Lawrence Hollie in The Great Beyond

The Day After (1983) Nuclear war happens and we see the results. They aint pretty. Pre Police Academy Steve Guttenberg is in it as the audience surrogate.

Threads (1984) Essentially the British version of The Day After. Instead of the nuclear destruction of Lawrence, Kansas we see the destruction of Sheffield in the UK. Much, much darker and matter of fact than The Day After.

When The Wind Blows (1986) Ooh boy. Bleak animated film about an elderly UK couple trying to survive after a nuclear war. Subtle horror. The main characters denial of the situation is what makes it horrific.

Wargames (1983) A computer hacker triggers World War 3 and it’s a race against time to save humanity from itself. More suspenseful than grim and an absolute must watch if you are going to binge watch these sort of flicks.

Miracle Mile (1988) A late entry into the nuclear war film canon but absolutelu essential viewing. Miracle Mile is a forward thinking, bloody, dark humores action adventure where a nerdy guy has to reconnect with the love of his life in the midst of an impending nuclear war. The Cloverfield takes a lot of beats from this film but instead of a giant monster causing chaos you have pre war hysteria causing folks to lose their minds.

Countdown To Looking Glass (1984)

This film deals shows how miscommunication and even sexism can lead to tragedy ergo if the male morons in media had listened to the one newswoman who had answers then WW3 could be avoided. Alas dick measuring doomed as all. This film plays out like a newscast mixed in with scripted drama and it is very dry and very unsettling because of it.

Testament (1983) A mother and her kids have to deal with the aftermath of a nuclear war and the realization that dad must have died in the blast while en route home. Dark and depressing . Interesting take on the subject matter because instead of seeing multiple stories from various people we see a single suburban family try and deal with an extrodinary event. It’s like the film Signs but swap out aliens for nuclear war and have a mom instead of a dad.

Dead Man’s Letters (1986)

A Soviet Union entry into the nuclear war film canon concerns a nuclear war caused by computer error…think of this as an else worlds sequel to Wargames as in what would happen if the folks in that film didn’t stop the computer from launching nukes. Anyway, what we are left with is a man writing letters to his son who has most certainly persihed in the holocaust and then the guy has to take care of a group of dying kids and adults in the basement of a museum.

Def-Con 4 (1985)

Space faring folk crash land on Earth two months after a nuclwar exchange and must contend with cannibals and sociopaths in an effort to survive.

The Manhattan Project (1986) An adjunct to Wargames in the way it has a youth teach adults about the folly of nuclear war. Instead of setting triggering a computer to launch nukes the kid builds and actual bomb which activates on it’s own. Hilarity ensues.

Special Bulletin (1983) Another one of those newsroom dramas where the anchors follow the story about a group of domestic American terrorists who threaten to detonate a bomb that they have created unless both the US and Soviet Union dismantle their nuclear missles.

World War 3 (1982) A tv miniseries about war strategy and standoffs. Shows the political side of such a conflict.

One Night Stand (1984) An Australian film about a group of young people coming to grips with an impending nuclear conflict and the dealing with the horrible aftermath.

I’m coming friend I’ll save you from the sad!!

I am here now you’re going to be okay!!!

You are so beautiful and i love you!!!

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My fifth annual Birthday sale on itch, where the discount is equal to my age: