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By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
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, suspenseful, bleak, independent film, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, world war three, apocalypse, nato, nuclear threat, aviation, post apocalypse, politics, doom, flying, cold war ...
Time: 80s, 90s, year 1991
Place: usa, nebraska, ussr, washington d.c., soviet union ...
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 7.4
 500
Day One (1989)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. ...
Style: tense, thought provoking, captivating, realistic, serious
Plot: atomic bomb, world war two, nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, super weapon, nuclear, cold war, holocaust, terrorism, war, atomic weapons, politics ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: usa, new mexico, london, hiroshima japan, chicago ...
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Holocaust 2000 (1977)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.
Style: bleak, scary, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot: nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, supernatural, save the world, religions or cults, chaos, nightmare comes true, parents and children, good versus evil, danger, family relations, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: middle east, salt lake city utah, london, united kingdom, england ...
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 6.3
 8K
Super Fuzz (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Dave Speed is no ordinary Miami cop--he is an irradiated Miami cop who has developed super powers. Unfortunately, he doesn't quite know how to use them and this gets him in trouble with his long-suffering partner. Red powder from a nuclear ...
Style: parody, semi serious, humorous, fast, spoof ...
Audience: teens
Plot: superhero, law enforcement, heroes, superhuman powers, nuclear, buddy cop, humour, police, flying man, supernatural power, truck, gangster ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
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Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.
Style: cult classic, slasher, horror comedy, grindhouse, splatter ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, monster, bullying, violent, nudity, exploitation, dark humor, misfit, zombie, gory, stoner, punk ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey, usa
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 6.4
 332K
The Dictator (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style: funny, absurd, hilarious, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: satire, dictator, farce, culture clash, dark humor, un, fictional country, prejudice, society, megalomaniac, head of state, dissident ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 1973, 20th century, 70s ...
Place: new york, usa, middle east, asia, israel ...
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Ladybug Ladybug (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or mistaken.
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot: nuclear threat, elementary school, youth, nuclear holocaust, bomb shelter, panic, cold war, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, nuclear, school, society ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 8.0
 9K
Barefoot Gen (1983)
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, heartbreaking, political ...
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, nuclear holocaust, anti war, disaster, atomic bomb, radioactivity, radiation sickness, bombing, atrocity, demolished city, burned alive, contamination ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, hiroshima japan
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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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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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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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Friend of the World (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: After a catastrophic war, an eccentric general guides a filmmaker through a ravaged bunker.
Style: suspense, postmodern, independent film, black and white, dark comedy ...
Plot: body horror, military, absurdism, surrealism, parasite, post apocalypse, fight, murder, violence, filmmaker, zombie, survival horror ...
Time: 2020s, future, near future, 21st century
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 6.4
 229
009-1 (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
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Story: In an alternate world, the Cold War has continued to persist for 140 years. As a result, the world was divided into two factions: the West Block, and the East Block. As the Cold War drags on, the tension between the two factions, as well as the ...
Style: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: spy, cold war, cyborgs, communism, police, mission, heroine, mutant, terrorist, agent, nuclear, tragedy ...
Place: europe, rome italy
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 7.3
 584K
Tenet (2020)
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, suspense, twist ending, mind blowing, mind bending ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: time paradox, time travel, time, time loop, cia agent, alternate timeline, quantum physics, terrorism, save the world, espionage, propaganda, time traveler ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2010s
Place: mumbai india, los angeles, india, vietnam, london ...
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has ...
Style: exciting, apocalyptic, suspense, breathtaking, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, manly, adult
Plot: artificial intelligence, time travel, terminator, robot, cyborgs, man versus machine, apocalypse, androids and robots, end of the world, violence, child in peril, time traveler ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, year 1991, near future ...
Place: california, los angeles, america, persia, usa ...
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 3.8
 724
Future-Kill (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The star of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang of gun-happy guards.
Style: slasher, splatter, futuristic, independent film
Plot: 666, post apocalypse, serial killer, cyberpunk, club, occult, body horror, dystopia, murder, psychopath, kidnapping, revenge ...
