Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "radioactive-contamination"

1. Chernobyl (2019)

TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller

In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.

Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis

Votes: 869,600

2. Godzilla (I) (1998)

PG-13 | 139 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that heads off to New York City. The American military must chase the monster across the city to stop it before it reproduces.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria

Votes: 203,989 | Gross: $136.31M

3. Silkwood (1983)

R | 131 min | Biography, Drama, History

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson

Votes: 22,253 | Gross: $35.62M

4. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

PG-13 | 138 min | Drama, History, Thriller

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sam Spruell, Peter Stebbings, Christian Camargo

Votes: 67,497 | Gross: $35.17M

5. Radioactive (2019)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The incredible true story of Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her Nobel Prize-winning work that changed the world.

Director: Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Yvette Feuer, Mirjam Novak, Ralph Berkin

Votes: 21,807

6. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.

Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 87,535 | Gross: $37.76M

7. Space Battleship Yamato (2010)

TV-14 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 2199, the crew of the space battleship Yamato embark on a dangerous journey to the planet Iskandar to acquire a device that will rejuvenate the war-ravaged Earth.

Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki, Toshirô Yanagiba, Naoto Ogata

Votes: 6,391

8. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (2022)

96 min | Documentary, History

Newly-discovered archive footage and witness accounts to lay bare the tragedy and heroic efforts made to prevent another explosion.

Director: James Jones | Stars: Lyudmila Ignatenko, Oleksiy Breus, Leonenko Vitaliy, Aleksandr Syrota

Votes: 1,881

9. Meltdown: Three Mile Island (2022)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, History

Insiders recount the events, controversies and lingering effects of the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.

Stars: Rick Parks, Nicole Remsburg, Paula Kinney, Joyce Corradi

Votes: 5,428

10. Monster a Go-Go (1965)

TV-PG | 68 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A space capsule crash-lands on Earth, and the astronaut aboard disappears. Is there a connection between the missing man and the monster roaming the area?

Directors: Bill Rebane, Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Philip Morton, June Travis, George Perry, Lois Brooks

Votes: 10,079

11. The People Who Own the Dark (1976)

R | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of rich businessmen and military officers who are partying in an old castle are spared when a nuclear war ravages the earth. When they venture out into the nearest town to search ... See full summary »

Director: León Klimovsky | Stars: Nadiuska, Alberto de Mendoza, Teresa Gimpera, Emiliano Redondo

Votes: 508

12. The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003)

Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Arun is an Indian undercover agent enlisted to stop ISI chief Ishaq Khan. The village girl Reshma helps him but endangers her own life.

Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Sunny Deol, Preity G Zinta, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Amrish Puri

Votes: 2,614 | Gross: $3.38M

13. Gog (1954)

Approved | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

A security agent investigates sabotage and murder at a secret underground laboratory, home of two experimental robots.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Richard Egan, Constance Dowling, Herbert Marshall, John Wengraf

Votes: 1,623

14. The Lost Missile (1958)

Approved | 70 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi

A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.

Directors: Lester Wm. Berke, William Berke | Stars: Robert Loggia, Ellen Parker, Phillip Pine, Larry Kerr

Votes: 1,025

15. Atomic Homefront (2017)

TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary

A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.

Director: Rebecca Cammisa | Stars: Dawn Chapman, Douglas Clemens, Robbin Ellison Dailey, Kay Drey

Votes: 570

16. In the Dark of the Valley (2021)

101 min | Documentary, History

A group of mothers discover that the Santa Susana Field Laboratory was the site of one of the largest nuclear accidents in United States history; and may have exposed their children and their community to cancer-causing hazardous waste.

Director: Nicholas Mihm

Votes: 120

17. Scorched Earth (I) (2023)

63 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

After the apocalypse, all water is radioactive and deadly to drink. In this dystopian world, Gylian goes to extreme lengths to make sure her daughter gets the medication she needs to survive.

Directors: Joshua Morrison, Jethro Randell | Stars: Charlotte Elizzabeth Langley, Lee Westwick, Neil Sandland, Robin Kirwan

Votes: 227

18. Fukushima: A Nuclear Story (2015)

84 min | Documentary, News

A powerful documentary - shot from March 11th, 2011 through March 2015 - that sheds some light on what really happened at the Fukushima nuclear power plant after the 2011 earthquake and the tsunami that followed.

Director: Matteo Gagliardi | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Massimo Dapporto, Hal Yamanouchi

Votes: 412

19. The Plutonium Incident (1980 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

A worker at a nuclear power plant finds life in danger after she points out unsafe conditions.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Janet Margolin, Bo Hopkins, Joseph Campanella, Powers Boothe

Votes: 61

20. Maralinga Tjarutja (2020 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, History

When the dust settles, culture remains...The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.

