Top 20 Nuclear Bomb Scenes in Movies
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2022
- These scenes are a blast! Was that too on the nose? For this list, we’ll be looking at the scariest, most intense, and maybe even the funniest movie scenes involving nuclear bombs. Our countdown includes “The Avengers”, “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, “Independence Day”, “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”, and more! Which of these is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below!
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That Reagan era The Day After Tomorrow that eventually scared the Dickens out if then Pres. Reagan - akin to the tragic death of Reagan's one gay friend of AIDS, the late closeted action star Rock Hudson that eventually prompted Reagan to take seriously the growing AIDS epidemic back in 1985.
independence day and terminator 2 judgement day
Terminator 2 was described by scientists as the most accurate depiction of a nuclear blast
How many nuclear blasts have those scientists been in???
@@jamesgatz4490 Post WWII testing in Nevada gave us a pretty good idea what happens in a nuclear blast.
@@jamesgatz4490 it’s from an article
@@joermnyc So does Godzilla.
@@karanvirkooner1993 Amber Heard wrote an article. Should I take that seriously too. James Cameron himself did a video saying Terminator Dark Fate was the best Terminator film since the original. Moral of the story is....people say whatever they're paid to say
The nuclear scene in Terminator 2 is absolutely terrifying.
The nuke scene in Avengers 2012 is awesome and heroic
I agree I saw T2 in the theaters when I was 10 I was scared to death of that scene
@Matrixnukum it already has happened a bunch of times
I’ve watched “Threads”, the depiction of just after the detonation is not shy on details. It’s a very unnerving feeling watching this woman walk around and take in the devastation.
@Matrixnukum it already is...
Heroic yet unrealistic (Ik it’s avengers, the avengers aren’t supposed to be) but also just too easy
The only nuclear scene in cinema history that gives me nightmares was Terminator 2. The scene looks so realistic and I was traumatized by that when I was a kid back then. James Cameron was truly a genius.
Before that, it was The Day After for me
he isn't dead! still got 3 Avatar movies to 'enjoy'
@@matthewdearsley123 For the next one, don't forget your life-jacket.
Same... first ever nightmare.
Threads, is by far the most shockingly terrifying ones imo
"You can't fight in here, this is the war room!"
One of my favorite ironic lines in move history. Thank you, Dr. Strangelove
Love how both the Russian and American stop as if to say “did he really say that out loud”
"What're you doin' with a gun in space..?" ---'Armageddon'
God I can’t believe I forgot about that movie. Had an eccentric history teacher in high school and we watched that over like 3 classes 😂
The nuclear bomb scene from 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' was absolutely impressive.
And terrifying
Should have been number one. The actual test shack in nm desert, that caught fire instantly, 1/2 burned down in 2 seconds, then turned to matchsticks. That pretty much match the terminator scene.
True the bomb scene from Terminator 2: Judgment Day is impressive even for todays standerds.
But the scene in Barefoot Gen hits difrently mostly because the film is writen by a survivor of the nuke that hit Nagasaki
Those Guns n' Roses songs that were in that movie sound very old now.-But I still like them.
Definitely
“Mankind invented the nuclear bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap.”
- Albert Einstein
"World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones." -Albert Einstein
@@andrewofford1533 that line gives me chills
Huh
@@joshuamohlman we never really no if its true tho ww3 could be fought in space and ww4 could be foight with more
@@Ghost-ot8cg I'm pretty sure if WW3 happens we'll all be dead
It was that Indiana Jones scene that first introduced me to nuclear bombs as a kid, and I'll never forget it. The fact that such devastating explosions could actually be created was something I couldn't fully come to terms with honestly. I had to find out who had them, and if I could potentially be the victim of such an explosion. As you can imagine, the answer I got didn't help me sleep at night.
the most thrilling part of the IJ movie is the knowledge that one can survive a nuke blast by jumping into the fridge... so reassuring
Did you know that the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima only transformed about 600 miligrams of uranium into energy. Out of the 65 kilogram payload, less than the weight of a butterfly was able to vaporize the city.
