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1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, War
An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 518,217 | Gross: $0.28M
2. 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: 214,722 | Gross: $122.01M
3. Thirteen Days (2000)
PG-13 | 145 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Shawn Driscoll, Drake Cook
Votes: 62,691 | Gross: $34.59M
4. Fail Safe (1964)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 24,407
5. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 12,682 | Gross: $17.10M
6. Frontline (1983– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983
Stars: Will Lyman, Sarah Childress, Priyanka Boghani, Arun Rath
Votes: 2,297
7. The Fog of War (2003)
PG-13 | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Robert McNamara, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon
Votes: 25,048 | Gross: $4.20M
8. By Dawn's Early Light (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A non-NATO nuclear missile is fired from Turkey at USSR, where it detonates. Soviet response is automatic as it's seen as a NATO missile. Can continued escalation be avoided? We follow the US president and a bomber crew.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau
Votes: 4,095
9. Cold War (1998)
47 min | Documentary, History
A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Anatoli Dobrynin, Robert McNamara, Vladimir Yerofeyev
Votes: 1,038
10. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,542
11. Why We Fight (2005)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary, History, War
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Gore Vidal, John McCain, Ken Adelman, John Ashcroft
Votes: 10,231 | Gross: $1.44M
12. We Steal Secrets (2013)
R | 130 min | Documentary
A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo, John 'FuzzFace' McMahon, Alex Gibney
Votes: 8,176 | Gross: $0.16M
13. Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut (2021)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
In an alternate 1960s, a space program recruits a vampire to serve as an astronaut and go into space.
Stars: Kôki Uchiyama, Megumi Hayashibara, Hina Kino, Takaya Hashi
Votes: 392
14. The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Brian Cox, Henry Kissinger, Anna Chennault, Daniel Davidson
Votes: 2,094 | Gross: $0.52M
15. Nukes in Space (1999 Video)
53 min | Documentary, History
U.S. nuclear tests in space, and the development of the military intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Director: Peter Kuran | Stars: Raymond Garthoff, Bernard Lovell, Bernard Schriever, William Shatner
Votes: 269
16. The American President (2000– )
Documentary, History
We take a look at how the Presidents of the United States changed the nature of the country.
Stars: Walter Cronkite, Morley Safer, Andrew Young, Dale Bumpers
Votes: 74
17. Putin, Russia and the West (2011)
60 min | Documentary
Four-part documentary exploring how Russia has been resurrected by Vladimir Putin.
Stars: Rupert Graves, Condoleezza Rice, Sergei Ivanov, Sergei Prikhodko
Votes: 424
18. 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: 864
19. You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days (2016–2018)
Unrated | Comedy
This insane comedy series examines President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office.
Stars: John Di Domenico, Ron Sparks, Aron Tager, Lisa Gilroy
Votes: 225
20. The Detached Mission (1986)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama
Much of the movie's dialogue is in English with Russian dubbed over it.
Director: Mikhail Tumanishvili | Stars: Mikhail Nozhkin, Aleksandr Fatyushin, Sergey Nasibov, Nartay Begalin
Votes: 250
21. Iran and the West (2009– )
Documentary
Stars: Tony Gardner, Richard Haass, Warren Christopher, Mohammad Khatami
Votes: 196
22. Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, War
Robert Greenwald looks at war profiteering in Iraq by private contracting companies Halliburton, CACI, and KBR.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Katy Helvenston-Wettengal, Scott Helvenston, Donna Zovko, Jozo Zovko
Votes: 1,667
23. 1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Documentary, History, War
A look back to the end of the second World War, where the world was struggling to recover after the death and destruction caused by the six-year global conflict.
Stars: Curtis Roosevelt, François Kersaudy, André Kaspi, Robert Franck
Votes: 37
24. SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil (1989 Video)
60 min | Documentary
The world's best and most mysterious aircraft, the SR-71 Blackbird. Love it, live it, fly with it.
Stars: Peter Thomas, Curt Osterheld, Gene Quist, Noel Widdifield
Votes: 37
25. Superpower (2008)
PG-13 | 119 min | Documentary, History, War
Superpower illustrates how the United States has leveraged its position to ensure unilateral world domination through absolute economic and military superiority and government deception.