Director: Larissa Behrendt | Stars: Jeremy Lebois, Mima Smart, Hilary Williams, Tommy Baker

Votes: 31

21. K-19: Doomsday Submarine (2002 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History

The disastrous first combat patrol of the K-19, the Soviet Union's first atomic-powered nuclear missile submarine.

Director: Jane Armstrong | Stars: Herrie ten Cate, Robin Collins, David Karave, John F. Kennedy

Votes: 64

22. Skies Above (1965)

107 min | Sci-Fi

The crew of an aircraft carrier discovers that it is being pursued by a UFO that turns out to be a radioactive probe from outer space. They appeal to the warring countries of Earth to stop fighting and help it to repel the invaders.

Director: Yves Ciampi | Stars: André Smagghe, Jacques Monod, Marcel Bozzuffi, Henri Piégay

Votes: 88

23. Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail (2015)

Documentary

Host and physicist Dr. Derek Muller unlocks the mysteries of uranium, one of the Earth's most controversial elements.

Star: Derek Muller

Votes: 531

24. America's Lost Bombs: The True Story of Broken Arrows (2001 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, History

For the first time, survivors of America's most serious nuclear weapons accidents speak publicly about their experiences.

Stars: Arthur Kent, Eric Longabardi, Alfred D'Mario, Shaun Gregory

Votes: 21

25. The First Secret City (2015)

105 min | Documentary

Before the creation of the secret cities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford, the Manhattan Project hired the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St. Louis to refine the first uranium used in ... See full summary »

Directors: Alison Carrick, C.D. Stelzer | Stars: John Bell, Carolyn Bower, Conrad Bowers, Karl Brooks

Votes: 16

26. The Safe Side of the Fence (2015)

108 min | Documentary

World War II's Manhattan Project required the refinement of massive amounts of uranium, and St. Louis-based Mallinckrodt Chemical Works took on the job. As a result, the chemical company's ... See full summary »

Director: Tony West | Stars: Kay Drey, Gerald J. Kleba

Votes: 29

27. Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 (2011)

87 min | Documentary

A shocking political expose, and an intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling for survival, dignity and justice after decades of top-secret human radiation experiments conducted on them by the U.S. government.

Director: Adam Jonas Horowitz | Stars: Holly Barker, Steven V. Carey, Tony de Brum, Howard Hills

Votes: 36

28. Silent Storm (2003)

90 min | Documentary, History

In 2001 tons of ashed human bones were found in Melbourne, contaminated by Strontium 90, a toxic residue of nuclear weapon tests in Australia and around the world.

Director: Peter Butt | Stars: Paula Arundell, Bille Brown, Penny Brabin, Peter Burns

Votes: 20

29. Hunting the KGB Killers (2017)

PG-13 | 54 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

The inside story of Alexander Litvinenko's murder in London and the subsequent international manhunt that led to the Kremlin, told in full for the first time, with exclusive access to key individuals.

Director: Chris Malone | Stars: Eddie Marsan, Andrew Byron, Hubert Hanowicz, Jon Foster

Votes: 134

30. Chernobyl: Men of steel (2022)

60 min | Documentary

Samosely are the people who did not come to terms with the forced evacuation after the Chernobyl disaster. They returned to their homes to live on the land of their fathers.

Director: Amadeusz Kocan | Stars: Maciej Bogaczyk, Krystian Machnik, Miroslaw Utta

Votes: 6

31. The last people of Chernobyl (2018)

52 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

The documentary was created during a charity expedition that was organized to help "samosely". It presents the life of people who never accepted the enforced evacuation, that was ordered ... See full summary »

Director: Amadeusz Kocan | Stars: Maciej Bogaczyk, Krystian Machnik

Votes: 20

32. Vive la bombe! (2006 TV Movie)

90 min | History, War

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Director: Jean-Pierre Sinapi | Stars: Cyril Descours, Olivier Barthélémy, Matthieu Boujenah, Damien Jouillerot

Votes: 69

33. Rockpile (2018)

33 min | Documentary, Short

A retired teacher investigates the shadowy history of his rural Missouri community, including the origins of a looming structure known as the Rockpile.

Director: Kyle Pyatt | Stars: Thomas M. Whelan Jr., Dylan Busken, Paula Busken, Doug Busken

34. Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl (2011)

109 min | Drama, Fantasy

A girl, Kalina, who lives in Belarus spends summer vacation at grandma's house in rural area. They village is very close to the area prohibited to reside because of radioactive ... See full summary »

Director: Akiyoshi Imazeki | Star: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

35. Maralinga Pieces (2012 Video)

13 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

The people affected by the British atomic weapons tests at Emu Fields and Maralinga in the 1950's and 60's remain haunted and deeply impacted by those memories. This short film extracts the... See full summary »

Director: Jessie Boylan | Stars: Kevin Buzzacott, Aida Heart, Avon Hudson, Margaret May

36. Industrial Radiological Decontamination of Ships: Contaminated Ship Handling (1951)

14 min | Documentary, Short

Procedures for removing radioactive contaminants from naval ships exposed to atomic attack, while also containing the spread of the contaminants and minimizing radiation exposure to workers.

37. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Radio Bikini (1988)

Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary, Biography, History

It starts with a live radio broadcast from the Bikini Atoll a few days before it is annihilated by a nuclear test. Shows great footage from these times and tells the story of the US Navy ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stone | Stars: Kilon Bauno, John Smitherman, Warren Austin, Bernard Baruch

Votes: 674

38. Brigade verte (1985)
Episode: Iode 131 (1985)

54 min | Adventure

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Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Gilles Ségal, Christiane Minazzoli, Catherine Allary, Stéphane Ariel

39. The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969–1973)
Episode: The Rebellion of the Body (1969)

60 min | Drama

An explosion in a chemotherapy lab leaves Dr. Paul Hunter with extensive exposure to radiation, and a severely weakened immune system.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: E.G. Marshall, David Hartman, John Saxon, William Smithers

Votes: 11

40. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode: Hot Dust (1957)

TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Lab worker Harry Wells flees and aggressively avoids people, after being accidentally exposed to dangerous radioactive material.

Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Leonard Nimoy, Alan Reynolds, Barbara Townsend

Votes: 90

41. Dateline (1984– )
Episode: Maralinga Cover-up (1991)

40 min | News

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Directors: Tony Aslanidis, Keith Kneebone, Kevin Ryder | Star: Mark Cochran

42. Madventures (2002– )
Episode: Ex-CCCP (2009)

40 min | Documentary

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Director: Tuomas Milonoff | Stars: Riku Rantala, Tuomas Milonoff

Votes: 28

43. Jack Ryan (2018–2023)
Episode: Druz'ya I Vragi (2022)

TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Jack and Mike head to a mysterious, abandoned outpost in Russia to seize the Sokol nuclear device, but an unexpected visitor foils their plans. Meanwhile, Petr seeks to rescue Alena, who has been kidnapped by her own head of security.

Director: Kevin Dowling | Stars: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Nina Hoss, Peter Guinness

Votes: 2,093

44. Natural World (1983– )
Episode: On the Eighth Day (1984)

Documentary

The effect on the natural world of a nuclear war, reporting on research in America, Russia and Britain which suggests that for thirty years the world has had the capacity to cause a nuclear winter.

Stars: Tom Ackerman, Vladimir Aleksandrov, Paul Ehrlich, Dan Gregory

Votes: 13

45. Passé sous silence (2000– )
Episode: La bataille de Tchernobyl (2006)

94 min | Documentary

Documentary about the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl.

Director: Thomas Johnson | Stars: Tim Birkett, Hans Blix, Mikhail Gorbachev, Oleg Mirochnikov

Votes: 1,576

46. The Days (2023)
Episode: Our Company Has Lost Its Mind (2023)

TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Station Manager Yoshida decides to use seawater as a cooling source, but TOEPCO headquarters tells him to wait for authorization from the administration.

Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hao Feng, Nobi Nakanishi

Votes: 215

47. The Days (2023)
Episode: I Can No Longer Leave Here Alive (2023)

TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, History, Thriller

When pressure in the containment vessel finally starts to decrease, TOEPCO headquarters want on-site workers to get back to work, but Yoshida is wary.

Director: Masaki Nishiura | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hao Feng, Nobi Nakanishi, Minae Noji

Votes: 207

48. The Days (2023)
Episode: Decide the Conditions for Evacuation (2023)

TV-14 | 56 min | Drama, History, Thriller

As the administration and TOEPCO headquarters grow increasingly impatient, Station Manager Yoshida asks for permission to evacuate some on-site workers.

Director: Masaki Nishiura | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hao Feng, Katsuyuki Miyake, Nobi Nakanishi

Votes: 199

49. The Days (2023)
Episode: No Need to Evacuate (2023)

TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, History, Thriller

While still unable to get an assessment of the situation from Fukushima Daiichi, the government tells the public to stay calm and remain in their homes.

Director: Masaki Nishiura | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Hao Feng, Nobi Nakanishi

Votes: 262

50. Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode: Is Anybody Out There? (2019)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Up against the clock, Morgan, Grace, and Alicia work to buy time as Dorie and Dwight race against the elements. Meanwhile, Sarah and Wendell get help from an unexpected source.

Director: Michael E. Satrazemis | Stars: Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Maggie Grace, Colman Domingo

Votes: 2,465