For the du person posting nuclear war films, I recommend Testament.

[cbabe]

1983

Jane Alexander, William Devane

Full movie free online

https://www.criterion.com/films/34202-testament

Taking a hauntingly intimate approach to an often sensationalized subject, the singular Testament depicts one family’s daily life in the wake of nuclear devastation. After an atomic attack near her small California town, Carol Wetherly (Jane Alexander, in a fearlessly vulnerable, Oscar-nominated performance) must find the strength to care for her three children as the family contend with radiation sickness and the realization that their close-knit community will never be the same. With a diaristic focus on the emotional toll of unimaginable events, director Lynne Littman puts forth a wrenchingly humane vision of what it means to go on living in a shattered world.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. "Alas Babylon" scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alas,_Babylon_(Playhouse_90)

Plot
A nuclear war is triggered when a young Navy pilot accidentally blows up a port in a foreign country during a time of heightened tensions, and the Soviet Union fires its missiles. The missiles destroy the American Midwest and most of the eastern United States.

The story follows residents of a small Florida town and how they react after learning of a massive nuclear attack that has killed 92% of the world's population.

[slightlv]

4. I don't remember Alas, Babylon...

but Testament to me was a hell of a more hitting movie than even the Day After. Streaming ought to start flooding the zone with all kinds of these movies. Americans need a dose of reality with a prez that will drop a nuke anywhere, just because he feels like it. Maybe if they're reminded via their "entertainment choices" it would have an impact...?

[NewHendoLib]

2. Yes. Superb. We saw it at a theater in Seattle in 1983

Devastating

[marked50]

3. Agree -Testament is an excellent post apocolypse movie

[ProfessorGAC]

5. The Scariest Such Movie To Me, Was Threads

A British film, originally shown in the US on TBS, showing the out of control escalation leading to global catastrophe.
Really frightening.
They followed it with a documentary called "On The 8th Day" which was equally concerning.
They had a map of the US with red dots where presumed nuclear weapons would be targeted.
The Chicago area wasn't dots. It was a continuous red line from Milwaukee to Gary.
Local Armageddon.