Here we've displayed a list of the best Nuclear War films : The Sacrifice(1986), The Man Who Saved the World(2014), On the Beach(1959), Lord of the Flies(1963), Mars Attacks!(1996), Iron Sky: The Coming Race(2019), Yor, the Hunter From the Future(1983), 10,000 Days(2014), Fail Safe(2000), I Live in Fear(1955), X-Men: First Class(2011), The Bed Sitting Room(1969) ... ...
Drama
Sweden|France|UK
1986
145 Minutes
Erland Josephson Allan Edwall Susan Fleetwood Valérie Mairesse Gudrún Gisladóttir Sven Wollter Filippa Franzen Tommy Kjellqvist
son wife father mail carrier middle-aged man boy somber dark fascinating solemn island family home countryside party seaside woods post-apocalypse nuclear war world war iii faith
At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.
Documentary
Denmark|Latvia|Russia|USA
2014
110 Minutes
Sergey Shnyryov
officer military officer soldier fascinating intricate intense suspenseful soviet union saving the day saving the world nuclear war war rescue quest
Retired Soviet Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov, who saved the world from WW3, talks about his life as retiree and shares his opinions on the Cold War with actor Kevin Costner in this melancholic mixture of documentary and reenacted footage.
Sci-Fi
USA
1959
133 Minutes
Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Fred Astaire Anthony Perkins Donna Anderson John Tate Lola Brooks John Meillon Lou Vernon Guy Doleman Harp McGuire
commander alcoholic scientist newlywed lieutenant survivor dark tense emotional australia submarine deep sea hotel san francisco san diego nuclear war radiation survival reconnaissance denial
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
UK
1963
91 Minutes
James Aubrey Tom Chapin Hugh Edwards Roger Elwin Tom Gaman Roger Allan Kent Fletcher Nicholas Hammond
schoolboy naval officer nerd dark disturbing intense island human nature survival societal decay bullying breakdown nuclear war transformation fall rescue future
Schoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization.
Comedy
USA
1996
103 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Glenn Close Annette Bening Pierce Brosnan Danny DeVito Martin Short Sarah Jessica Parker Michael J. Fox Rod Steiger Lukas Haas Natalie Portman
u.s. president first lady congressman scientist military officer alien campy unrestrained playful creative washington, d.c. new york city nevada las vegas kansas alien invasion first contact nuclear war apocalypse world superpowers
Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Finland|Germany|Belgium
2019
92 Minutes
Julia Dietze Udo Kier Lara Rossi Stephanie Paul Tom Green Jukka Hildén Kari Ketonen Vladimir Burlakov Edward Judge Emily Atack
hitler dinosaur reptile nazi hero mother rousing cheeky thrilling outlandish spectacular moon military base spaceship earth prehistoric world nuclear war nazis overpopulation post-apocalypse
A follow-up to the film Iron Sky (2012) in which Nazis plan to take over the world after lying dormant in a secret military base on the moon.
Sci-Fi
Italy|Turkey
1983
88 Minutes
Reb Brown Corinne Clery John Steiner Carole André Alan Collins Ayshe Gul Aytekin Akkaya Marina Rocchi Sergio Nicolai
caveman beautiful woman queen guardian enemy companion campy amusing cave village desert island love triangle nuclear war flooding violence battle dance quest rescue
A warrior seeks his true origins in a seemingly prehistoric wasteland.
Sci-Fi, Adventure
USA
2014
91 Minutes
John Schneider Kasey Campbell Riley Smith Peter Wingfield Lydia Look Lewis Tan Jules Willcox Blake Randall
survivors man woman family tense dark bleak earth survival nuclear war battle freezing the world escape future
Ten thousand days ago, Comet 23 struck Earth with the magnitude of all the nuclear weapons in the world sending the planet into a deep freeze. Now, 27 years in the future, those who survived are locked in an epic battle of life or death.
Mystery & Thriller
2000
97 Minutes
George Clooney Noah Wyle Richard Dreyfuss Hank Azaria Brian Dennehy Harvey Keitel Don Cheadle James Cromwell Sam Elliott John Diehl Norman Lloyd
general colonel president translator pilot gripping tense omaha, neb. arctic moscow pentagon white house nuclear war cold war difficult decision international conflict military rivalry rescue 1960s
An Air Force bomber pilot (George Clooney) receives erroneous orders to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Drama
1955
105 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Eiko Miyoshi Haruko Tôgô Masao Shimizu Yutaka Sada Noriko Sengoku Minoru Chiaki Kyôko Aoyama Akemi Negishi Kichijiro Ueda Takashi Shimura
factory worker business owner doctor counselor old man wife bleak disheartening moving japan court house nuclear war fear family dysfunction insanity escape fall underdog 1950s
Believing that nuclear holocaust is imminent, an elderly industrialist (Toshirô Mifune) decides to move his family to Brazil.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
2011
126 Minutes
James McAvoy Michael Fassbender Rose Byrne Jennifer Lawrence January Jones Nicholas Hoult Oliver Platt Jason Flemyng Lucas Till Edi Gathegi Kevin Bacon
nazi cia agent friend mutant magneto professor x gripping emotional profound thrilling germany new york city cia office airship mansion russia nuclear war unlikely friendship cuban missile crisis genetics
Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender) work with other mutants to prevent a nuclear nightmare, but a situation soon tears the close friends apart.
Comedy
1969
90 Minutes
Rita Tushingham Ralph Richardson Peter Cook Dudley Moore Spike Milligan Michael Hordern
pregnant woman mother father lover police officer government official outlandish offbeat bleak cheeky london train ruins church fallout shelter underground world war iii nuclear war post-apocalypse social standing
This series of blackout sketches involves some of the 20 scattered London survivors of the shortest war in history.