I didn't understand what kind of bomb it was. I just remember him hiding in a fridge and just wondering how he knew that was gonna happen.
I was the same when I was a kid. I was terrified of volcanoes after watching Dante's peak and volcano and did the same research. Then one day I saw testament with my family. I was terrified and had to do all that research again. With what I learned, I quickly forgot about Volcanoes.
and that an atomic bomb, 1/1000 from normal thermonuclear bomb that armed by thousands in today standard. Hope it help you feel better
James Cameron could have easily just gone with a flash of light and explosion for T2. Instead he created one of the most realistic nuclear explosion scenes ever just to address the stakes. Good on you Cameron!
He never takes the easy way out
He even got a letter from scientists about how realistic the scene was.
The Indiana Jones one was really really good!
The thing about James Cameron is he absolutely wants things to look perfect and as realistic as possible. So yeah, the nuclear blast in T2 had to look realistic. For a 1992 movie, it looks dope!
It had some flaws but way better than anything we seen in other movies.....well except Threads but the budget wasnt really great in that one. The EMP thing with Travolta had a good sinkhole scene(as it would happen in underground explosions but EMP couldnt travel far in the ground. 5 meter soil is usually enough to block the EMP completely.
20. The Avengers (2012)
19. American Assassin (2017)
18. The Divide (2011)
17. When The Wind Blows (1986)
16. Testament (1983)
15. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
14. By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
13. Independence Day (1996)
12. Armageddon (1998)
11. The Sum of All Fears (2002)
10. Broken Arrow (1996)
9. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
8. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
7. The Wolverine (2013)
6. Barefoot Gen (1983)
5. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
4. The Day After (1983)
3. Threads (1984)
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
1. Doctor Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
Thank you
Man, I remember watching "Testament" and "The Day After" as a kid. ☹️
"Threads" was pretty chilling too, didn't watch that until I was an adult.
@@blkft Watched The Day After with my mom years ago. I had picked it up on DVD. I could take it okay and so could my mom but that last shot with Jason Robards was a pretty big downer where he still feels the need to protect his house from those two guys just sitting there even though his house is just pieces on the ground.
And in the following days, those that survived the blasts start dying from radiation sickness.
@@davidcatlett4052 if you want truly depressing then watch Threads. The best/worst is the post war....
@@darronpreston2098 Yeah, thanks for mentioning it, I've heard others mention that one and where it ended up on similar lists.
A guy I worked with in the past watched Grave of the Fireflies with his college roommate and they both just cried over the ending.
Threads is without question the most unsettling film I've ever seen. One UK tabloid said of The film "It was the night Britain didn't sleep." Another critic quipped, "There's dark films, then there's Threads." What made the film so effective was in some ways it was rather mundane. It wasn't a big budget film nor did it star big name actors. It was just ordinary "next door" people spiraling into a nuclear dark age they didn't have the power to control once unleashed. Threads feels so real it leaves one in a state of dread with the thought of "My god, this could really happen."
I'm tryna find a movie to watch with my friend, would you recommend threads? We're in the age range of 14-15
@@PrinceVegetaTheFourth No.
@@clickbaitcabaret8208 Thanks
We watched it in high school in Australia, we must've been 12, 13 or so and most of the class had heightened anxiety and trouble sleeping for weeks afterwards. Our parents were naturally furious. But I do have to give it up to our English teacher, Mrs. Collins ... she installed a deep, respectful fear of nuclear war in all of us. Unfortunately, that fear and respect aren't helping us much right now ...
@@JohnDenverAirport Was that teacher fired?
I remember seeing T2 for the first time as a kid, that dream sequence freaked me out so much. I actually thought something like that would happen in real life.
And it still could actually happen.
Wait for for it, we might not be too far from happening
eesh
2035...
It would. Give it time, it probably will.
