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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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