Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "detonation"

1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, War

An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 518,286 | Gross: $0.28M

2. Pearl Harbor (2001)

PG-13 | 183 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott

Votes: 351,799 | Gross: $198.54M

3. Threads (1984 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May

Votes: 20,098

4. Midway (2019)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Drama, History

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans

Votes: 94,462 | Gross: $56.85M

5. Das Boot (1981)

R | 149 min | Drama, War

A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch

Votes: 264,359 | Gross: $11.49M

6. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

During an adventure in the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebel Alliance.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover

Votes: 379,201 | Gross: $213.77M

7. Flash Gordon (1980)

PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Topol

Votes: 61,528

8. The Day After (1983 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 127 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum

Votes: 18,159

9. Skyscraper (2018)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family is trapped inside by criminals.

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller

Votes: 134,127 | Gross: $68.42M

10. Valkyrie (2008)

PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A dramatization of the July 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Adolf Hitler during World War II.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 259,274 | Gross: $83.08M

11. Battle Los Angeles (2011)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ramón Rodríguez

Votes: 185,181 | Gross: $83.55M

12. Silent Running (1972)

G | 89 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.

Director: Douglas Trumbull | Stars: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint

Votes: 31,464 | Gross: $0.69M

13. Flightplan (2005)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet, the child vanishes, and nobody will admit she was ever on the plane.

Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan

Votes: 171,828 | Gross: $89.71M

14. The Wages of Fear (1953)

Not Rated | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

In a decrepit South American village, four men are hired to transport an urgent nitroglycerine shipment without the equipment that would make it safe.

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli

Votes: 66,565

15. Battle of Britain (1969)

G | 132 min | Action, Drama, History

In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Curd Jürgens

Votes: 24,513 | Gross: $4.36M

16. Stalingrad (1993)

Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, War

The story follows a group of German soldiers, from their Italian R&R in the summer of 1942 to the frozen steppes of Soviet Russia and ending with the battle for Stalingrad.

Director: Joseph Vilsmaier | Stars: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph

Votes: 37,720 | Gross: $0.08M

17. The Specialist (1994)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger

Votes: 69,788 | Gross: $57.36M

18. Super Fuzz (1980)

PG | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Red powder from a nuclear explosion gives a police officer super powers as long as he doesn't see anything red. He is eventually framed for murder and is unsuccessfully executed by many different methods.

Director: Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Terence Hill, Ernest Borgnine, Joanne Dru, Marc Lawrence

Votes: 8,189

19. Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

PG-13 | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History

This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret WWII project, and the first atomic bombs designed, built, and tested in Los Alamos.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack

Votes: 9,129 | Gross: $3.56M

20. Godzilla 2000 (1999)

PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An independent group of researchers actively track Godzilla as a giant meteor is discovered. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as its true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.

Director: Takao Okawara | Stars: Takehiro Murata, Hiroshi Abe, Naomi Nishida, Mayu Suzuki

Votes: 9,308 | Gross: $10.04M

21. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

R | 122 min | Documentary, Drama, War

Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder

Votes: 132,392 | Gross: $119.19M

22. Oklahoma City (2017)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Documents the beliefs and experiences of Timothy McVeigh in the lead-up to his bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which claimed 168 lives.

Director: Barak Goodman | Stars: Janet Beck, Alan Berg, Jim Botting, Bill Buford

Votes: 2,959

23. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.

Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey

Votes: 8,725 | Gross: $5.00M

24. Challenger: The Final Flight (2020)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Four-part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans.

Stars: June Scobee Rodgers, William Harwood, John Zarrella, Frederick D. Gregory

Votes: 7,933

25. Castle Falls (2021)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Rival gangs seek out millions of dollars hidden inside a hospital that's scheduled to be demolished, but first they have to deal with the construction worker who found the loot first.

Director: Dolph Lundgren | Stars: Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Vas Sanchez, Scott Hunter

Votes: 2,828

26. Flight World War II (2015)

Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After Flight 42 travels through a storm they find themselves in France, 1940, during World war II.

Director: Emile Edwin Smith | Stars: Faran Tahir, Robbie Kay, Aqueela Zoll, Matias Ponce

Votes: 2,314

27. The Atomic Cafe (1982)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, History

Disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

Directors: Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty | Stars: Paul Tibbets, Harry S. Truman, W.H.P. Blandy, Brien McMahon

Votes: 4,533 | Gross: $0.02M

28. Day One (1989 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, History

The use of the atomic bomb to end WWII was one of the most controversial events in human history. This Emmy-winning 1989 miniseries brings the conflicts to life in wrenching performances by a stellar cast.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Brian Dennehy, David Strathairn, Michael Tucker, Hume Cronyn

Votes: 506

29. Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995 Video)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, History, War

The history of nuclear weapons between 1945 until 1963.

Director: Peter Kuran | Stars: William Shatner, Edward Teller, W.H.P. Blandy, Frank H. Shelton

Votes: 3,620

30. Dresden (2006 TV Movie)

176 min | Drama, Romance, War

A romance between a British pilot hiding in Germany and a German nurse is shown on the background of massive allied bombing of Dresden towards the end of World War 2.

