Apr 09, 2000
86 min
Full-HD

Fail Safe (2000)

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

Category

Drama Thriller TV Movie

Country

United States of America

Companies

Warner Bros. Television Maysville Pictures

Walter Cronkite

Self - Host

Richard Dreyfuss

President

Noah Wyle

Buck

Brian Dennehy

Gen. Bogan

Sam Elliott

Congressman Raskob

James Cromwell

Gordon Knapp

John Diehl

Col. Cascio

Hank Azaria

Prof. Groeteschele

Recommended For You

Thriller
2002
Movie

The Sum of All Fears

The Sum of All Fears

6.4
2002

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

Genre : Thriller

TV Movie
1990
Movie

By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

6.5
1990

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.

Genre : TV Movie

History
2000
Movie

Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

7
2000

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.

Genre : History

Drama
2000
Movie

On the Beach

On the Beach

6.2
2000

The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.

Drama
1964
Movie

Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

7.3
1964

A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Science Fiction
1983
Movie

The Day After

The Day After

6.8
1983

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

Genre : Science Fiction

Thriller
2015
Movie

Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

7.2
2015

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Genre : Thriller

Thriller
1995
Movie

Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide

7.2
1995

After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.

Genre : Thriller

Action
1990
Movie

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

7.4
1990

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!

Thriller
2020
Movie

The Courier

The Courier

7
2020

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Genre : Thriller

Drama
1969
Movie

Topaz

Topaz

6
1969

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.

Action
1986
Movie

The Whistle Blower

The Whistle Blower

5.9
1986

A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...

Science Fiction
1970
Movie

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Colossus: The Forbin Project

6.9
1970

The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

Genre : Science Fiction

Drama
2002
Movie

K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker

6.5
2002

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

Drama
1989
Movie

Fat Man and Little Boy

Fat Man and Little Boy

6.2
1989

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."

Action
2014
Movie

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

6.1
2014

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

War
1966
Movie

The War Game

The War Game

7.7
1966

A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.

Drama
1983
Movie

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

7.4
1983

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.