Highest-Rated Movies about 'Nuclear War'

The War Game (1966), When the Wind Blows (1986), The Day After (1983), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Fail-Safe (1964), Seven Days in May (1964), The Man Who Saved the World (2014), By Dawn's Early Light (1990) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Nuclear War movies.

#16. Panic in Year Zero (1962)

Storyline: While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland) and his family hear an immense explosion and realise the awful truth; Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Mayhem and madness are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be its first casualties. Not one to give up, Harry doors things to make sure his family has a chance at surviving.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords: nuclear war, post-apocalyptic, societal collapse, cold war era, moral dilemma, resource scarcity, human nature test ...

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#18. Red Dawn (1984)

Storyline: From out of the sky, Soviet, Nicaraguan, and Cuban troops begin landing on the football field of a Colorado high school. In a few seconds, the paratroopers have attacked the school and sent a group of teenagers fleeing into the mountains. Armed only with hunting rifles, pistols, and bows and arrows, the teens struggle to survive the bitter winter and the Soviet K.G.B. patrols hunting for them. Eventually, trouble arises when they kill a group of Soviet soldiers on patrol in the highlands. Soon they will wage their own guerrilla warfare against the invading Soviet troops under the banner of "Wolverines!"

Plot Keywords: war, cold war, america, soviet union, resistance, teenagers, patriotism ...

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#19. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

Storyline: Brent is an American astronaut, part of a team sent to locate missing fellow American astronaut, George Taylor. Following Taylor's known flight trajectory, the search and rescue team crash lands on an unknown planet much like Earth in the year 3955, with Brent being the only survivor of the team. What Brent initially does not know, much like Taylor didn't initially know when he landed here before Brent, is that he has landed back on Earth in the future, in the vicinity of what was New York City. Brent finds evidence that Taylor has been on the planet. In Brent's search for Taylor, he finds that the planet is run by a barbaric race of English speaking apes, whose mission is in part to annihilate the human race. Brent eventually locates some of those humans, who communicate telepathically and who live underground to prevent detection by the apes. These humans, who are in their own way as barbaric as the apes, want in turn to protect their species. Brent has to figure out a way to save ...

Plot Keywords: science fiction, action, adventure, dystopian, sequel, nuclear war, psychological warfare ...

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#20. The Divide (2011)

Storyline: Nuclear explosions force the residents of a New York apartment block to run from the building. However, the explosions force them into a basement. Eight residents are holed up in the building's bomb shelter. They must acclimatise to each other in difficult, cramped conditions.

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, thriller, disaster, psychological, survival, horror, human nature ...

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#21. After the Dark (2013)

Storyline: When the last day of school comes for a group of students in a philosophy class, their instructor, Mr. Zimit, challenges them to different sorts of exercises that take place in a post-nuclear apocalyptic world. While there, they each get chosen professions and have to decide whether who is valuable or not because the bunker they will be staying in for a year has only enough oxygen for 10 people. Mr. Zimit challenges them in different rounds to see how they could survive. Issues arise when they notice Mr. Zimit is disruptive to the game.

Plot Keywords: philosophy, psychology, survival, apocalypse, ethical dilemma, human nature, thought experiment ...

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#22. Judgment Day (1999)

Storyline: A giant meteor is set to strike earth, and humanity's only hope is weapons engineer Dr. Corbett (Linden Ashby) : His defense system can shield the planet from annihilation. Unfortunately, the end of the world is exactly what cult leader Brother Payne (Mario Van Peebles) wants. And the easiest way to ensure it comes to pass is to kidnap Corbett. Unlikely allies Special Agent Tyrell (Suzy Amis) and convicted killer Matthew Reese (Ice-T) are assigned the task of rescuing the doctor.

Plot Keywords: apocalypse, time travel, action, science fiction, robots, future, war ...

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#23. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

Storyline: Superman does a lot in his newest adventure. Archvillain Lex Luthor, determined to make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants, creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man. The two super-powered foes clash in an explosive screen extranvaganza that sees Superman save the Statue of Liberty, repulse a volcanic eruption of Mount Etna, rebuild the demolished Great Wall of China and perform many more spetactular feats.

Plot Keywords: superhero, dc comics, science fiction, action, adventure, supervillain, nuclear war ...

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