Widely regarded as the screen's greatest satire, a film that superbly encapsulates the fear and paranoia of the Cold War.

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2010)

A mad US air force general (Sterling Hayden) launches a nuclear attack on Russia, and when recall attempts fail, and retaliation is inevitable, all concerned sit back to await the destruction of the world.
Dr. Strangelove is a black comedy resolving itself into a series of sketches, with the versatile Peter Sellers playing three parts: the US president, an RAF captain, and a demented German-American scientist. Historically important in its timing, its nightmares being those of the early 1960s, it once more has genuine and chilling resonance in the early 21st century. In 1989, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.