The Vault
Nuclear Nightmares
1979 ★ 10.0Peter Ustinov hosts this haunting 1980 documentary exploring the world's nuclear weaponry and the fragile system that deters either side from initiating the fir
The War Game
1966 ★ 7.7A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of
When the Wind Blows
1986 ★ 7.5With 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
The Day After
1983 ★ 6.8In 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 li
Danger Beneath the Sea
2001 ★ 5.3Following a nuclear weapons testing accident in North Korea, the crew of a US Navy submarine experiences a communications breakdown. Believing that a nuclear wa
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 ★ 8.1After 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 fran
The Marksman
2005 ★ 5.3When Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear reactor, it’s up to a special ops marksman to rescue the hostages and prevent nuclear catastrophe. Topic: Film "
Steel Rain 2: Summit
2020 ★ 7.0A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit be
Threads
1985 ★ 7.6Documentary 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 wa
Dead Men Can't Dance
1997 ★ 3.9To stamp out the threat of nuclear war, a special ops team must travel to North Korea to carry out a covert mission to destroy a nuclear power plant. Everything
By Dawn's Early Light
1990 ★ 6.5A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between A
The Wolf's Call
2019 ★ 7.5Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depends on his
Crimson Tide
1995 ★ 7.2After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relativ
Broken Arrow
1996 ★ 6.1When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002 ★ 6.6When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster. Drama History Thril
Zombies of the Third Reich
2025 ★ 4.8During WW2, a group of assembled allied forces are sent to a secret nuclear bunker occupied by Nazi Germany to uncover the operations of what's been occurring
Exterminators of the Year 3000
1983 ★ 4.9It's the year 3000 and a nuclear war has turned the earth into a desert wasteland. A group of survivors living in a cave run out of water and desperately need t
Panic in Year Zero!
1962 ★ 6.3While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers a
Holocaust 2000
1977 ★ 5.8An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up. Task: Write a fac
I Live in Fear
1955 ★ 7.3An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared incompetent
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 ★ 4.6With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently spr
Under Siege
1992 ★ 6.3A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for eve
The Chain Reaction
1980 ★ 5.5Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public. Topic: Film "The Chain Reaction" (1980). Persona: M
The War Game at Cinecity
2026 ★ 0.0When Peter Watkins’ banned nuclear war masterpiece "The War Game" reached Toronto in 1967, it found an unlikely home at Cinecity, a new cinema determined to cha