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List of films about nuclear issues
Films discussing the dangers, utilization, and existence of nuclear power and weapons
A nuclear fireball lights up the night in a United States nuclear test.
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list of films about nuclear issues:
Documentary films
Ashes to Honey
The Atom Strikes!
The Atomic Cafe
Atomic Ed and the Black Hole
Atomic Power
The Bomb (2015)
Chernobyl Heart
Command and Control
Countdown to Zero
Dark Circle
The Day After Trinity
Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment
Duck and Cover
Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl
First Strike
A Guide to Armageddon
(
Q.E.D.
episode)
Hiroshima
If You Love This Planet
Into Eternity
Journey to the Safest Place on Earth
Last Best Chance
The Man Who Saved the World
The Mushroom Club
Nuclear Secrets
Nuclear Tipping Point
One World or None
Oppenheimer (film)
Our Friend the Atom
Pandora's Promise
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
Protect and Survive
Radio Bikini
Resan
The Return of Navajo Boy
Rokkasho Rhapsody
Silent Storm
Target Nevada
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Uranium – Twisting the Dragon's Tail
White Horse
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Windscale: Britain’s Biggest Nuclear Disaster
War and Peace
The War Game (1966 BBC)
Dramatic films
See also:
Nuclear weapons in popular culture
and
List of nuclear holocaust fiction
A Boy and His Dog
(1975) – the story of a boy and his talking dog in a post-apocalyptic world.
Aman
(1967) - the story of a UK-trained Indian doctor who moves to Japan to treat patients suffering after the nuclear attack.
Amazing Grace and Chuck
(1987) – a 12-year-old boy becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field trip. He protests the existence of nuclear weapons by refusing to play baseball.
The Atomic Cafe
(1982) – collection of the 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety
The Atomic Kid
(1954) – a man is in a house within the danger area of a nuclear bomb test area when the bomb is activated.
Atomic Twister
(ABC, made-for-TV) – a film about a modern automated power plant in the path of a tornado which threatens the plant
Barefoot Gen
(1983) – an anime film based on a manga series which depicts the terror of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II from the perspective of a child. Although in slow motion, the film is notable for featuring an accurate representation of the bomb's explosion and the effects it had on Hiroshima's people.
Battle Beneath the Earth
(1967) – a discovery that Communist China, using innovative tunneling vehicles, is tunneling under the U.S. to place nuclear bombs in strategic locations, results in a U.S. effort to foil the plan and defeat them.
The Bed Sitting Room
(1969) – an absurdist, post-apocalyptic, satirical black comedy set in the ruins of London on a recent anniversary of the nuclear war.
The Bedford Incident
(1965) – a U.S. destroyer finds a Soviet Submarine and a false alarm causes trouble for the crew on board the ship.
The Beginning or the End
(1947) – a fictionalized
docudrama
about the Manhattan Project and the
nuclear bombing of Hiroshima
.
Broken Arrow
(1996) – a film about two friends in the United States Air Force, who become bitter enemies after one of them steals two nuclear weapons and gives the U.S. government an ultimatum: either pay a huge ransom, or he will destroy a major U.S. city.
By Dawn's Early Light
(
HBO
, 1990) – about rogue Soviet military officials framing NATO for a nuclear attack in order to spark a full-blown nuclear war
A Carol for Another Christmas
(1964) – The Ghost of Christmas Future gives a tour across a desolate landscape of the ruins of a once-great civilization (Hiroshima).
The Children's Story
(1982) – this short film, which originally aired on TV's
Mobil Showcase
, depicts the first day of indoctrination of an elementary school classroom by a new teacher, representing a totalitarian government that has taken over the United States. It is based on the 1960 short story of the same name by
James Clavell
.
The China Syndrome
– this has been described as a "gripping 1979 drama about the dangers of nuclear power", which had an extra impact when the real-life accident at the
Three Mile Island nuclear plant
occurred several weeks after the film opened.
Jane Fonda
plays a TV reporter who witnesses fears over risk of a meltdown (the "China syndrome" of the title) at a local nuclear plant, which was averted by a quick-thinking engineer. The plot suggests that corporate greed and cost-cutting "have led to potentially deadly faults in the plant's construction".
[1]
The Cloud
(2006) – German drama film in which two teenagers try to survive after a nuclear accident.
Chernobyl (miniseries)
(HBO, Sky, 2019) – a five-part
historical drama
television miniseries, dramatizes the story of the 1986
Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
(2002) – in this movie directed by George Clooney, the CIA approaches an actor who becomes an assassin that kills some of America's enemies.
In This Corner of the World
(2016) – and its extended version
In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World
(2019) describe nature and traditional culture in Japan are and contrast them with the cruel and irredeemable scenes brought by the war.
