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1) Fail safe
Description
"It is the Cold War. The world stands on the brink of nuclear catastrophe as tensions simmer between the US and the Soviet Union. When a US bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear bomb on Moscow, it looks as if the fateful decision for all-out war will be taken by both sides ..."-Cover
4) Balloon
Description
Set in 1979 East Germany, two families hatch a plan to escape to the West in a homemade hot air balloon.
5) Phantom
Description
At the height of the cold war, the world holds its breath when a Soviet submarine armed with nuclear missiles goes missing in the Pacific. On board the vessel, the battle-tested captain and a rogue KGB agent are waging a life-and-death game of cat and mouse. With enemy forces closing in and time running out, the captain fights to keep control with nuclear armageddon hanging in the balance.
6) Jack Strong
Description
Based on true events during the Cold War, Polish army colonel Ryszard Kuklinski risks his and his family's lives as an informant for the CIA when he learns that Poland could become the site of a nuclear counterattack against the Soviet Union.
8) Fail-safe
Description
A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war.
10) Jet pilot
Description
Sent by the Pentagon to obtain top secret information from a supposedly defecting Russian lady pilot, the Colonel courts her so successfully that they fall in love and wed. With their marriage as a perfect cover, he is ordered to flee Russia with his bride, this time with him posing as a defector. When the political charade is discovered, however, the courageous couple embark in a dangerous flight to freedom in a heart-pounding escape with enemy agents...
11) Bridge of spies
Description
An American insurance lawyer is recruited by the CIA to rescue an American pilot detained in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
12) Enigma
Description
The CIA discovers a Russian plot to assassinate five Soviet dissidents on Christmas Day, but they do not know who they are. Alex Holbeck is recruited in Paris by CIA and sent to E. Berlin to steal Enigma, the machine used by Soviet intelligence for communication. On the arrival, Holbeck discovers that the KGB and the East Germany government know that he has arrived and his contacts are arrested.
14) Pawn sacrifice
Description
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. It chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
17) Atomic blonde
Description
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin in the midst of the Cold War to investigate the murder of his fellow agent.
Description
It is 1987, and an imminent Gorbachev-Reagan nuclear arms summit promises to ease world tensions. But life for the Jennings family is more precarious than ever: Elizabeth's relentless dedication as a KGB agent has dealt a potentially lethal blow to her marriage to Philip, who has left espionage behind. As Philip's friendship with FBI agent Stan Beeman grows, the danger of exposure of the family 'business,' which now includes Paige, reaches crisis...
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