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Threads
Why this pick
Like The Day After, it makes nuclear catastrophe terrifying through ordinary lives, institutional collapse, and an uncompromisingly matter-of-fact escalation.
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MOVIE1983 2h 7m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Testament
Why this pick
A more intimate companion: it follows a family and small community facing the human aftermath of nuclear war with the same grave, domestic realism.
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Miracle Mile
Why this pick
For the same Cold War dread, this tense real-time nightmare tracks one man's increasingly desperate response to a possible imminent strike.
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Fail-Safe
Why this pick
It offers the procedural side of the same fear: stark, suspenseful decision-making as a technical error pushes leaders toward an irreversible catastrophe.
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Special Bulletin
Why this pick
A news-broadcast format creates similarly immediate nuclear anxiety, using ordinary television language to make a national emergency feel alarmingly plausible.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The story follows several citizens—and people they encounter—in and around Kansas City, Missouri and the college town of Lawrence, Kansas, to its west.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jason Robards
Dr. Russell Oakes
Bibi Besch
Eve Dahlberg
Calvin Jung
Dr. Sam Hachya
Clayton Day
Dennis Hendry
Alston Ahern
Cynthia
William Allyn
Professor
Antonie Becker
Ellen Hendry
Jonathan Estrin
Julian French