Dr. Strangelove is a black comedy directed by Stanley Kubrick  It deals with the threat of Nuclear War during the Cold War in a very ironic and comdedic fashion.  The movie stars Peter Sellers as several characters.  It is a funny movie, but it is also a bit disturbing.  Not as disturbing as Kubrick's later films, but a little disturbing in its finale.  It's not the happy ending that we are so accustomed to nowadays.
    The movie is about the insane General Ripper, who launches an atomic bomb attack on Russia.  He is terrified that Russia has concoted a sinister plot to destroy our precious bodily fluids.  The flouridation of water is a sinister  Commie plot to destroy us.  One of my favorite parts of the movie is when he is explaining this to one of Seller's characters that penetrates into the base.  By the way, he takes over his base, until he is able to carry out the nuking of Russia.  Anyway, he tells delivers this emotional speech about how this plot is destroying everything, even "ice cream.  Children's ice cream."  He is almost ready to cry.  It is hilarious.
    So this guy orders the nuking of Russia.  Meanwhile, in the Washington war room, the President is meeting with the Russian ambassador and generals trying to stop this thing from happening.  As well as deranged Dr. Strangelove.  They try to capture the base back from Ripper, and find the code to tell the bomber not to bomb Russia.
    The bomber is on its way to Russia.  Major Kongo is flying the plane, and he is a little insane too.  A young James Earl Jones is even part of the flight crew.
    The conflict comes when they discover Russia has a defence against nuclear attack.  It is a Doomsday machine that automatically launches all their nukes if they are ever nuked.  So they REALLY have to stop the bomb now, or else the entire Earth will be wiped out in nuclear holocaust.
    I won't reveal the end to anyone that hasn't seen the movie.  But it is a funny film, and clever too.  A little slapstick, but a lot of irony.