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1. Chernobyl (2019)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 868,724
2. The Creator (2023)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney
Votes: 162,053
3. Threads (1984 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May
Votes: 20,216
4. Jericho (2006–2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A small town in Kansas is literally left in the dark after seeing a mushroom cloud over nearby Denver, Colorado. The townspeople struggle to find answers about the blast and solutions on how to survive.
Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James, Ashley Scott, Kenneth Mitchell
Votes: 58,808
5. The Day After (1983 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 127 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum
Votes: 18,207
6. The Divide (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Director: Xavier Gens | Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 38,638 | Gross: $0.02M
7. How I Live Now (2013)
R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay, Harley Bird
Votes: 31,992 | Gross: $0.06M
8. On the Beach (1959)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
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.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins
Votes: 14,447 | Gross: $11.00M
9. When the Wind Blows (1986)
16+ | 84 min | Animation, Drama, War
A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami | Stars: Peggy Ashcroft, John Mills, Robin Houston, James Russell
Votes: 12,681 | Gross: $0.01M
10. Pandora (2016)
Not Rated | 136 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The explosion of a nuclear power plant caused by an earthquake leads to a disaster which no one other than its workers can stop from spreading further.
Directors: Jeong-woo Park, Jong-woo Park | Stars: Kim Nam-gil, Kim Joo-Hyun, Jung Jin-young, Kim Yeong-ae
Votes: 8,609
11. Testament (1983)
PG | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The life of a suburban American family is scarred after a nuclear attack.
Director: Lynne Littman | Stars: Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rossie Harris, Roxana Zal
Votes: 7,237 | Gross: $2.04M
12. Godzilla 1985 (1985)
PG | 87 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.
Directors: Koji Hashimoto, R.J. Kizer, Ishirô Honda, Toshio Masuda, Shûe Matsubayashi, Shirô Moritani | Stars: Raymond Burr, Keiju Kobayashi, Ken Tanaka, Yasuko Sawaguchi
Votes: 6,894 | Gross: $4.12M
13. Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Passed | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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.
Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel
Votes: 4,849
14. The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
Approved | 58 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
A crazed scientist invents an invisibility formula. He plans to use the formula to create an army of invisible zombies.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy, James Griffith, Ivan Triesault
Votes: 2,744
15. Five (1951)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
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.
Director: Arch Oboler | Stars: William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubes, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin
Votes: 1,572
16. Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
TV-PG | 85 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
Director: Toshio Hirata | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kôda, Kei Nakamura, Takami Aoyama
Votes: 1,426
17. Murder in the Pacific (2023)
Documentary
The efforts by the New Zealand authorities to solve the case of who bombed the Rainbow Warrior ship in 1985, which resulted in the death of one of the crew.
Stars: Chris Martin, Peter Willcox, Bunny McDiarmid, Pierre Joxe
Votes: 82
18. The Pandora Directive (1996 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
In a neo-noir post-WWIII future, an old man hires Tex Murphy, a witty mellow private detective, to find his friend, a former government scientist. The clues lead Tex to a serial killer, NSA and an ominous project called Pandora.
Director: Adrian Carr | Stars: Chris Jones, Barry Corbin, Kevin McCarthy, Tanya Roberts
Votes: 287
19. Shelter (I) (2008)
101 min | Drama
With a catastrophic event rapidly approaching, 18 people vie for 10 spots in the small town's only bomb shelter.
Director: Chris Elston | Stars: James Casey, Chris Elston, Jennifer Pennington, Kelsey Sanders
Votes: 170
20. Zombie Night (2003 Video)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The survivors of World War III discover they're not the only ones left. The war's chemical aftermath has caused people to mutate into flesh-hungry ghouls, and the survivors try to find sanctuary in a world now overrun by the living dead.
Director: David J. Francis | Stars: Danny Ticknovich, Sandra Segovic, Dwayne Moniz, Steve Curtis
Votes: 558
21. Twenty Twenty-Four (2016)
88 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A lone scientist maintains an underground bunker for the coming global nuclear disaster. But after becoming prematurely isolated, he slowly begins to question his own reality and whether he... See full summary »
Director: Richard Mundy | Stars: Andrew Kinsler, Peter McCrohon
Votes: 822
22. Chernobyl - A Bomb That Keeps Ticking (2024)
52 min | Documentary
A young scientist investigates Chernobyl's aftermath, discovering toxic water endangering millions. Amidst the Russian invasion, he witnesses soldiers digging trenches in the Red Zone. The Russians withdraw, leaving their troops to die.