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The Last Warrior (1984)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group that has managed to escape radioactive contamination takes it upon itself to exterminate those it sees as "unfit", including ...
Style: apocalyptic
Plot: post apocalypse, nuclear, barbarian, gang leader, mutant, radiation, automobile, distopia, wasteland, post-apocalyptic future, most dangerous game, gypsy ...
Time: future
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 3.8
 133
Future Justice (2014)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the future Saturn's moon of Titan houses a prison where Earth's worst criminals are kept awaiting their return to Earth for trial and execution. One of those criminals, Python Diamond, is being flown back to Earth, escorted by five ...
Plot: post apocalypse, shootout, military, siege, motorcycle, nuclear, gang, sniper, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, space, hiding place ...
Time: future
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The Reflecting Skin (1990)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of ...
Style: surreal, disturbing, scary, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot: coming of age, surrealism, supernatural, molestation, child abuse, family relations, boy, murder, brother brother relationship, vampire, parents and children, hair loss ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s, 50s
Place: usa, idaho, midwest
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Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Chuck Murdock, a 12-year-old boy from Montana and son of a military jet pilot, becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field trip. He protests the existence of nuclear weapons by refusing to play baseball, which results in the ...
Style: sentimental, inspirational, melancholic, serious, uplifting ...
Plot: friendship, nuclear war, transformation, kids and family, basketball, athlete's life, politics, anti war, sport team, ambition, fighting the system, hopes ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: usa, montana, boston
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Spawn of the Slithis (1978)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.
Style: surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
Plot: monster, creature feature, exploitation, sea, alien, octopus, mutant, scientist, nuclear, sea monster, animal, blood ...
Place: california
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Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It's the year 3000 and a nuclear war has turned the earth into a desert wasteland. A group of survivors living in a cave run out of water and desperately need to locate a new supply. The last guy they sent out to find water never returned, and ...
Style: apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, wasteland, desert, post apocalyptic, dystopia, exploitation, nuclear, nuclear disaster, young love, distopia, gang, profanity ...
Time: future
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. ...
Style: epic, saga, hilarious, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: superhero, superman, comic book, superpower, space, super powers, multiverse, heroes, alien, superhuman powers, astronaut, villain ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, new york, italy, russia
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Southland Tales (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an ...
Style: surreal, futuristic, allegory, cult classic, cynical ...
Plot: time travel, dystopian future, alternate reality, memory, apocalypse, prophecy, chaos, end of the world, distopia, marxism, mad scientist, drug ...
Time: future, year 2005, year 2006, near future, 2000s ...
Place: los angeles, middle east, nevada, afghanistan, southern california ...
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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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 6.5
 86K
Space Cowboys (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of ...
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, nasa, astronaut, outer space, old age, space shuttle, space opera, space exploration, space, self sacrifice, human in outer space, satellite ...
Time: 20th century, year 1958, year 2000, y2k, future ...
Place: space western, california
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Fugitives of the Federation for their daring rescue of Spock from the doomed Genesis Planet, Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew begin their journey home to face justice for their actions. But as they near Earth, they find it at the mercy of ...
Style: saga, futuristic, action adventure, humorous, clever ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: time travel, space travel, star trek, space opera, spacecraft, environmental, space, marine biologist, falling from height, planet earth, bus, punk music ...
Time: future, year 1986, 80s, 23rd century
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, california
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 6.2
 189K
Deep Impact (1998)
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, futuristic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, catastrophe, apocalypse, nasa, president, tsunami, save the world, destruction, life & death, self sacrifice ...
Time: future, 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new york, washington d.c., virginia, tucson arizona, philadelphia ...
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 6.4
 329K
Salt (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude ...
Style: exciting, suspense, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: cia, female protagonist, espionage, secret service, spy, strong female lead, double agent, chase, agent as target, one woman army, female spy, female assassin ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place: new york, north korea, washington d.c., russia, soviet union ...
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Independence Day (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspense, apocalyptic, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, end of the world, invasion, extraterrestrial, survival, ufo, space and aliens, alien, evil alien, first contact, alien encounter, save the world ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, jurassic, future
Place: new york, washington d.c., usa, houston texas, london ...
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