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1. 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: 18,114
2. By Dawn's Early Light (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A non-NATO nuclear missile is fired from Turkey at USSR, where it detonates. Soviet response is automatic as it's seen as a NATO missile. Can continued escalation be avoided? We follow the US president and a bomber crew.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau
Votes: 4,088
3. A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
Approved | 115 min | Drama, Romance, War
During the Cold War, Air Force Colonel Jim Caldwell shapes up his Strategic Air Command B-52 wing to pass a nuclear war readiness test.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Rock Hudson, Rod Taylor, Mary Peach, Barry Sullivan
Votes: 1,102
4. Defense of the Realm (1985)
PG | 96 min | Thriller
After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.
Director: David Drury | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen
Votes: 2,518 | Gross: $0.75M
5. First Strike (1979 TV Movie)
40 min | Documentary
An interesting Cold War film that starts with showing a hypothetical Soviet nuclear first strike scenario leading to a U.S. surrender, followed by a United States Air Force "sales pitch" for more defense spending.
Director: Fleming E. Fuller | Stars: Richard H. Ellis, William R. Graham, Francis P. Hoeber, Edward N. Luttwak
Votes: 44
6. Guy Martin: The Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber (2015 TV Movie)
72 min | Documentary
Guy Martin helps restore XH558, the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber, to prepare it for its last ever flight, a 1000-mile farewell tour of Great Britain, before it is grounded.
Director: James Woodroffe | Stars: Guy Martin, Shaun Dooley, Kevin Stone, Ray Watts
Votes: 228
7. Power of Decision (1958)
55 min | Documentary
This documentary shows the early ideas about how nuclear war between the USA and the USSR could look like. It is made purely from the US side and takes place mostly in the US military ... See full summary »
Votes: 13
10.
The Cold War (2019– )
Episode:
How Britain Planned to Defend Against the Soviets - 1957 White Paper
(2022)
19 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1957 as nuclear weapons and missiles were becoming part of the future battlefield Duncan Sandys needed a strategy to defend the United Kingdom's far flung possessions and address the growing Soviet threat with a declining budget.
Star: David S.
11.
Dark Skies (2020– )
Episode:
NATO's Most Valuable Aircraft? The Avro Canada CF-100
(2022)
12 min | Documentary, History
The Avro Canada CF 100 Canuck was developed as an all-weather long-range fighter interceptor to defend against Soviet bombers traversing the Arctic. Though the only combat aircraft ever ... See full summary »
12.
Dark Skies (2020– )
Episode:
The Shortest Lived Mega Bomber You Never Heard of - Convair YB-60
(2022)
11 min | Documentary, History
Convair's YB-60 strategic bomber was a redesign of the B-36 Peacemaker. The main changes were jet engines and swept back wings. Ultimately the US Air Force chose the smaller but faster B-52 Stratofortress as their plane for the future.