Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

On the brink of destruction, a single reckless decision sets off a chain of absurd events. When a paranoid American general initiates an irreversible nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, panic erupts in the White House. As the president and his advisors—including the bizarre and eccentric Dr. Strangelove—scramble for a solution, diplomatic blunders and military protocols turn into a race against time.  

With razor-sharp satire, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb exposes the absurdity of the Cold War. Stanley Kubrick masterfully blends dark humor with chilling suspense, revealing how a superpower, driven by machismo and bureaucracy, steers itself toward catastrophe.  

The film is part of our new 4-film Deep Dive selection, exploring the prelude to war and the geopolitical power struggles that come with it. The other films in this selection are The Great Dictator (Chaplin, 1940), The Damned (Minervini, 2024), and Facing War (Gulliksen, 2025).