Dr. Strangelove or : How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ( better known as only Dr. Strangelove ) is a 1964 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick , and starring Peter Sellers . Dr. Strangelove or : How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb , commonly known as Dr. Strangelove , is a 1964 black comedy film which satirized the nuclear scare .