The Mouse That Roared (1959), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), The Fog of War (2003), The Hunt for Red October (1990), By Dawn's Early Light (1990), The Spy Gone North (2018), Crimson Tide (1995), Missile (1988) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Nuclear Weapons movies.
Storyline: In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. General Leslie Groves was in overall command of it. This film reenacts the project with an emphasis on their relationship.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: history, biography, drama, war, usa, nuclear weapons, scientists ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: English-born Joan Stanley (Dame Judi Dench), a Soviet and Communist Party sympathizer, becomes employed as a British government civil servant, and gets recruited by the K.G.B. in the mid 1930s. She successfully transfers nuclear bomb secrets to Soviet Russia, which enables them to keep up with the west in the development of atomic weapons, and remains undetected as a spy for over a half a century.—Unknownian
Plot Keywords: spy, cold war, historical, biographical, drama, british, true story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.
Plot Keywords: war, military, cold war, usa, 1950s, drama, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two low-level government employees, Emmitt Fitz-Hume (played by Chevy Chase) and Austin Milbarge (Dan Aykroyd), are chosen for a top-secret CIA mission. They are unsuitable as CIA agents but are deliberately chosen for this reason, as their mission is a decoy one and they are expendable. After being fast-tracked through training they are parachuted into Pakistan where all manner of adventures await them.
Plot Keywords: comedy, spy, cold war, buddy, adventure, military, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A high ranking Russian official defects to the U.S., where he is interviewed by U.S. Agent Michael Nordstrom. The defector reveals that a French spy ring codenamed "Topaz" has been passing N.A.T.O. secrets to the Russians. Michael calls in his French friend and counterpart Andre Devereaux to expose the spies.
Plot Keywords: spy, cold war, political thriller, alfred hitchcock, 1960s, france, usa ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspection that the previous commander had failed, and had been fired for. He is also recently married, and as a tough commanding officer doing whatever he has to do to shape his men up, his wife sees a side to him that she hadn't seen before.—Roger Dearnaley <roger@paperart.com>
Plot Keywords: war, military, cold war, usa, nuclear weapons, strategy, leadership ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two girls from nuclear towns in Israel and Iran spill their countries most valuable secrets on Facebook while trying to prevent a nuclear crisis.—Dror Shaul
Plot Keywords: comedy, political satire, nuclear weapons, black comedy, international relations, espionage, anti-war ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: U.S.Security Investigation Division chief Paul Reagan (Richard Denning) assigns John Williams (John Ireland) to hunt down a subversive group that has been smuggling A-bomb parts into the United States in specially designed cases. Williams traces the ring to Marseilles, France, where he meets Margo Wayne (Suzanne Dalbert) at a waterfront café and discovers she is part of the plot. When recalled by Reagan, Williams is informed that he has been engaged in a "war games" security check to test America's atomic defense, but he proves to Reagan that enemy agents are actually using the "war games" as a front to smuggle an A-bomb into the country.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: spy, cold war, nuclear weapons, military, covert operations, mystery, thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "Broken Arrow" is the term used to describe a nuclear device that has been lost. In this movie, two nuclear missiles are stolen by rogue US pilot Deakins, but hot on his trail is his co-pilot Hale and a Park Ranger, Terry. The action takes place in Utah's canyon country; a high stakes game of cat and mouse.
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, thriller, military, nuclear weapons, betrayal, chase ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A group of escaped prisoners, traveling in a hot air balloon, have to land on a remote islands and must try to survive there. They encounter a castaway, pirates, and captain Nemo with his array of scientific gadgets to keep strangers off his island.
Plot Keywords: history, politics, cold war, documentary, soviet union, diplomacy, nuclear weapons ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: U.S Air Force Sgt. Chuck Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. He first met him in Korea, where his emergency arrival for repairs while enroute for what Chuck thought was the colonels "hot date" in Tokyo, caused the death of several of his crewmen. Now several years later when Chuck, while still in the Air Force, is now weighing continued enlistment or retirement, the base's new C.O. is none other than Col. Herlihy. Compounding his dislike is a budding romance with Chuck's daughter, Lois.—Bill Walch
Plot Keywords: war, military, cold war, usa, 1950s, drama, action ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two trains crash somewhere in Russia, one carrying a nuclear payload. A nuclear explosion follows the crash and the world is on alert... However, White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly doesn't think it was an accident... Special Operations Intelligence Officer Colonel Thomas Devoe doesn't think so either... Together they must unravel a conspiracy that goes from Europe to New York, to stop a terrorist who has no demands...
Plot Keywords: action, thriller, spy, nuclear weapons, terrorism, military, political ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Cold War has cast an ominous chill over the entire globe, and when a Soviet submarine targets the U.S. Navy's Pacific fleet for nuclear attack, it appears that the final battle has begun. But Captain Dmitri Zubov has a choice - one that could pull the world back from the brink of annihilation. Meanwhile, it begins to seem as if other forces are at work on Captain Zubov's submarine. Now, in the depths of the South Pacific, Captain Zubov will fight to reconcile his past in order to ensure that there will be a future. Not just for him, but for every man, woman, and child on the planet..
Plot Keywords: war, submarine, cold war, spy, military, suspense, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After a collision with a comet, a nearly five mile (eight kilometer) wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading toward Earth. If it hits, it will cause an incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor, N.A.S.A. wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules", but soon discovers that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the U.S.S.R., which has also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
Plot Keywords: disaster, science fiction, apocalypse, action, thriller, american, special effects ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A joint task force operation is protecting a witness, Nick Murch, who is due to testify against powerful crime lord Ezekiel Mannings. At the safe house, a courier rings the bell to deliver a package, which is then revealed to be something that will jeopardize the trial, leaving the blame at the feet of the courier. After someone tries to kill the witness and the courier during the package drop, she devotes herself to protecting Nick, to make sure he finishes what he has set out to do.—heyitsnuel
Plot Keywords: spy, cold war, true story, history, uk, soviet union, intelligence ...
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