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1. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

G | 92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe

Votes: 85,700

2. Project Blue Book (2019–2020)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A tough US Air Force officer and a skeptical scientist investigate UFO and alien conspiracies as Cold War paranoia spreads.

Stars: Aidan Gillen, Michael Malarkey, Laura Mennell, Ksenia Solo

Votes: 14,431

3. Dark Skies (1996–1997)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

In 1960s America, a young couple struggle to expose the truth about a hidden alien invasion, while a secret government organization follows its own agenda in dealing with the threat.

Stars: Eric Close, J.T. Walsh, Lackos, Megan Ward

Votes: 2,374

4. Three Brave Men (1956)

Approved | 88 min | Drama

During the Cold War, a Maryland civilian employee of the U.S. Navy is deemed a security risk and he fights the official charges of being a Communist sympathizer.

Director: Philip Dunne | Stars: Ray Milland, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Lovejoy, Nina Foch

Votes: 212

5. The Reagan Show (2017)

TV-PG | 74 min | Documentary

Made up entirely of archival news and White House footage, this documentary captures the pageantry, absurdity, and mastery of the made-for-TV politics of Ronald Reagan.

Directors: Sierra Pettengill, Pacho Velez | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush

Votes: 481

6. Theoretically, an even much more paranoid conspiratorial phone call (2021)

85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Challenged by phone by the Pro Bono Spy Hunter and his valet, The Boss travels to the year 2121, where the USSR won the Cold War. Caught spying, The Boss undergoes a subtle questioning technique that tortures him and his interrogator.

Director: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato | Star: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato

Votes: 6

7. Bunker (II) (2014)

87 min | Drama, War

Two isolated Canadian soldiers come to grip with a difficult order: launch a nuclear strike against the former USSR, some 25 years after the end of the Cold War.

Directors: Patrick Boivin, Olivier Roberge | Stars: Alex Bisping, Martin Dubreuil, Tyler Hall, Julien Poulin

Votes: 72

8. Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

Directors Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and James Cameron discuss the science fiction movies of the 1950s that influenced them.

Director: Richard Schickel | Stars: Mark Hamill, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott

Votes: 459

9. A Welcome Guest in the House (1957)

24 min | Documentary, Short, Family

From the heights of the cold war, this short focuses on American youth at play and in the home and how the television can be a great educational device. In this case warning of the dangers ... See full summary »

Director: Cal Jones | Stars: Don Ameche, David Schaughency

Votes: 8

10. Theoretically, an even more paranoid conspiratorial phone call (2021)

88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When The Pro Bono Spy Hunter obtains data that can destroy the world, he must share it with The Boss at 3600 meters above the sea level in a faraway traditional Andean village with plenty of historic value located in Peru before the end.

Director: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato | Star: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato

11. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode: A Room in the Basement (1965)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

To save a friend with sensitive information who is being held in the Romanian embassy in Geneva, Drake must break into the embassy, in defiance of the British ambassador, retrieve his friend, and avoid an international incident.

Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Jane Merrow, William Lucas, Michael Gwynn

Votes: 93

12. Happy Days (1974–1984)
Episode: Be the First on Your Block (1974)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music

The height of the Cold War and fears of an apocalyptic war breaking out at any moment take center stage in this episode, where Howard ponders purchasing a bomb shelter for his family's ... See full summary »

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Ron Howard, Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Tom Bosley

Votes: 186