In the online article "10 best Hollywood nuclear war movies" on bukisa, William J. Felchner ( a bachelor's degree in Political Science and History from Illinois State University) included "Panic in Year Zero" as one of the top ten.
Here is the review of the film on the article:
Panic in Year Zero! (American International, 1962):
Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon and Mary Mitchel appear as the Baldwin family, who depart Los Angeles for a camping trip just before a nuclear explosion hits the city. With Milland as patriarch Harry Baldwin leading the way, the family struggles to survive in the ensuing chaos and violence. “We've had it, haven't we, dad?” Frankie Avalon as Rick Baldwin asks after seeing the mushroom cloud rise over the City of Angels. Well, not quite…Director: Ray MillandReview: “This forgotten, saber-toothed 1962 AIP cheapie might be the most expressive on-the-ground nightmare of the Cold War era, providing a template not only for countless social-breakdown genre flicks (most particularly, Michael Haneke’s Time of the Wolf) but also for authentic crisis—shades of New Orleans haunt its DVD margins.” - Michael Atkinson, The Village Voice (9/20/05)On DVD: Panic in Year Zero/Last Man on Earth (AIP, 2005)
(Felchner W.J, 2010)
The other films included in the top are:
•Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Columbia, 1964)
•Testament (Paramount, 1983)
•Crimson Tide (Buena Vista, 1995)
•WarGames (MGM/UA, 1983)
•The Day After (ABC-TV, 1983)
•Threads (BBC-TV, 1984)
•Testament (Paramount, 1983)
•Crimson Tide (Buena Vista, 1995)
•WarGames (MGM/UA, 1983)
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•Threads (BBC-TV, 1984)
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