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1. Transformers (2007)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson

Votes: 675,165 | Gross: $319.25M

2. Independence Day (1996)

PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell

Votes: 605,996 | Gross: $306.17M

3. 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: 518,538 | Gross: $0.28M

4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel

Votes: 432,217 | Gross: $352.39M

5. WarGames (1983)

PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.

Director: John Badham | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman

Votes: 110,834 | Gross: $79.57M

6. Crimson Tide (1995)

R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven, George Dzundza

Votes: 123,403 | Gross: $91.40M

7. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

PG-13 | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Our intrepid adolescent heroes wake up to find their beloved television stolen, and embark on an epic journey across America to recover it, and, who knows, maybe even score.

Directors: Mike Judge, Mike de Seve, Brian Mulroney, Yvette Kaplan | Stars: Mike Judge, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman

Votes: 60,489 | Gross: $63.12M

8. Testament (1983)

PG | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

The life of a suburban American family is scarred after a nuclear attack.

Director: Lynne Littman | Stars: Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rossie Harris, Roxana Zal

Votes: 7,223 | Gross: $2.04M

9. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

M | 100 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Thinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert

Votes: 10,165

10. Damnation Alley (1977)

PG | 91 min | Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield

Votes: 5,876 | Gross: $8.72M

11. Fail Safe (1964)

Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller

A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 24,420

12. La Jetée (1962)

Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Romance

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.

Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich

Votes: 37,077

13. Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013)

Not Rated | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

As Jamie travels in Chile, he invites an eccentric woman to join his group's quest to score a fabled hallucinogen, a move that finds him at odds with his new companion, until they drink the magic brew on a beach at the edge of the desert.

Director: Sebastián Silva | Stars: Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, Agustín Silva

Votes: 9,073 | Gross: $0.19M

14. Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

Passed | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.

Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel

Votes: 4,837

15. The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

Unrated | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

When the U.S. and Russia unwittingly test atomic bombs at the same time, it alters the nutation (axis of rotation) of the Earth.

Director: Val Guest | Stars: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Michael Goodliffe

Votes: 6,207

16. In the Year 2889 (1969 TV Movie)

Unrated | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a post nuclear Earth, survivors are stuck in a valley and have to protect themselves from mutant human beings, and each other in some cases.

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Paul Petersen, Quinn O'Hara, Charla Doherty, Neil Fletcher

Votes: 1,180

17. The War Game (1966)

48 min | Drama, War

A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.

Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Michael Aspel, Peter Graham, Dave Baldwin, Kathy Staff

Votes: 7,316

18. Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

R | 146 min | Drama, Thriller

An imprisoned rogue USAF general with a secret personal agenda, escapes the brig and takes over an ICBM silo, threatening to start WW3.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Roscoe Lee Browne, Joseph Cotten

Votes: 3,728

19. WarGames: The Dead Code (2008 Video)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The United State's Department of Homeland Security is led to believe an American teen hacker playing a terrorist-attack simulator game online is a real terrorist out to destroy the U.S.

Director: Stuart Gillard | Stars: Matt Lanter, Amanda Walsh, Colm Feore, Chuck Shamata

Votes: 4,981

20. DEFCON-4 (1985)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one... See full summary »

Directors: Paul Donovan, Digby Cook, Tony Randel | Stars: Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King

Votes: 2,244 | Gross: $1.06M

21. The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

M | 90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In post-nuclear-holocaust England, a handful of bizarre characters struggles on with their lives in the ruins, among endless heaps of ash, piles of broken crockery and brick, muddy plains, ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore

Votes: 2,583

22. The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)

Approved | 75 min | Sci-Fi

In a post holocaust society, robots take it on their own to help the dying human race by giving them android bodies.

Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Don Megowan, Erica Elliott, Frances McCann, Don Doolittle

Votes: 1,522

23. This Is Not a Test (1962)

Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A deputy sheriff stops motorists on a mountain road after police dispatch reports of a possible nuclear attack.

Director: Fredric Gadette | Stars: Seamon Glass, Thayer Roberts, Aubrey Martin, Mary Morlas

Votes: 893

24. 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

25. Defcon 2012 (2010)

Not Rated | 92 min | Sci-Fi

On October 30, 2009 an independent filmmaker and his cast and crew are reported missing a month before the release of their controversial film predicting the end of the world. Authorities ... See full summary »

Director: R. Christian Anderson | Stars: Shy Pilgreen, Dan Gruenberg, Brian Neon, Thema Johannsen

Votes: 424

26. Protect and Survive (1976)

66 min | Documentary, War

Protect and Survive was a public information series on civil defence produced by the British government during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was intended to inform British citizens on ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Stewart | Star: Patrick Allen

Votes: 51

27. Hackers Are People Too (2008 Video)

Unrated | 43 min | Documentary, Short

A portrait of the hacking community. In an effort to challenge preconceived notions and media-driven stereotypes HACKERS ARE PEOPLE TOO lets hackers speak for themselves and introduce their community to the public.

Director: Ashley Schwartau | Stars: Chris Darbro, Scott Davidson, Flea, Grey Frequency

Votes: 331

28. In Your Defense (1960)

Not Rated | 23 min | Documentary, Short

This video presents the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) air defense system used by the United States Air Force in the 1950s.

Star: John Morton

29. Defcon 5 (1995 Video Game)

K-A | Action, Sci-Fi

2205 Anno Domini. You are a lone Cyberneer and the last remaining hope for the human race. The sudden and mysterious death of your friend and colleague has thrown you into a web of ... See full summary »

Stars: Jack Cloake, Michael Harbour, Gary Hope, Gia Milinovich

30. Ruiner Pinball (1995 Video Game)

K-A | Action

Ruiner Pinball is an arcade-style pinball game, featuring two types of pinball tables and each one has their own main objective, gameplay mechanics, plot and thematic.

31. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Trial by Fire (1996)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The newly inaugurated President of the United States must deal with an approaching alien fleet of spaceships and determine whether to welcome them or destroy them, based on limited information.

Director: Jonathan Glassner | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Ian Tracey, Lawrence Dane, Teryl Rothery

Votes: 506

32. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Full Alert (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Ex-Vice President Kinsey comes to Jack informing him of the Trust's activities including what seems to be a plan for the Russians to reclaim the Stargate they lent to the United States. He ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks

Votes: 955