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1. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)
R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.
Votes: 748,162 | Gross: $326.11M
2. The Courier (2020)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, History, Mystery
Businessman Greville Wynne is asked by a Russian source to try to help put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Director: Dominic Cooke | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Vladimir Chuprikov
Votes: 74,113 | Gross: $6.61M
3. Seven Days in May (1964)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner
Votes: 17,420 | Gross: $7.96M
4. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,410
5. The Fearmakers (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Korean War veteran returns to Washington D.C. only to discover his business partner had died and their public-research business sold, so he works there undercover to find out the truth.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Dick Foran, Marilee Earle, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 852
6. Operation Sunflower (2014)
105 min | Drama, History
Through the eyes of the scientist in charge of the operation, we see the events leading to Israel developing her nuclear option in the 1960's.
Director: Avraham Kushnir | Stars: Yehoram Gaon, Baruch Brener, Daniella Kertesz, Tzufit Grant
Votes: 53
7. Stockpile (2001)
102 min | Documentary, History
Director: Stephen Trombley | Star: Martin Sheen
Votes: 17
8. The Truth Game (1983 Video)
79 min
John Pilger's penetrating film which show the world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race. When the two American atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, ... See full summary »
Star: John Pilger
Votes: 11
9.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Nichols and May: Take Two
(1996)
TV-14 | 55 min | Documentary, Biography, History
TV clips and highlights profile the 1960's comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May.
Director: Phillip Schopper | Stars: Steve Allen, Tom Brokaw, Jules Feiffer, Richard Lewis
Votes: 229
10.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
The Wizard War
(2001)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
Secrets from the electronic battlefield. From the "Battle of the Beams" in WWII, to the evolution of weapons guidance and the blinding effects of electronic jamming, a look at the quest to dominate the "electromagnetic spectrum."
Director: Tom Jennings | Stars: Charlton Heston, Alfred Price, David Eisenstein, Chris McClung
Votes: 12
11.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
The Cold War: Part 2
(2019)
TV-14 | 17 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains The Cold War, in two parts.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 35
12.
The Outsiders (1983)
Episode:
Sean MacBride
(1983)
Documentary
Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Sean MacBride
13.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Cold War: Inside the K.G.B.
(2000)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
Untold stories behind the headlines in the unseen Cold War battles between Western intelligence agencies and the KGB. Features exclusive interviews and new revelations about the KGB's missions and tactics.
Director: Aleksandr Ivankin | Stars: Charlton Heston, Oleg Gordievsky, Pavel Sudoplatov, Vladimir Grushko
Votes: 20
14.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Cold War: Brezhnev's Kremlin
(2001)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, History, War
Before Leonid Brezhnev signed nuclear arms reduction agreements with the West, he led the Soviets into one conflict after another - from Soviet involvement in Vietnam and its role in ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Vladimir Semichastny, Andrei Gratchev, James Schlesinger
Votes: 19
15.
CGP Grey (2011– )
Episode:
This Abandoned Shed may yet Help End the World
(2020)
7 min | Documentary, Animation, History
A brief history of the US-Soviet nuclear arms race told from the perspective of a test sight in Utah.
Star: CGP Grey
16.
Kun Suomi muuttui - levottomat ajat 1961-1981 (2023–2024)
Episode:
Uuden ajan ihmeet 1961-62
(2023)
30 min | Documentary, History
Directors: Tommi Häkkinen, Antti Seppänen | Stars: Antti Seppänen, Jari Tervo, Sirkka Ahonen, Henrik Meinander
Votes: 7