Radiation sickness movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant radiation sickness movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, disturbing, bleak, realistic, suspenseful and cult film films and TV shows about / with radiation sickness, radiation, catastrophe, disaster, survival, death, nuclear, danger, nuclear war and radiation poisoning plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and History genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
radiation sickness

TOP 10 movies tagged as radiation sickness: K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Black Rain (1989), Chernobyl: Abyss (2021), Chernobyl (2019), Chernobyl Diaries (2012), The Divide (2011), The Cloud (2006), When the Wind Blows (1986), Silkwood (1983), Barefoot Gen (1983).
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
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:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, rough, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, cold war, navy, nuclear submarine, military, courage, nuclear, radiation sickness, sea, suspense, radiation, disaster ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1989 ...
Place:
ussr, russia, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.
Style:
disturbing, political, gloomy, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, radiation sickness, survival, nuclear war, atomic bomb, time travel, female protagonist, health, doctor, flashback, unmarried woman, suitor ...
Time:
year 1945, year 1950
Place:
hiroshima japan, asia, japan
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The film tells about the firefighter, heroically eliminating the consequences of the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Style:
rough, depressing, thought provoking, serious, dark ...
Plot:
nuclear power plant, radiation, disaster, radiation sickness, nuclear reactor, death, evacuation, accident, firefighting, rescue mission, communism, society ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, ussr
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778K

Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 330 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Style:
dark, thought provoking, atmospheric, realistic, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nuclear power plant, radiation, radiation poisoning, nuclear reactor, nuclear holocaust, save the day, scientist, nuclear explosion, salvation, nuclear threat, disaster, abandoned city ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, ussr, ukraine, moscow russia, europe ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A group of six tourists looking to go off the beaten path, hire an 'extreme tour guide'. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, surprise ending, splatter ...
Plot:
tourist, mutant, stranded, nuclear power plant, virus, suspense, abandoned building, radiation, brother brother relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, death, brutality ...
Place:
chernobyl, ukraine, kiev ukraine, london, rome italy ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Style:
tense, apocalyptic, bleak, futuristic, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, confined, survival horror, isolation, torment, losing-it hero, suspense, social decay, disaster, apocalypse, group of strangers, nuclear holocaust ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, north korea, new york
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
DIE WOLKE (The Cloud) is about a breakdown of a nuclear power station in Germany and the story of two teenager-lovers Hannah and Elmar who take refuge. 38.000 people die and Hannah unfortunately becomes contaminated.
Style:
serious, bleak, touching, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
radiation, disaster, teenage love, hospital, supportive parent, confined, survival, contamination, radiation sickness, evacuation, warning, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, northern germany
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Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II
Style:
adult animation, bleak, disturbing, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear threat, cold war, nuclear holocaust, tragedy, apocalypse, countryside, war, chaos, distopia, disaster, world war two ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
england, europe
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21K

Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, sad, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, whistleblower, working class, workplace, women, research, environmental, fighting the system, contamination, uncover truth, corporate crime, lesbian ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place:
oklahoma, usa, washington d.c., california
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. Based on the acclaimed manga by Nakazawa Keiji, the author of Barefoot Gen, who was 6 years old ...
Style:
anime, disturbing, adult animation, political, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, anti war, coming of age, disaster, nuclear disaster, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, distopia, radiation sickness, destruction of the world, bombing, atomic bomb ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, hiroshima japan
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, social, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Plot:
factory worker, factory, american history, workplace problem, disgruntled worker, labor union, labor movement, social injustice, worker, social problems, labor leader, fighting the system ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
Based on true events, a boy and a girl fall in love during the worst nuclear disaster in history.
Plot:
radiation sickness, catastrophe, helicopter, radiation, robbery, disaster, forced abortion
Time:
year 1986
Place:
ussr, ukraine
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Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
Style:
anime, political, disturbing
Plot:
nuclear disaster, radiation sickness, starvation, hunger, ruins, teenager, grave, children, skeleton, black market, death of mother, death of child ...
Place:
hiroshima japan, japan
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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:
disturbing, thought provoking, futuristic, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
cold war, nuclear war, disaster, apocalypse, post apocalypse, end of the world, nuclear holocaust, radiation, catastrophe, distopia, nuclear bomb, natural disaster ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, new jersey, missouri, nebraska ...
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64K

Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After she's irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, perverse, mind blowing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female assassin, revenge, murder, female protagonist, vengeance, suspense, fight, poison, woman, murderer, assassin, female serial killer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
tokyo, japan, osaka japan
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set on Christmas Eve, eight days after the war ends, survivor Kate discovers a mysterious radio signal and befriends the voice. As she embarks on a journey to find its origins, Kate encounters the isolation and horror of a nuclear war and the failed ...
Style:
psychotronic, neo noir, dark, noir, gloomy ...
Plot:
distopia, world war three, survival, strong female lead, false identity, lie, psychopath, betrayal, delusion, murder, politics, saving a life ...
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521K

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Plot unknown. The project is described as an action epic revolving around international espionage.
Style:
unusual plot structure, mind bending, twist ending, mind blowing, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
time paradox, time travel, time, save the world, time loop, alternate timeline, terrorism, cia agent, quantum physics, espionage, mission, time traveler ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
mumbai india, los angeles, india, vietnam, london ...
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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
Plot:
nuclear power plant, radiation, catastrophe, nuclear, nuclear disaster, death in the family, american abroad, culture clash, husband wife relationship, firefighter, press conference, radiation sickness ...
Time:
year 1986
Place:
california, ussr
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.
Style:
controversial, disturbing, apocalyptic, futuristic, semi documentary ...
Plot:
nuclear war, apocalypse, distopia, catastrophe, post apocalypse, nuclear threat, cold war, nuclear disaster, nuclear holocaust, war, disaster, found footage ...
Time:
60s, future
Place:
europe, england, britain
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
1986, Chernobyl disaster. Couples, friends, and a risk-taking journalist are woven into the larger framework of the disaster. Panic follows.
Plot:
disaster, post apocalypse, survival, environmental issue, evacuation, power plant, tragedy, radioactivity, nuclear power, contamination, catastrophe, radiation sickness ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
ukraine, chernobyl
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dr. Alexander Brown (Martin Sheen) arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, exposed to atomic bomb radiation in the Nevada desert-- will Brown help the man ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, cold war, puppet, nuclear testing, radiation sickness, radiation, u.s. army, atomic bomb, casino, neurologist, pig, duplicity ...
Time:
50s
Place:
las vegas, nevada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A worker at a nuclear power plant finds life in danger after she points out unsafe conditions.
Plot:
security, nuclear power, working conditions, plutonium, nuclear, nuclear power plant, accident, intrigue, radioactivity, radiation sickness, nuclear reactor, union ...
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
With a catastrophic event rapidly approaching, 18 people vie for 10 spots in the small town's only bomb shelter.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, epic, bleak, futuristic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, chaos, apocalypse, small town, disaster, family relations, hopes, society, escapades, clergy, redemption, fight ...
Time:
21st century
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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, campy, scary, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, monster, distopia, mutant, murder, radiation, end of the world, survival, post-apocalyptic future, disaster, graphic violence, catastrophe ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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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, realistic, semi serious, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, technology, mental disorder, plutonium, atomic bomb, sexploitation, professor, high school teacher, satire, nuclear threat, car chase, unlikely criminals ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San ...
Style:
depressing, thought provoking, bleak, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
nuclear war, disaster, cold war, apocalypse, post apocalypse, tragedy, distopia, small town, death, end of the world, visceral, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, future, near future
Place:
california, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
Style:
enigmatic, touching, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, mathematics, love, scientist, life philosophy, science, couples, love and romance, death, catastrophe, life is a bitch, marriage ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
new mexico, new york, new orleans, usa, albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, American prisoners of war and others) and how they lived or tried to survive the effects felt during the aftermath of the Atomic Bomb dropping by the Enola ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, disaster, nuclear war, surrender, battles, nuclear holocaust, moral dilemma, confined, military, war, life is a bitch, state affairs ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hiroshima japan, asia, japan, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Mexico
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, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
world war two, nuclear bomb, atomic bomb, scientist, military, idealism, suspense, politics, moral dilemma, ego clash, soldier, scientific research ...
Time:
1940s, 70s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
usa, new mexico, russia, germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two young scientists are exploring new fields of nuclear physics. Dmitry Gusev and Ilya Kulikov are good friends, but rivals in love. Dmitry marries Lyolya and they live happily together. Luck has it that he makes an important discovery. ...
Plot:
scientist, science, marriage crisis, nuclear, dysfunctional marriage, romantic rivalry, love, radiation, love triangle, optimism, physicist, cynicism ...
Place:
ussr
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