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Fail-Safe (1964)
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Fail-Safe (1964)
Original name: Fail Safe
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric vision of the future with a Cold War backdrop.
Style: tense, political thriller, political, realistic, bleak, black and white, emotional, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, nuclear threat, politics, military, u.s. air force, atomic bomb, nuclear, chaos, radio, president, disaster, danger, u.s. president, bomber, social commentary, military life, nightmare, save the world, communism, fighting the system, head of state, government facility, state affairs ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1967, 1960s
Place: russia, new york, usa, alaska, moscow russia, manhattan new york city, washington d.c. ...
Keyword: russian, americana, american

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and political thriller films with plots about cold war, state affairs, politics, danger, military, race against time and spy mostly in Drama, Thriller and War genres. Some movies like Fail-Safe: By Dawn's Early Light (1990), Seven Days in May (1964), The Bedford Incident (1965), Thirteen Days (2000), The Day After (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Style: black comedy, black and white, dark comedy, political, funny ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: cold war, military, satire, nuclear war, nuclear threat, anti war, disaster, doomsday, nuclear holocaust, u.s. president, nuclear, president ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1942
Place: soviet union, washington d.c., persia, united kingdom, britain ...
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100%
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a nuclear missile is launched by presumably Soviet forces toward Turkey, the beginning of the ultimate war to end all wars WW 3 is started. Powers Boothe, his girlfriend and copilot Rebecca DeMornay and their flight crew take off in a B 52 on ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, bleak, independent film, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, world war three, apocalypse, nato, nuclear threat, aviation, post apocalypse, politics, doom, flying, cold war ...
Time: 80s, 90s, year 1991
Place: usa, nebraska, ussr, washington d.c., soviet union ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Seven Days in May (1964)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A U.S. Army general alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Style: political thriller, tense, political, black and white, suspense ...
Plot: cold war, conspiracy, politics, white house, u.s. air force, terrorism, president, secret service, u.s. president, coup d'etat, betrayal, espionage ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, future
Place: austin texas, russia, soviet union, america, el paso texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Bedford Incident (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, political, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, submarine, navy, war, battlefield, military, confrontation, u.s. navy, reporter, propaganda, world war two, nuclear ...
Time: 60s
Place: greenland, atlantic ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.3
 62K
Thirteen Days (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, ...
Style: political, suspenseful, tense, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot: cold war, politics, president, political intrigue, un, race against time, diplomacy, nuclear, spy, conspiracy, cuban missile crisis, leadership ...
Time: 60s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century, year 1962
Place: cuba, ussr, the philippines, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 18K
The Day After (1983)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, ...
Style: disturbing, futuristic, apocalyptic, harsh, serious ...
Plot: cold war, nuclear war, disaster, post apocalypse, apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear holocaust, radiation, end of the world, dystopia, nuclear threat, nuclear ...
Time: 80s, future, distant future, 20th century
Place: usa, kansas, soviet union, missouri, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 326K
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 142 min.
Story: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style: suspense, realistic, dramatic, intense, historical drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cold war, lawyer, espionage, spy, cia, justice, courtroom, court, trial, berlin wall, soviet spy, negotiation ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 50s, 60s ...
Place: east germany, berlin germany, soviet union, new york, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 122K
Crimson Tide (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: On a US 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.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: submarine, nuclear threat, cold war, navy, nuclear bomb, underwater, u.s. navy, military, nuclear, war, spy, sea ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia, pacific ocean, mediterranean sea, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Advise & Consent (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Style: political, black and white, realistic, clever, contemplative ...
Plot: politics, courtroom drama, political intrigue, cold war, president, political corruption, journalism, american politics, gay bar, corruption, government, u.s. president ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam ...
Style: political, political thriller, neo noir, tense, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nuclear threat, vietnam war, cold war, president, u.s. president, terrorism, conspiracy, danger, military, international relations, world war, post apocalyptic ...
Place: montana, usa, vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Missiles of October (1974)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy Administration's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Style: political, thought provoking, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: cold war, cuban missile crisis, president, u.s. president, diplomacy, politics, nuclear threat, spy, missile, intrigue, john f. kennedy, american politics ...
Time: 60s, year 1962
Place: cuba, washington d.c., usa, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style: political thriller, black and white, psychological, political, tense ...
Audience: date night
Plot: conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, senator, election, political intrigue, korean war, spy, manipulation, politics ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 50s, 1950s, year 1952
Place: new york, china, north korea, korea, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.2
 19K
Topaz (1969)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, political thriller ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, betrayal, cuban missile crisis, surveillance, undercover, conspiracy, kgb, politics, government agency ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969, year 1962
Place: cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.4
 3K
Deterrence (1999)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The President of the United States must deal with an international military crisis while confined to a Colorado diner during a freak snowstorm.
