All time best Cold War movies and mini-series
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- StarsTatiana PauhofováMartin MysickaJan Vlasák1989, on the cusp of the Velvet Revoluition, Marie and her husband Viktor return home in Prague after years of exile. After a car accident, Marie wakes up from a coma with no trace of Viktor.Rating: 8/10
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Takes place mainly in the Czech Republic before the German Wall fell in 1989. It is about the secret services of England (MI6), Czech Republic (StB) and Russia (KGB).
A very interesting watch that deserves a score of 8.2/10. - StarsTatiana PauhofováJaroslava PokornáPetr StachBased on real characters and events, this drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Buresová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonor Palach's sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.Rating: 8/10
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Score: 8.4/10 - StarsAlec SecareanuParker SawyersAna UlaruVictor Godeanu, Ceausescu's right-hand man, has a secret. He is also a KGB agent and must escape before he is discovered, so he will seize a valuable diplomatic opportunity.
- DirectorTodd RobinsonStarsEd HarrisJulian AdamsDavid DuchovnyThe haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery.
- DirectorChristian SchwochowStarsCharly HübnerMilan PeschelUlrich MatthesA comic look at the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989, told from the point of view of the German border guards at the checkpoint where it all started.
- DirectorFranziska StünkelStarsLars EidingerDevid StriesowLuise HeyerLife of Werner Teske, the last man to be executed in former East Germany in 1981 before the death penalty was finally abolished in 1987.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsSean ConneryAlec BaldwinScott GlennIn November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?
- DirectorTony ScottStarsGene HackmanDenzel WashingtonMatt CravenOn a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
- DirectorTomas MasinStarsOskar HesJan NedbalAdam ErnestAdaptation of controversial real-life story from the 1950s.
- DirectorTrevor NunnStarsJudi DenchSophie CooksonStephen Campbell MooreThe story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the K.G.B.'s longest-serving British spy.