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10 Best Movies Like Special Bulletin

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

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#1
Carlos

Carlos

2010★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Bulletin for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the Fre...

#2
By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

1990★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Bulletin for fans of TV Movie & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet p...

#3
Unthinkable

Unthinkable

2010★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Bulletin for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent...

#4
The War Game

The War Game

1966★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Bulletin 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 ...

#5
The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome

1979★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Bulletin for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publiciz...

#6
The Peacemaker

The Peacemaker

1997★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Special Bulletin for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of...

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