the Cold War theme
A state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).
36 total · 19 major · 17 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) | major | A drama similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded on Earth while the joint Soviet/American mission to Jupiter was underway. |
| movie: Agent for HARM (1966) | major | The film played on Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the USA. |
| movie: Dr Strangelove (1964) | major | though not discussed as such, the story clearly featured what we now describe as the Cold War |
| movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | major | Set in the 1950s, the story follows Indiana Jones as he tries to prevent the KGB from obtaining psychic warfare capabilities that would tip the balance of power in the Cold War in the favor of the Soviets. |
| movie: Meteor (1979) | major | The Americans and Soviets cooperated together to stop the meteor from hitting Earth by knocking it off course with the combined power of their combined orbital nuclear weapons. |
| movie: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) | major | There was a nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| movie: The Abyss (1989) | major | Cold War tensions were running high. For example, the rescue team thought the Soviets might be interfering with the rescue operation. |
| movie: The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) | major | The film played on real-world tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. |
| movie: The Day After (1983) | major | The Cold War turned hot and very quickly went nuclear. |
| movie: The Iron Giant (1999) | major | The film is set during the Cold War shortly after the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit. It explores how people coped with the tensions that existed between the Soviet Union and the United States from the point of view of both small town people and the U.S. military. |