Top 20 Most Realistic Movie Explosion Scenes

VOICE OVER: Richard Bush

BOOM! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the movie explosions that felt the most frighteningly accurate to reality. In this video, we take a look at movies such as The Dark Knight, Apocalypse Now and Oppenheimer.

  • #40: The Trinity Test
  • #39: "Oppenheimer" (2023)
  • #38: The Opening Scene
  • #37: "The Divide" (2011)
  • #36: Nagasaki
  • #35: "The Wolverine" (2013)
  • #34: The Attack
  • #33: "The Day After" (1983)
  • #32: Sarah's Nightmare
  • #31: "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991)
  • #30: The Cafe Explosion
  • #29: "Inception" (2010)
  • #28: The Tanker
  • #27: "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015)
  • #26: Blofeld's Base Goes Boom
  • #25: "Spectre" (2015)
  • #24: The Boston Marathon Bombing
  • #23: "Patriots Day" (2016)
  • #22: The Border Bombing
  • #21: "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" (2018)
  • #20: The Coffee Shop Explosion
  • #19: "Children of Men" (2006)
  • #18: The Hospital Goes Down
  • #17: "The Dark Knight" (2008)
  • #16: The Attack on Camp Chapman
  • #15: "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012)
  • #14: The Car Bomb
  • #13: "Lethal Weapon 3" (1992)
  • #12: The Napalm Strike
  • #11: "Apocalypse Now" (1979)
  • #10: The Nuclear Strike
  • #9: "Threads" (1984)
  • #8: Real Nuclear Explosions
  • #7: "Dr. Strangelove" (1964)
  • #6: The Bridge Explodes
  • #5: "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)
  • #4: Tuco & Blondie Blow the Bridge
  • #3: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966)
  • #2: The Roadside Bomb
  • #1: "The Hurt Locker" (2008)

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