On the Beach (1959)
"The Biggest Story of Our Time!"
ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 66%
(RT: 78%, MC: 55) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Donna Anderson as Mary Holmes
Guy Doleman as Lt. Cmdr. Farrel
John Meillon as Ralph Swain
Harp McGuire as Lt. Sunderstrom
Is On the Beach good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 254 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 66%.
Overview
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other? Wikipedia ↗
