Films thrillers about nuclear war

List of the best thriller films about nuclear war and its consequences, selected by visitors to our site: Disconnect, The Book of Henry, Sneaky Pete, Stonehearst Asylum, Profile, Shutter Island, The Grey, Man on a Ledge, Anonymous, Nocturnal Animals.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:55

    Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:35

    Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, detective
    CountryRussia, USA, United Kingdom, Cyprus

    Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, Amy Whitaker, a journalist, creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:18

    World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

      An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

        An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
        Duration02:10

          Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

            Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada

            An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:04

            Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, France
            Duration02:13

              A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA, Canada
              Duration01:56

              Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:41

                Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:35

                Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:48

                  Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
                  Duration02:18

                  Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

                  Markimdb: 7.8
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:14

                    The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, adventure, biography
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
                    Duration01:33

                    The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

                    Markimdb: 7
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Spain, USA, France
                    Duration02:08

                    A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.

                    Markimdb: 8.2
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:28

                    Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a TV series (co-written with TV screenwriter Joyce Eliason) for the channel ABC, which had approved the script, but chose not even to air the pilot once it was done in 1999, despite Lynch's labours to cut the project to their liking. It was left in limbo until 18 month later French company Studio Canal Plus (also producer of 'The Straight Story') agreed to pay ABC $7 million for the pilot, and budget a few million more to turn the pilot into a two-hour, 27-minute movie. The cost of the film doubled to $14 million as sets had to be reconstructed and actors recalled.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                    Duration01:52

                      After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

                      Markimdb: 7.5
                      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
                      CountryUSA, Germany
                      Duration02:24

                      A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.

                      Markimdb: 7.2
                      Genrethriller, drama
                      CountryUSA, Germany
                      Duration02:10

                      When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

                      Markimdb: 6.9
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA, France
                      Duration02:00

                      The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.

                      Markimdb: 7.6
                      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:09

                      Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop and a high-profile 'fixer' enter high-stakes negotiations.

                      Markimdb: 7.1
                      Genrethriller, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:32

                      A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes place in one room, with only the two actors. The movie is set in an unidentified, modern police state.

                      Markimdb: 7.7
                      Genrethriller, drama, adventure, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:09

                      In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

                      Markimdb: 7.3
                      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
                      CountryUSA, Japan
                      Duration02:27

                      Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

                      Markimdb: 7.9
                      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA

                      Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies — moonlighting as a private detective — because he wants to be a hero and a man of action.

                      Markimdb: 7.9
                      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:24

                      A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA

                      A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:52

                      A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.

                      Markimdb: 6.5
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                      CountryUSA, Germany, Saudi Arabia
                      Duration01:41

                      A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

                      Markimdb: 7.8
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA, Canada
                      Duration01:27

                      Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.

                      Markimdb: 6.4
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, biography
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:02

                      In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One night, a new neighbor catches Diane's eye, and the enigmatic man inspires her to set forth on the path to discovering her own artistry.

                      Markimdb: 6.4
                      Genrethriller, adventure, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:51

                      While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

                      Markimdb: 8.1
                      Genrethriller, drama
                      CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
                      Duration02:32

                      Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

                      Markimdb: 7.7
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:38

                      The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:47

                        Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

                        Markimdb: 6.9
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration02:07

                        Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.

                        Markimdb: 7.7
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA, Germany, Australia
                        Duration01:48

                        Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.

                        Markimdb: 6.3
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:55

                        A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.

                        Markimdb: 8.1
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration02:33

                          When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

                          Markimdb: 7.4
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:48

                          Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust.

                          Markimdb: 6.5
                          Genrethriller, crime, detective
                          CountryUSA, Germany
                          Duration02:03

                          A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

                          Markimdb: 6.3
                          Genrehorror, thriller
                          CountryUSA

                          On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.

                          Markimdb: 6.7
                          Genreaction, thriller
                          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                          Duration01:35

                            A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

                            Markimdb: 8.1
                            Genrehorror, thriller, adventure
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:04

                            An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.




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