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On the Beach

United States of America, 1959
film

In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers ..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

On the Beach

United States, 1959
Similarity: 82%

Sea wife

United States, 1957
Similarity: 75%

Sydney at war: the untold story

Australia, 2004
Similarity: 74%

Landscape after battle

Poland, 1970
Similarity: 72%

Tsunami

Australia, 1999
Similarity: 72%

Pacific hitchhike

United Kingdom, 1944
Similarity: 71%

49th Parallel

United Kingdom, 1941
Similarity: 71%

The Seventh Survivor

1942
Similarity: 71%

No more Hiroshima

Canada, 1984
Similarity: 71%

Saviours, heroes, lovers

Australia, 1991
Similarity: 71%

Hiroshima Mon Amour

France and Japan, 1959
Similarity: 71%

Sunshine romance

Australia, 1946
Similarity: 71%

Stromboli

Italy, 1950
Similarity: 71%

Fortress Australia: the secret bid for the Atomic Bomb [Widescreen]

Australia, 2001
Similarity: 70%

Around the world under the sea

United States, 1965
Similarity: 70%

Operation Hurricane

United Kingdom, 1953
Similarity: 70%

The Pursuit of happiness

Australia, 1987
Similarity: 70%

Half life

Australia, 1985
Similarity: 70%
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