Honestly, Barefoot Gen is the most haunting and terrifying since it actually happened, the footage shown in the video is the more mild animation from the scene. All the others are used in action movies as another big, fancy explosion or as an apocalyptic scenario while Barefoot Gen looks just like the drawings a-bomb survivors have created because it is based off the work of someone who did actually survive the bombing as a child. It's the only one that shows the true devastation on human life the bomb has. Still makes me sick to my stomach.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were carpet bombed. That was all, horrific as it was. The two cities are flourishing now, not a radioactive wasteland. Neither is the area around Chernobyl.
Hibakusha. They were pretty badly discriminated against because people didn't really understand how radiation worked. They thought it was contagious. First they survived the bomb then they had to survive their own homes. Really really sad
I have a feeling Oppenheimer's gonna top the charts once it rolls out.
Be cause they don't wanna use CGI?
@@JohnDoe-yi8og yes
He was wrong.
The explosion in oppenheimer is underwhelming. It should have been a combination of cgi and practical effects
@@omnius290it was there to serve the story-which it did just fine-not to be a big dumb action sequence to gawk at
The two movies that come to mind first and that bothered me the most are Testament (1983) and Miracle Mile (1988). They both followed more of the personal stories of everyday people that brought you into the story, and made you wonder what you would do. It's interesting to me now to realize both these movies were released in the '80s. I was in my 20s throughout that entire decade. A young adult, out on my own and nervous about what lies ahead and if I could handle it. Probably helped in how these movies effected me.
Threads was the most terrifying thing I'd ever seen. I didn't have cable at the time and stayed in my empty office to watch its first US showing. Didn't know one of the engineers was still working in the back and when he popped his head into the darkened area where I was sitting, I thought I'd have a heart attack. It was a long, long drive home in the night after that. If that engineer is still alive, he likely still gets a giggle over my reaction.
The lady walking around just after the detonation. All the scorched bodies.
What's terrifying about that movie is that they didn't sugarcoat anything. No music playing, and the text over the screen is emotionless which adds to the sense of dread.
@@gjhoward I liked the matter-of-fact quality - one gets the feeling it is an apocalypse that is well within reach. Whereas films about other apocalyptic scenarios are safely in the realm of fiction or the distant future, we all know that these weapons exist, have been used in the past, and they are capable of being used again.
We comfort ourselves that nobody could be so foolish, that ultimately nobody would ever risk starting such a war, that escalation can be controlled - but we can never know for sure.
It came after or before the panorama program on British TV holding debate about nuclear war, because in 1984, we were waiting for it.
I absolutely love Threads. It’s brilliantly horrific. So well done with a small budget.
How about the one in Pacific Rim under water? When it detonated, all the water was pushed/vaporized by the explosion for a split second before the weight of the ocean crushed the huge bubble that was formed
Some of "Watchmojo" decisions as to what was in the top 20 are very questionable. For me, the special effects and cinematography needs to be top notch to even be considered in the top 20. I have to leave that theater feeling as though I actually saw a nuclear blast. Them choosing cartoons over Pacific Rim or choosing some of the low budget movies over the first two Alien movies seems questionable at best.
The first two alien movies have really good nuclear explosion scenes. And yet, no mention. Pacific Rim and the first two Alien movies should have been included in the top 20 over some of these other far less quality movies that Watchmojo chose.
Guess the 'bubble' from a sufficient size nuke detonation can cause a giant tsunami which could strike nearby islands and coasts...💀
@@danielalvarez8729 Go watch when the wind blows in entirety and come back with your decision.
Stargate too.
Barefoot Gen is such a underrated gem. It's one of the best war movies ever in my opinion. Highly recommended.
Still terrified of that "scene"...
Me too bro.
I remember watching Threads as a kid. I can still remember how realistic it was. Absolutely brilliant work, highly recommended.
I agree. It aslo include the destruction of the society and the harsh consequences of a nuclear war.
I'm disappointed that "Miracle Mile" didn't make the list. The sense of helpless dread that keeps building through that movie is incredibly powerful. As someone born in 1962, I've never seen a better representation of how "Cold War paranoia" actually felt.
