Cold War cinema

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Cold War cinema is a body of films produced during or about the Cold War era that explore themes of nuclear anxiety, ideological conflict, espionage, and geopolitical tension between the Eastern and Western blocs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film genre ⓘ
historical film cycle ⓘ
associatedWithCountry Eastern Bloc countries ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Bloc

France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasForm animated film ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
short film ⓘ
television film ⓘ
hasMainTheme Cold War ⓘ
anti-capitalism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
arms race ⓘ
defection ⓘ
domestic paranoia ⓘ
détente ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
geopolitical tension ⓘ
ideological conflict ⓘ
ideological indoctrination ⓘ
mutually assured destruction ⓘ
nuclear anxiety ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ
proxy wars ⓘ
red scare ⓘ
linked to: McCarthyism

space race ⓘ
superpower rivalry ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
hasPerspective Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Western ⓘ
non-aligned ⓘ
postcolonial ⓘ
includesSubgenre Berlin Wall film ⓘ
espionage comedy ⓘ
nuclear war film ⓘ
paranoid thriller ⓘ
political thriller ⓘ
propaganda film ⓘ
satirical war film ⓘ
science fiction allegory ⓘ
space race film ⓘ
spy film ⓘ
influencedBy Berlin Crisis ⓘ
Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
McCarthyism ⓘ
Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
détente policies ⓘ
fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
nuclear arms race ⓘ
space race ⓘ
notableWork Bridge of Spies (2015 film) ⓘ
linked to: Bridge of Spies

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Strangelove

Fail Safe (1964 film) ⓘ
linked to: Fail Safe

From Russia with Love (1963 film) ⓘ
Good Bye, Lenin! (2003 film) ⓘ
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film) ⓘ
On the Beach (1959 film) ⓘ
linked to: On the Beach

Red Dawn (1984 film) ⓘ
linked to: Red Dawn

Rocky IV (1985 film) ⓘ
linked to: Rocky IV

The Atomic Cafe (1982 film) ⓘ
The Bedford Incident (1965 film) ⓘ
The Day After (1983 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Day After

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film) ⓘ
The Fog of War (2003 film) ⓘ
The Hunt for Red October (1990 film) ⓘ
The Lives of Others (2006 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Lives of Others

The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film) ⓘ
The Right Stuff (1983 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Right Stuff

The Russia House (1990 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Russia House

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965 film) ⓘ
The Third Man (1949 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Third Man

Thirteen Days (2000 film) ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Days

Threads (1984 film) ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) ⓘ
Top Gun (1986 film) ⓘ
linked to: Top Gun

WarGames (1983 film) ⓘ
linked to: WarGames
oftenUsedFor critique of militarism ⓘ
critique of nuclear weapons ⓘ
historical reflection on Cold War ⓘ
ideological propaganda ⓘ
national image-building ⓘ
relatedDiscipline Cold War studies ⓘ
cultural history ⓘ
film studies ⓘ
political science ⓘ
setInPeriod Cold War ⓘ
typicalEndPeriod early 1990s ⓘ
typicalStartPeriod late 1940s ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

On the Beach → partOf → Cold War cinema ⓘ
Pork Chop Hill (1959 film) → era → Cold War cinema ⓘ
The War of the Worlds (1953 film) → partOf → American science fiction cinema of the 1950s ⓘ
linked to: Cold War cinema
Major Bennett Marco → associatedWith → Cold War cinema ⓘ
The Man Between → partOf → British Cold War cinema ⓘ
linked to: Cold War cinema