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1. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill
Votes: 214,873 | Gross: $122.01M
2. Miracle (2004)
PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.
Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Nathan West, Noah Emmerich
Votes: 58,942 | Gross: $64.38M
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Set in 2025, new unmanned machines have been taken over by Nicaraguan terrorist, Raul Menendez, forcing the U.S.A. to take action.
Director: Dave Anthony | Stars: Sam Worthington, Michael Keaton, Michael Rooker, James C. Burns
Votes: 15,697
4. Miracle on Ice (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, Sport
The fact-based story of how the U. S. Olympic hockey team beat the Soviets at the 1980 Lake Placid, N. Y., winter Olympics, then went on to win the gold medal.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Karl Malden, Andrew Stevens, Steve Guttenberg, Jerry Houser
Votes: 671
5. Reagan & Gorbachev
Drama, History | Announced
The dramatic account of the historic 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland, the definitive weekend that was the key turning point in the Cold War.
Stars: Michael Douglas, Christoph Waltz
6. Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.
Directors: Werner Herzog, André Singer | Stars: Mikhail Gorbachev, Werner Herzog, André Singer, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 2,738 | Gross: $0.25M
7. Red Army (2014)
PG | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of the Soviet Union's famed Red Army hockey team through the eyes of its players.
Director: Gabe Polsky | Stars: Viacheslav Fetisov, Vladislav Tretiak, Scotty Bowman, Vladimir Pozner
Votes: 7,212 | Gross: $0.69M
8. The Eighties (2016)
42 min | Documentary, History
A documentary series focusing on the Reagan presidency, the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, Wall Street corruption, the tech boom, the expansion of television, and the evolving music industry.
Stars: H.W. Brands, Chris Connelly, Gil Troy, Tom Hanks
Votes: 1,510
9. 23 (1998)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
When the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east Berlin to try to contact the KGB.
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris, Jan-Gregor Kremp
Votes: 7,290
10. The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013)
360 min | Documentary
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us is the defining biography of a decade, as told through exclusive interviews with more than 40 icons, entertainers and innovators who shaped its identity.
Stars: Rob Lowe, Kurt Andersen, David Sirota, Tom Brokaw
Votes: 639
11. The Reagans (2020)
TV-PG | 221 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A four-part documentary series that explores the many surprisingly unexamined aspects of the Reagan White House, and how Nancy Reagan's paper-doll image was at odds with the power she ultimately wielded throughout her husband's presidency.
Stars: Maya Wiley, Ron Reagan, Jonathan Alter, Robert Scheer
Votes: 1,140
12. Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team (2001 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, Sport
At the Winter Olympics of 1980, after two tense weeks amidst growing Cold War fears, the U.S. Olympic hockey team found themselves playing improbably against the legendary unbeatable Soviet... See full summary »
Stars: Craig R. Whitney, Walter Mondale, John Powers, Jack O'Callahan
Votes: 527
13. Reagan (2011)
105 min | Documentary, Biography
Reagan examines the enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president Ronald Reagan.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Bud Abbott, Walter Abel, Spiro Agnew, Martin Anderson
Votes: 865
14. Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989 TV Movie)
82 min | Thriller
Chronicle of the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by Soviet air force on 1st September 1983. Over 280 people died in this incident.
Director: David Darlow | Stars: Michael Murphy, Michael Moriarty, Chris Sarandon, Harris Yulin
Votes: 141
15. Afghanistan 1979 (2014)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, War
'Afghanistan 1979: the war that changed the world', is a French documentary about the Sovjet invasion in Afghanistan in 1979. It was one of the most crucial events of the 20th century, and ... See full summary »
Director: Gulya Mirzoeva | Stars: Hafizullah Amin, Yuri Andropov, Ruslan Aushev, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
Votes: 84
16. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (1984 Music Video)
5 min | Music
A wrestling match between then-President Ronald Reagan and then-Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko for the benefit of group members and an eagerly belligerent assembly of representatives ... See full summary »
Directors: Lol Creme, Godley & Creme, Kevin Godley | Stars: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Graham K. Furness, Peter Gill, Jill Goldston
Votes: 66
17. Soviet War Scare 1983 (2007 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, Drama, History
On November 8th 1983 World War III almost began, and with it a nuclear apocalypse. This day is now acknowledged as one of most perilous on the whole of the Cold War.
