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"textContent": "The Cold War shaped global politics, perspectives, and the understanding of the outside world for many people. The paranoia of a looming World War 3 was real, and with those topics capturing people’s minds, the Hollywood of the ’70s and ’80s made sure to capitalize on it.\n\nThe idea was to capture the geopolitical anxiety and amplify it, imagining worst-case scenarios or exposing unseen conspiracies. These films remain powerful reminders of a time when fear of espionage and annihilation felt like a daily reality, a type of dread that seems to be looming over us again.\n\nThe post 15 Movies That Captured the Cold War Paranoia of the ’70s and ’80s appeared first on Den of Geek.",
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