When the Wind Blows

Yes. Jimmy Murakami's 1986 film uses animation to follow Jim and Hilda Bloggs, an elderly British couple trying to survive a nuclear attack, but the subject matter is grim and political rather than child-oriented.

The film adapts Raymond Briggs's graphic novel, and it keeps the same tragic focus on ordinary people following government survival advice that cannot save them. Briggs is also known for The Snowman, which makes the bleakness of When the Wind Blows especially striking.

Roger Waters contributed music to the soundtrack, and the film's title song was performed by David Bowie. That mix of British animation, Cold War anxiety, and rock musicians gives the 1986 film a very specific period identity.

The film keeps the point of view inside Jim and Hilda's small domestic world instead of turning the blast into spectacle. Their faith in pamphlets, shelters, and official instructions makes the aftermath feel more helpless than heroic.