Couldn’t agree more. Sure the romantic plot line is ridiculous and it’s a bit dated by today’s standards but it encapsulated the fear of a nuclear bomb in the ‘80s perfectly. (Especially in the diner scene).
Gave me chills when I first saw it back in the day.
Thanks for mentioning this one!
I've seen miracle mile too and I also agree that it should've been added to the list
Miracle Mile is really a great movie and I think it's truly shame how limited exposure it has anywhere.
For example it's very difficult to find any footage of it in youtube
Absolutely!!!
The man that wrote barefoot gen genuinely lived through that attack so having that scene being so described so detailed showed what he went through
Dr. Strangelove (there’s no fighting in the war room) and Terminator 2 are perfectly placed. Great list.
"anybody not wearing one million sunblock is gonna have a real bad day, Get It!?"
- Best line ever!
@@bogusmogus9551 my favorite action movie of all time👍🏻🙏😂
the man who wrote barefoot gen was actually in the hiroshima blast as a child. thats why its so accurate, terrifying, and vivid.
For me, nothing can top terminator 2 🤩
Watch the film Threads from 1984
Terminator 2 nuclear bomb scene> Anything in Threads
Barefoot Gen
When the wind blows it’s just heart breaking
Same
Did anyone else start singing “don’t wanna close my eyes!” when the Armageddon scene was mentioned?
I did, best movie song behind Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On from Titanic
Well, during a nuclear explosion you better close your eyes, or else you'll go blind.
i wanted to shut my eyes and wish i had NEVER watched that movie
so bad NASA shows it to new recruits and say "list the flaws and anything wrong" think it is up to 1500 now
No
True Lies had a bomb scene that is quite good and paired with a quality 90’s action movie
Shocked it didn’t make the list in all honesty.
I do like the harrowing scream Sarah Connor does before getting obliterated, And in my opinion Barefoot Gen is the best depiction of a nuclear event, and having to live with the following aftermath is also awe inspiring, ❤
The blast sequence during Barefoot Gen is incredibly harrowing. When I think of that film, I visualise that little girl with pigtails. Seeing her go through the the stages, from a happy smiling little thing, to hair & clothes burning off, then skin & eyeballs melting etc.... The scene last for at most about two seconds, & having a young daughter of my own, it was emotionally devastating.
@@jo.s7993 Theres two parts i always find shocking, during the blast, when the mother drops the baby, and even when she's deceased, has a natural instinct on where her baby is, she never takes her eyes off it, the second bit is where Gen gets the baby formula but there too late and the baby is already deceased, you feel the emotions of the mother, its what make the film perfect, you genuinely feel compassion towards the characters, ❤❤❤
Barefoot Gen is the most haunting and sickening. A lot of the artwork made by survivors looks just like the scenes depicted. Saw them many times as a kid at the Peace Park Museum in Hiroshima, I cried almost every time going there. Barefoot Gen is hands down the saddest movie ever made, only Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan come remotely close.
@@jo.s7993then the dog too scraping the fence then melts its sad it’s enough to make a grown man cry😢
@@Gd_glitchwavee I remember. His paws were fused to the railing, & then he melted just like the little girl. Kid's & animals are the innocents. The only possible respite from the horror, is knowing that their suffering was short (in real life) unlike those that survived.....for a few hours, day's or weeks. I think that it was Khrushchev that said following a nuclear attack "The living would envy the dead" If it happens, I want to be with my daughter at ground zero.
Fatman detonated half a km in the sky above a valley. Whoever did Wolverine didn't even pick up a history book.
They plane was too big as well, it dropped the bomb from 30,000 feet.
@@paulqueripel3493 Otherwise those B-29's would have been toast, too!
@@paulqueripel3493 From the way it looks in the scene, the plane was actually flying at a lower altitude than what the bomb exploded at in reality.
I was expecting "Fat Man and Little Boy". A truly chilling scene when they detonate the bomb at the end
Too bad that movie isn't well-known today.
Got the DVD. Also known as ‘The Shadowmakers’.
