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87
8.3
/961655/
80
/32621/
80
/11039/
4.2
/3631578/
93
/513/
91
/6024/
90
/69/
cc age 15+

Oppenheimer (2023)
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
poster
87
7.9
/112664/
76
/1957/
77
/1681/
4.1
/108549/
96
/53/
91
/1696/
100
/17/
cc age 11+

Notorious (1946)
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
poster
83
8.1
/27206/
79
/622/
78
/437/
4.3
/31895/
93
/30/
91
/361/
75
/6/

Fail Safe (1964)
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.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.8
/38722/
77
/777/
76
/887/
4.2
/129658/
96
/46/
89
/628/

Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
poster
Crunchyroll
82
8.0
/221937/
81
/10613/
79
/4571/
4.3
/724827/
91
/55/
90
/8615/
68
/22/
8.1
/549630/
cc age 16+

Akira (1988)
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.6
/44412/
75
/1602/
76
/1060/
4.0
/135464/
94
/78/
89
/1066/
79
/20/

Godzilla (1954)
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.8
/4303/
71
/68/
75
/126/
4.0
/5504/
86
/14/
89
/54/

Black Rain (1989)
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.6
/4778/
76
/159/
73
/71/
3.8
/5310/
93
/27/
85
/159/

The Atomic Cafe (1982)
A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.
poster
Peacock Premium
80
77
7.4
/2846/
74
/438/
77
/224/
3.6
/4351/
93
/513/
91
/6024/

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023)
Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
75
7.2
/26276/
71
/672/
68
/442/
3.5
/23899/
93
/58/
77
/653/
74
/18/

Them! (1954)
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.
poster
74
7.7
/140840/
76
/3107/
75
/2043/
3.9
/103337/
77
/65/
90
/3544/
62
/22/
cc age 14+

Empire of the Sun (1987)
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
poster
73
7.3
/65989/
74
/1643/
69
/797/
3.4
/24833/
83
/122/
80
/1054/
67
/31/
cc age 14+

Thirteen Days (2000)
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
7.0
/24887/
68
/568/
67
/329/
3.7
/54708/
82
/45/
77
/839/
69
/16/
cc age 16+

Slacker (1991)
Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.
poster
71
7.2
/8098/
74
/123/
72
/144/
3.7
/7644/
60
/15/
73
/111/

Rhapsody in August (1991)
An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
85
69
8.2
/2532/
77
/94/
75
/30/
4.1
/2489/
100
/6/
95
/127/

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americans intimately involved in the bombings, White Light/Black Rain provides a detailed exploration of the bombings and their aftermath.
poster
77
68
7.4
/6815/
73
/129/
69
/84/
3.5
/1612/
100
/5/
78
/70/

Fail Safe (2000)
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
poster
Hulu
67
6.6
/469/
56
/25/
62
/6/
3.3
/898/
81
/48/
73
/12/
72
/20/

A Compassionate Spy (2022)
Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos with no idea what he'll be working on. When he learns the true nature of the weapon being designed, he fears the post-war risk of a nuclear holocaust and begins to pass significant information to the Soviet Union.
poster
70
66
6.6
/9535/
65
/245/
66
/194/
3.3
/7860/
91
/22/
68
/172/

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
poster
64
6.7
/76075/
71
/2388/
67
/1167/
3.3
/49411/
59
/80/
57
/3583/
50
/19/
cc age 13+

Blast from the Past (1999)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
6.2
/2104/
74
/302/
62
/17/
3.1
/376/
73
/11/
36
/32/

Infinity (1996)
Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
poster
Kanopy
62
6.5
/132566/
69
/4860/
64
/1861/
3.0
/51655/
58
/178/
49
/1984/
45
/35/
cc age 14+

The Sum of All Fears (2002)
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
poster
Netflix
64
61
6.2
/4307/
67
/452/
61
/94/
2.9
/8391/
83
/12/
53
/30/
cc age 14+

Einstein and the Bomb (2024)
What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.
poster
65
60
6.6
/5497/
66
/183/
62
/96/
3.2
/3888/
70
/10/
63
/76/

Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin 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 business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be the first casualties.
poster
76
58
7.9
/3693/
75
/201/
72
/59/
3.7
/1062/
82
/26/

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)
"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, this award-winning documentary reveals previously unreleased and classified government footage from several countries.
poster
Netflix
57
6.4
/15365/
67
/905/
66
/385/
2.9
/8430/
30
/150/
55
/89/
45
/22/
cc age 13+

Red Joan (2018)
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.
poster
57
6.5
/118900/
66
/4288/
63
/2110/
2.9
/78642/
41
/49/
47
/1823/
63
/14/
cc age 14+

Octopussy (1983)
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
poster
78
56
7.5
/1539/
73
/47/
73
/35/
4.0
/4923/
93
/302/

The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
poster
Kanopy
56
6.5
/15468/
67
/642/
61
/269/
3.0
/3190/
31
/88/
46
/273/
48
/33/
cc age 14+

Emperor (2012)
As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
poster
56
6.1
/28698/
65
/1070/
60
/549/
2.9
/16364/
38
/52/
45
/942/
50
/30/

