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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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....

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...