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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin tries to keep the boss's daughter from marrying a Communist.
Style:
funny, fast paced, black and white, biting, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cold war, iron curtain, coca cola, satire, capitalist, secretary, communism, forbidden love, farce, voice over narration, corporate executive, race against time ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east berlin, germany, east germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The Death Prosecutor (...) [focuses] on a significant court case in the period of the post-1956 retaliations, through the true story of a newly graduated prosecutor, Endre Grátz.
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Style:
historical drama, tense, serious, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prosecutor, political repression, courtroom drama, cold war era, justice, biopic, social commentary, ethical dilemma, victimization, bureaucracy, investigation, morality ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary, budapest
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The story of an assassination attempt made to destabilize the Argentine government and prevent the 1970 presidential inauguration of Marxist Salvador Allende. Curiously, for this purpose, the Argentine military plotters decided to create an ...
Style:
political thriller, historical drama, tense, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
assassination, cold war era, assassination attempt, covert operation, espionage, authoritarianism, political intrigue, betrayal, surveillance, investigation, moral ambiguity, national security ...
Time:
70s, year 1970
Place:
chile, argentina
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min.
TV show
Story:
A story of a soviet engineer Rostislav Alekseev, the designer and inventor of the first ekranoplan vehicles - "flying ships", huge and powerful machines which could move with unbelievable speed right above the water. He was an ingenious ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, melancholic, inspirational
Plot:
engineer, civil engineer, advanced technology, espionage, spy, scientist, political intrigue, historical character, historical event, experimental technology, technology, cold war era ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The changing and turbulent history of Hungary is seen through the eyes of three men over a 30-year period in this somber drama. The three recall the highlights of their lives in flashbacks as they reminisce in the mid 1960s. The venerable trio begin ...
Style:
family saga, historical drama, bleak, period piece, thought provoking ...
Plot:
political repression, social realism, father son relationship, village life, class struggle, oppression, cold war era, moral ambiguity, resistance, revenge, betrayal, boredom ...
Time:
year 1967
Place:
hungary
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Genre: Drama
Country: East Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin. He accepts the offer under the condition that he gets to choose ...
Style:
thought provoking, melancholic, historical drama
Plot:
architecture, berlin wall, frustration, bureaucracy, conformity, urban planning, family conflict, cold war era, compromise, communism, moral dilemma, emigration ...
Place:
german democratic republic, east berlin, east germany
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Soviet Lithuania in 1972. A young theatre actress is trying to make a difference and tell the forbidden story of repression in a play.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, political thriller, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
oppression, political repression, resistance, female protagonist, protest, totalitarianism, conscience, moral dilemma, cold war era, secret, courage, underground movement ...
Place:
lithuania, eastern europe, soviet union
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hawaii is a story on the struggle of inheriting $3 million in communist-era Romania when owning $1 could mean losing your freedom and touches on the theme of how money could buy if not happiness, at least the freedom to choose unhappiness.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, tension, political, period drama
Plot:
family drama, cold war era, moral ambiguity, inheritance, political oppression, moral dilemma, totalitarianism, survival, bureaucracy, irony, family secret, black market ...
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Romania
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The New Year That Never Came is a tragicomedy whose action takes place in a single day, before the counter-revolution of 1989, in which the characters search for normality, safety, love, freedom and meaning in an absurd world.
Style:
emotional, tragicomedy, tense, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
protest, communism, political unrest, oppression, social commentary, bittersweet, desperation, dark humor, cold war era, resilience, urban, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
romania, eastern europe, bucharest, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
For some reason, this year's Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the young author Andrew Craig, who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. Another laureate is Dr. Max Stratman, the famous German-American ...
Style:
slasher, retro, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, undercover, twins, writers, cold war era, nobel prize, secret agent, undercover agent, investigation, kidnapping, disorder ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 101 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:
iron curtain, cold war, kgb, spy, espionage, assassination, undercover, politics, danger, dishonesty, journalism, government agency ...
Time:
20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place:
east germany, germany, east berlin, paris france, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB ...
Style:
political thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, cold war era, spy thriller, surgery, plastic surgery, traitor, british intelligence, father daughter relationship, covert operation, james bond ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
soviet union, england, russia, europe, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, conspiracy, military, cold war, spy, assassin, assassination plot, soldier, prisoner, sergeant, assassination attempt, airport ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
germany, washington d.c., chicago, europe, russia ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.
