Movies Like The Man Who Saved the World (2014)

The Man Who Saved the World is a 2014 documentary, history, war film from Peter Anthony with a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The War Game and The Atomic Cafe.

Documentary History War

The War Game

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.

7.7

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The Atomic Cafe

1982

A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

7.3

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.

8.1

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The Phenomenon

2020

This documentary examines unidentified aerial phenomenon. With testimony from high-ranking government officials and NASA Astronauts, Senator Harry Reid says it "makes the incredible credible."

6.2

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Seven Days in May

1964

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

7.3

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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.

6.9

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The Day After

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.

6.8

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Ladybug Ladybug

1963

The teachers and students of a countryside elementary school are thrown into a panic when an air raid siren goes off, warning them of a imminent nuclear attack.

6.7

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Duck and Cover

1952

An instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.

6.0

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#10

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

2023

Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.

7.7

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#11

Oppenheimer

2023

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

8.0

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#12

Jack Strong

2014

Poland, 1970. Firmly determined to fight against Soviet tyranny and prevent the destruction of the world, the high-ranking officer of the Polish army Ryszard Kukliński makes a serious decision that will put his life, his family and the fate of an entire nation at risk.

6.5

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#13

Pawn Sacrifice

2015

American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.

6.7

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#14

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

6.4

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#15

City 40

2016

Hidden in the heart of Russia, there is a Soviet-era city where thousands of people live and work behind barbed-wire fences monitored by armed guards. It is Ozyorsk (Ozersk), located in the Chelyabinsk Oblast, one of the most polluted places on the planet and home to the largest stockpiles of nuclear material. Its code name: City 40.

6.2

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#16

When the Wind Blows

1986

With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

7.4

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#17

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

8.2

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#18

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

8.2

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#19

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

2018

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

Tenet

2020

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Man Who Saved the World?

The top films similar to The Man Who Saved the World by MovieMagicScore are The War Game (7.7), The Atomic Cafe (7.3), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (8.1). Each shares documentary/history/war themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Man Who Saved the World worth watching?

The Man Who Saved the World holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10 from 54 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Man Who Saved the World?

The Man Who Saved the World (2014) is a documentary, history, war film directed by Peter Anthony, starring Stanislav Petrov, Kevin Costner, Sergey Shnyryov.

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This ranked list pairs The Man Who Saved the World (2014), a documentary and history and war film from Peter Anthony, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Stanislav Petrov take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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