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Threads (1985) | Ranked Top 8% · CriticCrunch

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Threads

Movie1985·117 min

Threads

Directed by Mick Jackson

War Drama Science Fiction

A war drama film directed by Mick Jackson.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 8%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.6/10

420 ratings

About Threads

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Bleak (1 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Unsettling
Story Tags: survival of spirit, fate destiny, isolation loneliness, near future, historical event, ecological nature, urban, parent child, war homefront, everyman, survival, tragedy arc, dystopia

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Details

Director: Mick Jackson
Language: English

Cast

Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly

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How Threads Ranks

All movies

Top 8%

1980s movies

Top 8%

War movies

Top 12%

★Mick Jackson films#2 of 6

Top 12% War movies.

Second-best Mick Jackson film, behind Temple Grandin.

the vibe

Threads Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowingapproachableseriousbroadbleak

gritty

unsettling

What it's about

survivaltragedy arcsurvival of spiritfate destinyisolation lonelinesseverymanparent childhistorical eventecological naturewar homefrontdystopiaurbannear future

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

bleak 1/9bleak 1/9

texture

grittygritty