I remember reading Barefoot Gen in high school as it was donated when they started allowing manga in the school libraries in the early 2000s. I had to vet and read any and all manga that were suggested/donated cuz I was the library club president… it became an immediate “recommended reading” for our school’s list after I convinced two of the history teachers and an English teacher to allow it to be read during their classes.
I know the English teacher still uses it for her class cuz my brother was reading it this year.
I'm so glad you did that. In my Junior year english class I would look through the reading segments to see what there was and came across a section with John Hersey's Hiroshima. I went on to read the entire thing myself, but I wish I'd done something about asking if we could read it in class. We covered so much about the Holocaust when I was in school but nothing about the atomic bombings, except when I actually lived in Japan near Hiroshima and went to Peace Park on a school trip.
The second i saw "Nuclear bomb" in the title i just knew Barefoot Gen would be on this list! it's the perfect animated adaptation of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Keiji Nakazawa was a genius!
One of the best films ever created, ❤
The fact that Nakazawa based the story of the manga and the film on his own personal experiences involving the Hiroshima bombing makes the movie even more interesting!
@@infernocon2334 The 3 things that make this movie great, is the story, the graphic visuals and as you said, a survivors first hand account of the event,❤
I'm not familiar with it. I'll have to check it out.
@@toddboughn5168 ❤❤❤
Not surprising for Dr. Strangelove to get the top spot, man what a scene.
Because its all real, with real deaths within the footage, insane - Kubrick had top clearance connections
Real test footage in the end credits.
@@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443 Yeah... that killed many US Soldiers ordered to be in the trenches and on the ships, and many Russian and some British, some instantly, most years later with cancer, also, every nuke and thermo nuke launched for testing (including the 2 in Japan during the war) btwn 45 and now, some 2000 I read, caused immeasurable damage to our species and eco systems, but war is profitable apparently to those that fuel, threaten, engage in and advertise it, still a threat now...
I think Terminator 2 should be first bc Dr Strangelove used real footage of nuclear tests while T2 didn’t
I was visiting a friend in Scotland when Threads was broadcast nation wide. The movie played one evening then there was a two hour very chilling documentary about nuclear proliferation and it’s consequences the next evening. I’ve never forgotten the chill I felt watching both. Finally got a dvd copy of the movie a few years ago. It’s brilliant and realistic and scares the hell out of you. Great, very realistic BBC production.
Threads is a really disturbing film it stuck in my head for day's after watching it 😩
@@Southstander Threads is one of my favourite creepy movies. Got a DVD copy of it and still watch it regularly just to remind myself that it’ll happen for real some day … 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
Threads 1984 was truly the most horrific nuclear war film ever made. It was shown on TV around the same time as a news discussion on when a nuclear war could happen. Nov 8th 1983 operation able archer almost made it reality.
Dr. Strangelove knows how to make a nuclear bomb and nuclear war funny.
Not quite a nuclear bomb, but 1983's "Special Bulletin" had a very compelling scene where an H bomb was detonated. I believe it should have gotten an honorable mention on your list.
Phenomenal movie, underrated.
An "H-bomb" absolutely is a nuclear bomb.
I was thinking of that one myself. I remember staying up late to watch it (unusual for me and my rural household at the time). The whole movie was filmed as if it were an actual live breaking news story; like Orson Welles' War of the World broadcast in 1938. They had had repeat warnings that it was a movie in case people thought they were watching an ongoing real nuclear threat. Apparently no one was fooled that time (and the panic from the 1938 broadcast was more sensationalized than real as well, apparently).
@@jasontoddman7265 I always found the subtle humor in the news channel's station RBS (Our BS) LOL
@@jamesday9701 I unfortunately haven't seen the movie since (I even forgot the name of the movie until you mentioned it), and those call letters must have gone completely over my head at the time because I didn't remember that either. But that *is* funny. Thanks. 😁
I would've swapped THREADS and DR. STRANGELOVE's positions on the list. THREADS gave me nightmares for years, and still devastates me when I watch it. I would have added MIRACLE MILE because of the way it ends, and the real-tume dramatization of Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham's attempt to escape.
