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 5.8
 38K
The Divide (2011)
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: suspense, tense, apocalyptic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot: survival, isolation, survival horror, torment, nuclear holocaust, losing-it hero, disaster, social decay, group of strangers, apocalypse, confined, danger ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, north korea
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When the Wind Blows (1986)
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, apocalyptic, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, cold war, nuclear threat, tragedy, apocalypse, countryside, nuclear disaster, epidemic, chaos, post apocalyptic, distopia ...
Time: 20th century, year 1986, distant future, 80s
Place: england, europe
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Boris and the Bomb (2019)
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: tense, satirical, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: secret agent, satire, nuclear threat, threat, special agent, bomb threat, race against time, bomb, nuclear bomb, problem
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 5.3
 504
Spooks: Code 9 (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The series was commissioned by BBC Fiction's controller Jane Tranter as a spin-off of their long-running drama Spooks, offering a "more maverick, younger perspective" that would attract a 16-24-year-old audience. The series follows a ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense
Plot: spy, espionage, post nuclear, spy mission, nuclear holocaust, nuclear explosion, nuclear threat, pursuit, agent, special agent, undercover agent, haunting ...
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All the Devil's Men (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA operative, which leads him into a deadly running battle with a former military comrade and his private army.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting
Plot: terrorism, cia, operative, spy, terrorist, bomb, partner, criminal underworld, conspiracy, fighting the system, danger, crime fighter ...
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 7.0
 12K
Miracle Mile (1988)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After 30 years of searching, Harry (Edwards) has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los ...
Style: suspenseful, bleak, suspense, surreal, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: end of the world, nuclear war, night, apocalypse, survival, nuclear holocaust, race against time, coffee shop, post apocalyptic, panic, danger, love affair ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
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 6.1
 105K
Broken Arrow (1996)
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, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: terrorism, betrayal, mexican standoff, train, desert, danger, chases and races, escapades, fighter jet, female warrior, rivalry, aviation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, utah
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
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: bleak, suspense, atmospheric, disturbing, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: end of the world, disaster, cold war, nuclear bomb, newspaper, natural disaster, science, chaos, race against time, danger, nuclear, worldwide chaos ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, distant future, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe, russia, new york ...
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Seven Days in May (1964)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A U.S. Army general alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Style: political thriller, tense, political, black and white, suspense ...
Plot: cold war, conspiracy, politics, white house, u.s. air force, terrorism, president, secret service, u.s. president, coup d'etat, betrayal, espionage ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, future
Place: austin texas, russia, soviet union, america, el paso texas ...
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The Chain Reaction (1980)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public.
Style: serious, bleak, suspenseful, cult classic, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, survival, car chase, contamination, quarantine, chase, corporate crime, apocalypse, race against time, danger, atomic bomb, nuclear war ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: australia
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Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
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, suspense, intense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, nuclear bomb, atomic bomb, scientist, military, biopic, idealism, politics, scientific research, nuclear, ego clash, moral dilemma ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place: usa, new mexico, bay area
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 6.9
 12K
Matinee (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalises on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the ...
Style: cult classic, retro, slasher, dark comedy, meta ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: cold war, filmmaking, monster, cuban missile crisis, coming of age, youth, showbiz, giant, paranoia, boy, mad scientist, nuclear threat ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 20th century
Place: florida, cuba, key west florida, usa, latin america
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Hostile Waters (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: France, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
TV show
Story: Based on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and an ensuing standoff occurs that could lead to total annihilation.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, cold war, rescue, politics, state affairs, save the day, heroic mission, danger, military, government agency, race against time, disaster ...
Time: 90s
Place: soviet union, atlantic ocean
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The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' (which lasted two minutes and twenty eight seconds, including the signing of the peace treaty) is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and ...
Style: dark comedy, apocalyptic, psychedelic, surreal, psychotronic ...
Plot: dystopia, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, nuclear holocaust, distopia, satire, apocalypse, epidemic, surrealism, post nuclear, doomsday, nuclear threat ...
Time: year 1969, future
Place: cornwall, england, london
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A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog Blood are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War 4, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the ...
Style: surreal, futuristic, humorous, stylized, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dog, post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, dystopia, desert, distopia, post apocalyptic, survival, dystopian future, bare chested male, bride and groom, sperm donor ...
