Favorite Cold War Movies?

[CountryGent]

What are some of your favorite Cold War-era films? By that, I don't necessarily mean films released in the 1947—1991 time frame, but rather those that touched upon the diplomatic, military, intelligence, and cultural aspects of the Cold War era.

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[cigars]

Red Dawn. The original not the sequel.

 

[Jonnyuma]

Spy Game w Pitt and Redford was pretty good. Not sure I'd call it a favorite, but plenty watchable

 

[USMC-03]

The Wild Geese

 

[Andy54Hawken]

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold...
The Company...
The Three Days of the Condor...
These are some of my favorites...
Andy

 

[clearconscience]

The sum of all fears, but that's kind of a after cold war, cold war flick

Wargames
Rocky IV

 

[Provincial]

Doctor Strangelove

Despite some issues, the satire of this film puts the whole Cold War in perspective. Peter Sellers is brilliant in multiple roles, including a dead-on President that is based on Adlai Stevenson.

Watch the shadow of the "B-52" low-level. It was the shadow of the B-17 camera plane.

 

[moose]

Godzilla, the one with Raymond Burr.

Stripes

The right stuff

Dr Strangelove has been mentioned but is a classic.

Eta: Rock Hudson in Ice Station Zebra

 

[old11bravo]

The Manchurian Candidate

 

[Stomper]

Without a doubt... Dr. Strangelove!



In no particular order:

Full Metal Jacket

Apocalypse Now

Platoon

Hamburger Hill

Green Berets

Go Tell The Spartans

We Were Soldiers

The Boys in Company C

The Deer Hunter

Casualties of War

Rescue Dawn

BAT-21

Tour of Duty (TV series)

China Beach (TV series)

Heartbreak Ridge

Pork Chop Hill

MASH

Fix Bayonets!

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

 

[Jonnyuma]

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold...
The Company...
The Three Days of the Condor...
These are some of my favorites...
Andy

I forgot about Three Days of The Condor... another REDford classic. I love that spy sh*t.

Adding: The Falcon and the Snowman.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Spies like us ...is a fun movie...
Andy

 

[Stomper]

Spies like us ...is a fun movie...
Andy

This thing will suck the paint off your house and give you a permanent orange Afro!!

 

[Jonnyuma]

Rambo lll (I think?) where Johnny Rambo fought the russkies led me to Charlie Wilson's War, where Texas (D) Sen Wilson (Tom Hanks) got the Afghanis some weapons to battle the invading hoardes of Soviets.

Then I remembered Rocky lV... once again, Stallone fighting a Soviet.

Saying "Soviet" that many times reminded me of Red Heat... a stupid buddy-movie with one good line:
Schwarzenegger: (digital watch alarm goes off) "Time to feed parakeet".
Belushi: "What is that... Russian for jerking off?".
Yeah... it was the 80s.

 

[Garg]

Red October has always been one of mine.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Casino Royale ( the 1967 version ) with David Niven and just about everyone else playing James Bond...
Peter Sellers as Bond is classic...
Andy

 

[Greenbug]

The new "Atomic Blonde" was pretty well done I thought.

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

"That's a fact...JACK"


Stripes...

 

[Hop Sing]

The Manchurian Candidate

The perfect answer to the OP's question. 1962 version please.

 

[elsie]

The Bedford Incident


elsie