TV Shows & Movies
15 Movies That Perfectly Combine Sci-Fi and Horror
25. London Has Fallen
While attending the Prime Minister's funeral in London, Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders. | © Focus Features
24. Fail Safe
A technical malfunction sends American bombers to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted? | © Columbia Pictures
23. The Hunt for Red October
A state-of-the-art Soviet submarine, equipped with advanced stealth technology, defects to the United States, leaving American intelligence scrambling to determine the true intentions of the captain. | © Paramount Pictures
22. The Bedford Incident
An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine in disputed waters leads to a dangerous escalation of tensions between the two superpowers. | © Columbia Pictures
21. On the Beach
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months. | © United Artists
20. WarGames
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. | © MGM
19. Crimson Tide
A young First Officer on a U.S. nuclear submarine must stage a mutiny to prevent his trigger-happy Captain from launching missiles without proper authorization. | © Disney
18. Panic in the City
An American agent is tasked with stopping a rogue Soviet spy who is developing an atomic bomb with the intention of devastating Los Angeles. | © United Pictures Corporation
17. Def-Con 4
A satellite armed with a nuclear weapon crashes to Earth after a global conflict erupts. The survivors of the crash face a perilous struggle for survival in a post-apocalyptic world. | © New World Pictures
16. Broken Arrow
A group of terrorists steal nuclear weapons from the U.S. military, but their plans are thwarted by the unexpected actions of a pilot and a park ranger. | © 20th Century Studios
15. The Sum of All Fears
CIA analyst Jack Ryan races against time to prevent a Neo-Nazi group from detonating a nuclear weapon at a major sporting event, an act designed to provoke a devastating conflict between the United States and Russia. | © Paramount Pictures
14. World War Z
Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself. | © Paramount Pictures
13. Escape From New York
In 1997, Manhattan became a maximum-security prison, and a convicted bank robber was tasked with the dangerous mission of rescuing the U.S. President after his plane crashed in the city. | © Embassy Pictures Corporation
12. Testament
The life of a suburban American family is scarred after a nuclear attack, portraying the struggles and hardships they face in the aftermath of the catastrophe. | © Paramount Pictures
11. Countdown to Looking Glass
Dramatic doomsday scenario in which the Cold War fully escalates. The story is told through a live news report that follows the apocalyptic world-ending nuclear exchange between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. | © HBO
10. Hunter Killer
An inexperienced American submarine captain and a team of Navy SEALs embark on a daring mission to rescue the kidnapped Russian president from a rogue general. | © Lionsgate Films
9. Olympus Has Fallen
When the White House is in the wake of a terrorist attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning must overcome overwhelming odds to rescue the President and prevent a national catastrophe. | © FilmDistrict
8. The Day After
The devastating and long-lasting consequences of a nuclear holocaust on the lives of ordinary citizens in a small town in eastern Kansas. | © ABC
7. Threads
The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization. | © British Broadcasting Corporation
6. Red Dawn
A group of resourceful teenagers in a small American town must fight for survival when their community is unexpectedly invaded by North Korean forces. | © United Artists
5. When the Wind Blows
This animated film tells the story of a naive elderly British rural couple who survives the initial onslaught of a nuclear war, highlighting their innocence. | © Recorded Releasing Company
4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg. | © TriStar Pictures
3. Lord of the Flies
Stranded on a deserted island, a group of British schoolboys gradually succumb to savagery, revealing the fragility of civilization and the inherent darkness within human nature. | © Columbia Pictures
2. By Dawn's Early Light
This black comedy unfolds as an unstable American general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, thrusting the world into a frantic race against time to avert a global catastrophe. | © HBO Pictures
1. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
A chilling scenario where a rogue general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, plunging the world into a terrifying race against time to prevent a devastating global catastrophe. | © Columbia Pictures
