The Manhattan Project
Paul Stevens' high school science project has gotten a little out of hand. He just built an atomic bomb. Now he's got 11 hours to make sure it doesn't work.
6/13/1986
Imdb: tt0091472
Tmdb: 30194
Popularity: 9.942
Vote: 6.237/10 (95)

Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government secrecy and mutually assured destruction were key political and military issues.
John Lithgow
John Mathewson
Christopher Collet
Paul Stephens
Cynthia Nixon
Jenny Anderman
Jill Eikenberry
Elizabeth Stephens
John Mahoney
Lt. Col. Conroy
Richard Jenkins
Radiation Controls Officer
Robert Sean Leonard
Max
Steve Blum
Laser Efficiency Kid (as Richard Cardona)
Sarah Burke
Jenny's Parent
Robert Schenkkan
Government Aide
Richard Council
Government Aide
Fred Melamed
Howard
Ned Eisenberg
C-4 Guy (uncredited)
Harry and the Hendersons
Cuckoo
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
News from a Personal War
The Swimming Pool
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Platoon
The Wizard of Oz
Source Code
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Blade Runner
La La Land
Fight Club
Joker
Deadpool
The Green Mile
Catch Me If You Can
Midsommar
Knives Out
Dune
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Touch and Die
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Austin Powers in Goldmember
This Island Earth
The X Files
Arlington Road
Sunshine
Rambo: First Blood Part II
The Getaway
Solar Crisis
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
The Driver
Fantastic Voyage
Hulk
Crank
The Lawnmower Man
Supergirl
Gone in Sixty Seconds
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