A House of Dynamite is a 2025 American political thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Noah Oppenheim. The film dramatizes the perspectives and responses of various U.S. government officials, both civilian and military, after an unknown adversary launches an ICBM at Chicago. It stars an ensemble cast of Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, and Jason Clarke.