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90
8.3
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81
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81
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4.3
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98
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94
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97
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cc age 14+

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
poster
87
8.2
/970596/
80
/32743/
80
/11042/
4.2
/3648023/
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
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/56570/
79
/1084/
79
/1040/
4.3
/165570/
100
/30/
91
/543/
82
/14/

Mirror (1975)
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
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Kanopy
85
7.9
/26540/
77
/1244/
76
/374/
4.2
/64026/
100
/15/
91
/389/
92
/5/

Threads (1984)
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.
poster
Netflix
85
8.6
/1263558/
84
/30341/
81
/13735/
4.3
/856543/
91
/153/
95
/25645/
75
/22/
cc age 15+

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.
poster
MGM Plus
84
7.7
/213426/
75
/7315/
73
/3803/
3.8
/196908/
99
/75/
89
/6018/
87
/12/
cc age 13+

Goldfinger (1964)
Special agent 007 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 world's economy.
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Kanopy
82
8.0
/42230/
77
/2949/
75
/844/
3.8
/40289/
95
/93/
90
/361/
80
/11/
cc age 13+

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.8
/13624/
77
/809/
79
/606/
4.1
/38259/
97
/74/
87
/21/
73
/21/
8.2
/83304/
cc age 10+

In This Corner of the World (2016)
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
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JustWatchTV
80
7.5
/23392/
73
/473/
72
/395/
4.0
/30880/
98
/41/
84
/463/

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
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
79
7.3
/25226/
73
/591/
71
/551/
3.5
/18235/
93
/40/
80
/588/
80
/21/
cc age 13+

Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.
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80
78
7.6
/17413/
74
/342/
73
/307/
3.9
/21179/
93
/40/
89
/257/

Pickup on South Street (1953)
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
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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.
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83
77
8.5
/6997/
83
/258/
81
/215/
4.3
/37517/

Isle of Flowers (1989)
A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.
poster
Disney Plus
77
7.6
/814677/
78
/63898/
76
/22440/
3.6
/1869202/
85
/423/
87
/6347/
67
/47/
cc age 12+

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
poster
Kanopy
78
77
8.0
/10102/
77
/365/
75
/225/
4.0
/17398/
71
/7/
86
/109/
7.7
/22369/

Barefoot Gen (1983)
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
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.
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Kanopy
75
7.3
/4067/
74
/272/
72
/139/
3.6
/8197/
88
/88/
78
/17/
74
/20/

78/52 (2017)
The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession.
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
Disney Plus
74
7.5
/205977/
76
/7753/
73
/3262/
3.7
/141506/
77
/153/
83
/3765/
62
/14/
cc age 13+

The Abyss (1989)
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
poster
73
7.0
/40971/
71
/1236/
68
/673/
3.4
/28045/
89
/47/
71
/1829/
78
/8/
cc age 14+

The War of the Worlds (1953)
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
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
72
7.0
/31773/
69
/524/
67
/469/
3.5
/25260/
76
/62/
78
/660/
74
/26/

Kundun (1997)
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.
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
70
6.9
/134606/
70
/4985/
66
/2508/
3.2
/97295/
85
/54/
73
/2132/
64
/9/
cc age 14+

Thunderball (1965)
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
poster
70
6.7
/5304/
61
/62/
62
/94/
3.3
/1343/
77
/96/
75
/148/
68
/30/

Bon Voyage (2003)
On the eve of World War II four Parisians cope with the impending invasion of their city by German forces. While the French government braces for impact, the intersected lives of a young writer, a vain movie star, a French politician and a young scientist are examined as they attempt to deal with war and evade German spies.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.9
/23483/
71
/605/
67
/410/
3.5
/17389/
82
/49/
68
/211/
76
/14/
cc age 10+

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.
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.
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Kanopy
69
6.9
/14575/
65
/229/
65
/166/
3.4
/7521/
76
/106/
79
/670/
69
/31/
cc age 18+

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.
poster
Hoopla
68
6.7
/3251/
70
/68/
61
/57/
3.3
/939/
64
/11/
73
/38/

Come See the Paradise (1990)
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
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
67
6.8
/4808/
61
/68/
65
/67/
3.3
/1366/
72
/101/
64
/523/
cc age 16+

And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
poster
Disney Plus
67
6.7
/518971/
69
/22630/
64
/10020/
3.0
/507038/
71
/259/
69
/8505/
61
/46/

The Wolverine (2013)
Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
poster
71
66
6.9
/10050/
69
/184/
63
/123/
3.3
/3986/
90
/21/
73
/196/

The Mouse That Roared (1959)
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
poster
66
6.5
/11960/
68
/331/
63
/191/
3.2
/3164/
67
/21/
56
/102/
64
/14/

The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.
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
66
7.0
/33121/
70
/678/
65
/343/
3.4
/7604/
63
/82/
82
/1111/
41
/30/

The Salton Sea (2002)
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
poster
66
6.6
/144177/
70
/4912/
65
/2393/
3.2
/58639/
60
/62/
56
/1892/
64
/21/
cc age 15+

Outbreak (1995)
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
7.2
/352930/
73
/18435/
70
/6652/
3.5
/316617/
68
/294/
73
/2712/
56
/40/
cc age 13+

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
6.4
/20575/
64
/774/
62
/366/
3.2
/15304/
78
/36/
63
/678/
68
/10/

A Boy and His Dog (1975)
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 IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.
poster
75
65
7.0
/5388/
73
/102/
68
/124/
3.9
/25034/
85
/20/
77
/38/

The Devil, Probably (1977)
Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, he decides that suicide is the only option...
poster
Kanopy
66
63
7.3
/11111/
75
/296/
65
/149/
3.5
/2366/
37
/19/
79
/161/

In Harm's Way (1965)
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
poster
Hoopla
63
6.1
/7396/
67
/368/
62
/107/
3.1
/3164/
50
/18/
45
/118/
61
/11/

The Manhattan Project (1986)
A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.
poster
65
60
6.5
/8850/
69
/205/
69
/168/
3.2
/2540/
67
/6/
56
/77/

The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
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
Disney Plus
59
6.2
/419615/
64
/22605/
67
/8853/
2.7
/1077983/
47
/417/
77
/4695/
52
/62/
cc age 14+

Eternals (2021)
The Eternals are a team of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. When an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows, they are forced to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
71
59
7.5
/4810/
74
/76/
72
/51/
3.4
/1465/
60
/5/
81
/83/

No Time for Sergeants (1958)
Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?


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