GunnySonics 127 Posted October 23, 2017 I watched some great cold war movies this weekend if anyone likes that type of thing:- Bridge of Spies (Colonel Abel & the Shooting down of the U2 with Gary Powers), starring Tom Hanks The Russia House (Sean Connery Micheal Pfiefer) The Fourth Protocol (Rogue KGB plan to detonate a nuclear bomb close to an RAF Base in England and blame the local USAF Unit for the accident (Micheal Caine & Piers Brosnan) Thought they were worth a mention, highly enjoyable 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+guuruu 5,909 Posted October 23, 2017 Dawn's Early Light 1990 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RUSTYMORLEY 162 Posted October 23, 2017 2 hours ago, GunnySonics said: I watched some great cold war movies this weekend if anyone likes that type of thing:- Bridge of Spies (Colonel Abel & the Shooting down of the U2 with Gary Powers), starring Tom Hanks The Russia House (Sean Connery Micheal Pfiefer) The Fourth Protocol (Rogue KGB plan to detonate a nuclear bomb close to an RAF Base in England and blame the local USAF Unit for the accident (Micheal Caine & Piers Brosnan) Thought they were worth a mention, highly enjoyable The Fourth Protocol is a really scary movie because it could actually happen one day, as it may be possible to gradually assemble a nuclear device in another country by bringing in a collection of parts over an extended period of time and then detonating the device when fully assembled. Frightening stuff and there is no way to predict where and when it will happen. 2 hours ago, GunnySonics said: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,253 Posted October 23, 2017 4 hours ago, guuruu said: Dawn's Early Light 1990 "Mr President, we'll do better next time..." great end scene when the E-4 turns just enough to allow Looking Glass to stop the war 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Hans Topp 115 Posted October 23, 2017 Red Dawn..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted October 23, 2017 4 hours ago, daddyairplanes said: "Mr President, we'll do better next time..." great end scene when the E-4 turns just enough to allow Looking Glass to stop the war One of my favorite movies of that era. With lots of cool shots of my old workstation! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrench 9,858 Posted October 23, 2017 How exactly do you define it? As in "anything from 1948 to 1990-ish, about confrontation between the superpowers?" If that's the case, I have to add "Hell and High Water" (the Richard Widmark 1954 submarine one) "Fail Safe", of course - both versions there's one I have vague memories of, from my childhood in the 1960s -- it's about a Soviet invasion of Alaska using "captured" US aircraft, but I've never found out the name or plot line! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gepard 11,323 Posted October 23, 2017 The same rubbish came from the other side too: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heck 496 Posted October 23, 2017 I vaguely remember The Bedford Incident. Richard Widmark as a Captain again. "The Bedford will never fire one." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Czech6 15 Posted October 23, 2017 Doctor Strangelove. Slim Pickens riding the A-bomb. Priceless! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlielima 328 Posted October 24, 2017 6 hours ago, Czech6 said: Doctor Strangelove. Slim Pickens riding the A-bomb. Priceless! Balls. Somebody beat me to it. CL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsawan 624 Posted October 24, 2017 rambo first blood part 2. ;Hunt for red october; wargames-1983; before 1980, failsafe and bedford incident 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GunnySonics 127 Posted October 24, 2017 Some great titles in this post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheriff001 397 Posted October 24, 2017 - A Gathering Of Eagles - World War III or Der Dritte Weltkrieg (a ZDF mockumentary about a hypothetical WW3) - Thirteen Days - Seven Days In May 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,253 Posted October 24, 2017 17 hours ago, charlielima said: Balls. Somebody beat me to it. CL just inventory the survival kit for us CL..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RUSTYMORLEY 162 Posted October 26, 2017 The Sum of all Fears was fantastic, so real and plausible. QUESTION. Did the Israeli's infact lose one of their A-4 Skyhawks which was carrying a Nuke. Maybee Nesher can answer that question. ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,253 Posted October 26, 2017 i would have to say the book RM, not so much the movie....... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheriff001 397 Posted October 27, 2017 11 hours ago, daddyairplanes said: i would have to say the book RM, not so much the movie....... Car bomb at the end was pretty good. License that and make anti-smoking ads. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charlielima 328 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) ok how about the mouse that roared, the green berrets, flight of the intruder, heartbreak ridge, and clear an present danger ? CL Edited October 27, 2017 by charlielima because some things are just so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyviper 1,101 Posted October 27, 2017 If you have a Prime Membership, a love for spies, some light pornography, easy to follow stories, and some violence. I'd recommend The American's series. Russian spies posing as Americans during the cold war. As far as movies go. I think you all covered the good ones. Bridge of Spies is in my collection and I love that movie. I'm going to watch it a bit later now that you all have me thinking about it. I loved that story and the ending. Oh! Charlie Wilson's War ... that's a good one too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viggen 644 Posted October 28, 2017 57 minutes ago, Skyviper said: Oh! Charlie Wilson's War ... that's a good one too. That's a good one. Hope there's more movies about the Soviet-Afghan War out there. Has anyone said Strategic Air Command yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+daddyairplanes 10,253 Posted October 28, 2017 35 minutes ago, Viggen said: That's a good one. Hope there's more movies about the Soviet-Afghan War out there. look for The Beast. from '88, about a Soviet tank crew cut off from the rest of their unit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snailman 517 Posted October 30, 2017 There's a lot of good cold war movies, with actual soviet war machines... the problem is language, for obvious reasons these movies have never been dubbed or even subtitled. Even more sadly, very few western cold war movies and the majority of them are not really watchable.... Vietnam air war movie... only Flight of the Intruder. Sub movie, Red October and K-13. Perhaps The Hunters about Korean Air war... or the Brotherhood (?) about both sides of the Korean land war. NOt much anything else. I mean Im talking about actual war movies, not spy or political thrillers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snailman 517 Posted October 30, 2017 (edited) Afghanistan war movies... Hollywood style... Based upon real events (That means 20% reality... LOL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgKEd3HRd3M Retro style, 4 part series in one 3 hour movie.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szISsy_CF_I Cold war Soviet Navy movies, with actual live firing and original warships and planeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HwNokvwYXMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BbaejLFKchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjbVQ3z1RWQ These are very famous, but Youtube has only fragments. Perhaps you can find them somewhere.. "Cлучай в квадрате 36-80"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yip0rhN53k "Одиночное плавание"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkl1UecOnBk Edited October 30, 2017 by Snailman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gepard 11,323 Posted October 31, 2017 14 hours ago, Snailman said: Afghanistan war movies... Hollywood style... Based upon real events (That means 20% reality... LOL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgKEd3HRd3M Retro style, 4 part series in one 3 hour movie.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szISsy_CF_I Cold war Soviet Navy movies, with actual live firing and original warships and planeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HwNokvwYXMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BbaejLFKchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjbVQ3z1RWQ These are very famous, but Youtube has only fragments. Perhaps you can find them somewhere.. "Cлучай в квадрате 36-80"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yip0rhN53k "Одиночное плавание"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkl1UecOnBk Some nice movies. But finally the same "idea" as the western movies. "We are the good boys, they are the bad guys." Same rubbish in west and east. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