Director: Roland Suso Richter | Stars: Felicitas Woll, John Light, Benjamin Sadler, Heiner Lauterbach

Votes: 2,689

31. You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971)

97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ... See full summary »

Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Olga Schoberová, Eduard Cupák, Jirí Sovák

Votes: 857

32. Arrivederci, Baby! (1966)

Unrated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime

Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!

Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Tony Curtis, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lionel Jeffries, Zsa Zsa Gabor

Votes: 661

33. The Day After Trinity (1981)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography

Scientists and witnesses involved in the creation and testing of the first ever atomic bomb reflect on the Manhattan project and its fascinating leader, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who upon ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Else | Stars: Hans Bethe, Holm Bursom, Haakon Chevalier, Stirling Colgate

Votes: 1,235

34. Logorama (2009)

R | 16 min | Animation, Short, Action

Police chase an armed criminal in a version of Los Angeles comprised entirely of corporate logos.

Directors: François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain | Stars: Bob Stephenson, Sherman Augustus, Aja Evans, Joel Michaely

Votes: 6,276

35. Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003– )

TV-MA | 175 min | Drama, History

A true story about the tragic explosion at Halifax Harbour, Canada, in the early hours of December 6, 1917.

Stars: Paul Doucet, Gordon Michael Woolvett, Clare Stone, Max Morrow

Votes: 382

36. Born from the Flank: Wilada Min Alkhasira (2011–2013)

Action, Crime, Drama

The life is different workers from many communities level with their own problem, like they are born from the Flank. It describes the life of Syrian citizen, and the pain in their own life.

Stars: Kosai Khauli, Mona Wassef, Abed Fahed, Kinda Hanna

Votes: 642

37. Cold War (1998)

47 min | Documentary, History

A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Anatoli Dobrynin, Robert McNamara, Vladimir Yerofeyev

Votes: 1,038

38. Eruption: LA (2018)

Unrated | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

As the earth crumbles under the feet of the unsuspecting Angelenos, and a sea of hot lava is about to boil over, a geology geek and a young disaster-movie diva must avert a nightmare come true. Will the mayor act fast before it's too late?

Director: Sean Cain | Stars: Matthew Atkinson, Lexi Johnson, Eric Etebari, Amy Paffrath

Votes: 399

39. Deadly Impact (2010)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A police officer with a painful past returns home to help the FBI track down a mastermind assassin.

Director: Robert Kurtzman | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Joe Pantoliano, Carmen Serano, Greg Serano

Votes: 2,680

40. August 8 (2012)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Mother goes after her little son to get him out of a military conflict zone.

Director: Dzhanik Fayziev | Stars: Svetlana Ivanova, Maksim Matveev, Egor Beroev, Artyom Fadeev

Votes: 2,446

41. Shield of Straw (2013)

117 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A team of cops must protect an accused killer with a billion-yen bounty on his head.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Takao Osawa, Nanako Matsushima, Gorô Kishitani, Masatô Ibu

Votes: 2,711

42. The Bunker (2017)

107 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

30 odd years after your birth in a nuclear fallout shelter, you must find your way out alone amidst an ever escalating tide dangerous radiation.

Director: Allan Plenderleith | Stars: Adam Brown, Sarah Greene, Grahame Fox, Jerome St. John Blake

Votes: 104

43. A View to a Kill: The Computer Game (1985 Video Game)

Animation, Action, Adventure

Your name is Bond - James Bond, the world's top secret Agent, and now embarking on one of the most important missions of your career. Take part in three exciting arcade/adventure games taken straight from the film.

Star: Roger Moore

Votes: 16

44. The Valiant (1962)

80 min | Action, Drama, War

During World War II, two Italian frogmen, who placed magnetic mines under a British warship, are captured and interrogated by British intelligence about their mission.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: John Mills, Ettore Manni, Roberto Risso, Robert Shaw

Votes: 108

45. My iz budushchego 2 (2010)

98 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

They met on the field of "reenactment of military events" and wanted to play war. But the war decided to play with them.

Directors: Andres Puustusmaa, Aleksandr Samokhvalov, Dmitriy Voronkov, Oleg Pogodin | Stars: Igor Petrenko, Aleksey Barabash, Ekaterina Klimova, Semyon Belotserkovskiy

Votes: 1,459

46. Murder in the Pacific (2023)

Documentary

The efforts by the New Zealand authorities to solve the case of who bombed the Rainbow Warrior ship in 1985, which resulted in the death of one of the crew.

Stars: Chris Martin, Peter Willcox, Bunny McDiarmid, Pierre Joxe

Votes: 80

47. Challenger: The Untold Story (2006 TV Movie)

101 min | Documentary, Drama

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Directors: Stuart Everett, Richard Burke-Ward | Stars: John Shrapnel, Eliza Jane Scott, Carl Marotte, John Bayliss

Votes: 45

48. 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

49. Nukes in Space (1999 Video)

53 min | Documentary, History

U.S. nuclear tests in space, and the development of the military intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Director: Peter Kuran | Stars: Raymond Garthoff, Bernard Lovell, Bernard Schriever, William Shatner

Votes: 269

50. Maralinga Tjarutja (2020 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, History

When the dust settles, culture remains...The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.

Director: Larissa Behrendt | Stars: Jeremy Lebois, Mima Smart, Hilary Williams, Tommy Baker

Votes: 30