Among the many things that the United Nations Security Council worked on yesterday during their dealings in New York was the decision to move forward on measures to stem the proliferation of nuclear weapons. We applaud the move (and urge the French president to stop being a wuss and show his support), and hope that as a result we’ll never be in a situation like the ones experienced by characters in these 9 Movies With Nuclear Explosions.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

In one last moment of professorial genius, Indy teaches us the best way to survive a nuclear explosion.

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

Capitalizing on our post-9/11 terrorism fears.

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Well, obviously, if there was ever a beautiful series of planet-destroying explosions, this was it.

Barefoot Gen (1983)

In this anime movie about Hiroshima circa summer ‘45, the bomb drops and the city goes black and white at 2:30 in the above clip.

Akira (1988)

Pretty much the first thing that happens in this animated epic is the nuclear explosion in Tokyo that engenders the construction of Neo-Tokyo.

Panic in Year Zero (1962)

Well, it happens off-screen, but it’s still pretty devastating.

Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

The original nuclear explosion, as overseen by Robert Oppenheimer and the rest of the Manhattan Project.

The Peacemaker (1997)

Some terrorists steal some nuclear warheads from some sloppy Russians and one detonates in the process (at the 7:40 mark above).

Next (2007)

You can’t quite tell from the trailer (which features snippets of a nuclear explosion in Los Angeles), but this movie about a Las Vegas magician (Nicolas Cage) who, because he’s a magician, can see into the future, is actually a brilliant film about fate and human will.