Nuclear threat movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nuclear threat movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, tense and cult film films and TV shows about / with nuclear threat, danger, heroes, chases and races, disaster, race against time, catastrophe, conspiracy, suspense and military plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nuclear threat: Crimson Tide (1995), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Fail Safe (2000), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Last Resort (2012), American Meltdown (2004), WarGames (1983), Phantom (2013), Fail-Safe (1964), White House Down (2013).
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List of nuclear threat movies
116K
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, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
submarine, nuclear threat, cold war, suspense, navy, military, russian, nuclear bomb, spy, war, u.s. navy, boat ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, mediterranean sea, alabama, pacific ocean
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A new Soviet nuclear missile sub (a Boomer) heading out on her maiden voyage that is being tracked by a Los Angeles class American submarine suddenly goes silent and "disappears". This focuses the attention of both U.S. Intelligence and ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, political, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, cold war, spy, suspense, navy, espionage, nuclear threat, u.s. navy, politics, cia, nuclear submarine, cold war era ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
russia, washington d.c., ussr, usa, virginia ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, cold war, aviation, politics, military life, disaster, race against time, military, chaos, moral dilemma, spy, apocalypse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia
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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:
suspenseful, exciting, political, tense, intense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, cia, terrorism, nuclear bomb, nuclear war, terrorist, white house, nuclear explosion, covert operation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
90s, 70s, year 2002, 2000s, year 1973 ...
Place:
maryland, russia, israel, washington d.c., middle east ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Last Resort is an American military drama television series. When the crew of the U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, the USS Colorado, pick up a U.S. Navy SEAL team off Pakistan's coast, the Colorado receives an order to launch ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, navy, island, government conspiracy, nuclear threat, captain, moral dilemma, nuclear, bomb, treason, heroes, soldier ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The telefilm centers on a present-day nuclear plant disaster and its aftermath.
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, nuclear reactor, terrorism, conspiracy, save the day, race against time, catastrophe, betrayal, scientist, suspense, special agents, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
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103K
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:
clever, futuristic, suspenseful, psychological, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
hacker, cold war, computer, teenager, computer hacker, computer cracker, computer genius, nuclear threat, hacking, artificial intelligence, chess, computer system ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, california, usa, ussr, paris france
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15K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
submarine, military, nuclear submarine, navy, nuclear threat, cold war, suspense, military life, leadership, mission gone awry, haunted by the past, sea disaster ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1968
Place:
ussr
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23K
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, intense, realistic, political, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, politics, nuclear threat, nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, military, u.s. air force, atomic bomb, chaos, apocalypse, race against time, nuclear ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place:
russia, new york, pentagon, usa, ussr ...
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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:
political, funny, satirical, dark, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
cold war, military, satire, end of the world, nuclear war, anti war, disaster, nuclear threat, u.s. president, president, nuclear holocaust, nuclear ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 60s, year 1942
Place:
canada, washington d.c., pentagon, ussr, russia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is ...
Style:
exciting, intense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, manly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, terrorism, conspiracy, white house, president, save the day, treason, rescue, hostage, head of state, nuclear threat, ex military ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., middle east, paris france, north america ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device.
Style:
futuristic, intense, psychotronic, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
spy, humanoid robot, terrorist, artificial intelligence, terrorism, war, military, cyborgs, androids, battles, warrior, sniper ...
Time:
near future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
europe, russia, ukraine, utah
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Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
radical, terrorism, firefighter, save the day, secret agents, political conspiracy, working undercover, special agents, government agency, race against time, undercover, counter terrorism ...
Place:
london, europe, england
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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: 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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17K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
intelligence agency, spy, cia, espionage, terrorism, squad, twists and turns, undercover, heroes, special agents, double agent, renegade ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, britain, united kingdom
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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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Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, suspense, race against time, nuclear threat, chase, secret agents, state affairs, government agency, law enforcement, daring rescue, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., pentagon, chicago illinois
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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, disturbing, bleak, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, terrorism, vietnam war, conspiracy, general, military, cult, disaster, assassination, hostage, ransom demand, prison escape ...
Place:
montana, vietnam, asia, usa
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528K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, discovering he's involved in a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. He learns he's part of a top-secret experimental program that enables ...
Style:
surprise ending, clever, mind bending, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
time travel, time loop, suspense, train, twists and turns, alternate reality, bomb, destiny, save the day, memory, parallel universe, changing the past or future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, afghanistan, chicago illinois, illinois
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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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808
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 188 min.
TV show
Story:
Swedish intelligence agent Carl Hamilton gets busy when it is discovered that a group of Soviet rebels intend to smuggle a nuclear weapons robot through Sweden. Carl and his colleague must risk life and limb to stop the uprising.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, captivating, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, escapades, arms dealing, government agency, secret agents, undercover, chase, super weapon, heroic mission, spy, husband wife relationship, assassination ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe, sahara, libya, tunisia, stockholm sweden ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
Style:
humorous, funny, light, parody, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
cold war, spy, race against time, kgb, espionage, buddies, farce, chase, mistaken identity, secret agents, secret service, nuclear war ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, russia, pakistan, asia ...
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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: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The 'Hot Potato' is an exciting new British period ‘caper movie’, in the spirit of ‘The Italian Job’ and ‘Two Way Stretch’ and is based on real events which took place at the end of the 1960s in London’s East End.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
road trip, heist, nuclear threat, hitman, criminal heroes, chase, dishonesty, twists and turns, car chase, cons and scams, gangsters, uranium ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
europe, london, england, belgium, vatican
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559K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited ...
Style:
neo noir, dark, stylized, visually appealing, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
superhero, distopia, heroes, alternate reality, moral dilemma, good versus evil, conspiracy, vigilante, parallel world, mars, cold war, masked vigilante ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, future, year 1985, year 1970 ...
Place:
usa, new york, washington d.c., los angeles, russia ...
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189K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, political conspiracy, terrorist, government agency, terrorist plot, special agents, race against time, secret service, president, assassination of president, mission, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, california, usa
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Thriller set in the milieu of French nuclear submarines.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, futuristic
Plot:
submarine, sea battle, torpedo, naval battle, sea, nuclear submarine, nuclear war, chain of command, nuclear threat, naval officer, investigation, navy ...
Time:
near future
Place:
france
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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
Plot:
spy, espionage, threat, car chase, nuclear bomb, undercover, twists and turns, chase, dishonesty, nuclear threat, bomb, escape ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, morocco, asia, st. petersburg russia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
No one knows for sure what transpired when German physicist Werner Heisenberg met with his Jewish Danish counterpart, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen -- the event became the stuff of modern scientific mythology. Director Howard Davies puts his spin on the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, thought provoking, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
scientist, politics, world war two, moral dilemma, prodigy, inventions and discoveries, friendship, society, state affairs, wartime life, genius, super weapon ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
europe, denmark, copenhagen
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