While The Day After was shocking, it stopped too soon. As bad as the few days after would be that is not the real tragedy of a full nuke exchange.

The BBC made Threads about the same time and it did not stop The Day After but continued to show the after effects for decades to come.

If you are only going to watch one of these, watch Threads but be warned, you will have trouble sleeping the night after you watch it. Not because it is gory and graphic but because its subdued documentary style makes it all too real.

Threads will stay wtih you for weeks after as you contemplate that while the cold war has been over for decades, the nukes are still in their silos ready to make Threads even today.