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The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
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Fail Safe
Film · 2000 · also thrillerCold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
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The Sum of All Fears
Film · 2002 · also thrillerWhen the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA of...
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The Courier
Film · 2020 · also history and thrillerCold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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JFK
Film · 1991 · also history and thrillerFollows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
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Seven Days in May
Film · 1964 · also thrillerA U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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Fat Man and Little Boy
Film · 1989 · also historyAssigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robe...
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Topaz
Film · 1969 · also thrillerCopenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in w...
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Crimson Tide
Film · 1995 · also thrillerAfter the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green...
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Clear and Present Danger
Film · 1994 · also thrillerAgent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the pr...
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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
Film · 2023 · also historyExplore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleas...
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