"It's hard to watch and it should be hard to watch. It should frighten people, and if it's done that, it's done its job."

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Dystopian filmsFilms about nuclear war and weaponsPost-apocalyptic filmsCold War filmsTelevision films
Original Language: English

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The BBC drama-documentary The War Game was intended for broadcast in 1965, but was withdrawn from the television schedules. It was given a limited theatrical release and received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film in 1967. The BBC did not screen The War Game until July 1986. The film WarGames, an American science fiction techno-thriller film, was released in 1983.