The Manhattan Project (1986)

Cast

John Lithgow
as John Mathewson
Robert Sean Leonard
as Max
Cynthia Nixon
as Jenny Anderman
Richard Jenkins
as Radiation Controls Officer

Get more information about The Manhattan Project (1986) on IMDb

Genres & Description

Action Sci-Fi Thriller

6.1 / 10

A high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as nuclear medicine in Ithaca NY.

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сергей иванов

cynthia nixon - @Monday, May 14, 2018 4:11 AM

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IT'S A PRANK BRO! - @Saturday, January 20, 2018 1:31 PM

Elisa Huberman

What trailer music is this from? - @Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:54 AM

michaeljfiorito

<3 - @Friday, September 8, 2017 4:42 PM

Christopher Pecoraro

This is actually a pretty good trailer. Just replace the music with current standards and I think it would be great. - @Sunday, July 9, 2017 1:41 PM

Chorkaloopa

In today's world, we would call the self-entitled protagonist a TERRORIST. It's on Netflix right now, for those interested in vomiting. - @Thursday, May 4, 2017 1:13 AM

Cyberman King

Didn't like the ending too much. Too many loose ends still. - @Sunday, April 16, 2017 8:05 AM

thomasanderson rittberg

IS IS A BAD BAD moviendo💩 - @Saturday, April 1, 2017 6:36 PM

SusantheRestorer

Just saw this movie recently. Pretty cool! Makes War Games look like a walk in the park. :) - @Thursday, March 2, 2017 7:05 AM

mikedabucify

Shit movie - @Tuesday, February 14, 2017 2:05 AM

T. R.

Fun movie to watch. I noticed a DeLorean sitting in someone's Driveway at the very beginning. Back to the future which came out in 1985 dealt with Plutonium as well as this one did in 1986. - @Saturday, January 7, 2017 3:03 AM

EAS NJ

This one is right up there with War Games. Very similar. I love how the 80's was such a nuclear scare time. All we had to worry about was two super powers nuking each other. Today we have to worry about lone wolfs and ISIS. AND NUKES. Ya. We are fucked. - @Monday, August 29, 2016 1:58 AM

Gerald Wiseman

Wanted to see what this movie was all about before watching it. With all these spoilers, now I don't have to. lmfao trailers for older movies show like 90% of the major plot points. Jeeze. - @Sunday, August 28, 2016 1:15 AM

Anne C

I didn't know this was a kid's movie. Should have watched the trailer before downloading. What a disappointment. - @Tuesday, June 21, 2016 4:51 AM

David Fox

Paul's mom has terrible hair, but still hot, and his GF is a dyke. - @Monday, February 1, 2016 2:24 AM

Chris Newman

I really like his flash caps and soccer ball. - @Sunday, January 31, 2016 3:52 AM

Chuck Daniels

Could you have possibly picked a less iconic thumbnail? Of a guy who is in the movie for more than a minute perhaps? lol - @Friday, December 4, 2015 3:00 PM

sinusbradycardia

This just aired on cable. I have it DVR'ed. Good movie IMO. - @Sunday, November 22, 2015 6:26 AM

Floyd

Should have made a clock. - @Thursday, September 17, 2015 2:32 PM

BlueGiant69202

Who knew the security guard was diabetic? - @Friday, June 12, 2015 9:02 PM

StealthSnipe

The Shithattan Project Highly Contaminated shit... A kid stole it...... Who shit this thing anyway? - @Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:54 PM

KURTIS LUETH

CAPTURE AND RECAPTURE KSK KMD KLIXONIUM KURTIS J KTEKK KFACT KFRACTUM GOOD JOB - @Friday, May 16, 2014 10:23 PM

Airborne

I once watched a black/white movie about the manhattan project. About the creation of the bomb itself and the failures they had before achieving it. Does anybody know the name of the movie? - @Friday, May 16, 2014 11:56 AM

Kevin Quinn

Good movie, my second favorite John Lithgow movie... "The Day After" being my favorite. - @Thursday, December 26, 2013 8:27 PM

icallmybabystp

i'm always surprised that so few people know about this movie. one of my favorites. if only it had a tears for fears song in it for everyone to remember it by. i always get, "oh, you mean real genius?!" nope! - @Thursday, October 10, 2013 7:31 AM

zekeboy24

Haha, he got promoted! - @Sunday, June 23, 2013 3:02 PM

Jonny Harriss