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1. The Dictator (2012)
R | 83 min | Comedy
The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 336,316 | Gross: $59.65M
2. The Ipcress File (2022)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Thriller
As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.
Stars: Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton, Tom Hollander, Ashley Thomas
Votes: 5,535
3. Zero Days (2016)
PG-13 | 116 min | Documentary
A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: David Sanger, Emad Kiyaei, Eric Chien, Liam O'Murchu
Votes: 10,448 | Gross: $0.10M
4. Detonator (1993 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
A train with hostages is stolen in Bremen, Germany. It's heading south through Europe with a nuclear bomb. A UN crime-fighting task force is in charge of stopping it in cooperation with local military and police.
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Alexandra Paul, Ted Levine
Votes: 4,018
5. Special Bulletin (1983 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama
A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC... See full summary »
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Ed Flanders, Kathryn Walker, Roxanne Hart, Christopher Allport
Votes: 1,335
6. The Liquidator (1965)
Approved | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Rod Taylor, Trevor Howard, Jill St. John, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 1,303
7. Golden Rendezvous (1977)
PG | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
On a cargo ship converted into a cruise-liner, First Officer John Carter foils the plan of international hijackers to use his vessel as bait for a passing U.S. Treasury ship carrying gold bullion.
Directors: Ashley Lazarus, Freddie Francis | Stars: Richard Harris, Ann Turkel, Gordon Jackson, John Vernon
Votes: 598
8. Above and Beyond (1952)
Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama, War
Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II.
Directors: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating
Votes: 1,344
9. World for Ransom (1954)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Dan Duryea, Gene Lockhart, Patric Knowles, Reginald Denny
Votes: 633
10. Born to Ride (1991)
PG | 89 min | Action
The US Army recruits a delinquent biker to train their new motorcycle squad for an important mission.
Director: Graham Baker | Stars: John Stamos, John Stockwell, Teri Polo, Sandy McPeak
Votes: 661
11. Night Boat to Dublin (1946)
Approved | 100 min | Thriller, War
The allies plan to rescue a Swedish atomic scientist from under the noses of the Nazis.
Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Robert Newton, Raymond Lovell, Guy Middleton, Muriel Pavlow
Votes: 409
12. The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2010)
109 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Richard Rhodes, Martin Sherwin
Votes: 228
13. Hulk (1966)
TV-G | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
The adventures of a nuclear scientist cursed with the tendency to turning into a huge green brute under stress.
Stars: Bernard Cowan, Don Mason, Jack Creley, Claude Rae
Votes: 1,054
14. Die Laughing (1980)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A San Francisco cab driver finds himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased all over town by people trying to get the formula.
Director: Jeff Werner | Stars: Robby Benson, Linda Grovenor, Charles Durning, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 329
15. Timbuk3: The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (1986 Music Video)
4 min | Comedy, Music
Timbuk3 perform in the music video "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" from the album "Greetings from Timbuk3" recorded for I.R.S. Records. The band sings and play their ... See full summary »
Stars: Barbara MacDonald, Pat MacDonald, Timbuk 3
Votes: 14
16. Sofia (1948)
Not Rated | 82 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
In this Cold-War thriller Steve Roark (Gene Raymond) helps nuclear scientists in their desperate attempt to escape the ruthless Russian Communist agents who are chasing after them. Roark is... See full summary »
Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Gene Raymond, Sigrid Gurie, Patricia Morison, Mischa Auer
Votes: 66
17. Let's Live Again (1948)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Fantasy
The brother of a nuclear scientist dies, but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: John Emery, Hillary Brooke, Taylor Holmes, Diana Douglas
Votes: 42
18. The Case of the Red Monkey (1955)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A US agent protects a defecting Russian scientist in London as scientists are murdered. The agent finds the killers' hideout, is captured with a policeman's niece, escapes, and stops the killings.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Richard Conte, Rona Anderson, Russell Napier, John Horsley
Votes: 192
19. Operation Sunflower (2014)
105 min | Drama, History
Through the eyes of the scientist in charge of the operation, we see the events leading to Israel developing her nuclear option in the 1960's.
