Fail Safe (1964)
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
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Poll: The Horror of Atomic Bombs
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (2023) tells the story of this scientist and his role in the development of the atomic bomb, one of the most destructive weapons created by humanity.
The film delves in the horror of this weaponry but the nightmare of self destruction that they represent for humanity have been explored in several other movies, in genres as diverse as drama, comedy, horror or action.
Which of these other films about atomic bombs or their consequences do you want to watch?
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Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
A family leaves L.A. for a camping trip - just before a nuclear bomb destroys the city. As the city descends into chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive. -
The Manhattan Project (1986)
A high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as a nuclear medical research facility in Ithaca, NY. -
Rhapsody in August (1991)
Three generations' responses to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. -
Five (1951)
The world is destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. Only five Americans survive, including a pregnant woman, a poet, a neo-Nazi, a black man and a bank clerk. -
Thunderball (1965)
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme. -
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
An insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop. -
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
A young man and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland. -
Them! (1954)
The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization. -
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
John Preston is a British Agent with the task of preventing the Russians detonating a nuclear explosion next to an American base in the UK. -
Black Rain (1989)
The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel. -
Crack in the World (1965)
A dying scientist pushes forward his project to tap through to the Earth's magma layer, with results that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it. -
Above and Beyond (1952)
Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II. -
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. -
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels around the city to call on old friends. -
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. -
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Jack Ryan must stop the plans of a Neo-Nazi faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's President by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game. -
Barefoot Gen (1983)
A disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people. -
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Thinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators. -
The Peacemaker (1997)
A US Army colonel and a civilian woman supervising him must track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists. -
The Silencers (1966)
Retired agent Matt Helm is re-activated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the USA and starting WWIII. -
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth. -
Godzilla (1954)
American nuclear-weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. -
On the Beach (1959)
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. -
Miracle Mile (1988)
A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes. -
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. He discovers a planet ruled by apes and an underground city run by telepathic humans who worship an atomic bomb.
