The Shape of Water(2017)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 92

At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.



Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy(2011)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 87

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.



Bridge of Spies(2015)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 87

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.



First Man(2018)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 91

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.



Charlie Wilson's War(2007)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.



The Good Shepherd(2006)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 72

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.



Cold War(2018)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold ...



The Hunt for Red October(1990)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 59

In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the USA. Is he trying to defect or to start a war?



Crimson Tide(1995)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 58

On 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.



White Nights(1985)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 33

An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory. He is taken to an apartment in which a black American who has married a Russian woman lives with her. He is to...



Seven Days in May(1964)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 15

United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.



The Russia House(1990)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 13

An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia.



The Spy Who Came in from the Cold(1965)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 12

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.



Hopscotch(1980)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.



Ice Station Zebra(1968)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 11

USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.



Scandal(1989)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.



One, Two, Three(1961)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.



The Prize(1963)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 8

As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.



The Shoes of the Fisherman(1968)

Combined Rating:
13
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Ukrainian Archbishop Kiril Lakota is set free after two decades as a political prisoner in Siberia. He is brought to Rome by Fr. David Telemond, a troubled young priest who befriends him. ...



A Gathering of Eagles(1963)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

During the Cold War, Air Force Colonel Jim Caldwell shapes up his Strategic Air Command B-52 wing to pass a nuclear war readiness test.




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