Highest-Rated Movies about 'Nuclear Meltdown', Sort by Popularity

Pripyat (1999), The China Syndrome (1979) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Nuclear Meltdown movies.

#1. Pripyat (1999)

• Rating: 7.4/10
• Length: 100 mins
• Genre: Documentary
• Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Storyline: After 1986, a restricted zone was erected at a radius of 30km around Chernobyl. More than 100.000 people have been evacuated from there, but some have remained or returned. "Pripyat" follows four protagonists who live or work in this zone.

Plot Keywords: elderly person, environmentalist, researcher, government official, soldier, documentarian, chilling ...

#2. The China Syndrome (1979)

• Rating: 7.4/10
• Length: 2h 2min
• Genre: Drama, Thriller
• Director: James Bridges

Storyline: While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicise the incident but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

Plot Keywords: news reporter, camera operator, nuclear physicist, supervisor, cameraman, gripping, gutsy ...