Best "Cold War Paranoia" movie

[tjwash]

Poll question: Best "Cold War Paranoia" movie

My personal favorite is #1. Anyone notice the new "terrorist paranoia" movies that are out there now?

[Wat_Tyler]

1. Other - The Thing.

Or The Blob, or most 50's sci-fi.

[terrya]

2. The Manchurian Candidate

Because...the premise is all too plausible.

[Allenberg]

3. Spies Like Us.

[MemphisTiger]

4. Hey, it's Soul Finger by the Bar-kays

[Touchdown]

5. Body Snatchers. It's so obvious.

Not the later 2 versions, but the original black and white one.

The Day the Earth Stood Still isn't a "cold war paranoia" movie. It has a very good message to it. That is a classic "message" movie, and very well done too!

[tjwash]

8. The Day the Earth Stood Still....

...does a good job of addressing the xenophobia we had then, of suspecting those who are alien to us of spreading communist propaganda (in addition to the obvious anti-nuclear message it contains.)

[Touchdown]

10. Which makes it a Take a step back and look at yourself movie...

...as opposed to the "If they come, we're all going to DIIIIIEEEE!" message of the others on your list. The Russians weren't the bad guy in the film, human paranoia was.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Threads. I didn't sleep for nights after watching this British movie.

It scared the hooha out of me.

[DinahMoeHum]

7. "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" best comedy

with a "Cold War Paranoia" theme in it!

Carl Reiner, Brian Keith, Alan Arkin, Theodore Bikel, Jonathan Winters...really funny stuff

Quotes:
"...Remark to this, Whittaker Walt. We must have boat. Even now may be too late. This is your island, I make your responsibility you help us get boat quickly, otherwise there is World War III, and everybody is blaming YOU!"

"...Please, I know everybody on this island is complete and total crazy. But you, Whittaker Walt? You are crazy too?"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060921/quotes


:evilgrin:

[lpbk2713]

9. The Day After

TV movie from 1983.

Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0085404/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxzZz0xfHR0PW9ufHBuPTB8cT10aGUgZGF5IGFmdGVyfG14PTIwfGxtPTIwMHxodG1sPTE_;fc=2;ft=20;fm=1

[trof]

11. Other: "On The Beach".

Neville Shute's eerie book and flic about the last days of earth following a nuclear war.
Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins.
Rent it if you can.

[Bozita]

14. Yup, one of the most chilling ever

It's a MUST SEE.

[rug]

12. The Blob

[WMliberal]

13. Atomic Cafe, only because I started a thread on it the other day...

BTW, how did you make an accent ague?!