Movies About Nuclear War
List is taken from various websites
****Ratings are taken from Leonard Maltin, 2006 Movie Guide
D-documentaries TV-made for TV (not rated by Maltin) NL-not listed in Maltin
1. *** The Atomic Cafe (1982). Dir: Kevin Rafferty
2. NL Black Rain (1989). Dir: Shohei Imamura
3. NL By Dawn's Early Light (1990). Dir: Jack Sholder
4. *** The Crimson Tide (1995). Dir: Tony Scott. Starring Gene Hackman
5. TV The Day After (1983). Dir: Nicholas Meyer. Starring Jason Robards
6. *** Deterrence (2000). Dir: Rod Lurie
7. NL Disaster at Silo 7 (1988). Dir: Larry Elikann
8. ****Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). Dir: Stanley Kubrick. Starring Peter Sellers.
9. ***/Fail Safe (1964). Dir: Sidney Lumet. Starring Henry Fonda
10. *** Fat Man and Little Boy (1989). Dir: Roland Jaffe. Starring Paul Newman
11. NL Hadashi No Gen - The Hiroshima Bomb
12. D Hiroshima Black Rain (BBC) (2005)
13. ***/The Hunt for Red October (1990) Dir. John McTiernan. Starring Sean Connery
14. */ Miracle Mile (1989) Dir. Steve De Jarnatt
15. ****On The Beach (1959) Dir: Stanley Kramer. Starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire
16. ***Seven Days in May (1964) Dir. John Frankenheimer. Starrring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas
17, TV Special Bulletin (1983). Dir: Edward Zwick
18. **/ The Sum of All Fears (2002). Dir: Phil Alden. Starring Ben Affleck
19. ***/Testament (1983). Dir: Lynn Littman. Starring Jane Alexander
20. *** Thirteen Days (2001). Dir: Roger Donaldson. Starring Kevin Costner
21. *** Threads (1984). Dir: Mick Jackson
22. *** The War Game (1967). Dir: Peter Watkins
23. **/ War Games (1983). Dir: John Badham. Starring Matthew Broderick
24. NL When the Wind Blows (animation)(1986). Dir: Jimmy Murakami
25. D White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (HBO)
26. NL World War III (1982) Starring Rock Hudson
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