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Movies that feel like Testament (1983)
It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.
If you loved Testament, the closest films we have are Advantageous (2015), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) and THX 1138 (1971). All three share Testament's contemplative and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Born in Flames (1983).
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If Testament hit the spot, these will too
Contemplative where it counts, cerebral underneath
Sits closer to war than Testament does
One thread runs through both: dystopia
Bleak drama, and it commits to that
The same preoccupation in both: small town life
Both lean on bleakness more than on science fiction
Contemplative drama in both cases
Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that
Both sit in the same bleak register
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The best-reviewed films that share Testament’s defining feeling.
