Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "system-failure"

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: 518,533 | Gross: $0.28M

2. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.

Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 87,496 | Gross: $37.76M

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: 24,419

4. Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965)

Unrated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A Martian princess and a doctor replace the women on Mars, destroyed by atomic war, by raiding Puerto Rico while a shot down android terrorizes all.

Director: Robert Gaffney | Stars: Marilyn Hanold, James Karen, Lou Cutell, Nancy Marshall

Votes: 1,795

5. The Allegation (2021)

225 min | Drama

In the small German town of Ottern, a pediatrician diagnoses "chronic sexual abuse", while examining a young girl, setting events in motion that lead to a judicial scandal of devastating proportions.

Stars: Peter Kurth, Narges Rashidi, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Katharina Marie Schubert

Votes: 558

6. Black Spot (2018)

15 min | Short, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A really horrible man faces the consequences of his actions and the burden carried by the infamous black spot.

Director: Christos Doulgerakis | Stars: Jacopo Garfagnoli, Edan Rowett, Gustavo De La Torre, Benjamin Bishop

7. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: The Offspring (1990)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After returning from a cybernetics conference to the Enterprise, Data creates his own "child," much to the chagrin of his captain, and without regards to the ramifications with Starfleet.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 4,589

8. Air Crash Investigation (2003– )
Episode: Fire in the Hold (2012)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime, History

When mysterious cargo boxes ignite on ValuJet flight 592, they bring the whole plane down within a short time. The investigator struggle to find out what kind of cargo could possibly cause such fierce fire to bring a whole plane down.

Director: Su Rynard | Stars: Jonathan Aris, Stephen Bogaert, Janet Porter, David Huband

Votes: 138

9. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Blackout (2015)

PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Look back at what happened in New York City the night the lights went out in summer 1977, plunging seven million people into darkness.

Director: Callie T. Wiser

Votes: 199