Director: Barbara-Anne Steegmuller | Stars: Christy Johnson, Max Carter, Harry S. Truman, Eric L. Haney
Votes: 339
26. Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space (2009)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Short
When a war starts in space, can anyone really win?
Director: Denis Delestrac | Stars: George W. Bush, Helen Caldicott, Kevin Chilton, Noam Chomsky
Votes: 86
27. Battlefield 2142 (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Set in 2142, two military superpowers - the European Union (EU) and Pan Asian Coalition (PAC) battle for the remaining unfrozen land during a new Ice Age in "The Cold War of the 22nd Century".
Director: Lars Gustavsson
Votes: 357
28. Superpower (2013)
5 min | Short, Drama
A fly-on-the-wall glimpse into the room where the fates of nations are manipulated. In the wake of a nuclear apocalypse, two people meet in attempt to engineer the fate of the world, showing little regard for its remaining inhabitants.
Director: Alan Tracy | Stars: Rachel Weber, Nicholas Leeman
Votes: 5
29. Pourquoi l'Amérique (1970)
G | 100 min | Documentary
A film about America between the world wars that attempts to capture and interpret the vital moving forces in American society that caused the United States to emerge by the end of World War II as a dominant world power.
Director: Frédéric Rossif | Stars: Françoise Christophe, Pia Colombo, Pierre Andrieux, Jacques Castelot
31. Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (2001 Video)
48 min | Documentary, History
This is a documentary about the historical context of the Cuban Missile Crisis, that is available on the DVD for the film, Thirteen Days (2000). Using archival footage and new interviews ... See full summary »
Director: Alita Holly | Stars: Sam Donaldson, Ernest R. May, Sergei Khrushchev, Marvin Kalb
Votes: 61
32. Empires of Evil (2015– )
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When Darja's boyfriend and small-time criminal gets kidnapped by Eduard Krylow an especially unconscionable member of a drug cartel she embarks on a mission to rescue him.
Stars: Anna Behne, Erec O. Kozàr, Lisardo Gómez Estévez, Manuel Sefciuc
Votes: 6
33. Nuclear Tipping Point (2010)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
A documentary produced by the Nuclear Security Project to raise awareness about nuclear threats and to help build support for the urgent actions needed to reduce nuclear dangers.
Director: Ben Goddard | Stars: Michael Douglas, Mikhail Gorbachev, John F. Kennedy, Henry Kissinger
Votes: 24
34. Facing Berlin
Drama, History | Announced
President John F. Kennedy's firm stance against Soviet pressure to control and govern West Berlin becomes one of the many strengths of his Cold War administration. From the first 30 days in... See full summary »
35. Henry Kissinger - Geheimnisse einer Supermacht (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
The Hamburg documentary filmmaker Stephan Lamby succeeded in persuading Kissinger to have a detailed conversation about his life in front of the camera.
Director: Stephan Lamby | Stars: Salvador Allende, Carl Bernstein, Willy Brandt, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 27
37. On the Brink: Doomsday (1997 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, War
The A-Bomb, the H-Bomb, Cold War, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Yeltsin, Reagan...Who said that the world was a safe place?
Director: Gary Parker | Stars: Ed Green, Peter Roman, R. Cargill Hall, Vassily Reshetnikov
Votes: 23
38. Dominance and Terror: A Discussion with Noam Chomsky (2004 TV Short)
15 min | Documentary, Short, History
An illuminating window into the mind of American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author and the most cited scholar of our time. Director Roberto S. Oregel composes a provocative ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto S. Oregel | Star: Noam Chomsky
Votes: 24
39.
Les mercredis de l'histoire (1995– )
Episode:
CIA: Guerres secrètes
(2003)
156 min | Documentary
The history of CIA told by previous directors and agents, and also some on the outside (like a former KGB director).
Director: William Karel | Stars: Robert Baer, Milton Bearden, Osama bin Laden, William Blum
Votes: 186
40.
Passé sous silence (2000– )
Episode:
Irak: la guerre à tout prix
(2004)
75 min | Documentary
A documentary about the diplomatic battle in UN right before the Iraq-war in 2003.
Director: Jean-Christophe Rosé | Stars: Jacques Beaute, Hans Blix, George W. Bush, Mohamed el Baradei
41.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Eyeball to Eyeball
(1992)
Documentary, History
Stars: Aleksei Adzhubei, Anatoli Dobrynin, Anatoli Gribkov, Roger Hillsman