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87
8.4
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82
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80
/3939/
4.3
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92
/162/
96
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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
82
7.6
/35352/
77
/1507/
78
/711/
4.0
/152389/
96
/71/
91
/57/
78
/11/
cc age 14+

Argentina 1985 (2022)
In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.
poster
82
7.6
/7398/
74
/332/
73
/155/
3.8
/4253/
92
/99/
85
/117/
83
/33/
cc age 9+

Red Army (2014)
A documentary highlighting the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy.
poster
82
7.6
/115364/
75
/2267/
73
/1246/
3.7
/53884/
93
/257/
88
/7712/
80
/38/
cc age 14+

Frost/Nixon (2008)
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.
poster
82
8.0
/179636/
77
/3894/
76
/2297/
4.1
/129602/
85
/72/
88
/3451/
72
/29/
cc age 16+

JFK (1991)
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
poster
81
7.8
/788/
80
/56/
79
/13/
3.8
/1092/
100
/44/
87
/8/
80
/12/

Coup 53 (2019)
Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.
poster
81
7.4
/104369/
73
/1850/
71
/1059/
3.7
/46980/
93
/226/
83
/4959/
80
/41/
cc age 13+

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
poster
80
7.8
/109498/
78
/2800/
77
/1358/
3.8
/128475/
90
/72/
88
/3009/
71
/23/
cc age 10+

October Sky (1999)
Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father. However, in October 1957 everything changes when the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, goes into orbit. When Homer sees the Soviet satellite streak overhead, he becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets. With the help of his friends, and the local nerd, Homer sets to do just that by trial and a lot of error. Unfortunately, most of the town, and especially Homer's father, thinks that they are wasting their time. Only one teacher understands their efforts and lets them know that they could become contenders in the national science fair with college scholarships being the prize. Now the gang must learn to perfect their craft and overcome the many problems facing them as they shoot for the stars.
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
7.2
/20155/
72
/529/
76
/1153/
3.7
/25976/
92
/51/
80
/455/
81
/17/

Il Divo (2008)
Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.
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
Kanopy
78
7.7
/2493/
72
/69/
72
/44/
3.6
/957/
96
/56/
90
/135/
75
/18/

The Most Dangerous Man in America (2009)
"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "imperial" presidency – answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people – in order to help end the Vietnam War.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.4
/79429/
73
/2484/
72
/1242/
3.9
/153309/
93
/75/
82
/1378/
75
/15/
cc age 14+

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.
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
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.5
/2950/
72
/121/
67
/41/
3.6
/3649/
83
/69/
75
/16/
76
/23/

Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (currently Zambia), September 18, 1961. Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the UN, dies mysteriously in a plane crash. Decades later, Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger and Swedish researcher Göran Björkdahl investigate the case in search of definitive closure.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.6
/2130/
69
/51/
69
/28/
3.5
/764/
95
/57/
78
/58/
72
/23/

The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
This riveting documentary depicts former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as a warmonger responsible for military cover-ups in Vietnam, Cambodia and East Timor, as well as the assassination of a Chilean leader in 1970. Based on a book by journalist Christopher Hitchens, the film includes interviews with historians, political analysts and such journalists as New York Times writer William Safire, a former Nixon speechwriter.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.3
/41365/
74
/887/
69
/626/
3.6
/20279/
85
/98/
80
/1005/
76
/22/

The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.
poster
75
7.2
/80351/
73
/3106/
71
/1319/
3.7
/82517/
77
/52/
80
/1830/
68
/15/
cc age 12+

Top Secret! (1984)
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
poster
Hoopla
74
7.0
/34270/
69
/528/
69
/385/
3.6
/18268/
76
/63/
74
/691/
66
/22/
cc age 15+

Nixon (1995)
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
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
72
6.9
/2543/
67
/32/
58
/31/
3.5
/862/
80
/15/
75
/18/

The Legend of Rita (2000)
Radical West German terrorist Rita Vogt abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens after the reunification.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.0
/24862/
74
/1552/
72
/1810/
3.7
/78480/
76
/63/
75
/583/
62
/20/

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.
poster
71
6.5
/2740/
62
/47/
64
/39/
3.4
/1160/
100
/5/
70
/34/

Defence of the Realm (1986)
A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
70
7.4
/7295/
72
/120/
69
/126/
3.8
/10587/
93
/15/
84
/62/