Countdown to Looking Glass
(HBO, 1984) – a film that presents a simulated news broadcast about a nuclear war
Crimson Tide
(1995) – a suspenseful drama about a nuclear submarine, and the mutiny of its Executive Officer, regarding decisions on whether to launch a nuclear missile
Damnation Alley
(20th Century Fox, 1977) – a surprise attack launched on the United States, and the subsequent efforts of a small band of survivors in California to reach another group of survivors in Albany, New York
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012) – an entire metropolitan city is taken hostage as masked mercenary takes hold of a fully armed neutron bomb.
The Day After
(1983) – this made-for-television-movie by
ABC
depicts the consequences of a nuclear war in
Lawrence, Kansas
and the surrounding area.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
(1961) – a drama about nuclear tests that throw the Earth off its course around the Sun, dooming it unless scientists can find a way to reverse the change, and a news team that covers the affair
The Day the Fish Came Out
1967.
Day One
(CBS, 1989) – made-for-TV docudrama about the
Manhattan Project
The Dead Zone
(1983) – a school teacher acquires psychic powers then learns a political candidate will order a nuclear strike at some point in the future
Deterrence (film)
(1999) – depicting fictional events about nuclear
brinkmanship
involving the United States and the dropping of a nuclear bomb on Baghdad, Iraq.
Dirty War
(BBC/HBO, 2004) – follows the journey of a radioactive isotope into England, where it is ultimately turned into multiple
dirty bombs
and detonated in central London. Meanwhile, the city of London conducts preparedness drills for a possible terrorist attack
Disaster at Silo 7
(1988).
The Divide
(2011) – 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.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964) – a
black comedy
film that satirizes the Cold War and the threat of nuclear warfare
Der Dritte Weltkrieg
("World War III") (1998) – a German/American TV mockumentary of an
alternate history
in which Soviet hard-liners oust
Mikhail Gorbachev
with the
Iron Curtain
intact, soon initiating a conventional war which accidentally triggers a full nuclear exchange; the film then rewinds to the
point of divergence
and ends with jubilant scenes from the "
different path
" of our history.
Edge of Darkness
(1985) - is a
British television
drama
serial
produced by
BBC Television
in 1985. It revolves around a widowed policeman who's investigations soon lead him into a murky world of government and corporate cover-ups and nuclear espionage.
Fail-Safe
(1964) – a film based on the
novel of the same name
about an American bomber crew and nuclear tensions
Fail-Safe
(CBS, 2000) – a remake of the 1964 film, broadcast live and in black-and-white
Fat Man and Little Boy
a.k.a.
Shadow Makers
(1989) – film that reenacts the
Manhattan Project
Five
(1951) – Four men and a woman together are apparent sole survivors of a global nuclear holocaust.
Friend of the World
(2020) – Trapped in a bunker, a
filmmaker
and a military general piece together the cause of nuclear war.
A Gathering of Eagles
(1963) – a
Strategic Air Command
B-52
wing commander must shape up his unit to pass a tough inspection, sacrificing friendships and happiness at home to ensure the wing can accomplish its mission.
Godzilla
(1954) – nuclear tests at
Bikini Atoll
in the
South Pacific
awakens a giant, prehistoric monster who threatens to destroy
Japan
.
Goldeneye
(1995) – tells the story of a Russian terrorist group trying to settle a score in England by capturing two secret Soviet nuclear EMP weapon and detonating them across the globe
Goldfinger
(1964) – a businessman plans to irradiate America's gold supply with a dirty bomb.
Hava Aney Dey
(2004) – Indian drama film by
Partho Sen-Gupta
about a future
nuclear war
between
Indian and Pakistan
.
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
(2003) – Indian spy thriller film by
Anil Sharma
about a
Research and Analysis Wing
(RAW) agent who must stop terrorists from gaining access to a nuclear bomb.
The Hunt for Red October
(1990) – based on Tom Clancy's 1984 bestseller of the same title. It involves a Soviet naval captain who wants to defect to the United States with his crew and with the Soviet's most advanced nuclear missile submarine.
I Am Cuba
(1964) – a Cuban-Soviet film that encompasses the lives of everyday Cubans during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Iranium
– a movie about the nuclear weapons program of Iran
K-19: The Widowmaker
(2002) – covers the
Soviet submarine K-19 nuclear accident
Ladybug, Ladybug
(1963) – During the 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
, teachers at a secluded countryside elementary school are asked to walk their pupils home after a nuclear bomb warning alarm sounds.
Lucky Dragon No. 5
The Manhattan Project
(1986) – though not about a nuclear war, this was seen as a cautionary tale.
Matinee (1993 film)
– this film takes place during the Cuban Missile Crisis and dramatizes the lives of Americans about to meet their impending doom.
Miracle Mile
(1988) – a film about two lovers in
Los Angeles
leading up to a nuclear war
Nightbreaker
(1989)
On the Beach
(1959) – film depicting a gradually dying, post-apocalyptic world in Australia that remained after a nuclear Third World War
On the Beach
(
Showtime
, 2000) – a remake of the 1959 film.
