Over the past two years, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been digitising old, never-before-seen films of nuclear tests and uploading them to YouTube. The LLNL just uploaded a new batch of films last week, and I couldn’t help but notice that one in particular is incredibly cinematic.
Film, especially science fiction, has always loved to explore the future we are most afraid of. That’s why nukes have been lighting up the screen for decades, with recent events making the theme more timely and scarier than ever. Here are the nine most nightmare-inducing movies about nuclear attacks.
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