Style:
romantic, independent film, serious, realistic, microfilm
Plot:
closeted homosexual, spy, male male relationship, cold war, espionage, cold war era, illicit affair, passionate kiss, law enforcement, double agent, opposites attract, caribbean sea ...
Time:
70s
Place:
caribbean, paris france, london, france, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, tense, rough ...
Plot:
iron curtain, cold war era, berlin wall, escape, cold war, communism, stasi, tunnel, new love, love letter, political unrest, against the odds ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1961
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
cold war, espionage, stasi, spy, secret police, german soldier, double agent, working undercover, state affairs, rivalry, undercover, military ...
Time:
year 1983, 20th century, 80s
Place:
germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic, west germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
From the John le Carre novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
Style:
neo noir, political thriller, contemplative, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, british intelligence, secret agent, spy, undercover, cold war era, politics, undercover agent, sexual assault, bare chested male, political intrigue ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, geneva switzerland, finland, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, covert operation, conspiracy, cia agent, secret mission, cold war era, gay bar, police dog, hostage, exodus ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
paris france, germany, europe, france, soviet union ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Style:
political thriller, psychotronic, suspense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, computer, anti communism, spy thriller, cold war era, russian spy, secret service agent, martial arts, woman with a gun, revolt ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, england, texas, russia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel ...
Style:
parody, sitcom, spoof, retro, detective ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
espionage, satire, secret agent, villain, cold war, kickass women, gadget, woman with a gun, hot and sexy, cold war era, telephone call, female spy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces ...
Style:
spoof, parody, funny, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
spy, cow, satire, espionage, cold war, heroic mission, world war two, resistance movement, selflessness, daring rescue, occupation, disorder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
east germany, germany, east berlin, seattle
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Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out ...
Style:
exciting, retro, suspenseful, suspense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, spy, cold war, satellite, espionage, military, underwater, torpedo, winter, snow, double agent, political intrigue ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
scotland
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120K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. James Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Style:
exciting, tense, saga, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, espionage, cold war, circus, secret agent, 007, race against time, terrorism, agent, secret service, female nudity, train ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
india, east germany, west germany, east berlin, fictional island ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, stylized, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, espionage, reporter, journalist, uncover truth, spy, love triangle, workplace, investigation, cold war, boss ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.
Style:
realistic, inspirational, captivating, political, factual ...
Plot:
chess, cold war, biopic, genius, mental illness, politics, destiny, obsession, eccentricity, rivalry, contests and competitions, anti semitism ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1951, year 1959 ...
Place:
new york, canada, former yugoslavia, israel, reykjavik iceland ...
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87K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Style:
emotional, political, sad, factual, talky ...
Plot:
communism, politics, hollywood, biopic, gossip columnist, gossip, communist, cancer, movie business, mccarthyism, screenwriter, lung cancer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 70s, year 1947, 1940s ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, kentucky
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243K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.
Style:
inspirational, saga, tense, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, manly
Plot:
boxing, boxer, revenge, training, underdog, cold war, christmas, brutality, vengeance, boxing match, fight, mercilessness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
philadelphia, soviet union, las vegas, moscow russia, pennsylvania ...
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Without hostile intent, a Soviet sub runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed.
Style:
political, funny, black comedy, satirical, humorous ...
Plot:
submarine, cold war, culture clash, island, communism, friendship, satire, boat, cold war era, language barrier, torpedo, communist ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new england, russia, usa, massachusetts, england ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min.
TV show
Story:
About the last days of Leonid Brezhnev, the Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He is sick and depressed, but he is still trying to enjoy some pleasures of life. He is hunting, eating, and sleeping a lot. While awake, he is ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
political leader, kremlin, state affairs, old man, politics, leadership, historical figure, society, power relations, political conspiracy, evil man, abuse of power ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Scorpio Letters (1967) was a TV movie starring Alex Cord as a secret agent uncovering a blackmail ring in London and Paris.
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, noir, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy thriller, blackmail, espionage, group of criminals, undercover agent, british intelligence, british, investigation, conspiracy, secret identity, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
paris france, england, london
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