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The closest you'll ever want to come to nuclear war.

7.6(446)19841h 57m7

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

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Status
Released
Budget
$420K
Box office
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Language
Russian
  • great britain
  • northern england
  • despair
  • yorkshire
  • nuclear holocaust
  • disaster
  • nuclear fallout
  • radiation sickness
  • disturbed
  • aggressive
  • grim
  • nuclear winter

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Mick Jackson

Produced in

Australia, United Kingdom

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TVNC-17TBS13 Jan 1985
    • PhysicalDVD & Blu-ray13 Feb 2018
  • United KingdomGB

    • TV15BBC Two23 Sept 1984
    • Physical15DVD5 Sept 2005
    • Physical15Blu-ray17 Dec 2018
  • AustraliaAU

    • TV19 Jun 1985
  • AustriaAT

    • TV8 Aug 1985
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical1622 Jul 2022
  • IrelandIE

    • TV15BBC Two23 Sept 1984
  • ItalyIT

    • TVRAI 17 Aug 1985
  • PortugalPT

    • Physical8 Oct 1984
  • SwitzerlandCH

    • TV6 Aug 1985

Frequently asked questions

Threads was released on 23 September 1984.

Audience reviews

3
  • Z

    znapper

    2/20/2017

    10/10

    This film was, for many, a turning-point regarding nuclear weapons, the cold war and nuclear-politics. Set in a 1984 UK industrial-suburbia, as the cold war gets hot, we follow regular people in their daily lives and how they prepare for the coming apocalypse. Barry Hines and Mick Jackson explains and shows us how the world is interconnected and woven together, each strand in this web is dependent on the others…

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    Rodney Wollam

    3/17/2018

    9/10

    Once again, I struggled to understand the British English. At least this time, I didn't really need to. Not a word needed to be spoken to convey the very real horror we might all be subjected to. Now, closer to that armageddon than ever before in our history. I just hope I die in the initial blast. The after is actually worse than the blast itself. God help us all.

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    TkA

    7/30/2026

    9/10

    **Hauntingly Grim.** Threads is a hauntingly grim, yet important film that portrays the devastating effects of a nuclear war. Set in the UK during the 1980s, it follows the lead up to a worldwide nuclear crisis and the aftermath of the bombs wiping out most of the country. The film paints a bleak picture of the first year post-apocalypse, as well as the subsequent 8-15 years of survival. It doesn't shy away fr…

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