| Fail Safe (1964) | 8.1 | |
| Fallout (2024) | 8.3 | |
| On the Beach (2000) | 6.9 | |
| Unthinkable (2010) | 7.0 | |
| Chernobyl (2019) | 9.3 |
Nuclear movies and TV shows – page 4
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List of nuclear movies
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:
realistic, psychological, serious, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
nuclear threat, elementary school, youth, nuclear bomb, nuclear holocaust, cold war, panic, bomb shelter, bombing, nuclear explosion, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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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:
cult classic, surreal, humorous, futuristic, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dog, post apocalypse, dystopia, desert, distopia, nuclear holocaust, wedding, survival, wasteland, dystopian future, violent, escape ...
Time:
future, year 1975, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
phoenix arizona, oklahoma
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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, sexy, cerebral, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, alone, apocalypse, male nudity, end of the world, vestiges of humanity, survival, dystopia, love triangle, disaster, parallel world ...
Time:
future, year 1985
Place:
new zealand
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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, black and white, postmodern, art film, independent film ...
Plot:
body horror, parasite, military, surrealism, absurdism, acid trip, good versus evil, survival horror, satire, fight, murder, violence ...
Time:
2020s, future, near future, 21st century
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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, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
mission, spy, cyborgs, cold war, communism, police, heroine, mutant, terrorist, agent, nuclear, tragedy ...
Place:
europe, rome italy
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677K
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, mind bending, twist ending, philosophical ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
time paradox, time travel, time, special agent, time loop, espionage, mission, terrorism, teamwork, quantum physics, cia agent, technology ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
mumbai india, los angeles, india, vietnam, london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against ...
Style:
action adventure, saga, clever, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, terrorist, female spy, tough guy, cia agent, plutonium, hand to hand combat, violence, bodyguard, rogue agent, cia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, kashmir, ireland, france, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
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, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, terminator, time travel, robot, man versus machine, cyborgs, dystopia, apocalypse, androids and robots, cyberpunk, chase, time traveler ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, persia, america, usa ...
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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, bleak, harsh, action packed
Plot:
post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, violence, post apocalyptic, nuclear holocaust, survival, dystopia, revenge, vigilante justice, domination, survivalist, desolation ...
Time:
80s, future
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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 ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
friendship, kids and family, nuclear war, transformation, basketball, sport team, politics, athlete's life, anti war, family relations, hopes, fighting the system ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, montana, boston, san francisco, new jersey ...
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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, giant octopus, alien, octopus, mutant, scientist, nuclear, sea monster, animal ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 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, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, exploitation, nuclear, distopia, young love, nuclear disaster, profanity ...
Time:
future
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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:
superman, superhero, mountain, comic book, superhuman powers, superpower, super powers, alter ego, multiverse, heroes, astronaut, villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, san francisco, north america, italy, russia
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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, cynical, apocalyptic, postmodern ...
Plot:
time travel, dystopian future, apocalypse, alternate reality, memory, prophecy, chaos, distopia, dark humor, alternate history, amnesia, drug ...
Time:
future, year 2005, year 2006, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
los angeles, syria, middle east, nevada, southern california ...
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110K
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, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorism, nuclear explosion, train, mexican standoff, fighter jet, female warrior, male male relationship, danger, escapades, chases and races, rivalry, aviation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
utah, usa, pentagon, hong kong
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning ...
Style:
funny, humorous, semi serious, exciting, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stupidity, nothing goes right, hitman, save the day, family relations, disorder, petty criminal, parents and children, eternal love, mob hit, husband wife relationship, fbi agent ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
florida, miami, usa, boston, seattle
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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:
tense, clever, suspense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nasa, astronaut, space travel, old age, space shuttle, space opera, satellite, space exploration, outer space, self sacrifice, human in outer space, one last job ...
Time:
20th century, year 1958, year 2000, 1950s, future ...
Place:
space western, california
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Genre: 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:
futuristic, action adventure, clever, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
time travel, star trek, space travel, space opera, spacecraft, teleportation, space, marine biologist, space adventure, planet earth, falling from height, beer ...
Time:
future, year 1986, 80s, 23rd century, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, exciting, epic, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, boys' night, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, alien invasion, revenge, space and aliens, niagara falls, superman, superpower, female alien, prison escape, villain, space ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, year 2016
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, idaho, north america ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
world war two, politics, world war, atomic bomb, nuclear holocaust, injustice, nuclear war, terrorism, bombing, nuclear, disaster, surrender ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
hiroshima japan, japan, asia, usa, new york
Is relevant?
124K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, family outing
Plot:
satire, stupidity, goofy hero, airplane, aviation, air force, secret mission, heroic mission, save the day, disorder, military base, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1971, 70s, year 1975 ...
Place:
iraq, mediterranean sea, california
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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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215K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Special agent 007 (Sean Connery) comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the ...
Style:
suspenseful, saga, entertaining, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, 007, vigilante, hot and sexy, golf, espionage, secret agent, woman with a gun, conspiracy, weapons, car, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
kentucky, switzerland, england, miami, florida ...
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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:
suspense, exciting, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
secret service, cia, espionage, spy, secret agent, female protagonist, strong female lead, female spy, chase, conspiracy, cia agent, hitman ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, washington d.c., new york, russia, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Kryptonian villain General Zod (Terence Stamp) and his henchmen are accidentally freed from their outer-space imprisonment and threaten Earth with destruction, just as Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides to renounce his superpowers for his new ...
Style:
saga, epic, anamorphic, suspenseful, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, family outing
Plot:
superhuman powers, superman, space and aliens, superhero, evil alien, save the world, epic battle, criminal, superpower, comic book, multiverse, comic hero ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york, north america
Is relevant?
237K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the ...
Style:
humorous, action comedy, entertaining, spoof, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, teens ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret service, spy spoof, unlikely partners, goofy hero, secret agent, save the day, chases and races, treason, government agency, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, chechnya, moscow russia, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, breathtaking, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, manly, family outing ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, archaeologist, archaeology, adventurer, indiana jones, desert, jungle, artifact, chase, alien, sword fight ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
peru, south america, ussr, mexico city, latin america ...
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300K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by them.
Style:
action comedy, humorous, semi serious, funny, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
spy, secret service, espionage, secret agent, undercover, agent, surveillance, one man army, tango, love and romance, terrorism, spy spoof ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, 80s
Place:
florida, miami, rhode island, maryland, key west florida ...
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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, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
alien invasion, extraterrestrial, invasion, end of the world, ufo, space and aliens, evil alien, first contact, survival, alien encounter, alien, creature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future, year 1996, jurassic
Place:
new york, washington d.c., usa, bombay india, london ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Not an easy decision! District Administrator Hans Schuierer from the Upper Palatinate first opposed his own political line in 1981 and finally against the entire Bavarian Free State and Prime Minister Strauss. Because the planned reprocessing plant ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
police brutality, political protest, conflict between friends, disagreement, german history, forest, protestor, german politics, nuclear, family relations, plan, frustration ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
southern germany, west germany, germany, bavaria, munich germany
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