Director: Allen Dobrovolsky
23. I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday (2017)
TV-14 | 71 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mother and her 8 year old son struggle to survive in a bomb shelter after an unnamed apocalypse.
Director: Mike Lombardo | Stars: Holly Andrew, Hope Bikle, Reeve Blazi, Damian Maffei
Votes: 318
24. Nukes in Space (1999 Video)
53 min | Documentary, History
U.S. nuclear tests in space, and the development of the military intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Director: Peter Kuran | Stars: Raymond Garthoff, Bernard Lovell, Bernard Schriever, William Shatner
Votes: 269
25. Day After Disaster (2009 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, History
This is a documentary covering the subject of what can happen shortly after a disaster strikes, starting from seconds, to minutes, to hours, days, weeks, months, years and so on. This ... See full summary »
Director: Emre Sahin | Stars: Noah Applebaum, Rick Brandelli, Clint Clark, Maboud Ebrahimzadeh
Votes: 43
26. Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero (1999 Video)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History
A tour of U.S. atomic test sites in Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Mississippi, and Alaska.
Director: Peter Kuran | Stars: Peter Merlin, William Shatner
Votes: 269
27. False Alarm (2021)
53 min | Documentary
The surreal, traumatic, and revelatory fallout from the morning when everyone on Hawai'i thought a nuclear missile strike was imminent.
Director: Nick Lyell
Votes: 12
28. The last people of Chernobyl 3 (2020)
70 min | Documentary
This documentary tells a story about people that to this day live in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Shows their daily struggles and lets them share their stories.
Director: Amadeusz Kocan | Stars: Maciej Bogaczyk, Tomasz Knapik, Krystian Machnik
Votes: 111
29. Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (2004 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
A documentary about the Indian Point power plant and its virtual lack of security following the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Michael Brown, Al Franken, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rory Kennedy
Votes: 93
30. Chernobyl: Men of steel (2022)
60 min | Documentary
Samosely are the people who did not come to terms with the forced evacuation after the Chernobyl disaster. They returned to their homes to live on the land of their fathers.
Director: Amadeusz Kocan | Stars: Maciej Bogaczyk, Krystian Machnik, Miroslaw Utta
Votes: 6
31. The last people of Chernobyl 2 (2019)
86 min | Documentary
"The last people of Chernobyl 2" tells a story about people that to this day live in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Shows the daily struggles and shares their stories.
Director: Amadeusz Kocan | Stars: Maciej Bogaczyk, Krystian Machnik
Votes: 17
32. Spot Goes to Hollywood (1995 Video Game)
Animation, Action, Adventure
Action platformer featuring the 7 Up's former mascot, Cool Spot, who gets sucked into a movie projector and must beat levels inspired by such movie genres as adventure, horror and Sci-Fi to escape. There are two versions of the game.
Director: Mark W.J. Kelly
Votes: 25
33. The Hole in the Ground (1962)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A look at the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation, including the Royal Observer Corps, and their work warning the public of a nuclear attack and then monitoring its effects.
Director: David Cobham | Stars: Russell Napier, Martin Boddey, Tom Bowman, Michael Collins
Votes: 29
34. Vive la bombe! (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | History, War
Director: Jean-Pierre Sinapi | Stars: Cyril Descours, Olivier Barthélémy, Matthieu Boujenah, Damien Jouillerot
Votes: 69
35. Valkoinen kääpiö (1986)
90 min | Drama
The story of one man's struggle after he gets caught in a nuclear fallout and gets sick with leukemia.
Director: Timo Humaloja | Stars: Kari Heiskanen, Lilga Kovanko, Jaana Raski, Esko Salminen
Votes: 116
36. Spongecake (2012)
11 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Part Sci Fi action thriller, part dark comedy, 'Spongecake' is a post apocalyptic mini-movie depicting a day in the life of a soldier as he struggles to survive in the aftermath of a nuclear war.
