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90
8.3
/546169/
81
/9010/
81
/5952/
4.3
/556140/
98
/98/
94
/10883/
97
/32/
cc age 14+

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
poster
88
8.3
/366023/
80
/5968/
79
/4339/
4.2
/305947/
97
/119/
94
/5403/
98
/16/
cc age 11+

North by Northwest (1959)
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
poster
87
8.4
/438352/
82
/6331/
80
/3939/
4.3
/179798/
92
/162/
96
/11154/
89
/39/
cc age 17+

The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
86
7.9
/83827/
74
/1203/
75
/767/
4.0
/54532/
97
/67/
90
/1500/
94
/20/
cc age 13+

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
poster
Kanopy
85
7.8
/3697/
75
/155/
76
/54/
4.1
/33163/
97
/64/
97
/27/
91
/19/

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War. In 1960, the UN became the stage for a political earthquake as the struggle for independence in the Congo put the world on high alert. The newly independent nation faced its first coup d'état, orchestrated by Western forces and Belgium, which were reluctant to relinquish control over their resource-rich former colony. The US tried to divert attention by sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the African continent. In 1961, Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba was brutally assassinated, silencing a key voice in the fight against colonialism; his death was facilitated by Belgian and CIA operatives. Musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach took action, denouncing imperialism and structural racism. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev intensified his criticism of the US, highlighting the racial barriers that characterized American society.
poster
85
7.9
/7943/
76
/253/
76
/178/
4.1
/10073/
93
/14/
89
/111/

The War Game (1966)
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.
poster
85
7.8
/68330/
77
/1841/
74
/922/
4.0
/35352/
96
/54/
90
/1079/
91
/16/
cc age 12+

The Right Stuff (1983)
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
poster
85
8.1
/254041/
81
/11214/
80
/5953/
4.3
/596287/
96
/144/
90
/5880/
85
/29/
cc age 6+

The Iron Giant (1999)
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
poster
83
8.1
/27206/
79
/622/
78
/437/
4.3
/31895/
93
/30/
91
/361/
75
/6/

Fail Safe (1964)
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
7.5
/64757/
73
/2024/
74
/1538/
4.0
/168001/
92
/254/
82
/176/
90
/45/
cc age 16+

Cold War (2018)
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
poster
80
7.6
/341066/
75
/15714/
72
/7098/
3.6
/212896/
91
/314/
87
/2551/
81
/48/
cc age 13+

Bridge of Spies (2015)
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
poster
79
7.8
/24382/
77
/478/
75
/404/
4.0
/21465/
88
/25/
87
/306/
73
/8/

One, Two, Three (1961)
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca-Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.6
/4778/
76
/159/
73
/71/
3.8
/5310/
93
/27/
85
/159/

The Atomic Cafe (1982)
A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.1
/119392/
76
/6030/
70
/2051/
3.5
/93978/
93
/46/
76
/1986/
77
/15/
cc age 11+

WarGames (1983)
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.4
/4885/
74
/576/
63
/75/
3.4
/3388/
100
/7/
93
/143/
cc age 13+

The Phenomenon (2020)
This documentary examines unidentified aerial phenomenon. With testimony from high-ranking government officials and NASA Astronauts, Senator Harry Reid says it "makes the incredible credible."
poster
80
78
7.6
/17413/
74
/342/
73
/307/
3.9
/21179/
93
/40/
89
/257/

Pickup on South Street (1953)
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
poster
79
78
7.8
/18606/
77
/328/
72
/214/
3.9
/10887/
92
/25/
89
/165/
73
/6/

Seven Days in May (1964)
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
poster
MGM Plus
78
7.5
/227451/
79
/9096/
74
/3487/
3.8
/134853/
88
/76/
88
/4616/
58
/17/
cc age 13+

The Hunt for Red October (1990)
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
poster
MGM Plus
77
7.5
/20321/
74
/486/
71
/315/
3.9
/17623/
86
/21/
82
/282/
cc age 10+

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
poster
75
7.1
/11214/
72
/566/
69
/237/
3.6
/7000/
90
/10/
76
/157/

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
poster
Starz
75
7.2
/80389/
72
/4471/
70
/1251/
3.4
/58738/
85
/215/
95
/539/
65
/37/
cc age 13+

The Courier (2020)
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
poster
75
7.3
/468972/
73
/24275/
72
/12558/
3.7
/964488/
92
/466/
73
/3214/
87
/53/
cc age 16+

