| Coppelion (2013) | 6.1 | |
| On the Beach (2000) | 6.9 | |
| Threads (1984) | 7.9 | |
| Dead Man's Letters (1986) | 7.5 | |
| Chernobyl (2019) | 7.3 |
Nuclear disaster movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nuclear disaster movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out bleak, apocalyptic, serious, tense, suspenseful and disturbing films and TV shows about / with nuclear disaster, radiation, survival, nuclear, post apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear holocaust, post apocalyptic, disaster and end of the world plots mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nuclear disaster: The Day After (1983), The Days (2023), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), Mad Max (1979), The China Syndrome (1979), Dreams (1990), When the Wind Blows (1986), The War Game (1966), Fukushima 50 (2020), Stalker (1979).
Best films
List of nuclear disaster movies
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:
futuristic, harsh, apocalyptic, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
cold war, nuclear war, apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear explosion, disaster, nuclear bomb, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, dystopia, radiation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
80s, future, distant future, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, soviet union, kansas city, ussr ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat — an unprecedented nuclear disaster.
Style:
tense, captivating, dark
Plot:
nuclear disaster, nuclear radiation, nuclear power plant, tragedy, disaster, nuclear power, radiation poisoning, flooding, radiation, nuclear, accident, nuclear holocaust ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada
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:
suspense, suspenseful, realistic, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
cold war, submarine, navy, nuclear submarine, radiation, courage, underwater, radiation sickness, nuclear, radioactivity, sea, sea disaster ...
Time:
60s, year 1989, year 2002, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
soviet union, nova scotia, russia, moscow russia, atlantic ocean ...
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243K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Style:
grindhouse, retro, futuristic, apocalyptic, perverse ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, dystopia, chase, post apocalypse, vengeance, revenge, biker, car chase, car, dystopic future, chaos, criminal ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1979, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, oceania
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, political, tense ...
Plot:
reporter, conspiracy, investigation, power plant, radiation, politics, journalism, nuclear power, whistleblower, disaster, murder, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
Style:
anthology, psychedelic, cerebral, philosophical, art film ...
Plot:
dream, surrealism, artist, tunnel, art, nuclear disaster, environmentalism, magic realism, spirit, radiation, philosophy, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 1990, 80s, 20th century
Place:
japan, mount fuji, asia, pacific ocean, tokyo
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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, depressing, apocalyptic, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, cold war, nuclear threat, tragedy, countryside, nuclear explosion, apocalypse, nuclear disaster, epidemic, chaos, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986, distant future, 80s
Place:
europe, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.
Style:
apocalyptic, controversial, mockumentary, disturbing, semi documentary ...
Plot:
nuclear war, cold war, nuclear threat, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nuclear bomb, nuclear, war, post apocalypse, dystopia, nuclear disaster, distopia ...
Time:
distant future, year 1965, 60s, future
Place:
europe, england, britain
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, Hong Kong
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake an tsunami in 2011.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, sincere
Plot:
nuclear disaster, nuclear power plant, nuclear radiation, japanese wife, nuclear power, japanese history, mishap, fukushima, grandfather, white house, flooding, businessman ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2011
Place:
japan, pacific ocean
Is relevant?
155K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, psychological ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
stalker, post apocalypse, dystopian future, surrealism, psychokinesis, dog, wish come true, trippy, human nature, distopia, escapades, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1979, near future
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
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Genre: Horror, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A meltdown at a nuclear power plant turns a bunch of folks into lethal shambling flesh-eating zombies who go on a gory rampage.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, splatter, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
power plant, radiation, nuclear disaster, bloodbath, graphic violence, undead, body horror, infection, contamination, exploitation, mutant, apocalypse ...
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After an atomic explosion blasts the Moon out of Earth orbit, Moonbase Alpha drifts in space, with 300 people on board. When a rescue team from Earth arrives in a faster-than-light space ship, everyone is overjoyed that they can now return to Earth. ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, grim, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space opera, nuclear disaster, space colony, radiation, paranoia, conspiracy, hallucination, marooned, telepathy, isolation, alien invasion, desperation ...
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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.
Style:
historical drama, tense, bleak, period piece, tragic
Plot:
survival, radioactivity, radiation, disaster, evacuation, contamination, nuclear disaster, anxiety, panic, uncertainty, realism, loss ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
chernobyl, soviet union, ussr, ukraine
Is relevant?
302
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
The main character was forgotten during an excursion to the Chernobyl exclusion zone. He will meet with the inhabitants of the zone and pass many obstacles in order to survive.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, tense, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
mutant, found footage, survival, nuclear disaster, radiation, isolation, contamination, ruins, loneliness, haunting, man versus nature, loss ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
chernobyl, ukraine, russia
Is relevant?
302
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Many years after a great tragedy killed 90% of the people in Japan, three girls arrive in the ruins of Tokyo. In the devastated capital, their unusually clean clothes set them apart. But that's not the only strange thing about them - they also ...
Style:
anime, disturbing, captivating, entertaining, dark ...
Plot:
radiation, rescue mission, genetic engineering, mission, nuclear disaster, post apocalyptic, squad, post apocalypse, dystopian future, radioactivity, contamination, dystopia ...
Time:
near future
Place:
japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
It's April of 1986. Pripyat, Ukraine. A core meltdown occurred at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant. Over thirty people died during the blast but the estimated death toll as a result of the radiation fallout will reach a four-digit number. ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, historical drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
radiation, nuclear power plant, tragedy, love, evacuation, accident, nuclear disaster, self sacrifice, grief, heroism, loss, ecological disaster ...
Time:
year 1986
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr, chernobyl
Is relevant?
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, adult animation, political, heartbreaking, rough ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, nuclear holocaust, anti war, bombing, disaster, atomic bomb, radioactivity, radiation sickness, nuclear, burned alive, atrocity, demolished city ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, hiroshima japan
Is relevant?
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, disturbing, tense, apocalyptic, serious ...
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, cold war, dystopian future, apocalypse, post apocalypse, tragedy, small town, death, visceral, danger, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1983, 80s, near future
Place:
california, usa, bay area, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Style:
depressing, grim, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, cold war, nuclear explosion, survival, world war three, nuclear, post apocalypse, distopia, post apocalyptic, radiation ...
Time:
80s, near future, distant future, year 1984, 20th century ...
Place:
england, northern england, europe, ussr, soviet union ...
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28K
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, political, political thriller, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, politics, nuclear threat, u.s. air force, military, nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, bomber, nightmare, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place:
russia, new york, washington d.c., usa, moscow russia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a world after the nuclear apocalypse a scholar helps a small group of children and adults survive, staying with them in the basement of the former museum of history. In his mind he writes letters to his son — though it is obvious that they will ...
Style:
apocalyptic, depressing, poetic, spiritual, twisted ...
Plot:
nuclear war, post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, distopia, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopia, survival, nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, underground, disaster ...
Time:
distant future
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Is relevant?
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, adult animation
Plot:
radiation sickness, starvation, virus outbreak, bombing, post apocalyptic, nuclear disaster, nuclear holocaust, post war, nuclear fallout, group, radiation, child abuse ...
Place:
hiroshima japan, japan
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Many years after a nuclear war destroyed much of human kind, the survivors have created a new society where much of the work done by artificial beings referred to derisively by humans as "clickers". Humans are producing fewer and fewer ...
Style:
apocalyptic, futuristic, suspense, intelligent, grindhouse ...
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, post thermonuclear war, sentient robot, humanoid robot, racism, man versus machine, philosophy, machine, monster ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland) and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, retro, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, dystopia, nuclear bomb, disaster, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, survival horror, nuclear explosion, post-apocalyptic future, bombing, nuclear threat ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, southern california
Is relevant?
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 future, post apocalyptic, absurdism, nuclear holocaust, distopia, satire, epidemic, apocalypse, nuclear bomb, bombing ...
Time:
year 1969, future
Place:
cornwall, england, london
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Only a few people still live in New York in 2015. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, depressing, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, survival, wasteland, distopia, exploitation, quarantine, nuclear disaster, epidemic, nuclear holocaust ...
Time:
future, year 1975, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
persia, new york, usa, north carolina
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary.
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
dystopian future, on the run, chase, chases and races, androids and robots, escapades, danger, secret place, chaos, post apocalypse, survivor, hiding place ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A small group of survivors at a military installation who survived World War 3 attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland to where they hope more survivors are living. Hopefully their specially built vehicles will protect them against the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, cult classic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, cockroach, post nuclear, nuclear holocaust, abandoned city, disaster, post apocalyptic, distopia, motorcycle, wasteland, nuclear explosion ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 70s, near future
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, detroit, california ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, inspirational, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopic future, postman, dystopian future, post apocalyptic, vestiges of humanity, post war, survival, drifter, leadership, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1997, 2010s, year 2013 ...
Place:
usa, oregon
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