Cold War Movies

In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing...

With the Doomsday Clock the closest it's ever been to midnight, Jane Corbin investigates the proliferation of nuclear weapons across the globe. She...

A documentary about Kim Philby, a British member of MI6 who was in reality a spy and defected to the U.S.S.R.

When a junior high student in 1963 suspects his teacher of being a communist, he investigates the truth to gain approval from his father.

A soldier is informed that enemies are headed towards his post, only moments before they arrive.

Peter Ustinov hosts this haunting 1980 documentary exploring the world's nuclear weaponry and the fragile system that deters either side from...

Made at the height of 'cold war' paranoia, this drama-documentary shows the work of the UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation, who's duties included...

A journey into Electronic Body Music’s iconic sound, featuring exclusive interviews with the original pioneers of the 80’s.

A young Air Force lieutenant falls in love with fighter planes while his father, a Congressman and war hero, yearns for him to fly heavy bombers.

President Mikhail Gorbachev recounts the end of the Cold War and the reduction of nuclear arms.

Started in the summer of 1961, even before the Wall was built, the film becomes an explanation after this historical event as to why things can no...

A cinematic, character-driven insight to what it meant to produce and to own a car in communist times: the Socialist propaganda dreams and the hard...

Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in this riveting program. After an American naval...

The story of the unconditional, no-holds-barred tour of America by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, leader of World Communism and America's arch...

Documentary telling the real story of the Cambridge Spies - subject of the drama series A Spy Among Friends.

In 1968 the Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 sank in the Central North Pacific. American intelligence located it within weeks of its demise....

For 50 years, Berlin was the symbol of the Cold War. The city at the heart of the intelligence war between the US and the Soviet bloc. Thousands of...

Ye Hui and Jiang Man were originally a loving couple. One time Hui received a 1000 dollar bonus, and his colleague Zhu Ge-Kong paid a plan to hide...

Documentary about the Intervision Song Contest in general and the 1980 edition in particular. Focuses on Finland's participation and the shipyard...

In 1995, former KGB Major General Oleg Kalugin and ex-CIA Director William Colby collaborated in an unexpected way. They made a video game. The...