ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Dr. Strangelove

Okay kiddo, Dr. Strangelove is a movie that was made a long time ago, in 1964. It's a funny movie about a crazy guy who works for the government during the Cold War, which was a time when America was afraid of Russia and they were always worried about going to war with each other.

Dr. Strangelove is the name of the crazy guy in the movie, and he's really weird. He has a funny accent and he keeps doing strange things with his hands. He's supposed to be smart, but he's so crazy that he's not really that helpful to the government.

The movie is about how the government and the military make a mistake and think that Russia has attacked America with their bombs. They get really scared and start planning to attack Russia back. But then they find out that it was all a mistake and they don't really need to attack Russia after all.

But Dr. Strangelove has a secret plan that he wants to use to take over the world. It's all about something called a "Doomsday Machine", which is a big bomb that will destroy the whole world if it's ever used. He's really excited about it, but nobody else knows what he's planning.

In the end, there's a big fight and some really funny things happen, but I won't spoil it for you. The movie is really silly and it makes fun of how silly people can be when they're scared.

So that's Dr. Strangelove, a funny movie about a crazy guy and a silly mistake that almost started a war.