Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

2000 · 145 min · EN · PG-13 · 7.0 (657 votes)
Dir. Roger Donaldson · Starring Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker, Michael Fairman, Henry Strozier · Music Trevor Jones

You'll never believe how close we came.

DramaHistoryThrillerWar

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.

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This film plunges you into the suffocating pressure cooker of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It's a nail-biting, dread-soaked journey through high-stakes diplomacy, where every decision carries the weight of global annihilation. The tension is palpable, the stakes impossibly high, making for a profoundly sobering experience.

tensedread-soakedurgentsoberingclaustrophobicpropulsivegritty realismpolitical proceduralhistorical dramasuspense thrillergeopolitical brinkmanshipleadership under pressureCold War anxietydiplomacyglobal catastrophe
usa presidentpoliticsatomic bombcold warjohn f. kennedythreatcuban missile crisisdiplomacy1960s
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