Nuclear War Movies

Nuclear War Movies
List of the best movies about nuclear war and its consequences, selected by visitors to our site: On the Beach, The Divide, Threads, Z for Zachariah, The Sum of All Fears, Dead Man's Letters, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Testament, The Man Who Saved the World, Terminus.

In the top there are new films of 2020, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration03:15

The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration02:02

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.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantastic, action, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
Duration02:05

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryIceland, Luxembourg, USA
Duration02:28

In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
Duration02:32

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantastic, drama
CountrySoviet Union
Duration01:28

In a world after the nuclear apocalypse a scholar helps a small group of children and adults survive, staying with them in the basement of the former museum of history. In his mind he writes letters to his son — though it is obvious that they will never be read.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:35

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama, documentary, biography, history
CountryDenmark, Latvia, Russia, USA

The Man Who Saved the World is feature documentary film about Stanislav Petrov, a former lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryAustralia
Duration01:50

Following a near-fatal accident, David Chamberlain makes an unprecedented discovery that will not only determine the fate of his family, but of mankind.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:31

    Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA

    A young NASA JPL scientist is abducted by extraterrestrials but when no one believes his story he becomes obsessed with finding proof which leads him on a journey of discovery.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:11

    Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
    Duration01:41

    An American girl on holiday in the English countryside with her family finds herself in hiding and fighting for her survival as war breaks out.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genredocumentary, history
    CountryUSA

    Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of thermonuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americans intimately involved in the bombings, White Light/Black Rain provides a detailed exploration of the bombings and their aftermath.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

    Markimdb: 3
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    After a night out of partying and left behind by her friends, Ava wakes up and sneaks back home only to find that she's already safe in bed. But that's not Ava - it's someone who looks just like her. A time-traveling fugitive has stolen Ava's body, her identity, and her life. What's more -- she's not alone. There are others, hiding in the past, secretly living among us, plotting to alter the future. Without her body, Ava is a virtual ghost, silent and invisible to the world. And, so far as she knows, she's the only one who can stop them and put the timeline back on course.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:30

    Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration01:49

    It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller
    CountryUSA, Italy
    Duration01:25

    50 years after a nuclear war, the two superpowers handle territorial disputes in a different way. Each fields a giant robot to fight one-on-one battles in official matches, each piloted by a man inside, known as robot jockeys or jox. The contest for possession of Alaska will be fought by two of the best. The conscientious Achilles fights for the Americans. Opposing him is a Russian, Alexander.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, cartoon, military
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:20

    With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryCanada

    Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. The woman stays by the remains of the the satellite but is soon caught by evil punks who have taken power.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
    CountryFinland, Germany, Australia, France, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom
    Duration02:23

    Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it once and for all. The truth behind the creation of mankind will be revealed when an old enemy leads our heroes on an adventure into the Hollow Earth. To save humanity they must fight the Vril, an ancient shapeshifting reptilian race and their army of dinosaurs.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, military
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
    Duration02:20

    A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
    CountryFinland, Germany, Belgium, Australia, France, Norway, Denmark, United Kingdom
    Duration01:33

      In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, short
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:07

      Follows a group of war-torn Templar knights who are put to the test against a strange beast that stalks the lands of England. This battle is what Myths and Legends are made of. An independent fan film.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Chile
      Duration01:29

      Mayhem and death follow when an earthquake traps a group of tourists in a Chilean town.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:06

        Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:28

        When a group of close-knit friends assemble for the marriage of Skylar and Dan, they have no idea they will witness The Rapture and face a series of catastrophic events turning the celebration into a life-or-death struggle.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
        CountrySouth Korea

        Chief of the ‘Special Crime Unit’, OH Gu-tak, looks for the former gangster, PARK Woong-chul, whom he had worked with before, and recruits a con artist, KWAK No-soon, and a convicted cop, KO Yoo-sung in the new team. With new blood, the ‘Bad Guys’ have become stronger and tougher. As they dig deeper into the case, they sense that a much bigger crime organization is behind it all and they begin the hunt for bad guys…

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        Spies, cops and armed children cross paths on a day of danger, mystery and possible transformation. Five unusual characters are unknowingly connected to an extraordinary smuggling operation, as religious conspiracy collides with urban crime.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genremelodrama, drama, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:46

        Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
        CountryAustralia
        Duration01:40

        A year after the boys crossed dimensions, discovered magic and battled the restoring demon, they are back home in Bremin and are struggling with everyday teenage life. Felix has high hopes for the four heroes. He wants them to push the limits of their magical ability, working as a team to become masters of the arcane. But although he's unwilling to admit it, the boys have grown apart. The boys, once in perfect magical and elemental alignment, are a tangle of rivalry and distrust. On the verge of separating, the Nowhere Boys are drawn together for one last spell when Felix discovers a magically sealed 'Book of Shadows'. Unwittingly this releases a powerful force of chaos, and the gang is reluctantly drawn into a showdown that threatens their world and all they love...

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrehorror, fantastic
        CountryItaly, France
        Duration01:36

        One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions; the underground society and the scavangers above in the wastelands. A group of scavangers on bikes come across a town infested with flesh eating rats, and soon the gore is spilling everywhere.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredrama, history
        CountryItaly, France

        A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.




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