco, asia, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jonathan Cold returns, this time he goes Undercover to stop a group of Terrorists before they bomb Los Angeles.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, spiritual, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, secret agent, undercover, martial arts, spy, nuclear bomb, hostage, rescue, espionage, danger, working undercover, heroic mission ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, amsterdam, utah
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are ...
Style:
stylized, witty, humorous, action comedy, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, secret service, reluctant partners, culture clash, cia, cia agent, undercover, chase, secret agent, mission ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 2015, 2010s, 1900s ...
Place:
italy, germany, london, rome italy, east germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a nuclear missile is launched by presumably Soviet forces toward Turkey, the beginning of the ultimate war to end all wars WW 3 is started. Powers Boothe, his girlfriend and copilot Rebecca DeMornay and their flight crew take off in a B 52 on ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear explosion, world war three, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nato, nuclear threat, aviation, nuclear bomb, doom, post apocalypse, politics ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 90s
Place:
usa, nebraska, ussr, washington d.c., soviet union ...
Is relevant?
462K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
monster, giant monster, godzilla, dinosaur, disaster, creature, kaiju, catastrophe, military, mutant, deadly creature, chaos ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, year 2014, 2010s, year 1999 ...
Place:
japan, hawaii, san francisco, tokyo, honolulu hawaii ...
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