Lola (1981)
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
poster
70
7.0
/1373/
65
/72/
54
/14/
3.4
/1768/
87
/82/
76
/30/
70
/26/

Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019)
Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like exposé connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.8
/21558/
68
/619/
67
/555/
3.3
/31525/
92
/24/
63
/806/
67
/9/
cc age 12+

Lord of the Flies (1963)
Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction regresses to savagery with horrifying consequences.
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
Kanopy
70
7.4
/86996/
73
/3359/
71
/1640/
3.4
/54389/
74
/206/
79
/774/
60
/33/
cc age 16+

Trumbo (2015)
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
69
6.8
/1140/
69
/63/
61
/23/
3.3
/1869/
74
/38/
67
/4/
65
/11/

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019)
Legendary and controversial attorney Roy Cohn was a power broker in the rough and tumble world of New York City business and politics. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s top counsel during investigations into Communist activities in the 1950s, Cohn is also known for being Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, fixer and mentor.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
7.2
/20708/
71
/809/
70
/514/
3.4
/32809/
67
/12/
66
/343/
cc age 12+

Animal Farm (1954)
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
poster
fuboTV
68
7.5
/4791/
73
/384/
70
/77/
3.5
/5388/
64
/28/
78
/31/
55
/7/

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
poster
Criterion Channel
68
6.4
/4209/
67
/83/
63
/67/
3.4
/4397/
73
/15/
65
/51/

Insignificance (1985)
Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room, and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.8
/17635/
74
/1218/
71
/1490/
3.6
/53532/
74
/53/
63
/214/
58
/19/

OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into a bigger international intrigue.
poster
MGM Plus
68
7.3
/120131/
75
/5335/
72
/1866/
3.9
/411276/
73
/40/
86
/6295/
41
/17/
cc age 12+

Clue (1985)
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.5
/509/
66
/31/
65
/17/
3.3
/1144/
80
/49/
54
/4/
66
/12/

The Reagan Show (2017)
Comprised entirely of archival footage taken during those pre-reality-television years, The Reagan Show looks at how Ronald Reagan redefined the look and feel of what it means to be the POTUS.
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
YouTube TV
71
66
7.0
/11606/
70
/183/
68
/150/
3.5
/7025/
79
/14/
74
/337/

The Fountainhead (1949)
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
poster
66
6.8
/124577/
69
/4840/
65
/2355/
3.2
/90019/
73
/52/
69
/2103/
61
/14/
cc age 14+

You Only Live Twice (1967)
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.6
/10277/
65
/179/
64
/184/
3.3
/6100/
65
/20/
55
/73/
64
/23/

Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.
poster
76
65
7.7
/6549/
72
/73/
71
/106/
3.5
/1164/
84
/25/
91
/154/
72
/14/

The Tunnel (2001)
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
poster
Kanopy
65
7.0
/53375/
69
/2171/
67
/1020/
3.3
/41107/
73
/119/
66
/347/
65
/29/
cc age 13+

Pawn Sacrifice (2015)
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.
poster
64
6.9
/407/
69
/17/
67
/20/
3.5
/306/
50
/5/

The Anderson Platoon (1967)
A documentary feature by Pierre Schoendoerffer about the Vietnam War. Winner of the 1968 Academy Award for best Documentary Feature.
poster
64
6.7
/112307/
68
/4034/
65
/1927/
3.3
/73960/
72
/58/
66
/2052/
59
/18/
cc age 13+

The Living Daylights (1987)
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.
poster
Kanopy
78
64
7.4
/6445/
75
/261/
74
/254/
3.7
/7233/
90
/10/
86
/8/

The Silent Revolution (2018)
Stalinstadt, East Germany, 1956. While the Hungarian uprising against Soviets is taking place, teenage members of a classroom of the local school perform a seemingly harmless act that causes unexpected consequences.
poster
73
64
6.8
/4562/
72
/80/
67
/59/
3.4
/2653/
100
/5/
68
/86/

Silk Stockings (1957)
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).
poster
70
63
6.8
/7495/
70
/165/
66
/116/
3.4
/5332/
81
/49/

Sonnenallee (1999)
A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
62
7.7
/3661/
73
/66/
72
/66/
3.9
/5669/
100
/5/
85
/16/

The Ear (1990)
Upon returning home from an official party, a Czech government official and his wife discover it bugged and surveilled by mysterious figures, driving them to paranoia and intensifying their discontents with one another.


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