The Days Ahead (2025). Indie film about a nuclear war through the perspective of people at various states of preparedness.

Posted by NeeNawNeeNawNeeNaww@reddit | preppers | View on Reddit | 27 comments

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt36914087/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

3 interconnected short films about people at increasing levels of preparedness during the events during and after a nuclear war.

Thought this might be of interest to people in this sub. Very low budget but still insightful. Streaming free on prime in the UK, not sure about other countries.

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Gwladys_Street_Blue@reddit

We watched it, it seemed very far fetched and the acting is hammy, if it’s free on Amazon prime it’s worth a watch just for the sake of it but don’t pay money for it.

My wife (who knows almost nothing about the subject) was left with the opinion that a nuclear war in the UK is very survivable as no one’s windows were smashed, all the trees had leaves on and there were no fires! 😑

Out of the 3 stories, one is OK (the bunker man one) the others are poor.

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Pilgrim_of_Reddit@reddit

Get your wife to watch the 1984 film “Threads”. She will very, very quickly change her mind.

Before she watches the film, she should watch the public service broadcasts “Protect and Survive”. These are available on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/7yrv505R-0U

https://youtu.be/s1PP2_AaeRc

If she comes across the RunRig song, she should listen to it. It’s a nice song and nothing to do with the UK Government’s attempts at “humour”. In fact here is a link to the song:- https://youtu.be/0TxnNoxSwoo

There are lots of “Protect and Survive” Public Service Broadcasts. The first link goes to the 1 hour or so one.

Worth a watch.

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grey-matter6969@reddit

Threads was quite terrifying and well done. Very grim.

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MOF1fan@reddit

I'd rather not give Amazon any more money. any one got a t o rr e nt link?

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spleencheesemonkey@reddit

It's now available

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spleencheesemonkey@reddit

It's now available.

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HummousTahini@reddit

f l ix mo mo dawt come (for this and basically anything else you want to watch)

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w3bb0y@reddit

Good sir I salute you

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Tokoyami@reddit

I'm no big city technologist, so I don't know nothin' about no taurants - but this looks like a good place for you to start your search (assuming you're running a VPN or equivalent): [Where to find Days Ahead](https://1337x.to/torrent/6482131/The-Days-Ahead-2025-1080p-WEB-DL-HEVC-x265-RMTeam/)

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Practical_Appearance@reddit

Try yts

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spleencheesemonkey@reddit

I looked last week but couldn’t find.

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Consistent_Lie_1250@reddit

The second story Prepared. When they had the emergency broadcast they said that major cities were unaffected, London, Birmingham and Manchester were fine, but Plymouth, Southampton, Cardiff and Bristol were all hit. Why would London not be a target when the government is based there. London will be number 1 on the list. I understand that the ports would be hit along with milatry establishments but seeing as London has all the heads of military, the government and Europe's top financial establishments I thought that was back writing.

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NeeNawNeeNawNeeNaww@reddit (OP)

I agree pretty unrealistic in that sense, but I could see what they were going for. The Russians launched a pre emptive military exclusive strike hoping that all retaliation would be exclusively military. Not how it would play out in real life I think.

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BallsOutKrunked@reddit

as a self identified prepper I have to watch all prepper films. my cross to bear.

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mjolle@reddit

Seem Threads yet?

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BallsOutKrunked@reddit

I don't think so.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film)

Looks like another on the list!

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JRHLowdown3@reddit

Threads is a classic, can't say you have watched much if you haven't seen that ;)

Testament is another Amerikan disarmament propo film also, also with stupid characters who do ridiculous things post nuke.

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mjolle@reddit

Threads, along with The Road, are two movies that have left me almost hollow inside. Fantastic movies, but not particularly uplifting.

Threads is absolutely 10/10 though.

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Mountain_Fig_9253@reddit

Threads is more like the “it doesn’t matter what your preps are” type of movie.

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BallsOutKrunked@reddit

I feel like prepper movies are either a) "Haha you dumb urbanite, real preppers will win while you die with your tesla and latte!" or b) "See, no matter how much preperation you do you're dead anyway so it's best that we band together as a society because we rise and fall together."

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CTSwampyankee@reddit

For dated but useful knowledge, check out the Nuclearvault channel on YouTube. Plenty of civil defense films.

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BallsOutKrunked@reddit

I just watched it. Definitely nothing to write home about, was worth the $3 for anyone who's a regular subscriber to this sub (my opinion). These types of stories allow people to put a lot of social commentary in. But it's $3 in freedom units, give it a spin.

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