Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "human-fallibility"

1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, War

An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 519,556 | Gross: $0.28M

2. Beowulf (2007)

PG-13 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie, Robin Wright

Votes: 174,400 | Gross: $82.16M

3. Fail Safe (1964)

Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller

A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 24,484

4. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

R | 122 min | Documentary, Drama, War

Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder

Votes: 132,509 | Gross: $119.19M

5. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009 Video)

Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.

Director: Edward James Olmos | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Dean Stockwell, Michael Trucco, Grace Park

Votes: 21,262

6. The Bedford Incident (1965)

Approved | 102 min | Drama, Thriller

An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.

Director: James B. Harris | Stars: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Martin Balsam

Votes: 5,999

7. By Dawn's Early Light (1990 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A non-NATO nuclear missile is fired from Turkey at USSR, where it detonates. Soviet response is automatic as it's seen as a NATO missile. Can continued escalation be avoided? We follow the US president and a bomber crew.

Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau

Votes: 4,113

8. After (II) (2014)

R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery

A story centered around the Valentinos, a struggling family whose delicate balance is threatened by a carefully concealed secret that, if revealed, will change their lives forever.

Director: Pieter Gaspersz | Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, John Doman, Pablo Schreiber, Sabrina Gennarino

Votes: 219

9. A Call to Arms (2009)

85 min | Documentary, History, War

The eyewitness story of the illegal U.S. and U.K. military anthrax vaccination programs, which is recommended by Montel Williams as the Must-See Documentary of the Year. Because of the ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Miller | Stars: Michael Douglas, Linda Hamilton, Scott Miller, Melissa Mosich Miller

Votes: 60

10. Bilder, die die Welt bewegten - Peter von Zahn berichtet (1980–1984)

Documentary

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Stars: Peter von Zahn, 'Red' Adair, Lowell Thomas Jr., Tay Thomas

Votes: 19

11. On the Brink: Doomsday (1997 TV Movie)

120 min | Documentary, War

The A-Bomb, the H-Bomb, Cold War, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Yeltsin, Reagan...Who said that the world was a safe place?

Director: Gary Parker | Stars: Ed Green, Peter Roman, R. Cargill Hall, Vassily Reshetnikov

Votes: 23

12. Charisma on Command (2014– )
Episode: How to Stand Up for Yourself Without Being a Jerk: Joe Rogan (2018)

13 min | Documentary

Joe Rogan has a reputation for confronting prominent people over difficult truths. How does he get away with it? Here are three techniques that Joe uses masterfully with several examples of... See full summary »

Stars: Charlie Houpert, Joe Rogan

13. In Search of the Constitution (1987)
Episode: Strictly Speaking (1987)

Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, History

Attorney General Edwin Meese and federal judge Robert Bork--both outspoken strict constructionists--discuss judicial restraint and original intent.

Directors: Tony Marshall, Syd Smyth | Stars: Robert Bork, Ed Meese, Bill Moyers

14. In Search of the Constitution (1987)
Episode: 1987 vs. the Constitution (1987)

Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, History

In interviews with experts and ordinary citizens, Bill Moyers explores the constitutional implications of workplace drug-testing, computer privacy, and executive power.

Director: Elena Mannes | Stars: Bruce Blair, Ed. Firmage Jr., Ira Glasser, Lyndon B. Johnson