Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
A mentally unstable American general orders a hydrogen bomb attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to global nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Studio
N/A
Release
29 Jan 1964
Runtime
95 min
Genres
Comedy, War
Cast & Characters
Peter Sellers
George C. Scott
Sterling Hayden
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Critical Assessment
IMDb
8.3/10
RT Critics
98%
Metacritic
97/100
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb holds 8.3/10 on IMDb (549,187 votes), 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, 97/100 on Metacritic.
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Ratings as of 2026-07-30
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AI Verdict
AI-generatedBased on aggregated scores (8.3/10 on IMDb (549,187 votes), 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, 97/100 on Metacritic), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
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