Nuclear weapon movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nuclear weapon movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting, suspense, intense and interesting films and TV shows about / with nuclear, danger, military, catastrophe, race against time, chases and races, explosion, heroes, weapons and disaster plots mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Hong Kong and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nuclear weapon: Oppenheimer (2023), The Bedford Incident (1965), The Return of the Living Dead (1985), Meteor (1979), Deep Impact (1998), Tehran (2020), Armageddon (1998), Deep Core (2000), MacGruber (2010), The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003).
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1.0M
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Style:
period piece, epic, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear, scientist, world war two, atomic bomb, american politics, physics, laboratory, arizona desert, top secret, husband wife relationship, moral dilemma, desert ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 1950s, year 1954, year 1943 ...
Place:
new mexico, england, zurich switzerland, north america, soviet union ...
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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: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage seeking their favorite food: brains!
Style:
black comedy, parody, independent film, dark comedy, spoof ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, nudity, cannibalism, punk, monster, female nudity, crematorium, undead, living dead, zombie apocalypse, paramedic ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
louisville kentucky, usa, san diego california, kentucky
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use ...
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, cold war, nasa, race against time, asteroid, space station, astrophysicist, scientist, astronaut, apocalypse, 007 ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, russia, switzerland, france, usa ...
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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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204K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian ...
Style:
suspense, touching, serious, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, catastrophe, apocalypse, nasa, survival, tsunami, astronomer, self sacrifice, spacecraft, president ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
tucson arizona, washington d.c., new york, north america, atlanta georgia ...
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30K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA, UK, Greece
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A Mossad agent embarks on her first mission as a computer hacker in her home town of Tehran.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
mossad, covert operation, computer, terrorist group, danger, israeli, hacker, spy, secret agent, hostage, criminal, computer hacker ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
israel, tehran iran, iran, middle east, palestine
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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: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A powerful laser machine rips the core of the earth causing earthquakes and tsunamis, and only one man and his team can save the planet from destruction. Will they succeed? Action, suspense and disaster for fans of the genre.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, tense, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, undercover, danger, forces of nature, technology gone awry, heroes, chaos, escapades, nuclear, conspiracy, volcanic eruption, dystopia ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china
Is relevant?
50K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ex-special operative MacGruber (Forte) is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Kilmer), who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, DC.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, satirical, spoof ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
undercover, dumb, satire, sarcasm, hotshot hero, danger, escapades, chases and races, uninhibited rivalry, stoner, secret agent, gross out humor ...
Time:
year 2010, 80s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa, las vegas, colorado ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Arun Khanna is a spy for the Indian government whose aid is enlisted to stop ISI Chief Ishak Khan. Khan is trying to build a nuclear bomb with which he can liberate Kashmir from the Indians. A battle of wits ensues. When Khan detonates a bomb at ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, undercover, spy, secret mission, one man army, undercover agent, daring rescue, heroic mission, tragic love, heroes, love and romance, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, india, kashmir, canada, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China, Hong Kong, Morocco
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist ...
Style:
breathtaking, exciting, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ex special forces, chinese army, ship, nuclear, law enforcement, terrorism, desert, military, group of criminals, save the day, arms dealer, weapons ...
Place:
somalia, china, morocco
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2K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a warehouse fire, museum director Groof and assistant Pimm find everything destroyed, only one statue withstood the fire mysteriously undamaged. Suddenly Groof is lying dead on the ground, killed by the statue? Pimm finds out that the cursed ...
Style:
psychotronic, sinister, classic horror, grindhouse, weird
Plot:
survival horror, inspector, mysterious death, museum, kaiju, paranormal, rabbi, curse, schizophrenia, corpse, warehouse, fire ...
Time:
year 1967
Place:
london
Is relevant?
208K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ocean, ufo, underwater, first contact, disaster, sea, submarine, space and aliens, survival, heroic mission, alien encounter, alien ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Wonder Woman comes into conflict with the Soviet Union during the Cold War in the 1980s and finds a formidable foe by the name of the Cheetah.
Style:
period piece, saga, entertaining, intense, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, superhero, superheroine, woman fights a man, female fighter, female warrior, superhuman powers, amazon, heroes, amazon tribe, strong female lead, warrior ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, 2020s
Place:
washington d.c., russia, los angeles, hawaii, egypt ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Well-intentioned history lesson; the decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.
Style:
captivating, bleak, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
world war two, atomic bomb, world war, usa history, bomber, battles, secret place, nuclear holocaust, super weapon, moral dilemma, heroes, military ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hiroshima japan, usa, japan, asia, pacific ocean
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam ...
Style:
political thriller, political, neo noir, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, vietnam war, cold war, president, u.s. president, danger, terrorism, conspiracy, nuclear missile, military, u.s. military, u.s. air force ...
Place:
montana, usa, vietnam, asia
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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: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, action adventure, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
cold war, teenager, nuclear, military, atomic bomb, whistleblower, nuclear bomb, nuclear war, scientist, plutonium, laboratory, bombing ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york state, new york
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A top US Air Force fighter pilot decides that his call sign of Black Angel means that he's a messenger of God. Freely committing murders as he goes, he steals a nuclear weapon and his plane. Taking a family hostage to help him, he works on ...
Style:
semi serious, futuristic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
psychopath, hijacking, fighter pilot, radioactivity, space, world war, disaster, world war three, hostage, atomic bomb, u.s. air force, apocalypse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Is relevant?
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 ...
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
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 ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Style:
futuristic, sexy, exciting, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space opera, outer space, space and aliens, space wars, space battle, artificial intelligence, human in outer space, heroes, androids and robots, military, cyborgs ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, brutal, exciting, confusing ...
Plot:
conspiracy, genocide, special agent, psychological manipulation, military, swat, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, spy mission, political conspiracy, fictional war, wiretap, philosophy ...
Time:
near future
Place:
prague, japan
Is relevant?
99K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland, Germany, Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.
Style:
clever, parody, unusual plot structure, humorous, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
nazi, space travel, flying saucer, steampunk, invasion, alternate reality, moon, swastika, nazism, space battle, fantasy world, ufo ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, 21st century
Place:
germany, new york, washington d.c., usa
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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: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, conspiracy, military, cold war, spy, assassin, assassination plot, soldier, prisoner, sergeant, assassination attempt, airport ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
germany, washington d.c., chicago, europe, russia ...
Is relevant?
440
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The most dangerous criminals in the universe escape from the Off-World Penitentiary and stow away to the quiet Moonbase Waste Disposal Plant. Hidden beneath the lunar surface lies an arsenal of nuclear warheads- the inmates' passport home to ...
Style:
sexy, psychotronic, independent film, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, prison guard, space, space opera, alien creature, monster, erotica, alien, astronaut, save the planet, rivalry, confined ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Canada, Czech Republic, India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion ...
Style:
exciting, action adventure, breathtaking, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, cia, mission, gunfight, frame up, female spy, escapades, undercover, chases and races, tough guy, working undercover ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, budapest, washington state, bay area, iran ...
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