So, who else is feeling apocalyptic with all this pretend nuking of the city?

If you’re not, here’s a list that should get you in the mood, starting with Countdown To Looking Glass, which aired on television sometime in the mid-’80s. It was a terrible, cheaply thrown together mock newscast, apparently based on a war game, designed to examine the events that could lead up to a nuclear war with Russia. (Looking Glass was the name of a real plane that would serve as the president’s “mobile air command” in the event of a nuclear war.)

Here’s the only clip of it I could find:

Aaaaand, here are some better films:

Children of Men

Red Dawn

The Omega Man

The Day After

When The Wind Blows

The Road Warrior

A Boy and His Dog

War Games

Terminator 2