let’s play global thermonuclear war burn
the arms race the space race
international espionage and an ongoing
threat of worldwide nuclear destruction
the Cold War was as fascinating as it
was frightening don’t you think it’s
time to recognize there is little worse
on your side as there is on mine making
it the perfect fodder for brilliant
filmmaking welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Cold War movies
for this list we picked films that were
either a product of the period or
offered a valuable retrospect of that
day and age in each case these films
aptly reflect the real fears convoluted
paranoia and difficult paradoxes that
characterized this troubling period in
our recent history a lot of things going
wrong today it’s making everyone nervous
number 10 the Bedford incident good good
very good the Cold War turns hot in the
Arctic Ocean
I see photographer Ben munceford boards
the USS Bedford for a feature piece on
its captain Eric finlander by the way
have you ever met Captain Finland do not
yet but when Finn Landers crew detects a
Soviet sub beyond international
boundaries munceford watches the
hard-line captain come unhinged hunting
down the enemy risking his crew and his
country’s precarious peace
Wow gentleness Vall liked it huh loosely
based on historical events the Bedford
incident demonstrates the danger of
giving too much power to one man I’m
proud to be an old-fashioned Patriot and
I destroy any enemy if it meant saving
my country now what the hell is wrong
with that number nine good night and
good luck
let’s walk very carefully through these
next few moments this film managed to
portray television as a tool for
education and change we’re gonna go with
the story cuz it terrors right here in
this room Edward our Murrow was the
intrepid journalist who challenged
Senator Joseph McCarthy and his
notorious anti-communist witch hunt on
his show see it now you know it occurs
to me we might not get away with this
one capturing a small but significant
moment at the height of the Cold War
this film blends historical reenactment
with archival footage to explore the
complex interrelationships between
political ideologues corporate interests
and reporters struggling to fulfill
their journalistic responsibilities it
is necessary to investigate before
legislating in a period of suspicion
uncertainty and fear we shall hope to
deal with matters of more vital interest
to the country next week good night and
good luck
number 8 failsafe mr. chairman this is
the president of the United States do
you hear me clearly a routine military
exercise runs awry and an American
president must make the impossible
choice or face nuclear annihilation
we’re talking about war I say every war
including thermonuclear war must have a
winner and a loser which would you
rather be
a bonafide classic this Cold War
thriller depicts the catch-22 scenario a
full-blown warfare between two Cold War
superpowers
we’ve got no alternative released just
two years after the Cuban Missile Crisis
fail-safe depicts the worst-case
scenario of what could have been
illustrating that when there’s a nuclear
arms build-up any countries failsafe
will never be safe enough what makes us
worth surviving grow deshyla that we are
ruthless enough to strike first yes
those who can survive are the only ones
worth surviving number 7 the spy who
came in from the cold
Venus based on a spy book that was
actually written by a spy I’m an
operator control just inaugurated this
film follows secret agent Alec Leamas as
he stealthily executes an elaborate ruse
to undermine enemy operations and rescue
a British intelligence officer from
behind the Iron Curtain
I began that’s what I ended fastest
filled with suspenseful plot twists and
a little idealistic love I’ll be back
this film for goes Hollywood style
heroism in the interest of a harsher
grittier picture of the secret world
that a Cold War spy must navigate and
survive don’t tell me you’re a bloody
communist number six the lives of others
mess infinite Easter time on here’s the
auto discreetly our diggers georg
dreyman
is a celebrated East German playwright
loyal to his country and its cause mr.
