With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.
Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami
husband wife relationship
countryside
nuclear war
england
world war ii
based on comic
based on graphic novel
nuclear fallout
adult animation
isolated house
radiation sickness
bomb shelter
depressing
Rank
#13 in 1986·#1123 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
John Mills
Jim Bloggs (voice)
Peggy Ashcroft
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Robin Houston
Radio Announcer (voice)
David Dundas
Additional Voices (voice)
Bernard Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Jimmy T. Murakami
Director
Raymond Briggs
Screenplay
Roger Waters
Original Music Composer
Jimmy T. Murakami
Storyboard Artist
David Bowie
Main Title Theme Composer
Raymond Briggs
Graphic Novel
Dave Unwin
Animation
Roger Mainwood
Animation
Popular Reviews
260 reviews
Kadean Koehn
8.0★ · 04/18/26
I honestly regret watching this.. So sad.
I honestly regret watching this.. So sad.
molly
8.0★ · 04/10/26
average day in england…
(devastated i’m going to go and hug my nan)
average day in england…
(devastated i’m going to go and hug my nan)
TurtledudeWoods
7.0★ · 04/09/26
I’m just gonna pretend that ending never happened and they just lived happily ever after.
I’m just gonna pretend that ending never happened and they just lived happily ever after.
almendra diaz
8.0★ · 04/09/26
my favorite film i’ll never watch again.
my favorite film i’ll never watch again.
lucy jacobs
6.0★ · 04/08/26
i have a fever rn so i can relate to what hilda and jim were feeling when they got radiation poisoning
i nominate evan to watch this movie
i have a fever rn so i can relate to what hilda and jim were feeling when they got radiation poisoning
