Meltdown: Three Mile Island

Meltdown: Three Mile Island

On Netflix

20221 season4 episodes42 min6.9 / 10

A cerebral, historically grounded documentary that reconstructs a catastrophic technological failure through testimony and archival evidence, balancing technical explanation with human consequence.

Insiders recount the events, controversies and lingering effects of the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.

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  • Is Meltdown: Three Mile Island easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 88% of series.

  • Does Meltdown: Three Mile Island leave you hopeful? Barely. Less hopeful than 81% of series.

  • Is Meltdown: Three Mile Island sad? Yes. More sad than 79% of series.

  • Is Meltdown: Three Mile Island violent? Barely. Less violent than 75% of series.

  • Is Meltdown: Three Mile Island scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 59% of series.

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

72/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity84

How unlike any other series this one feels

Surprise93

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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