The Shape of Water (2017)
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
poster
75
7.2
/19122/
71
/536/
68
/332/
3.6
/13095/
97
/32/
85
/352/
66
/9/

The Ipcress File (1965)
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
7.6
/354530/
76
/11623/
73
/5114/
3.6
/190511/
62
/148/
84
/13986/
62
/31/
cc age 18+

Lord of War (2005)
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.
poster
74
6.9
/7164/
71
/149/
65
/134/
3.4
/1541/
85
/79/
75
/164/
74
/25/

Farewell (2009)
An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
poster
74
6.9
/13458/
69
/463/
66
/311/
3.7
/25627/
93
/42/
63
/229/

Matinee (1993)
A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie.
poster
MGM Plus
73
6.8
/13925/
68
/292/
64
/168/
3.4
/6042/
83
/24/
70
/171/
68
/15/

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
poster
73
7.3
/65989/
74
/1643/
69
/797/
3.4
/24833/
83
/122/
80
/1054/
67
/31/
cc age 14+

Thirteen Days (2000)
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
poster
73
7.0
/223704/
70
/5817/
66
/2814/
3.7
/145372/
84
/229/
65
/5129/
85
/42/
cc age 17+

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
poster
Apple TV
72
7.4
/102932/
76
/7601/
77
/1597/
3.5
/184204/
81
/189/
88
/332/
61
/36/
cc age 14+

Tetris (2023)
In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
poster
71
7.0
/19929/
71
/894/
68
/421/
3.4
/10435/
86
/14/
69
/475/

The Day After (1983)
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.
poster
Starz
70
7.0
/129628/
71
/3297/
65
/1584/
3.2
/60592/
82
/204/
73
/14976/
67
/39/
cc age 16+

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.
poster
72
69
7.2
/7719/
73
/310/
68
/222/
3.5
/3631/
78
/102/

23 (1998)
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
poster
69
6.4
/18497/
68
/2316/
71
/872/
3.0
/38848/
89
/18/
65
/129/
cc age 13+

Superman: Red Son (2020)
Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism.
poster
68
7.1
/14538/
72
/502/
73
/211/
3.5
/28016/
57
/49/
83
/87/
49
/11/

Firebird (2021)
At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
68
6.7
/217515/
70
/19815/
64
/6463/
3.3
/258672/
79
/365/
64
/1849/
63
/50/
cc age 17+

Atomic Blonde (2017)
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
poster
74
68
7.3
/6533/
73
/176/
70
/96/
3.6
/2047/
86
/14/
75
/78/

The Bedford Incident (1965)
During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.
poster
77
68
7.4
/6815/
73
/129/
69
/84/
3.5
/1612/
100
/5/
78
/70/

Fail Safe (2000)
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
poster
MGM Plus
68
6.7
/17935/
68
/465/
63
/327/
3.3
/8923/
78
/27/
59
/161/
60
/12/

Gorky Park (1983)
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.
poster
Netflix
68
7.1
/175837/
72
/4446/
69
/2250/
3.4
/68086/
64
/134/
75
/2375/
63
/29/
cc age 16+

Spy Game (2001)
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
poster
MGM Plus
71
67
7.0
/11013/
70
/208/
64
/117/
3.4
/5047/
83
/23/
75
/221/
69
/7/

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966)
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
poster
Kanopy
67
7.0
/43923/
71
/1542/
68
/978/
3.5
/15783/
68
/80/
69
/194/
58
/15/
cc age 16+

The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)
After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.
poster
66
6.5
/11960/
68
/331/
63
/191/
3.2
/3164/
67
/21/
56
/102/
64
/14/

The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.
poster
MGM Plus
66
6.2
/2865/
58
/45/
58
/45/
3.2
/899/
90
/10/
46
/27/

The Whistle Blower (1986)
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
7.2
/352930/
73
/18404/
71
/6643/
3.5
/315853/
68
/294/
73
/2716/
56
/40/
cc age 13+

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.
poster
Criterion Channel
65
6.8
/3406/
69
/222/
72
/316/
3.5
/18183/
88
/10/

The Return of Godzilla (1984)
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
75
65
7.3
/4597/
69
/113/
67
/55/
3.5
/1435/
100
/11/
75
/45/

Path to War (2003)
A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
65
6.2
/12073/
64
/394/
60
/235/
3.1
/17761/
78
/112/
50
/195/
69
/26/
cc age 15+

Ginger & Rosa (2012)
A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.


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