Tonko
and Ginoza polish to you captain Garrett
V slur is the diligent Stasi agent who
spies on him
the OTS read among friends I can 55 ants
on behind lady he is known as Bastogne
as a girlish date as onsen as defiant
set in 1984 this beautiful bleak film
explores the intersecting lives of two
men who struggle to survive in the
Orwellian world behind the Iron Curtain
conceived US troops to fight Mr Ludlow
mr. intuition praised by those who
actually lived through the period this
film captures the tension fear and
paranoia of a not so far off past a
zookeeper Shepard emoji number 5 Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy I understand you
still have one Hungarian identity
running I do there’s a rat at the circus
and George Smiley must find it smiley is
leaving with me like the spy who came in
from the cold it’s based on a john
lecarre a novel you can’t stay here
it isn’t safe
but Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy enters the
clandestine operations of the British
intelligence service that she claimed to
have information vital to the
safeguarding of the circus calculated
maneuvering and double crosses are
punctuated by gruesome violence and
star-crossed love schedule aligned with
Tommy’s dealer a cerebral thriller where
the heroes look less like James Bond and
more like your dad this is a fascinating
look at the murky world of Cold War
espionage no glitz just guts we need to
decide if we want to be part of the past
or part of the future I should have left
you where I found you look control
number four war games
games refers to model simulations and
games Jeff that must be down T check
applications so what does that mean
a high school computer genius hacks into
the American military mainframe and
inadvertently starts World War three oh
my god
yes that is actually the premise of this
movie though it’s got a seemingly
out-there plot wargames does explore the
significant quandary and real fears of
the Cold War period I want a visual
confirmation on let the neverending arms
race the potentially devastating effects
of simple human folly and the
frightening possibilities of artificial
intelligence anybody in here by that one
unfortunately it’s just believable
enough to be really scary but just
thrilling enough to be really
entertaining
number three The Manchurian Candidate
Patrol was taken by a Russian airborne
unit and flown by helicopter
across the Manchurian border to a place
called tuna water with brainwashed
soldiers karate kicking spies dubious
politicians and one overbearing mother I
don’t know what you’re talking about The
Manchurian Candidate is a movie which
both reflects and parodies the Cold War
paranoia of 1960s America will you
recommend setting up a Joint
Intelligence CIA FBI unit based out of
New York a box-office success when first
released it received mixed reviews from
critics who found the plot too
outlandish how did you know that how do
you know but with some of the more
farcical elements shown to be
frightening Lee close to historical
reality this film has aged well becoming
a true Cold War classic no would I ask
any fellow American in depends on his
freedom that which I would not gladly
give myself my life before my limiting
number two The Hunt for Red October a
great day comrades we sail into history
Jack Ryan is the brilliant CIA analyst
tasked with deciphering the curious
actions of Marko Ramius the 1 e is the
Americans we meet the right sort this
good work
a Soviet commander who’s taken his
nuclear armed submarines off course and
is headed for the US
he’s defecting and it can’t change his
mind is this the start of World War
three or something a little more
complicated station battle stations
battle stations battle station an action
flick at its heart this movie shows the
complex diplomatic workings of Cold War
superpowers and the challenges faced by
people stuck in the middle 15 years a
war no battles before we unveil our pick
for number one here are a few honorable
mentions we’re all that’s left
somebody’s got them someone’s gotta live
somebody’s gotta make it we have said if
there’s rocket fire from Cuba we will
retaliate then there goes the whole
ballgame as a nasty little Christmas
present but I shouldn’t think I need it
in this assignment sir all the same take
it with
some people sound you guy to the boy
warm I sing for a gentleman you can’t
fight in here this is the war room
number one what is going on here I
demand an explanation dr. Strangelove or
how I learned to stop worrying and love
the bomb classic and not without good
reason
Oh an army general has lost his mind a
b-52 has lost its radio has everyone
lost control mr. president it is not
only possible it is essential Stanley
Kubrick’s masterpiece depicts the
