Spec me: nuclear themed films!

TheBigCheese · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:19

Hi guys

Yep, I have a morbid fascination with nuclear war so after watching Wargames t'other night can you suggest some nuclear themed films to watch!

I'm most interested in the procedures and preparation, huge bunkers in the hillside (vaults Fallout fans

) to the different Defcon stages, authorisation codes etc., all the way up to the aftermath.

Films I've already seen that I can think of...

Fail Safe - if you haven't seen this already I highly recommend you watch it, it's utterly gripping and was filmed and broadcast live on American TV!
Threads
Terminator films (naturally!)
Crimson Tide
The Hunt for Red October
Independence Day - OK, that's a tenuous link!
The Day After
When The Wind Blows

Looking forward to your suggestions!

Thanks.

Stelly · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:21

Why you no have Mad Max films?

Stelly

TheBigCheese · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:26

Please make sure you are sat down for my next sentence....

I haven't ever watched them properly.

Yes...I know.

I saw bits of them years ago, didn't understand them properly and never got round to watching them again, they are now on my list, thanks!!!

OhEsEcks · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:26

A boy and his dog.

Benihana · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:32

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

On the other end of the spectrum, Broken Arrow.

Zero Pope · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:35

The Book of Eli is aftermath based and is a very good film.

Antar Bolaeisk · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:37

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Haggisman · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:37

The Road is quite a good post-apocalyptic film, I don't believe it specifies anywhere that it was actually a nuclear event, but it could easily have been.

physichull · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:39

K-19 The Widowmaker, I suppose.

Stelly · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:47

Haggisman said:
The Road is quite a good post-apocalyptic film, I don't believe it specifies anywhere that it was actually a nuclear event, but it could easily have been.

Tis good, as usual book is better

Stelly

Stelly · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:48

I was also thinking Akira as well.... Ghost In The Shell maybe

Stelly

PistolPete · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:53

Broken Arrow - more about nuclear bombs tho

Adrianr · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:55

The Sum of all Fears. Yes it's got Ben Affleck in it, but it's also got Morgan freeman, so it's not all bad.

realBabelfish · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:57

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037705/ Book of Eli is post apocalyptic. feels like Fallout the movie

strumpusplunket · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:58

IMO, the 1964 version of Fail-Safe is far superior and still worth watching if you've seen the remake.

The War Game, made in a faux-documentary style that Pete Watkins was master at (see also Punishment Park), is famously powerful and disturbing.

Delicatessen is an odd one, but it is a pretty great film and it's set in a post-nuclear holocaust society.

On the Beach is kind of a slow-burner, but an interesting portrayal of a society waiting for the end as nuclear winds approach from a distant nuclear war.

DiCe! · 4 Oct 2012 at 12:59

Adrianr said:
The Sum of all Fears. Yes it's got Ben Affleck in it, but it's also got Morgan freeman, so it's not all bad.

Was going to suggest that, I really enjoyed it.

Pestilence · 4 Oct 2012 at 13:06

The Divide. Utterly harrowing stuff.

I've heard tremendous things about Remnants but haven't had a chance to see it yet.

TehBluebear · 4 Oct 2012 at 13:07

May not concentrate on actual events themselves, nuclear or otherwise, but Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979), is a very very good film. It's very much the idea of exploring a post-event wasteland/wilderness with all of its hidden dangers. It's about 160 mins long, but worth it! Brilliant for tension.

Vonhelmet · 4 Oct 2012 at 13:23

Benihana said:
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

Great film, apart from the actual Dr. Strangelove character, who is so overdone that he spoils the scenes he's in.

webhound · 4 Oct 2012 at 13:27

The Hills Have Eyes