Is Fail Safe easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Fail Safe end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Fail Safe violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Fail Safe

Name: Fail Safe
Genre: Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
Released: 2000
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Walter Cronkite, Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle, Brian Dennehy, Sam Elliott

Directed by Stephen Frears

Produced by Warner Bros. Television, Maysville Pictures

200086 min6.9 / 10

A taut, intellectually demanding Cold War thriller that escalates a catastrophic system failure into an existential crisis of nuclear deterrence and moral compromise.

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

Clusters

Movies About Institutional Injustice Action Movies With Explosions Historical War Movies Conflict And Contrasts Military Movies

Genres

Drama Thriller TV Movie

Keywords

Usa President Based On Novel Or Book Nuclear War Atomic Bomb Cold War Air Force Moral Dilemma Russia

Questions people ask

Is Fail Safe easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Does Fail Safe end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Fail Safe sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Fail Safe scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.
Is Fail Safe violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.