Best Cold War Movies

3eyedraven's 73 top-rated cold war movies — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 ★ 8.1
The Lives of Others 2006 ★ 8.0
North by Northwest 1959 ★ 8.0
The Iron Giant 1999 ★ 8.0
Tetris 2023 ★ 7.7
Fail Safe 1964 ★ 7.8
The Manchurian Candidate 1962 ★ 7.5
The War Game 1966 ★ 7.7
Cold War 2018 ★ 7.4
One, Two, Three 1961 ★ 7.5
The Right Stuff 1983 ★ 7.4
The Hunt for Red October 1990 ★ 7.4
Lord of War 2005 ★ 7.3
Firebird 2021 ★ 7.4
Bridge of Spies 2015 ★ 7.2
The Shape of Water 2017 ★ 7.2
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 2024 ★ 7.7
The Return of Godzilla 1984 ★ 7.2
Rocky IV 1985 ★ 7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 2015 ★ 7.1
WarGames 1983 ★ 7.1
Superman: Red Son 2020 ★ 7.1
The Courier 2020 ★ 7.0
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold 1965 ★ 7.1