“You’re a pencil Terran who never learned to love his bomb.” Thanos
Thank you for including Threads and When The Wind Blows. The latter largely forgotten now.
Also not to be forgotten is 1953's Split Second, one of the very first atomic bomb movies.
Thank you! I’ve always thought Threads was one of the most frightening depictions of a nuclear holocaust I’d ever seen. No one remembers it, sad. The Day After always got more press, but it was no where as good, or frightening.
Remember that when i was a kid. Terrifying series. Guessing you grew up through the early 80s too? Scary times.
@@fuzzblightyear145 Nope, 60’s and 70’s. Trust me, the Cuban Missile crisis beat any of the saber rattling that came later.
We were made to watch threads at school when I was about 13. Gave me Bad dreams for weeks
I thought that they both were frightening to me 😢😥😭
Threads and Barefoot Gen are by far the most scariest movies I've ever seen in my entire life. And both of them cause me a short external crisis.
T2, no movie can beat that scene.
Terminator has the scariest nuclear attack scene but Threads will always be the scariest nuclear war movie.
What? No Miracle Mile?? The last 30 minutes of that movie was a perfect depiction of the panic that would occur from the threat of a nuke. The very end shows the incoming missiles and destruction. The whole movie is a race against time.
14:30 That nuclear explosion in "Godzilla: King of The Monsters" is very epic in scale indeed and touching when Serizawa sacrificed himself to save godzilla, Bear McCreary's musical score also helps elevate that scene very much , almost ethereal like ❤
The barefoot gen scene is something we all need to see. Also shoutout for Akira’s opening as well.
I watched Godzilla King of The Monsters, I broke down crying when I thought Godzilla died.
I saw Terminator 2 in the theatres twice. In the sudden silence after the nuclear blast scene, I heard numerous people exclaim "my god" or "holy s#It" and such. Watching it the second time, I awaited to see how the crowd would react. That packed theatre also had many people respond verbally from the shock value. Few things are better than a packed theatre when the audience is locked in. Rare to happen, my only other comparison was in a packed house watching The Silence of the Lambs scene in the dark basement! The crowd was going crazy in their seats! Fun times!
MacArthur: Nuke em!
Truman: No!
MacArthur: NUKE EM!
Truman: NO
MacArthur: AH COME ON!
Truman: You’re fired
The chain of command on who could fire a nuke was not established back in the 50s. Hell they had tactical nukes in Korea. Any number of low level generals could have ordered a nuclear strike.
I got the reference 😂
DUDE...uncool.
Welp, this video just got thrown out the window now that Oppenheimer exists
It wouldn't even enter top 100 with how bad the explosion was.
The bomb test in Indiana Jones is presumably a nod to Back to the Future, where the time machine was in an early draft meant to be based on a fridge, and the way to find power enough to send Marty home to 1985 was going to the bomb test site in Nevada.
Was this in one of the unused script drafts or what?
@@animal0mother Yes, this was the original idea for the time travel premise, so the very first draft, I would guess. And maybe more than one draft.
The Terminator 2 nuclear assault scene is the best ever. A bright flash followed by everything and everyone catching fire and then the shock wave just blowing everything away was epic.
"Black Rain 1989' (Japanese film by Shōhei Imamura, Not the film with Michael Douglas) is missing from this list.
So is the 1953 film Hiroshima
no one in the comments has watched Threads then...
For me, it was The Day After (1983). I can’t remember if it was re-televised or if it was rented because I came to America in 1984. The imagery of the nuclear blast and the post-apocalyptic aftermath made an impression, especially since the Secret Wars in Laos was the cause of my family’s refugee status.
Sorry I think that Threads was way better, in the words of one TV executive "makes the Day After look like a family film!"