Time: future, year 1975, 2020s
Place: phoenix arizona, oklahoma
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Special Bulletin (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to ...
Style: bad ending, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, serious ...
Plot: found footage, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, nuclear, nuclear war, terrorism, end of the world, president, u.s. president, disaster, cold war, witch ...
Time: 80s
Place: south carolina, usa, charleston south carolina
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Countdown to Looking Glass (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the ...
Style: apocalyptic, tragic ending, mockumentary
Plot: nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, disaster, apocalypse, cold war, found footage, post apocalypse, u.s. president, president, catastrophe, distopia, post apocalyptic ...
Place: usa, soviet union, saudi arabia, middle east
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The Quiet Earth (1985)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
Style: philosophical, mind bending, mindfuck, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, alone, male nudity, dystopia, end of the world, post apocalyptic, disaster, distopia, vestiges of humanity, love triangle, cyberpunk ...
Time: year 1985, future
Place: new zealand
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Blast from the Past (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.
Style: feel good, romantic, humorous, touching, sweet ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, kids, teens
Plot: opposites attract, bunker, happy ending, cold war, fish out of water, genius, cuban missile crisis, father son relationship, bomb shelter, nuclear war, love story, fall in love ...
Time: 60s, future, 90s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, usa, california, cuba
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This Is Not a Test (1962)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A highway patrolman stops motorists on a highway after he hears news reports of a possible nuclear attack.
Style: apocalyptic, surreal, political, independent film, psychotronic
Plot: end of the world, roadblock, death of pet, post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, terror, nuclear threat, epidemic, nuclear disaster, distopia, post apocalyptic, apocalypse ...
Place: california
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Right at Your Door (2006)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, tense, futuristic ...
Plot: infection, isolation, terrorism, post apocalypse, disaster, epidemic, couples, toxic, save the day, danger, race against time, virus ...
Time: future, distant future, year 2006
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 5.5
 45K
High-Rise (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Style: disturbing, psychological, surreal, futuristic, art house ...
Audience: adult
Plot: distopia, decadence, tower, existentialism, dark humor, violence, insanity, surrealism, class conflict, apartment building, violent, visceral ...
Time: future, 70s, 2010s, year 2016, year 2015 ...
Place: london, england, ireland
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 7.2
 253K
The Road (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style: bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, father son relationship, cannibalism, end of the world, dystopia, starvation, on the road, catastrophe ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: pittsburgh, usa
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 6.8
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The Book of Eli (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Style: futuristic, serious, apocalyptic, twist ending, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, end of the world, desert, faith, religion, danger, dystopia, lone hero ...
Time: future, year 2010, near future, 2010s, distant future ...
Place: indiana, usa, san francisco
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 6.7
 7K
The Wall (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the ...
Style: psychological, surreal, atmospheric, serious, scenic ...
Plot: nature, isolation, introspection, solitude, survival, dog, human animal relationship, diary, forest, human nature, wilderness survival, animal ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: alps, germany, austria
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Gone Girl (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, twist ending ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
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The Fifth Season (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Villagers find their situation growing increasingly desperate when their community becomes engulfed in an endless winter.
Style: surreal, mindfuck, dark, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: nuclear threat, environmental, pagan, woman, environment, ecology, minimalism, snow, fire, prostitution, ostrich, rooster ...
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 5.7
 19K
Lost River (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.
Style: atmospheric, surreal, enigmatic, neo noir, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: curse, small town, surrealism, obsession, single parent, greed, riddles and clues, family relations, danger, trippy, brutality, desolation ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
 291K
The Lobster (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Style: surreal, art house, absurd, ironic, allegory ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: dystopia, society, blindness, distopia, absurdism, manhunt, love, solitude, suicide attempt, hotel, relationships, woods ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, near future, future
Place: ireland, greece, hellas
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants ...
Style: exciting, humorous, intense, serious, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, mutant, supernatural ability, supernatural power, superhuman powers, vengeance, vigilante, x men, comic book, superhuman, supernatural, genetics ...
Time: year 2011, 60s, future, 2010s, 1940s ...
Place: poland, turkey, eastern europe, usa, new york ...
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