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10 Best Movies Like Missile Crisis

If you loved Missile Crisis, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

2000★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missile Crisis for fans of History. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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 ...

#2
Fail Safe

Fail Safe

2000★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missile Crisis for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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

#3
The Specialist

The Specialist

1994★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missile Crisis for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert, to kill her p...

#4
Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missile Crisis for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals de...

#5
Matinee

Matinee

1993★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missile Crisis for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 effect...

#6
The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

1990★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Missile Crisis for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 i...

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