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On the Beach
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months. With the days and hours dwindling, each person confronts the grim situation in his or her own way.
1 May 1934, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
12 September 1920, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
5 January 1915, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 April 1932, New York City, New York, USA
April 18, 1917 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
10 October 1929, Australia
c. 1920 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1925, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
October 16, 2004
A nuclear war what-if starring some heavy hitters.
March 06, 2008
Gloomy doomsday film that is more talky, melodramatic and numbing than imaginative.
July 09, 2016
Director Kramer's drama is a bleak and heart wrenching tale of the end of the world...
March 31, 2005
As scary a horror film as any you will find.
January 26, 2006
While heartbreaking and touching, it's hard to imagine that riots aren't rampant and that martial law isn't required, but hey, it's a movie, and quite a good -- if overlong -- one, at that.
November 07, 2007
A powerful, well-acted, deftly photographed film.
January 26, 2006
Fine photography, but the script is a typically numbing affair, and the cast, aside from Peck and Meillon, seem totally out of their depth.
August 07, 2005
Kramer's apocalyptic drama is too verbose, replete with "message" speeches, but the text is intelligent, reflecting the Cold War mentality, and well-acted by Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire (in his first nonmusical role) and Anthony Perkins.
May 20, 2003
The great merit of this picture, aside from its entertaining qualities, is the fact that it carries a passionate conviction that man is worth saving, after all.
December 17, 2012
The scenario - one of the best in Stanley Kramer's filmography - is uniquely human in the annals of post-nuclear cinema.
November 07, 2007
A tiresome, talky 1959 film.
November 07, 2007
A wasted opportunity.