The Shadow (1994)
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.
poster
Kanopy
55
6.5
/9719/
69
/323/
61
/157/
3.1
/4313/
50
/24/
46
/85/
50
/24/
cc age 13+

Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
poster
51
6.2
/190828/
67
/7591/
61
/3290/
2.8
/257830/
36
/117/
65
/4353/
41
/20/
cc age 14+

Dune (1984)
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
poster
Kanopy
74
51
7.0
/2367/
67
/42/
67
/40/
3.4
/1021/
100
/5/
72
/22/

Seven Days to Noon (1950)
When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government begins nuclear disarmament. As Willingdon goes into hiding, Detective Folland of Scotland Yard sets out to find him. Willingdon's daughter Ann also joins the cause, hoping she can talk sense into her father before he causes a catastrophe.
poster
69
50
7.4
/1406/
68
/67/
66
/58/
3.8
/4041/
6.4
/3129/

Jumping (1984)
A boy walks down the street and as he goes along his strides increase. Eventually he leaps over towns, forests, and oceans, seeing many things and surprising many people along the way.
poster
Kanopy
50
5.6
/45439/
62
/2633/
59
/1562/
2.5
/14252/
25
/97/
47
/929/
40
/28/
cc age 14+

Brick Mansions (2014)
In a dystopian Detroit, grand houses that once housed the wealthy are now homes of the city's most-dangerous criminals. Surrounding the area is a giant wall to keep the rest of Detroit safe. For undercover cop Damien Collier, every day is a battle against corruption as he struggles to bring his father's killer, Tremaine, to justice. Meanwhile, Damien and an ex-con named Lino work together to save the city from a plot to destroy it.
poster
Criterion Channel
59
47
5.5
/2631/
57
/74/
67
/69/
3.1
/4488/
54
/733/

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
poster
The Roku Channel
66
46
6.9
/4503/
68
/103/
62
/81/
3.3
/440/
66
/41/

On the Beach (2000)
The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.
poster
46
5.2
/9596/
59
/336/
52
/163/
2.6
/4693/
36
/33/
50
/334/

Young Einstein (1988)
Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his invention he meets beatuiful French scientist Marie Curie, as well as several unscrupulous types who try to take advantage of the naive genius and his invention.
poster
74
45
7.8
/1953/
75
/131/
72
/54/
3.6
/788/

Hiroshima (2005)
The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft that dropped the bomb) and inside the exploding bomb.
poster
77
41
6.9
/41/
75
/12/
65
/10/
3.6
/912/
93
/513/
91
/6024/

Inside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023)
A look behind the scenes of Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer" about an American scientist and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
poster
Netflix
41
5.5
/211158/
59
/6844/
56
/4092/
2.3
/147016/
20
/148/
28
/8794/
32
/23/
cc age 11+

Godzilla (1998)
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
poster
58
41
5.7
/2323/
60
/47/
56
/43/
3.0
/872/
71
/7/
50
/34/

Kronos (1957)
Scientists investigate a huge meteor that crashes into the ocean off Mexico, and encounter a skyscraper-tall, mobile machine which is designed to syphon energy from earth, including any energy directed at it in an effort to destroy it.
poster
Kanopy
81
40
7.7
/1330/
79
/44/
75
/19/
3.8
/5405/
98
/14/

The Day After Trinity (1981)
This essential, Academy Award–nominated documentary offers an urgent warning from history about the dangers of nuclear warfare via the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist and all-around Renaissance man who led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb that America unleashed on Japan in the final days of World War II. Through extensive interviews and archival footage, THE DAY AFTER TRINITY traces Oppenheimer’s evolution, from architect of one of the most consequential endeavors of the twentieth century to an outspoken opponent of nuclear proliferation who came to deeply regret his role in ushering in the perils of the atomic age.
poster
39
5.3
/42572/
59
/1325/
54
/723/
2.5
/18359/
7
/42/
31
/688/
25
/13/
cc age 13+

Spy Hard (1996)
The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other hostages are being held.
poster
42
36
3.9
/5690/
55
/201/
45
/91/
2.3
/1559/
29
/7814/

Iron Eagle II (1988)
Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is only the most minor of his problems as he discovers someone in the Pentagon is actively sabotaging his mission.
poster
74
35
7.5
/779/
68
/12/
74
/29/
3.9
/1552/

Hiroshima (1953)
Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city.
poster
71
32
7.3
/372/
68
/39/
82
/76/
3.4
/493/
67
/22/

El señor fotógrafo (1953)
Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...
poster
72
29
7.4
/515/
75
/95/
73
/49/
3.4
/240/

WWII From Space (2012)
WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you've never experienced it before. This HISTORY special uses an all-seeing CGI eye that offers a satellite view of the conflict, allowing you to experience it in a way that puts key events and tipping points in a global perspective. By re-creating groundbreaking moments that could never have been captured on camera, and by illustrating the importance of simultaneity and the hidden effects of crucial incidents, HISTORY presents the war's monumental moments in a never-before-seen context. And with new information brought to the forefront, you'll better understand how a nation ranked 19th in the world's militaries in 1939 emerged six years later as the planet's only atomic superpower.
poster
66
28
6.9
/1450/
67
/23/
61
/17/
3.3
/273/
67
/150/

Above and Beyond (1953)
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.


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