One Night Stand
(1984) – an Australian film directed and written by John Duigan. Four teenagers are in the Sydney Opera House when news breaks of a U.S.-Soviet conflict in Europe that quickly goes nuclear – first in Europe, and soon in Australia as well.
Oppenheimer
(2023) - The story of American scientist,
J. Robert Oppenheimer
, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Outside the Wire
(2021) – In the near future, a drone pilot sent into a war zone finds himself paired up with a top-secret android officer on a mission to stop a nuclear attack.
Pandora
(2016) – South Korean disaster film about a nuclear power plant.
Panic in Year Zero
(1961) – a man on a camping trip with his family takes actions to protect them from looters and cutthroats, in a no-law, no-authorities public panic situation caused by a nuclear bomb attack nearby, but a safe distance from him and his family.
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran
(
Atom
, 2018) – Indian historical drama film by
Abhishek Sharma
based on
Pokhran-II
, the Indian nuclear weapons test at
Pokhran
in 1998.
The Peacemaker
(1997) – a U.S. Army colonel and a civilian nuclear expert supervising him must track down a stolen Russian nuclear weapon before it is used by terrorists.
Planet of the Apes
(1968) – this, and two of its sequels depict Earth after being destroyed in a nuclear war, while two middle sequels depict Earth before such a war.
Race for the Bomb
The Rainbow Warrior
(ABC, 1993)
Right at Your Door
(2007) – a thriller about a couple in Los Angeles following multiple dirty bomb detonations.
The Sacrifice
(Sweden, 1986) – a philosophical drama about nuclear war
Silkwood
(1983) – inspired by the true-life story of
Karen Silkwood
, who died in a suspicious car accident while investigating alleged wrongdoing at the
Kerr-McGee
plutonium
plant where she worked
[2]
SOS Pacific
(1959) – the survivors of a plane crash land on an island close to a hydrogen bomb set to go off in a few hours
Space Cowboys
(2000) – a space drama film; four older "ex-test pilots" are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite, unaware that it is armed with nuclear missiles.
Special Bulletin
(1983) – a gripping NBC drama about some anti-nuke activists who ironically threaten to detonate a nuclear device in Charleston, South Carolina
Split Second
(1953) – an escaped killer and his two partners hold a few people hostage in a ghost town that is scheduled to be destroyed by a nuclear bomb.
The Sum of All Fears
(2002) – a tale of terrorists' attempts to cause a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(1987) – Superman rounds up the world's nuclear weapons and hurls them into the Sun, resulting in unintended consequences.
Testament
(
PBS
, 1983) – depicts the after-effects of a nuclear war in a town near
San Francisco, California
Thirteen Days
(2000) – tells the story of the
Cuban Missile Crisis
of 1962
Threads
(
BBC
, 1984) – this film, set in the British city of
Sheffield
, shows the long-term results of a nuclear war on the surrounding area.
Tirangaa
(
Tricolour
, 1993) – Indian action drama film by
Mehul Kumar
depicting the abduction of Indian nuclear scientists by a terrorist leader who wants to build nuclear missiles for an invasion of India.
True Lies
(1994)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(1977) – tells the story of Lawrence Dell, a renegade USAF general, who escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana, threatening to launch the missiles and start World War III unless the President reveals a top secret document to the American people about the Vietnam War
Under Siege
(1992) – movie about arms dealers who take over a U.S. Navy battleship, and attempt to sell the ship's nuclear-tipped Tomahawk Cruise Missiles on the black market
Vikram
(1986) – Indian action adventure film by
Rajasekhar
about a
Research and Analysis Wing
agent who has to retrieve
AgniPutra
, a stolen nuclear-capable Indian
ICBM
.
The War Game
(BBC, 1965) – an early drama-documentary that depicts the effects of a nuclear war in Britain following a conventional war that escalates to nuclear war
WarGames
(1983) – about a young
computer hacker
who accidentally hacks into a defense computer and risks starting a nuclear war
Watchmen
(2009) – an alternate universe superhero film based on the
DC
comic book
set in the year 1985 at the height of the Cold War. During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the superpowered
Dr. Manhattan
acts as America's symbolic nuclear deterrent.
When the Wind Blows
(1986) – an animated film about an elderly British couple in a post-nuclear war world
The Wolf's Call
(2019) - Film about a submarine's sonar operator, who must use his brilliant sense of hearing to track down a French ballistic missile submarine and end the threat of nuclear war.
The World Is Not Enough
(1999) – tells the story of a terrorist stealing a nuclear bomb in order to create an accident with a stolen nuclear submarine
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
(1959) – the apparent sole survivor of a nuclear holocaust sets out to find others
See also
Nuclear technology portal
Environmental issues in film and television
International Uranium Film Festival
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List of songs about nuclear war and weapons
Nuclear weapons in popular culture
References
^
The China Syndrome (1979)
The New York Times
.
^
Robert Benford.
The Anti-nuclear Movement (book review)
American Journal of Sociology
, Vol. 89, No. 6, (May 1984), pp. 1456–1458.
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