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By Colt H (5) on 01 Apr 2009

Remember first watching this late at night with my Dad on Turner Classic Movies…

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By Cameron M (686) on 26 Mar 2009

Low key lighting, dynamic camerawork, and claustrophobic locations add to the tension in this doomsday thriller…

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By Bubba M (202) on 09 Mar 2009

A great movie that really scared the crap out of me when I was young…

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By Aaron M (1,334) on 09 Mar 2009

A great movie that really scared the crap out of me when I was young…

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By Mark D (2,239) on 14 Feb 2009

A straight Dr Strangelove, very tense, with no music. The ending leaves everything to the imagination…

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By Byron B (1,084) on 09 Feb 2009

I'm puzzled by the matador/bull-fighting dream scene in the opening that the audience is reminded of at the end. Dr…

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By Scott K (649) on 20 Jan 2009

This movie proves that there was a time when directors and producers made a movie truly based off of a novel, and didn't change many things…

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By Tom J (188) on 11 Jan 2009

Dr Strangelove played serious. This is film is one of the most underated of all time and is scary now so god knows what it was like at the time…

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By Shaun M (433) on 08 Jan 2009

Fail-Safe is a testament to Sidney Lumet's talent as a director, in crafting a relentlessly compelling thriller that consists largely of dialogue…

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By Dan T (421) on 04 Jan 2009

Possibly the greatest cold war film made. It is one of those undeniably great movies. Matthau and Fonda are both totally believable…

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By Steven L (1,047) on 04 Jan 2009

The flip-side of Dr. Strangelove, made in the same year, by the same studio and based on the same book…

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By Jose P (350) on 03 Jan 2009

It's really odd to watch a movie with roughly the exact same story as Dr. Strangelove and not laugh…

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By Wally M (8) on 04 Dec 2008

You must see this classic. Thinking person's movie. This is what the world faced in the 1960's…

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By Jim P (360) on 22 Oct 2008

Hard as the hardest-hitting knock on your head…

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By Brent F (111) on 05 Oct 2008

If you are a fan of Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, then this film is a must see…

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By Sean G (809) on 24 Sep 2008

A tense gripping tale that encapsulates all of the fear and paranoia of the cold war. Henry Fonda is riveting in this. A must see…

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By Sean J (286) on 24 Sep 2008

A tense gripping tale that encapsulates all of the fear and paranoia of the cold war. Henry Fonda is riveting in this. A must see…

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By Kristi G (53) on 18 Sep 2008

Tense from the first moment of the film! Superb acting, writing and directing…

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By Private U (13,627) on 09 Sep 2008

If you're a fan of Dr. Strangelove, you'll enjoy this one too. Basically, it's the flipside of the Strangelove story…

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By Chris H (3,076) on 18 Aug 2008

Hah, man…

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