Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The hot-line suspense comedy.

196495 min8.1 / 10

A savage, absurdist black comedy that uses farcical satire to expose the terrifying logic of nuclear deterrence and the incompetence of those wielding apocalyptic power.

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.

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