I 'The Road' bevæger en far (Viggo Mortensen) og hans søn (Kodi Smit-McPhee) sig sydpå gennem et nådesløst post-apokalyptisk Amerika, på flugt fra en kold vinter og en tiltagende sult. På vejen opdager de, hvor lidt der er tilbage af medmenneskeligheden, og hvor rå og kynisk fremtiden tegner. I håb om at overleve søger de mod kysten, og i oppakningen har de en pistol med to skud tilbage og en patron til hver, hvis det skulle blive nødvendigt.
I den norske katastrofefilm 'Bølgen' falder et stort stykke af fjeldet ned i en fjord og igangsætter en tsunami-bølge. En alarm advarer beboerne i en nærliggende by. Nu har de 10 minutter til at komme væk, før bølgen rammer. Geologen Kristian er fanget midt i kaosset og forsøger at finde sin familie, så han kan redde dem.
Alle familiens mænd er trukket i trøjen i anden verdenskrig, og Billy er ene dreng blandt kvinder i huset i London. I begyndelsen virker krigen som en kærkommen afveksling for Billy, men da bombardementerne over byen starter, begynder alvoren også at gå op for drengen med den livlige fantasi.
A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or mistaken.
Om et ældre engelsk ægtepar der, p.g.a. den voksendepolitiske spænding i verden, bygger et beskyttelsesrum i deres hus. De regner naivt og optimistisk med at når de kunne klare 2. Verdenskrig, kan de sikkert også klare den tredie. De overlever da også det store brag, men intet fungerer og radioaktiviteten medfører at de får det dårligere og dårligere og de indser at denne krig er helt anderledes end den forrige.
A decrepit bomb shelter. Two young women, Abby and Tara, have kidnapped a guy. Tara is clearly having more fun than Abby. As the pair wait for the right time to call in, the situation gets out of hand. What ensues is a dangerous power play between the two women that could easily escalate with dramatic consequences.
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
It’s 1988 and, at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Tehran is bombed relentlessly. The days that pass are full of foreboding, and yet, love, affection, hope and life itself manage to sweep away the fear of death from those surrounded by it. Love may often be difficult to comprehend, but death is a horrible certitude. ‘Bomb, A Love Story’ shows how, even when faced with the darkness of death, love and hope will find a way.
Amal lives in a bomb shelter with her sisters in a wartime Syria. Food and water is scarce. One day when Amal is out playing, she finds a piece of gold. Suddenly other people claims the gold belongs to them.
Two couples are caught inside a bomb shelter as nuclear war rages outside.
For the past 40 years, Bruce Beach has been preparing for a nuclear disaster. A bunker of 42 school buses is buried on his property, designed to save humanity. Curious onlookers and interested preppers regularly visit the site named Ark Two, but it's clear that the creator of this decaying shelter is the only one truly convinced of its practicality in the event of an apocalypse. Now that Bruce is in his 80s, he and his wife Jean need to spend more time taking care of their immediate needs than worrying about the future. What could easily be dismissed as evangelical paranoia becomes a tragic yet uplifting story about a risk-taking inventor who has lived without regrets. Sometimes outside-the-box thinkers become millionaires and are recognized for their genius ability to guide us into the future, while others are pushed to the margins. There’s a lot to be learned from both
Thirty-five years ago, Bruce Beach started construction on the 'Ark Two'—an underground nuclear fallout shelter that he designed and built himself. The structure is made up of forty-two school buses that were linked together and buried under twelve feet of concrete and earth. Over the years, the project has attracted the attention of people across the world and has been met with differing opinions—from other 'preppers' who celebrate it, to folks who think the whole idea is crazy. 'You Will Survive Doomsday' is a portrait of Bruce that explores his unconventional journey and the reasons behind it.