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1. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)
R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.
Votes: 748,162 | Gross: $326.11M
2. Asteroid City (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 115,774
3. The Wolverine (2013)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Wolverine comes to Japan to meet an old friend whose life he saved years ago, and gets embroiled in a conspiracy involving yakuza and mutants.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima
Votes: 493,789 | Gross: $132.56M
4. The Stand (1994)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
Stars: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo
Votes: 38,542
5. USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, History
During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine leaving 890 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Matt Lanter
Votes: 14,399
6. The War of the Worlds (1953)
G | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite
Votes: 38,692 | Gross: $4.36M
7. The Manhattan Project (1986)
PG-13 | 117 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as a nuclear medical research facility in Ithaca, NY.
Director: Marshall Brickman | Stars: John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Richard Council, Robert Schenkkan
Votes: 6,888 | Gross: $3.90M
8. First Name: Carmen (1983)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel, Christophe Odent
Votes: 4,533
9. An Acceptable Loss (2018)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
Libby teaches at a university but 4 years ago she was top aide to VP Rachel and was part of a total victory action. Rachel is now US president and worried about Libby keeping quiet. Libby also has a student spying on her.
Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Tika Sumpter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Tavassoli, Deanna Dunagan
Votes: 1,619 | Gross: $0.03M
10. Crack in the World (1965)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A dying scientist pushes forward his project to tap through to the Earth's magma layer, with results that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Alexander Knox
Votes: 2,883
11. Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
R | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Brad Dourif, Cynthia Bain, Jon Cypher, William Prince
Votes: 3,018
12. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott
Votes: 5,165 | Gross: $0.67M
13. Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Passed | 106 min | Adventure, Film-Noir, Romance
In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer, Vladimir Sokoloff
Votes: 3,464
14. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
R | 116 min | Drama, Romance
A middle-aged spinster falls in love with a fellow resident of her boardinghouse, who mistakenly believes she has the money to help him start a new business.
Director: Jack Clayton | Stars: Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller, Marie Kean
Votes: 1,222 | Gross: $0.52M
15. USS Seaviper (2012)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Drama, War
The German U-Boat, U-234, from the Port of Kiel is trading cargo with the Japanese. USS Seaviper must locate and stop this dangerous exchange. The Captain of USS Seaviper must go ashore to ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph A. Villani | Stars: Tim Large, Jeremy King, Robb Maus, Steve Roth
Votes: 978
16. Hiroshima (2005 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Documentary with dramatic reenactments with actors to describe what dropping the bomb on Hiroshima was like.
Director: Paul Wilmshurst | Stars: John Hurt, Shuntaro Hida, George Elsey, Paul Tibbets
Votes: 1,884
17. I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)
95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janzurová
Votes: 575
18. Night Boat to Dublin (1946)
Approved | 100 min | Thriller, War
The allies plan to rescue a Swedish atomic scientist from under the noses of the Nazis.
Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Robert Newton, Raymond Lovell, Guy Middleton, Muriel Pavlow
Votes: 409
19. Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup (2009 Video)
Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, History, War
An exploration of the viewpoint that the September 11, 2001 attacks were planned by the United States government.
Director: Dylan Avery | Stars: Osama bin Laden, Johnelle Bryant, George W. Bush, Laura Bush
Votes: 3,738
20. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2011)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar, Diana Vreeland.
Directors: Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Frédéric Tcheng | Stars: Diana Vreeland, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 1,698 | Gross: $1.00M
21. Trumbo (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Askin | Stars: Dalton Trumbo, Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas
Votes: 1,252 | Gross: $7.85M
22. A Movie (1958)
12 min | Short
Clips of atomic explosions, pornography, and B-movies are spliced together to evoke certain emotions.
Director: Bruce Conner | Star: Theodore Roosevelt
Votes: 1,458
23. Women in the Night (1948)
Approved | 98 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
As World War II nears its end, beautiful women forced to serve as sex slaves in a German officer's club, do what they can to destroy the plans of a cosmic death ray.
Director: William Rowland | Stars: Tala Birell, William Henry, Richard Loo, Virginia Christine
Votes: 214
24. Sofia (1948)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
In this Cold-War thriller Steve Roark (Gene Raymond) helps nuclear scientists in their desperate attempt to escape the ruthless Russian Communist agents who are chasing after them. Roark is... See full summary »
Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Gene Raymond, Sigrid Gurie, Patricia Morison, Mischa Auer
Votes: 66
25. Good Will to Men (1955)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A group of young mice is in the ruins of a church, practicing singing for an upcoming service. After singing an adulterated version of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," the mice wonder about ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Daws Butler, Sandy Descher, The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir, Elmore Vincent
Votes: 499
26. Kontio & Parmas -elokuva (2022)
84 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Heikki Silvennoinen, Elsa Saisio, Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Hela
Votes: 184
27. Senba-zuru (1989)
96 min | Drama, War
April 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the baton in relay races. But just as her team starts winning, she starts getting tired more easily... See full summary »
Director: Seijirô Kôyama | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Tamami Hirose, Mako Ishino, Kazuo Andô
Votes: 11
28. Nutcase (1980)
49 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The City of Auckland is hold ransom for 5 million dollars by Evil Eva and her Cronies. Threatening to drop a nuclear device into the crater of the volcano Rangitoto, thus activating it. ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Melissa Donaldson, Peter Shand, Aaron Donaldson, Jon Gadsby
Votes: 38
29. Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction (1983 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, Drama, Fantasy
"Monsters, Madmen and Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction" was a retrospective on science fiction and fantasy films from early efforts like George Melies' "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) to George Lucas' "Star Wars" (1977).