Director: Avraham Kushnir | Stars: Yehoram Gaon, Baruch Brener, Daniella Kertesz, Tzufit Grant
Votes: 53
20. Black Sea Raid (2000)
R | 82 min | Action, Drama
Renegade CIA agent Rick Halsey assembles a team of special forces operatives to rescue a Russian nuclear scientist held in a fortified mental institution behind enemy lines.
Director: Jenõ Hódi | Stars: Daniel Bernhardt, Marina Mogilevskaya, Aleksei Begas, Michail Bekoev
Votes: 124
21. Retreads (1988)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure
The "Retreads" is the name of a group of men trying to recapture their youth by going on a reunion motorcycle trip. They get more than they bargained for when they run into a terrorist group holding a female nuclear physicist captive.
Director: James Connell | Stars: Laura Banks, Eb Lottimer, Joe Estevez, Michael Rooker
Votes: 21
22. Tuntemattomalle jumalalle (1993)
55 min | Drama, Thriller
Stars: Esko Salminen, Risto Tuorila, Jonna Järnefelt, Tero Jartti
Votes: 85
23. Spojení pres Kodan (1968 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Miloslav Zachata | Stars: Eduard Cupák, Jana Hlavácová, Karel Höger, Marie Vásová
24.
Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode:
The Dropouts
(1970)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War
Hogan has to help three German scientists escape from Stalag 13 and get to London.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary
Votes: 155
25.
Superboy (1988–1992)
Episode:
Mutant
(1989)
TV-PG | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Clark witnesses the kidnapping of Professor Craig Lipcott, a famous nuclear scientist. As Superboy, he follows the kidnappers to a rooftop and sees them enter a strange ship just before he ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Ravitz | Stars: John Newton, Stacy Haiduk, Skye Aubrey, James Calvert
Votes: 40
26.
Ultraviolet (1998)
Episode:
Persona Non Grata
(1998)
TV-14 | 51 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
While the team tries to identify their prisoner and Jacob hiding Kirsty from Colefield, Rice and Colefield both end up searching for Jacob, but for different reasons. Kirsty makes some ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Ahearne | Stars: Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba, Philip Quast
Votes: 63
27.
1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode:
The Dawn of the Cold War
56 min | Documentary, History, War
For the past four years, the top scientists on the planet had been perfecting what was to become the absolute weapon: the atomic bomb.
Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: François Kersaudy, Clifton Truman Daniel, Curtis Roosevelt, Yuri Borko
28.
InSecurity (2011)
Episode:
The Spy Who Fed Me
(2011)
Comedy
After losing her badge, Alex struggles to be taken seriously in a high-level interrogation. Burt and JoJo find an interesting way to pass the time on a stakeout.
Director: Robert de Lint | Stars: Natalie Lisinska, William deVry, Grace Lynn Kung, Matthew MacFadzean
Votes: 38
29.
Strike Back (2010–2020)
Episode:
Vengeance: Part 6
(2012)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Stonebridge's mistake allows Matlock to capture Evans. He makes amends by enlisting Ava Knox to go against her father. Sullivan tries to convince Rebecca to leave Mossad.
Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Rhona Mitra, Rhashan Stone
Votes: 440
30.
Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich (2023–2024)
Episode:
Werner Heisenberg
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
As one of their most controversial scientists, Heisenberg was key in the Nazis' efforts to build an atomic bomb. How close was he to achieving his goal?
Director: Marion Marot | Stars: Guy Walters, Mark Walker, Nigel Jones, Gerhard Rammer
31.
Taken (2017–2018)
Episode:
Invitation Only
(2018)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Mills and Santana are sent deep behind enemy lines to rescue an Israeli nuclear scientist who had been kidnapped 29 years earlier by North Korea.
Director: T.J. Scott | Stars: Clive Standen, Adam Goldberg, Jessica Camacho, Jennifer Beals
Votes: 246