TrenchfootJoe66 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #1 Posted July 19, 2010 Just thought I would list some of my favorite films about the "good old days" of the Cold War. Feel free to add comments or additions to the list. 1) Dr. Strangelove (Of course) 2) Fail Safe 3) Berlin Airlift 4) The Bedfort Incident 5) Ice Station Zebra 6) Strategic Air Command Anybody know of any others?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #2 Posted July 19, 2010 The Hunt for Red October The Spy Who Came In From the Cold The Russians Are Coming, The Russians are Coming! (comedy) The Day After Red Dawn Seven Days in May By Dawns Early Light On The Beach Escape From East Berlin Firefox The Quiet American Jet Pilot (the Duke and a female Russian Mig pilot... very believable!) And for more.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cold_War_films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1ashooter Posted July 19, 2010 Share #3 Posted July 19, 2010 Being one of those really cold war warriors this is my classic. Nuclear Outpost or Why Not Minot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misanthropic_Gods Posted July 19, 2010 Share #4 Posted July 19, 2010 Ha ha...this one isnt so much Cold War, but Post Cold War. It is VERY cheesy, but I really enjoyed it THE FOURTH WAR Post Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other after the Cold War ends on the German - Czechoslovakia border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakkasan187 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #5 Posted July 19, 2010 "Berlin Tunnel 21" starring Richard Thomas from the Waltons "The Big Lift" starring Montgomery Clift Leigh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted July 19, 2010 Share #6 Posted July 19, 2010 There are several Cold War comedy movies not mentioned so far: - One, Two, Three (1961) - Gotcha! (1985) - Top Secret! (1984) And a couple of exceptional recent ones from Germany, in German with English subtitles: - Goodbye Lenin! (2003) - The Lives of Others (2006) - 2007 Academy Award for best Foreign Film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zingo Posted July 19, 2010 Share #7 Posted July 19, 2010 The Manchurian Candidate - 1962 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwb123 Posted July 20, 2010 Share #8 Posted July 20, 2010 Don't forget the James Bond films as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCR79 Posted July 20, 2010 Share #9 Posted July 20, 2010 "Night People" with Gregory Peck Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted January 11, 2011 Share #10 Posted January 11, 2011 How about "A Gathering Of Eagles" with Rock Hudson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plick27 Posted January 11, 2011 Share #11 Posted January 11, 2011 Comedy = Stripes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6skin9 Posted January 11, 2011 Share #12 Posted January 11, 2011 Who could forget "Spies Like Us" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted January 11, 2011 Share #13 Posted January 11, 2011 Who could forget "Spies Like Us" One of my favorites along with Stripes. I totally overlooked the comedies. Another couple of my favorites are "War Games" and "Cloak & Dagger", both starring Dabney Coleman who was in everything in the 80's and always good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mower66 Posted January 20, 2011 Share #14 Posted January 20, 2011 Anyone remember "third world war"...as i remember a film in the arctic with David Soul in charge of some soldiers.....saw it maybee 30 years ago....on video disc...not VHS or Betamax....Bloody great discs like records....anyone remember? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted January 20, 2011 Share #15 Posted January 20, 2011 Cuban Missile Crisis movies: Thirteen Days The Missiles of October Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjones5452 Posted January 20, 2011 Share #16 Posted January 20, 2011 Anyone remember "third world war"...as i remember a film in the arctic with David Soul in charge of some soldiers.....saw it maybee 30 years ago....on video disc...not VHS or Betamax....Bloody great discs like records....anyone remember?Kev Was it titled: World War III, They were up in the Artic. Had Russian paras in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mower66 Posted January 20, 2011 Share #17 Posted January 20, 2011 Thats the very one....long film but never seen it since....would like to Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjones5452 Posted January 21, 2011 Share #18 Posted January 21, 2011 Thats the very one....long film but never seen it since....would like toKev I just Googled: world war III mini series, and found out that it aired on NBC back in 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mower66 Posted January 21, 2011 Share #19 Posted January 21, 2011 I'm in the UK....suppose i gotta look at Amazon Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke41 Posted January 21, 2011 Share #20 Posted January 21, 2011 The ICBM launch scene at the opening of War Games was the most realistic one I've ever seen. Of course you wouldnt shoot your crew partner since they are meat on the hoof when the emergency rations under the LCC floor ran out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
history-buff1944 Posted July 17, 2012 Share #21 Posted July 17, 2012 The Journey w/ Yul Brynner, and other knowns, is now out on DvD. This is an excellent movie ive seen only the last half of but takes place when the Russians invade I think it was--Hungary or Bulgaria??? and Yul Brynner is excellent as the Russian officer. Also had the kid who played Opie Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show and Jason Robards Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Herd Posted July 17, 2012 Share #22 Posted July 17, 2012 The Journey takes place in Hungary after the 1956 uprising against the Russians. Liked they had T-34 tanks but drove jeeps, but had a Russian jeep parked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr01 Posted July 18, 2012 Share #23 Posted July 18, 2012 The Mouse That Roared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
history-buff1944 Posted July 18, 2012 Share #24 Posted July 18, 2012 The Journey takes place in Hungary after the 1956 uprising against the Russians. Liked they had T-34 tanks but drove jeeps, but had a Russian jeep parked. Thanks for that too. Im a big tank "fan" and collect photos of Tanks. I havent seen that movie in years but plan on ordering the DvD soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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