6 Movies That You Should Watch to Better Understand The Cold War

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

In this masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick, Jack D. Ripper, a demented U.S. Army General, plans and pushes a scheme to start a nuclear attack against the Soviet Union, in order to prevent what he believes is a plan to contaminate the water of the U.S., and of its citizens’ body fluids.
The film shows President Merkin Muffley meeting up with his top Pentagon advisors –Dr. Strangelove included- in order to avoid a nuclear holocaust, as the news of the Soviets’ “Doomsday Machine” -which would destroy the entire world if the Russians were attacked- strikes them.
This heads almost every movie rank about the Cold War, mainly because it succeeds in showing -in a comic key- how the destiny of millions of human beings hung from a thread during the bipolar era.

Interesting facts:
While shooting aerial scenes over Greenland, the crew accidentally filmed a secret U.S. military facility. The plane was forced to land, and the crew was investigated for alleged spying.

Scores:
8.5/10 – IMDb
100% – Rotten Tomatoes