Movies like Fail Safe
If Fail Safe's mix of usa president, nuclear war and atomic bomb stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Fail Safe's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Directed by Phil Alden Robinson · 124 min6.4
Why you'll like itWith James Cromwell · Shares: usa president, atomic bomb, cold war · Also thriller and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a…
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The Day After
1983 · Directed by Nicholas Meyer · 127 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: nuclear war, cold war · Also drama and tv movie
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr.
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Seven Days in May
1964 · Directed by John Frankenheimer · 118 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: cold war · Also drama and thriller
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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Bridge of Spies
2015 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 141 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: cold war · Also thriller and drama
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a…
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Crimson Tide
1995 · Directed by Tony Scott · 116 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: moral dilemma · Also thriller and drama
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr.
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 · Directed by Martin Ritt · 112 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: cold war · Also drama and thriller
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
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WarGames
1983 · Directed by John Badham · 114 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: cold war · Also drama and thriller
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and…
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The Courier
2020 · Directed by Dominic Cooke · 112 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: cold war · Also thriller and drama
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Oppenheimer
2023 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 181 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: atomic bomb, moral dilemma
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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Big Hero 6
2014 · Directed by Chris Williams · 102 min7.7
Why you'll like itWith James Cromwell · Shares: moral dilemma
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
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Clear and Present Danger
1994 · Directed by Phillip Noyce · 141 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: usa president · Also drama and thriller
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts…
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Watchmen
2009 · Directed by Zack Snyder · 163 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: usa president, nuclear war · From the same decade (2000s)
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer…