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1. Them! (1954)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness
Votes: 24,180
2. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 8,723 | Gross: $5.00M
3. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
Unrated | 54 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A defecting Soviet scientist is hit by a nuclear explosion near Yucca Flats and roams around as a beast.
Director: Coleman Francis | Stars: Douglas Mellor, Barbara Francis, Bing Stafford, Larry Aten
Votes: 10,431
4. Operation Buffalo (2020)
52 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War, at a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being put to the test.
Stars: Ewen Leslie, Jessica De Gouw, James Cromwell, Tony Martin
Votes: 888
5. The Beginning or the End (1947)
Passed | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
A docudrama detailing the research, development and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler
Votes: 749 | Gross: $2.66M
6. The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2010)
109 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Richard Rhodes, Martin Sherwin
Votes: 224
7. Maralinga Tjarutja (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
When the dust settles, culture remains...The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.
Director: Larissa Behrendt | Stars: Jeremy Lebois, Mima Smart, Hilary Williams, Tommy Baker
Votes: 30
8. Silent Storm (2003)
90 min | Documentary, History
In 2001 tons of ashed human bones were found in Melbourne, contaminated by Strontium 90, a toxic residue of nuclear weapon tests in Australia and around the world.
Director: Peter Butt | Stars: Paula Arundell, Bille Brown, Penny Brabin, Peter Burns
Votes: 20
9. Munda Nyuringu: A Film of the Fringe Dwellers of the Goldfields (1984) (1984)
50 min | Documentary, History
Aboriginal people on the Goldfields of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia (Australia) recount their history, speaking amidst living conditions of grinding poverty next to the gold and nickel mines and uranium development.
Directors: Robert Bropho, Jan Roberts | Star: Maureen Watson
10. Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story (1981)
52 min | Documentary, History
One hour documentary examining the seventy year history of nuclear and atomic industry, weapons, testing in South Australia from 1910 to 1980.
Director: Harry Bardwell | Stars: Martin Vaughan, Arthur Baillie, Eric Geddes, Roger Goldsworthy
Votes: 7
11. Collisions (2016 Video)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Director: Lynette Wallworth | Stars: Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, Curtis Taylor, Lynette Wallworth
12. Fortress Australia: The Secret Bid for the Atomic Bomb (2001 Video)
62 min | Documentary, History
Fortress Australia uncovers one of the most extraordinary chapters in Australia's history - the brazen attempt by successive Australian governments to fortress their nation with atomic ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Butt | Stars: Robyn Williams, Philip Baxter
13. Doom Town (1953)
15 min | Short
A civilian reporter is invited to cover an atom bomb test in Nevada, but he has misgivings about what he is about to witness.
Director: Allen H. Miner
Votes: 11
14. Secrets in the Sands (1991 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: David Jessel, Archie Barton, Maggie Brady, Andrew Collett
15. Blowin' in the Wind (2005)
62 min | Documentary, History, War
Director: David Bradbury | Stars: Lisa Peers, Doug Rokke, Lauren Moret, George W. Bush
16. Maralinga Atomic Bomb Test Survivors (2007 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: Pip Starr | Stars: Avon Hudson, Yani Lester
17. Rise Like the Phoenix: The Story of A68-1 (1985 TV Special)
40 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Director: Jim Adolph | Stars: Brenton Whittle, John Ashton, Len Beadell, Ross Goldsworthy
22. The Other Face of Maralinga (2013 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Star: Alan Parkinson
23. Maralinga: Former British Atomic Bomb Test Site (2015 Video)
2 min | Documentary, Short, History
Learn about a very, very dark chapter in Australia's history. One Tree, Marcoo, Kite, Breakaway, Tadje, Biak and Taranaki: innocuous sounding names that in the 1950's provided headlines in ... See full summary »
26. Maralinga Victims (2010 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, History
When you think of nuclear weapons you probably think of wars and far-away place. But did you know atomic bombs have been dropped here on Australian soil? It was a long time ago but lives ... See full summary »
Stars: Sarah Larsen, Yami Lester
27. Operation Buffalo: August - October 1956 (1956)
42 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: Peter Todd, William Penney, Roy Pilgrim
28. Britain Fires A-Bomb No. 2 (1954)
3 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: William Penney, Duncan Sandys
30. Plutonium at Maralinga, South Australia (2016 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Star: Alan Parkinson
31. Maralinga: Old Nuclear Test Range Site Where Plutonium Buried Now Centre of Dispute Over Removal of Dangerous Residue (1978)
3 min | Documentary, News, Short
Stars: Joan Bullock, Avon Hudson
32. Maralinga Tours: An Insight Into Our Hidden Past (2018 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, History
Learn about a very, very dark chapter in Australia's history. One Tree, Marcoo, Kite, Breakaway, Tadje, Biak and Taranaki: innocuous sounding names that in the 1950's provided headlines in ... See full summary »
33. Maralinga Pieces (2012 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The people affected by the British atomic weapons tests at Emu Fields and Maralinga in the 1950's and 60's remain haunted and deeply impacted by those memories. This short film extracts the... See full summary »
Director: Jessie Boylan | Stars: Kevin Buzzacott, Aida Heart, Avon Hudson, Margaret May
34. From the Maralinga Event (1984 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary, History, War
Stars: Richard Todd, Harry Butler, Eric Christiansen, Basil Embry
36. Australia: Nuclear Testing (1994 Video)
5 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Lynn Arnold, Archie Barton, Andrew Collett, Mike Costello
37. Atomic Explosions: Operation Buffalo, Maralinga, South Australia, 1956 (1956)
Documentary, Short, News
41. Desert Highways: The Roads of Len Beadell (2012 Video)
178 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stars: Daryl Scobie, Anne Beadell, Len Beadell, Andrew Borg
42. The British Atomic Trials at Maralinga 1956 (Operation Buffalo) (1957)
40 min | Documentary, War, Short
43. Ground Zero: An Important Story - Jack Thompson in Conversation (2008 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Jack Thompson, Burnham Burnham, Simon Chilvers, Peter Cummins
45. We of Little Voice: Indigenous Communities and the Australian Nuclear Industry (2002 Video)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
In the 1950s, the British Government tested nuclear bombs in northern South Australia. These days, there are mines and waste dumps in the area. The indigenous communities in the region have... See full summary »
Director: Peter Hodgson | Stars: Kevin Buzzacott, Emily Munyungka Austin, Eileen Crombie, James Yami Lester
46.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Guadalcanal
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the battle for Guadalcanal and the capture of this strategically crucial island in World War 2 during which more than 25,000 Japanese lost their lives.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Frank Jack Fletcher, Robert L. Ghormley, Hirohito
Votes: 6
47.
Dateline (1984– )
Episode:
Maralinga Cover-up
(1991)
40 min | News
Directors: Tony Aslanidis, Keith Kneebone, Kevin Ryder | Star: Mark Cochran
48.
Message Stick (1997–2012)
Episode:
Maralinga: The Anangu Story - Part One
(2009)
30 min | Documentary
50 years ago secret atomic tests were carried out at a place called Maralinga in South Australia. The traditional aboriginal communities were to be moved but somehow they were covered in radioactive fallout.
Director: Rick Cavaggion | Star: Miriam Corowa
49.
Message Stick (1997–2012)
Episode:
Maralinga: The Anangu Story - Part Two
(2009)
30 min | Documentary
25 years ago the Anangu People of South Australia were allowed to return to part of their traditional lands affected by atomic bomb testing in the 50s and 60s. After a nuclear waste cleanup they moved back to the settlement of Oak Valley.
Director: Rick Cavaggion | Star: Miriam Corowa