@@locutus155 Yes, you are sorry. I did not see Threads or heard of it until this video. As with anything, whatever you see first is what will affect you. I did see T2: Judgement Day, and it is one of my favorite films of all time. The incredible nuclear dream sequence was nightmare-inducing, but The Day After was still a gut punch. On that note, I will be watching Threads since the internet makes it accessible now. I am watching it because it’s not what you said, but because it was made during my childhood experience, and it could be a companion piece with The Day After rather than which is better.
@@Mangolite Threads is a lot bleaker.
@@locutus155 The TV censors across the pond allowed them to show more than the US would. I'm sure ole Wrath of Khan Meyers would have made it wondrously as depressing and horrible as Threads would be if he could have.
@@DrForrester87 I finally watched Thread, which is bleaker as it encompasses a timeline from before the nuclear drop. The bombing, the eventual fallout, and even carried on a decade later to a shocking conclusion. The Day After affected me when I saw it as a young teen after coming from a third-world country heavily influenced by the Vietnam War. As an American production with Hollywood behind it, The Day After must have big star names, such as Jason Robard, Steve Guttenberg, John Lithgow, Jobeth Williams, and John Cullum. In contrast, Thread has little-known actors, and framing it like a documentary drives home that this could be real. I like both, but Thread is dark.
i thought the explosion in the Florida Keys in "True Lies" was pretty good too. The shock wave approaching from miles across the ocean was pretty neat looking.
Love the fact that we have so many movies depicting realistic aftermath of a nuclear blast and the absolute *psychopaths* in charge of the world are constantly weighing it as an option.
Exactly. It matters that the people in charge of nuclear powered countries aren't abject lunatics
#16 - I don't know why, but I find a movie utilizing a news broadcast to aid in the storytelling fascinating.
The same with Without Warning, a telepic about a comet break up and it's aftermath (yeah, I didn't give much detail).
By Dawn's Early Light is amazing.
I've got it on DVD (originally had it on VHS), and have watched it many times.
James Earl Jones is brilliant as Charlie, in the Looking Glass plane.
Haven't watched the video yet
Just guessing Dr StrangeLove is high up on the list
I heard the T2 nuclear scene was so complex and detailed, that Cameron had a whole second unit just work on that scene, while he did the rest of the movie.
I also think Stan Winston did it.
He did, I was watched a documentary about the making of T2 a couple of weeks ago. The effects crew found the part where the kids in the park were blown in to pieces really disturbing to create. A piece of trivia is the young boy 'happy Sarah' swings around in the blast scene was her real life toddler son. When the Terminator morphs into 'bad Sarah' at the Iron works, Linda Hamilton's real life identical twin sister played that part.
Right after hearing about the recent news with Russia?
Watchmojo knows what they're doing
What did you forget? Hmm, let me see: 1) Fail Safe (1964) - President nukes NY after we accidentally nuke Moscow 2) Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) - The Alpha Omega doomsday warhead is accidentally detonated, 3) Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) - The hybrid supercomputer Colossus demonstrates its power by detonating warheads in their silos.
Terminator 2 was The most realistic depiction of a Nuclear Explosion.
Try watching the film Threads
No, it isnt.
Not at all.
Fail Safe deserves an honorable mention for sure. Absolutely chilling.
When the wind blows is one of the most heartbreaking films ever made
Best line ever uttered by a subordinate "i know the council has made a decision, but since its a stupid ass decision, i decided to ignore it"🤣
Right on the Hiroshima/Nagasaki anniversary, huh? Damn, Mojo.
Who else is here before Oppenheimer
me
Threads was always the most chilling movie I'd ever seen. As a young adult... the melting milk bottles on the porch put me in a panic. Well done FX team that gave me the nightmare. Threads... watch this movie... hate me later.
According to this video, today I learned that Michael Bay has been in the business long enough to have made Armageddon.
Love that line...you can't fight in here, this is the war room! 😆❤️
One film that definitely deserves mention in this category, although it was a nuclear explosion from a power plant and not a bomb, is the explosion from the beginning of "Birdboy: The Forgotten Children". It's a quick scene, but still pretty shocking.