Director: Henry Chancellor | Stars: Robert Cambrinus, Olegar Fedoro, Gina McKee, Boris Isarov
Votes: 107
18. Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993– )
Documentary, History
A history of the eleven years which Thatcher spent as Prime Minister of the UK.
Stars: Margaret Thatcher, Philip Tibenham, Emma Nicholson, Nigel Lawson
Votes: 49
19. The Reagan Presidency (2012)
TV-PG | 56 min
The three part series explores the presidency, policies and long term impact of Ronald Reagan's two terms in office. The series includes notable members of Reagan's team as well as many who... See full summary »
Stars: Lee Ernst, Condoleezza Rice, Douglas Brinkley, Jim Angle
Votes: 28
20. Let Poland Be Poland (1982 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 31 1982, this special produced by the US Department of Information protesting the then recent imposition of martial law in Poland
Director: Marty Pasetta | Stars: Charlton Heston, Max von Sydow, Kirk Douglas, Glenda Jackson
Votes: 32
21. Lake Placid 1980: XIII Olympic Winter Games (1980)
Sport
Broadcast television coverage of the Lake Placid 1980: XIII Olympic Winter Games, an international multi-sport competition that took place in and around Lake Placid, New York, USA from February 13, 1980 - February 24, 1980.
Stars: Jim McKay, Eric Heiden, Helmuts Balderis, Mike Eruzione
Votes: 17
22. Nuclearvision (1982)
79 min | Drama
Director: James Jacobs | Stars: Peter Ambach, Jutta Ilzhöfer, Hans-Dieter Asner, Werner Eichhorn
Votes: 10
23. Takoy soldat nepobedim (Ucheniya 'Zapad-81') (1981)
46 min | Documentary
In the exercises of troops and forces of the fleet "West-81", held from 04 to 12 September 1981 in the Belarusian, Kiev and Baltic military districts, in the Baltic Sea, on the territory of... See full summary »
Directors: Ilya Gutman, Alexander Voronstov | Stars: Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Adolf Hitler, Evgeniy Ivanovskiy
24. Notes on Nuclear War (1983)
60 min | Documentary
The development of nuclear weapons, their effects and how they have affected contemporary politics and military strategy.
Director: Tina Viljoen | Star: Gwynne Dyer
Votes: 8
25. Okeanskiy Shchit Rodiny (1987 TV Movie)
25 min | Documentary
Director: S. Kheyfets | Stars: Mikhail Gorbachev, Raisa Gorbacheva
26. Ronald Reagan, l'enfance d'un chef (2009 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Antoine Vitkine | Stars: Richard V. Allen, Martin Anderson, Jack F. Matlock Jr., Ed Meese
27. John Paul II, the Pope Who Broke the Iron Curtain (2014 TV Special)
Biography
Director: Valerio Scheggia | Star: Pope John Paul II
28. Planspiel Atomkrieg - Raketenpoker um die Nachrüstung (2008 TV Movie)
45 min | History
Director: Gabriele Trost | Stars: Viktor Cherkashin, Robert McFarlane, Hans Apel, Erhard Eppler
29. Denkmodell Kalter Krieg (1983 TV Movie)
45 min
Director: Hans Lechleitner | Stars: Eugene Rostow, Richard Pipes, Charls E. Walker, William R. van Cleave
30.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Red Star Over Khyber
(1984)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
In 1979, Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. On fifth anniversary of invasion, Frontline correspondent Richard Reeves reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Director: David Bowen-Jones | Stars: Hafizullah Amin, Leonid Brezhnev, Zbigniew Brzezinski, George Bush
31.
Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Episode:
Die Sowjetarmee
(2020)
53 min | Documentary, History
In 1979, the Soviet army entered Afghanistan. In response, the Afghans called for Jihad against the godless invaders. The "Soviet Vietnam" began.
Directors: Mayte Carrasco, Marcel Mettelsiefen | Stars: Nadja Berlinghoff, Khaled Hosseini, Ruslan Aushev, Sima Samar
Votes: 41
32.
Roter Stern über Deutschland (2001– )
Episode:
Eiszeit und Entspannung
(2001)
44 min | Documentary
Directors: Christian Klemke, Jan Lorenzen | Stars: Rif Akhmedganeev, Horst Baer, Yuri Basistov, Hubertus Bengsch