Directors: Pamela V. Kobbe, Jerry Kramer | Star: Gil Gerard
Votes: 14
30. The Last Bomb (1945)
Not Rated | 35 min | Short, Documentary, War
Documentary of the planning and delivery of the last great bomber attack on the city of Tokyo by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Reed Hadley, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Klock, Curtis LeMay
Votes: 113
31. The Half-Life of Genius Physicist Raemer Schreiber (2017)
TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of an early atomic pioneer - the "Farmer/Physicist" from a small town in Oregon. The right place, right time and right skills, hired by JR Oppenheimer, Schreiber would go onto to assembling the world's first atomic weapons.
Directors: Jared Brandon-Flande, John Webb | Stars: Albert Einstein, Klaus Fuchs, Jake Hecla, Roger Meade
Votes: 53
32. Utah in World War II (2014)
83 min | Documentary, History, War
The people, the places and even the name 'Utah' played a unique role in the Second World War. From Pearl Harbor and Normandy to the farms and cities here at home, explore Utah's ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Sibley | Star: Brady Hales
Votes: 11
33. Blood of the Beast (2003)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the year 2012, the 3rd great war comes to an end. The war claims no victors, but both sides succeed in executing their chemical warfare campaigns. The result is over 3 billion deaths. ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Koszulinski | Stars: Georg Koszulinski, Matt Devine, Sharon Chudnow, Josh Breit
Votes: 144
34. Israel's Secret Weapon (2003 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary of Israel's weapons of Mass destruction.
Director: Giselle Portenier | Stars: Ronen Bergman, Mary Eoloff, Nick Eoloff, Uzi Even
Votes: 63
35. To Mars by A-Bomb: The Secret History of Project Orion (2003 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Top scientists want to build a nuclear bomb-powered spaceship to visit Mars and the planets.
Director: Christopher Sykes | Stars: Jaromir Astl, Jeremy Bernstein, Arthur C. Clarke, Ed Creutz
Votes: 39
36. ScaredSacred (2004)
105 min | Documentary, History, War
In a world teetering on the edge of self destruction, award-winning filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimmage. Visiting the 'Ground Zeros' of the planet, he asks if it's ... See full summary »
Director: Velcrow Ripper | Stars: Mehboob Bi, Satinath Sarangi, Aki Ra, Amina Bejovic
Votes: 234
37. A Is for Atom (1953)
14 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Animated classic presenting what an atom is, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of atomic energy and the byproducts of nuclear fission.
Director: Carl Urbano | Star: John Hiestand
Votes: 106
38. America's Atomic Bomb Tests: Operation Hardtack (1997 Video)
90 min | Documentary, History, War
One of the few atomic testing operations ever to be conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense at both the Pacific Proving Grounds and the Nevada Test Site, Operation Hardtack combined ... See full summary »
Votes: 22
39. Vive la bombe! (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | History, War
Director: Jean-Pierre Sinapi | Stars: Cyril Descours, Olivier Barthélémy, Matthieu Boujenah, Damien Jouillerot
Votes: 69
40. Specials for United Artists: Ten Seconds That Shook the World (1963 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
This film is a factual and chronological account of the events preceding the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II and the significant effect of the atomic bomb on peacetime projects and events of the atomic age.
Director: Marshall Flaum | Star: Richard Basehart
Votes: 12
41. Survival Under Atomic Attack (1951)
9 min | Documentary, Short, History
How to survive an atomic attack.
Star: Edward R. Murrow
Votes: 81
44. Eynshteyn. Teoriya lyubvi (2013– )
180 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Scientists tend to rationalize everything, whether it's the existence of God or humans' deepest feelings. But scientists, too, are capable of passion.
Stars: Olga Budina, Dmitriy Pevtsov, Aleksandr Baluev, Olga Drozdova
Votes: 19
46. Thank You, Mr. President: The Press Conferences of JFK (1983 Video)
32 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Arthur J. Bressan Jr. | Stars: John F. Kennedy, E.G. Marshall, Pierre Salinger
Votes: 6
48. Britain Fires A-Bomb No. 2 (1954)
3 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: William Penney, Duncan Sandys
49. Operation A-Bomb (1953)
16 min | Documentary, Short, War
The actual story of two atomic bomb tests in the Nevada desert, in which United States Army and Marine Corps participated. Atomic warfare maneuvers and the actual explosions are shown.
Director: Burton Benjamin | Star: Bob Considine
50. Niels Bohr: Da videnskaben mistede uskylden (1985 TV Movie)
Documentary
About the research which led to the creation of the atom bomb.
Director: Poul Martinsen | Stars: Sanne Fredsted, Ole Varde Lassen, Aage Bohr, Niels Bohr