frightening paradox of Cold War warfare
doomsday machine is designed to trigger
itself automatically but surely you can
disarm it somehow the mutual destruction
of east and west as seen through the
comedic lens of the mutually absurd
combined with a spirit of bold curiosity
for the Avenger head released in 1964
dr. Strangelove was a biting commentary
on the political environment of the
period and is now universally regarded
as one of the best Cold War films ever
made
do you agree with our list which film
made you want to cower under a table
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com but
you haunted me so
the arms race the space race
international espionage and an ongoing
threat of worldwide nuclear destruction
the Cold War was as fascinating as it
was frightening don’t you think it’s
time to recognize there is little worse
on your side as there is on mine making
it the perfect fodder for brilliant
filmmaking welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Cold War movies
for this list we picked films that were
either a product of the period or
offered a valuable retrospect of that
day and age in each case these films
aptly reflect the real fears convoluted
paranoia and difficult paradoxes that
characterized this troubling period in
our recent history a lot of things going
wrong today it’s making everyone nervous
number 10 the Bedford incident good good
very good the Cold War turns hot in the
Arctic Ocean
I see photographer Ben munceford boards
the USS Bedford for a feature piece on
its captain Eric finlander by the way
have you ever met Captain Finland do not
yet but when Finn Landers crew detects a
Soviet sub beyond international
boundaries munceford watches the
hard-line captain come unhinged hunting
down the enemy risking his crew and his
country’s precarious peace
Wow gentleness Vall liked it huh loosely
based on historical events the Bedford
incident demonstrates the danger of
giving too much power to one man I’m
proud to be an old-fashioned Patriot and
I destroy any enemy if it meant saving
my country now what the hell is wrong
with that number nine good night and
good luck
let’s walk very carefully through these
next few moments this film managed to
portray television as a tool for
education and change we’re gonna go with
the story cuz it terrors right here in
this room Edward our Murrow was the
intrepid journalist who challenged
Senator Joseph McCarthy and his
notorious anti-communist witch hunt on
his show see it now you know it occurs
to me we might not get away with this
one capturing a small but significant
moment at the height of the Cold War
this film blends historical reenactment
with archival footage to explore the
complex interrelationships between
political ideologues corporate interests
and reporters struggling to fulfill
their journalistic responsibilities it
is necessary to investigate before
legislating in a period of suspicion
uncertainty and fear we shall hope to
deal with matters of more vital interest
to the country next week good night and
good luck
number 8 failsafe mr. chairman this is
the president of the United States do
you hear me clearly a routine military
exercise runs awry and an American
president must make the impossible
choice or face nuclear annihilation
we’re talking about war I say every war
including thermonuclear war must have a
winner and a loser which would you
rather be
a bonafide classic this Cold War
thriller depicts the catch-22 scenario a
full-blown warfare between two Cold War
superpowers
we’ve got no alternative released just
two years after the Cuban Missile Crisis
fail-safe depicts the worst-case
scenario of what could have been
illustrating that when there’s a nuclear
arms build-up any countries failsafe
will never be safe enough what makes us
worth surviving grow deshyla that we are
ruthless enough to strike first yes
those who can survive are the only ones
worth surviving number 7 the spy who
came in from the cold
Venus based on a spy book that was
actually written by a spy I’m an
operator control just inaugurated this
film follows secret agent Alec Leamas as
he stealthily executes an elaborate ruse
to undermine enemy operations and rescue
a British intelligence officer from
behind the Iron Curtain
I began that’s what I ended fastest
filled with suspenseful plot twists and
a little idealistic love I’ll be back
this film for goes Hollywood style
heroism in the interest of a harsher
grittier picture of the secret world
that a Cold War spy must navigate and
survive don’t tell me you’re a bloody
communist number six the lives of others
mess infinite Easter time on here’s the
auto discreetly our diggers georg
dreyman
is a celebrated East German playwright
loyal to his country and its cause mr.
