Movies Like Fat Man and Little Boy

The China Syndrome is a 1979 American disaster thriller film that follows a television reporter uncovering safety coverups at a nuclear power plant...

Silkwood is a 1983 American biographical drama film depicting the life of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear whistle-blower and labor union activist who...

Oppenheimer is a biographical drama film that explores the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American physicist and one of the central figures behind...

A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 biographical film about the Nobel Laureate mathematician John Nash, portrayed by Russell Crowe. Directed by Ron Howard and...

The Imitation Game is a 2014 period biographical thriller film based on the life of cryptanalyst Alan Turing during World War II.

Dr. Strangelove is a 1964 political satire black comedy film directed by Stanley Kubrick, depicting the chaos that ensues when a deranged general...

The Sum of All Fears is a 2002 American spy thriller film based on Tom Clancy's novel. It is part of the Jack Ryan film series and features a younger...

The Day After is an American television film depicting the impact of a fictional nuclear war on a small town in Kansas during the 1980s.

Thirteen Days is a 2000 American historical political thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson, which dramatizes the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962...

Testament is a 1983 drama film depicting the impact of a nuclear war on a small suburban town near the San Francisco Bay Area, focusing on the...

The Manhattan Project is a 1986 American science fiction thriller film that explores the theme of Cold War tensions in the 1980s, revolving around a...

Fail Safe is a 2000 televised broadcast play, based on the Cold War novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. The intense drama unfolds as a U.S....

Black Rain is a 1989 American action thriller film directed by Ridley Scott. The story follows two New York City police officers who find themselves...

Countdown to Zero is a 2010 documentary film by British filmmaker Lucy Walker. The film argues that the likelihood of the use of nuclear weapons has...