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90
8.3
/546169/
81
/9010/
81
/5952/
4.3
/556140/
98
/98/
94
/10883/
97
/32/
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
Hulu
85
8.4
/829769/
82
/24586/
79
/10456/
4.1
/818576/
94
/142/
94
/22901/
84
/23/
cc age 15+

Aliens (1986)
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
poster
85
7.9
/7943/
76
/253/
76
/178/
4.1
/10073/
93
/14/
89
/111/

The War Game (1966)
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.
poster
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
Criterion Channel
84
8.2
/39342/
79
/1176/
78
/957/
4.3
/137138/
90
/29/
93
/732/

La Jetée (1962)
A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
84
8.1
/64391/
80
/4756/
79
/1927/
3.8
/113549/
100
/6/
93
/649/
cc age 13+

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
8.3
/60576/
80
/3666/
79
/1557/
4.0
/81651/
94
/549/
cc age 14+

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
poster
Netflix
82
8.1
/986155/
80
/27832/
77
/14043/
3.9
/849071/
90
/129/
89
/19854/
84
/21/
cc age 15+

The Terminator (1984)
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
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
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.7
/14306/
75
/532/
73
/310/
4.0
/27144/
88
/8/
88
/184/

When the Wind Blows (1986)
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.
poster
80
7.6
/210783/
74
/8213/
74
/4012/
3.9
/233614/
93
/61/
86
/3474/
77
/15/

Mad Max 2 (1981)
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
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
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.1
/119392/
76
/6030/
70
/2051/
3.5
/93978/
93
/46/
76
/1986/
77
/15/
cc age 11+

WarGames (1983)
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.6
/136563/
78
/6123/
72
/1875/
3.7
/55286/
93
/67/
89
/4040/
70
/18/
cc age 12+

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
poster
Fandor
78
7.4
/3850/
73
/117/
67
/47/
3.6
/2411/
92
/59/
87
/211/
77
/23/

The Weather Underground (2002)
The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
poster
76
7.2
/6718/
69
/172/
68
/122/
3.8
/13213/
100
/11/
87
/87/
67
/14/

The Unbelievable Truth (1990)
After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did...
poster
MGM Plus
75
7.2
/83231/
71
/2574/
70
/1750/
3.5
/100425/
89
/54/
77
/1348/
69
/8/

The Dead Zone (1983)
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
poster
Kanopy
75
6.9
/7737/
66
/201/
63
/131/
3.6
/4764/
89
/46/
75
/105/
71
/19/

Testament (1983)
It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.
poster
74
7.5
/47690/
75
/1458/
73
/876/
3.6
/22894/
76
/38/
80
/797/
67
/9/

The Time Machine (1960)
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.8
/46772/
72
/3614/
69
/1121/
3.3
/29714/
91
/99/
82
/210/
71
/19/
cc age 17+

The Outpost (2020)
A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.
poster
MGM Plus
74
7.0
/14247/
68
/647/
68
/299/
3.8
/36933/
91
/32/
73
/213/
74
/12/

Miracle Mile (1989)
After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!
poster
MGM Plus
74
7.1
/51012/
72
/1116/
71
/961/
3.6
/30454/
82
/50/
75
/692/
75
/24/

Casualties of War (1989)
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
poster
Disney Plus
74
7.7
/756840/
76
/27502/
72
/13243/
3.6
/781299/
86
/295/
87
/18314/
65
/38/
cc age 12+

X-Men: First Class (2011)
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
poster
Netflix
73
7.5
/199173/
76
/9604/
77
/2967/
3.5
/212675/
82
/119/
98
/779/
63
/28/
cc age 16+

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)
During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
73
IMDb 11
7.2
/187688/
73
/11473/
72
/2165/
3.5
/650519/
80
/428/
88
/6527/
67
/57/
cc age 13+

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.
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
Kanopy
73
7.2
/157926/
75
/4255/
71
/2178/
3.4
/47297/
63
/144/
84
/6587/
65
/37/
cc age 17+

We Were Soldiers (2002)
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
73
7.6
/605732/
76
/23848/
73
/9670/
3.7
/537805/
64
/304/
71
/47708/
56
/39/
cc age 18+

Watchmen (2009)
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.7
/2160/
64
/59/
62
/39/
3.4
/740/
83
/6/
85
/39/

84C MoPic (1989)
An Army cameraman is embedded with a reconnaissance patrol and charts their mission across territory controlled by the North Vietnamese.
poster
Netflix
71
7.3
/650825/
72
/30895/
72
/10639/
3.4
/1519176/
70
/380/
76
/2373/
69
/50/
cc age 14+

Tenet (2020)
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
poster
Hoopla
71
7.2
/2590/
71
/36/
70
/38/
3.2
/1913/
80
/10/
80
/94/

Romero (1989)
Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
poster
71
7.0
/19929/
71
/894/
68
/421/
3.4
/10435/
86
/14/
69
/475/

The Day After (1983)
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.
poster
MGM Plus
70
7.0
/122781/
71
/4363/
68
/2127/
3.5
/81809/
82
/61/
77
/2083/
55
/12/
cc age 14+

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
poster
Hulu
68
6.9
/45093/
69
/838/
66
/589/
3.4
/13236/
78
/46/
71
/796/
55
/14/

Tigerland (2000)
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.
poster
66
6.8
/124577/
69
/4840/
65
/2355/
3.2
/90019/
73
/52/
69
/2103/
61
/14/
cc age 14+

You Only Live Twice (1967)
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
6.2
/509213/
63
/16302/
60
/8745/
2.8
/521509/
77
/306/
53
/74133/
65
/40/
cc age 11+

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
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. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.
poster
Kanopy
63
7.3
/359148/
74
/10674/
70
/4824/
3.3
/133947/
39
/87/
81
/18143/
33
/22/
cc age 16+

Equilibrium (2002)
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
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
fuboTV
62
6.2
/209022/
68
/16222/
64
/5454/
2.6
/175487/
70
/351/
82
/2619/
54
/51/
cc age 15+

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.
poster
MGM Plus
61
6.1
/2826/
60
/81/
59
/49/
3.2
/2393/
64
/14/
60
/50/

The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
poster
MGM Plus
61
6.5
/213019/
67
/6941/
63
/3295/
3.1
/121699/
58
/92/
53
/5108/
52
/38/
cc age 14+

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
poster
MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel
60
6.3
/67659/
68
/2152/
63
/853/
3.0
/51162/
48
/27/
65
/2688/
53
/15/
cc age 13+

Red Dawn (1984)
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.
poster
59
6.4
/35722/
65
/956/
62
/589/
3.2
/18455/
65
/34/
53
/1407/
56
/7/
cc age 14+

The Omega Man (1971)
Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain - sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
6.6
/15563/
70
/1185/
75
/1245/
3.2
/20514/
33
/9/
62
/80/
40
/5/

The Flu (2013)
A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
57
6.9
/4521/
68
/151/
65
/62/
3.2
/1522/
74
/1093/

By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
57
6.3
/3389/
64
/210/
63
/83/
3.1
/3830/
62
/11806/
6.5
/15288/

Appleseed (1988)
In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.
poster
Hoopla
57
6.3
/12722/
66
/327/
62
/205/
3.1
/5104/
60
/10/
61
/148/
38
/5/

Uncommon Valor (1983)
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.


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