Tonko
and Ginoza polish to you captain Garrett
V slur is the diligent Stasi agent who
spies on him
the OTS read among friends I can 55 ants
on behind lady he is known as Bastogne
as a girlish date as onsen as defiant
set in 1984 this beautiful bleak film
explores the intersecting lives of two
men who struggle to survive in the
Orwellian world behind the Iron Curtain
conceived US troops to fight Mr Ludlow
mr. intuition praised by those who
actually lived through the period this
film captures the tension fear and
paranoia of a not so far off past a
zookeeper Shepard emoji number 5 Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy I understand you
still have one Hungarian identity
running I do there’s a rat at the circus
and George Smiley must find it smiley is
leaving with me like the spy who came in
from the cold it’s based on a john
lecarre a novel you can’t stay here
it isn’t safe
but Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy enters the
clandestine operations of the British
intelligence service that she claimed to
have information vital to the
safeguarding of the circus calculated
maneuvering and double crosses are
punctuated by gruesome violence and
star-crossed love schedule aligned with
Tommy’s dealer a cerebral thriller where
the heroes look less like James Bond and
more like your dad this is a fascinating
look at the murky world of Cold War
espionage no glitz just guts we need to
decide if we want to be part of the past
or part of the future I should have left
you where I found you look control
number four war games
games refers to model simulations and
games Jeff that must be down T check
applications so what does that mean
a high school computer genius hacks into
the American military mainframe and
inadvertently starts World War three oh
my god
yes that is actually the premise of this
movie though it’s got a seemingly
out-there plot wargames does explore the
significant quandary and real fears of
the Cold War period I want a visual
confirmation on let the neverending arms
race the potentially devastating effects
of simple human folly and the
frightening possibilities of artificial
intelligence anybody in here by that one
unfortunately it’s just believable
enough to be really scary but just
thrilling enough to be really
entertaining
number three The Manchurian Candidate
Patrol was taken by a Russian airborne
unit and flown by helicopter
across the Manchurian border to a place
called tuna water with brainwashed
soldiers karate kicking spies dubious
politicians and one overbearing mother I
don’t know what you’re talking about The
Manchurian Candidate is a movie which
both reflects and parodies the Cold War
paranoia of 1960s America will you
recommend setting up a Joint
Intelligence CIA FBI unit based out of
New York a box-office success when first
released it received mixed reviews from
critics who found the plot too
outlandish how did you know that how do
you know but with some of the more
farcical elements shown to be
frightening Lee close to historical
reality this film has aged well becoming
a true Cold War classic no would I ask
any fellow American in depends on his
freedom that which I would not gladly
give myself my life before my limiting
number two The Hunt for Red October a
great day comrades we sail into history
Jack Ryan is the brilliant CIA analyst
tasked with deciphering the curious
actions of Marko Ramius the 1 e is the
Americans we meet the right sort this
good work
a Soviet commander who’s taken his
nuclear armed submarines off course and
is headed for the US
he’s defecting and it can’t change his
mind is this the start of World War
three or something a little more
complicated station battle stations
battle stations battle station an action
flick at its heart this movie shows the
complex diplomatic workings of Cold War
superpowers and the challenges faced by
people stuck in the middle 15 years a
war no battles before we unveil our pick
for number one here are a few honorable
mentions we’re all that’s left
somebody’s got them someone’s gotta live
somebody’s gotta make it we have said if
there’s rocket fire from Cuba we will
retaliate then there goes the whole
ballgame as a nasty little Christmas
present but I shouldn’t think I need it
in this assignment sir all the same take
it with
some people sound you guy to the boy
warm I sing for a gentleman you can’t
fight in here this is the war room
number one what is going on here I
demand an explanation dr. Strangelove or
how I learned to stop worrying and love
the bomb classic and not without good
reason
Oh an army general has lost his mind a
b-52 has lost its radio has everyone
lost control mr. president it is not
only possible it is essential Stanley
Kubrick’s masterpiece depicts the
frightening paradox of Cold War warfare
doomsday machine is designed to trigger
itself automatically but surely you can
disarm it somehow the mutual destruction
of east and west as seen through the
comedic lens of the mutually absurd
combined with a spirit of bold curiosity
for the Avenger head released in 1964
dr. Strangelove was a biting commentary
on the political environment of the
period and is now universally regarded
as one of the best Cold War films ever
made
do you agree with our list which film
made you want to cower under a table
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com but
you haunted me so
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