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Cold War Nuclear Angst

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  • The Day After (1983)

    1. The Day After

    19832h 7mTV-PGTV Movie
    7.0 (19K)
    The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
    DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsJason RobardsJoBeth WilliamsSteve Guttenberg
  • On the Beach (1959)

    2. On the Beach

    19592h 14mApproved55Metascore
    7.1 (15K)
    After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsGregory PeckAva GardnerFred Astaire
  • Peggy Ashcroft and John Mills in When the Wind Blows (1986)

    3. When the Wind Blows

    19861h 24m16+
    7.7 (14K)
    A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.
    DirectorJimmy T. MurakamiStarsPeggy AshcroftJohn MillsRobin Houston
  • Michael Beecroft in Threads (1984)

    4. Threads

    19841h 52mTV-MATV Movie92Metascore
    7.9 (25K)
    The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
    DirectorMick JacksonStarsKaren MeagherReece DinsdaleDavid Brierly
  • Ladybug Ladybug (1963)

    5. Ladybug Ladybug

    19631h 22mNot Rated
    7.1 (1K)
    Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or a mistake.
    DirectorFrank PerryStarsJane ConnellWilliam DanielsJames Frawley
  • Mel Gibson in Mad Max (1979)

    6. Mad Max

    19791h 28mR73Metascore
    6.8 (239K)
    In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
    DirectorGeorge MillerStarsMel GibsonJoanne SamuelHugh Keays-Byrne
  • Five (1951)

    7. Five

    19511h 33mApproved
    6.3 (1.8K)
    The world is destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. Only five Americans survive, including a pregnant woman, a neo-Nazi, a black man and a bank clerk.
    DirectorArch ObolerStarsWilliam PhippsSusan Douglas RubesJames Anderson
  • Kin'ya Kitaôji and Masako Natsume in Future War 198X (1982)

    8. Future War 198X

    19822h 5m
    6.3 (182)
    An American scientist constructs a laser-satellite with hope to prevent any nuclear conflicts. However, after a fatal error from both the U. S. and the U. S. S. R. government, war breaks, and humanity faces a new bloodshed.
    DirectorsTomoharu KatsumataToshio MasudaStarsKin'ya KitaôjiMasako NatsumeYoshio Kaneuchi
  • Edward Judd and Janet Munro in The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

    9. The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    19611h 39mUnrated
    7.2 (6.6K)
    When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.
    DirectorVal GuestStarsEdward JuddJanet MunroLeo McKern
  • Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth (1964)

    10. The Last Man on Earth

    19641h 26mNot Rated
    6.7 (23K)
    When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
    DirectorsUbaldo RagonaSidney SalkowStarsVincent PriceFranca BettoiaEmma Danieli
  • Miracle Mile (1988)

    11. Miracle Mile

    19881h 27mR74Metascore
    7.0 (14K)
    A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit the city within 70 minutes.
    DirectorSteve De JarnattStarsAnthony EdwardsMare WinninghamJohn Agar
  • Night of the Comet (1984)

    12. Night of the Comet

    19841h 35mPG-1359Metascore
    6.3 (26K)
    A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
    DirectorThom EberhardtStarsCatherine Mary StewartKelli MaroneyRobert Beltran
  • Duck and Cover (1952)

    13. Duck and Cover

    19529mNot RatedShort
    6.0 (1.1K)
    Instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.
    DirectorAnthony RizzoStarsLeo M. Langlois IIIRay J. MauerRobert Middleton
  • Frankie Avalon, Ray Milland, Richard Bakalyan, Neil Burstyn, Joan Freeman, Jean Hagen, Rex Holman, and Mary Mitchel in Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

    14. Panic in Year Zero!

    19621h 33mApproved
    6.6 (5.1K)
    A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.
    DirectorRay MillandStarsRay MillandJean HagenFrankie Avalon
  • Seven Days in May (1964)

    15. Seven Days in May

    19641h 58mApproved73Metascore
    7.8 (18K)
    United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBurt LancasterKirk DouglasFredric March
  • Ishirô Honda and Takashi Shimura in Godzilla (1954)

    16. Godzilla

    19541h 36mNot Rated79Metascore
    7.6 (43K)
    After a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.
    DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira Takarada
  • Akira (1988)

    17. Akira

    19882h 4mR68Metascore
    8.0 (216K)
    A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.
    DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami Koyama
  • Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

    18. Twilight's Last Gleaming

    19772h 26mR
    6.7 (4K)
    An imprisoned rogue USAF general, with a secret personal agenda, escapes the brig and takes over an ICBM silo, threatening to start World War III.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBurt LancasterRichard WidmarkRoscoe Lee Browne
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

    19. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    19641h 35mPG97Metascore
    8.3 (538K)
    A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling Hayden
  • Empire of the Sun (1987)

    20. Empire of the Sun

    19872h 33mPG62Metascore
    7.7 (139K)
    A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsChristian BaleJohn MalkovichMiranda Richardson
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer in The Day After Trinity (1981)

    21. The Day After Trinity

    19811h 28mNot Rated
    7.8 (1.3K)
    Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon completion of his wonderful and horrible invention became a powerful spokesperson against the nuclear arms race.
    DirectorJon ElseStarsHans BetheHolm BursomHaakon Chevalier
  • Corinne Orr, Ayano Shiraishi, Tsutomu Tatsumi, J. Robert Spencer, Emily Neves, and Adam Gibbs in Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

    22. Grave of the Fireflies

    19881h 28mNot Rated94Metascore
    8.5 (350K)
    A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
    DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi Yamaguchi
  • This Is Not a Test (1962)

    23. This Is Not a Test

    19621h 13mNot Rated
    5.3 (945)
    A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.
    DirectorFredric GadetteStarsSeamon GlassThayer RobertsAubrey Martin
  • Don Johnson, Tim McIntire, and Tiger in A Boy and His Dog (1975)

    24. A Boy and His Dog

    19751h 31mR68Metascore
    6.4 (20K)
    In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a boy who can communicate with his dog telepathically is targeted by a mysterious committee.
    DirectorL.Q. JonesStarsDon JohnsonJason RobardsSusanne Benton
  • Maurice Evans in Planet of the Apes (1968)

    25. Planet of the Apes

    19681h 52mG79Metascore
    8.0 (205K)
    After being kept in hypersleep during a long expedition into deep space, an astronaut crew crash-lands in the 40th century on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
    DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRoddy McDowallKim Hunter

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