Style: tense, suspenseful, independent film, talky, serious ...
Plot: nuclear war, nuclear, politics, nuclear threat, diner, nuclear bomb, president, government, american politics, politician, nuclear holocaust, snow ...
Time: future, year 1999, 2000s, year 2008, near future ...
Place: iraq, colorado, usa, korea, baghdad iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When 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 officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, political, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: spy, cia, cold war, terrorism, espionage, nuclear war, secret agent, terrorist, nuclear bomb, nuclear explosion, nuclear threat, covert operation ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, year 1973, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: maryland, israel, russia, washington d.c., chechnya ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Fourth War (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.
Style: political, grindhouse, political thriller, independent film, captivating ...
Plot: cold war, border, spy, iron curtain, 007, winter, world war two, terrorism, cannon, soldier, battles, wartime life ...
Time: 80s
Place: czechoslovakia, germany, asia, vietnam, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Enemy Within (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, political thriller
Plot: conspiracy, political conspiracy, terrorism, coup d'etat, political corruption, betrayal, manhunt, government agency, state affairs, undercover, special agent, revolution ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.2
 1K
The Serpent (1973)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also spying for the Soviets. Davies ...
Style: political thriller, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, cold war, undercover, secret agent, kgb, double agent, violence, paranoid, international relations, undercover agent, agent, race against time ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, russia, europe, langley virginia, west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The China Syndrome (1979)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, political, psychological ...
Plot: reporter, radiation, journalism, power plant, politics, investigation, disaster, nuclear, media, nuclear power, environmental, corruption ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place: california, usa, los angeles, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 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.
Style: political, black and white, suspense, grim, realistic ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, berlin wall, iron curtain, british intelligence, double agent, politics, great ending, secret agent, spy thriller, loner ...
Time: 60s, year 1965, 20th century
Place: east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Ipcress File (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, conspiracy, spy, double agent, brainwashing, politics, undercover, investigation, british, political intrigue, secret agent ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: london, albania, england, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Pentagon Papers (2003)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: whistleblower, politics, uncover truth, dishonesty, fighting the system, military, soldier, state affairs, head of state, introspection, political conspiracy, political corruption ...
Place: usa, asia, vietnam, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Special Bulletin (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to ...
Style: bad ending, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, serious ...
Plot: found footage, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, nuclear, nuclear war, terrorism, end of the world, president, u.s. president, disaster, cold war, witch ...
Time: 80s
Place: south carolina, usa, charleston south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Enigma (1982)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Style: suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot: cold war, iron curtain, spy, kgb, espionage, assassination, politics, danger, dishonesty, government agency, journalism, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place: east germany, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.6
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The Best Man (1964)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Style: serious, realistic, cynical, political, rough ...
Plot: politics, election, political intrigue, election campaign, american politics, corrupt politician, rise to the top, rivalry, power relations, media, state affairs, head of state ...
Time: 60s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.5
 788
World War III (1982)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
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Story: Soviet paratroopers drop into Alaska to sabotage the oil pipeline in retaliation against a United States grain embargo. A skirmish occurs at a pumping station, lightly defended by Col. Jake Caffey and a National Guard reckon unit. A stalemate ensues ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, epic, rough ...
Plot: world war three, cold war, president, u.s. president, spy, apocalypse, end of the world, disaster, spy thriller, distopia, world war, die hard ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, near future
Place: alaska, russia, usa, moscow russia, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Whistle Blower (1986)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Style: political thriller, political, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: cold war, spy, espionage, whistleblower, murder, paranoia, spy thriller, intrigue, law enforcement, 007, iron curtain, politics ...
Time: year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.5
 2K
Dirty War (2004)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: radical, terrorism, nuclear holocaust, nuclear threat, terrorist plot, firefighter, save the day, secret agent, government agency, undercover, danger, race against time ...
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.9
 134K
Syriana (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a ...
Style: political thriller, suspense, cerebral, political, tense ...
Plot: terrorism, cia, corruption, capitalism, espionage, politics, spy, oil, globalization, conspiracy, middle east conflict, political conspiracy ...
Time: year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: middle east, usa, israel, iran, lebanon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.4
 7K
Fail Safe (2000)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Style: tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, political ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, nuclear threat, aviation, moral dilemma, nuclear holocaust, politics, military life, disaster, danger, military, race against time, chaos ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
13%
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