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
surface form: Eastern Bloc countries

France
Germany
Japan
China
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: 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
McCarthyism
surface form: red scare

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
surface form: Bridge of Spies (2015 film)

Dr. Strangelove
surface form: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Fail Safe
surface form: Fail Safe (1964 film)

film "From Russia with Love"
surface form: From Russia with Love (1963 film)

Good Bye, Lenin! (2003 film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film)
On the Beach
surface form: On the Beach (1959 film)

Red Dawn
surface form: Red Dawn (1984 film)

Rocky IV
surface form: Rocky IV (1985 film)

The Atomic Cafe (1982 film)
The Bedford Incident
surface form: The Bedford Incident (1965 film)

The Day After
surface form: The Day After (1983 film)

The Day the Earth Stood Still
surface form: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)

The Fog of War (2003 film)
The Hunt for Red October
surface form: The Hunt for Red October (1990 film)

The Lives of Others
surface form: The Lives of Others (2006 film)

The Manchurian Candidate
surface form: The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)

The Right Stuff
surface form: The Right Stuff (1983 film)

The Russia House
surface form: The Russia House (1990 film)

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965 film)
The Third Man
surface form: The Third Man (1949 film)

Thirteen Days
surface form: Thirteen Days (2000 film)

Threads (1984 film)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film)
Top Gun
surface form: Top Gun (1986 film)

WarGames
surface form: WarGames (1983 film)
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 Cold War cinema
this entity surface form: American science fiction cinema of the 1950s