Directors: Matthew Reyna, Andrew Reyna | Stars: Austin Gonzales, Mark Gonzales
37. Sound an Alarm (1971)
21 min | Documentary, Short
The men and women of the Royal Observer Corps respond to a nuclear attack.
Director: Anthony Short | Stars: John Welsh, Ian Patterson, Tony Thawnton, Butler Richard
Votes: 9
38. Mean Streets (1989 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Mystery
The first Tex Murphy game. Tensions in post-WWIII San Francisco are on the rise between the normal people and those who began to mutate due to nuclear fallout. A woman hires P.I. Tex to investigate the secret project her dad worked on.
Director: Bruce Carver | Star: Chris Jones
Votes: 57
39. Falling Out (2011)
10 min | Short
Falling Out is the story of a pregnant woman who takes cover in a bunker with a jaded survivalist and her dying boyfriend as she struggles to survive a nuclear catastrophe.
Director: Matt Cameron | Stars: Hanna Stanbridge, Anthony Kelly, Adam McNamara, Emma Bloomer
Votes: 16
40. Warning Red (1956)
14 min | Short
A film put out by the US government instructing citizens how to prepare for and survive a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union.
Director: Nicholas Webster | Stars: Joseph Cunningham, Mary Reading Miller, Melvin Scheldt
Votes: 10
41. Radioactive Fallout and Shelter (1965)
27 min | Documentary, Short
Purporting that fallout is nothing more than a minor nuisance and that the government knows what to do and that silly fallout problem.
Votes: 10
42. Knocking on the Devil's Door: Our Deadly Nuclear Legacy (2011)
96 min | Documentary, History, News
The nuclear reactor catastrophes at Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now at Fukushima, Japan, remind us that a heinous specter hovers over the health and security of millions of people ... See full summary »
Directors: Gary Null, Valerie Van Cleve | Stars: Ryan Alexander, Christopher Busby, Helen Caldicott, Betty Chavey
Votes: 9
43. Pripyat (2008)
16 min | Short
The city of Pripyat was once considered the finest place to live in the whole of the Soviet Union. A thoroughly modern city, it was built in 1970 to house the workers of the new Chernobyl ... See full summary »
Director: Nicky Larkin
Votes: 18
44. Clara (1999)
27 min | Short, Drama, History
When abandoned by her G.I. husband in a remote part of southern Utah, a young German war bride must come to terms with the hostility that surrounds her and make peace not only with her past... See full summary »
Director: Helga Oswald | Stars: Claudia Michelsen, Scott Haven, Elinor Baggett, Tony Bacon
Votes: 18
45. Project Sedan (1962)
8 min | Documentary, Short
A description and evaluation of Project Sedan, part of the Atomic Energy Commission's Operation Plowshare. Plowshare sought to promote the use of nuclear weapons for peaceful purposes. In ... See full summary »
46.
Madventures (2002– )
Episode:
Ex-CCCP
(2009)
40 min | Documentary
Director: Tuomas Milonoff | Stars: Riku Rantala, Tuomas Milonoff
Votes: 28
47.
Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode:
Six Hours
(2021)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
As Morgan, Grace and Mo struggle to adapt to life on the submarine, a food shortage forces them to face the nuclear fallout outside the sub.
Director: Michael E. Satrazemis | Stars: Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo, Danay Garcia
Votes: 2,381
48.
Geographics (2019– )
Episode:
Kyshtym Mayak: The 2nd Worst Nuclear Disaster in Soviet History
(2021)
21 min | Documentary
In 1957 an explosion destroyed a nuclear waste processing facility in Kyshtym Russian. This was the worst radiation release until the Chernobyl disaster. It was covered up by the Soviet ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler
49.
Stuff to Blow Your Mind (2010– )
Atomic Bomb Parties and Nuclear Fallout
(2011 Podcast Episode)
Documentary
50.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
On the Eighth Day
(1984)
Documentary
The effect on the natural world of a nuclear war, reporting on research in America, Russia and Britain which suggests that for thirty years the world has had the capacity to cause a nuclear winter.
Stars: Tom Ackerman, Vladimir Aleksandrov, Paul Ehrlich, Dan Gregory
Votes: 13