I also liked the strike from the movie “the crazies”.
It's nice to see Threads getting some recognition, it is pure nightmare fuel
As much as I like Godzilla, the best nuclear explosion is the one from Gamera: The Advent of Legion, where Legion blows up right on Gamera's Face and destroys a whole city! Why is Godzilla here and not that scene? Also, the whole 1954 Gojira is an alegory of Nuclear Explosion, the way people are burned, with radiaton sickness, escaping with nowhere to go, the hospital and the shelter getting full with victims, etc... putting the Godzilla 2019 here is a really bad choice, but it isn't the first time Watchmojo does this...
you better remake this with the release of oppenheimer
Could've called this list Top 10 Reasons Nuclear Weapons need to eliminated forever.
The Terminator 2: Judgement Day one should’ve been number 1, as that scene practically traumatized me for life so much the first time I saw it, I literally couldn’t enjoy myself or function for the rest of that whole day. I was whimpering and panicking all day long in fear that it would possibly happen for real.
Empire of the Sun should have had a mention, Christian Bale's character imagines it is the Soul of his guardian going upto Heaven.
"Like God taking a photograph..."
Pacific Rim underwater detonation is quite epic as it displaces water creating a dome which then collapses back.
“I’ll make you bend the knee in round two like Nagasaki.” Thanos
A personal thank you for all the actors, writers and everyone that gave us "Threads" and "The Day After." I feel these movies did prevent a nuclear war. It opened the conversation wide. Thank you, thank you!
I haven't seen The Divide but that woman would absolutely go blind after staring at a nuclear explosion for that long. The fireball retains the ability to cause blindness for up to a minute after detonation and she spends at least 20 seconds staring directly at it
Top 20 most intelligent cartoon characters of all time.
I loved how that woman in Terminator 2 is obliterated by the nuclear explosion, but her skeleton remains firmly attached to the fence... it's magical!
The skin and bone would have been vaporized at the same time
its an artistic exaggeration
For me very very big delusion nuclear bomb of Oppenheimer...
I'm here for this 🤣
"Gentlemen you can't fight in here, this is the war room!" Agree 100% but have a feeling Oppenheimer is going to blow all this away...
Threads is scarier than any horror movie
Absolutely agree
Unforgettable film from 1984.
Oppenheimer
That scene from T2 use to scare the shit out of me as a kid in the early 90s
15:19 John Cullum, AKA Holling Vincoeur on Northern Exposure. Super cool! That was my top favorite show in the early 90s! I've never seen him in anything else.
As far as this movie goes (The Day After), our teacher in school made us watch this in class. Cant say I remember much of it at all because most of the time I wasn't paying attention, I didn't really want to watch it. I think I was 14 or 15 at the time.
Barefoot Gen is one of the most realistic and important Anime in Japan.
In order Never to happen accidents like the tragedy on 8/6 and 8/8 in 1945, we have to know fact of the tragedy.
Man if they just waited a year they would have oppenheimer
that explosion doesn't look anywhere close to the atomic blast. Nolan's failure.
@@zabijca Totally agree. It is utterly bizarre how people think that the Oppenheimer nuke scene was anything other than a TOTAL failure. Terminator 2, made 35 years ago, showed the scale and devastation of a nuclear blast far greater than Nolan did. Nolan had some weird aversion to cgi where he refused to use it all. I argue that tasteful amounts of cgi could have and should have been used.
At number 1 at that
"We all have our little faults, Superman. Mine's in California." - Lex Luthor.
Good video. I spent some time in the eighties in military service in a bunker preparing for nuclear war, doing exactly what you see at 16:37.
Terminator being in here twice truly is a work of art
In my book Threads is number one. So disturbing, and it's just downhill from there. The sickness, survival, and extension into the next generation... Her reaction at the end when seeing... Well, it's on UA-cam so watch at your own risk.
“No room for babbies here”
Nolan deseves a place in this list with his Openheimer !
*oppenheimer
You know what, I did enjoy this ! ty