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10 Best Movies Like The Day After

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

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#1
The War Game

The War Game

1966★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Day After for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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 ...

#2
Testament

Testament

1983★ 6.4

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

It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Se...

#3
Fail Safe

Fail Safe

2000★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Day After for fans of Drama & TV Movie. 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....

#4
On the Beach

On the Beach

2000★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Day After for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 Amer...

#5
The Andromeda Strain

The Andromeda Strain

1971★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Day After for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an...

#6
War for the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017★ 7.2

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

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker i...

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