The film, which premiered in 2018, is a love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, set against the backdrop of the Cold War in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It is No. 12 in the Esquire ranking.
Cold War won Pawlikowski Best Director award at the Cannes Festival and was nominated for Oscar and BAFTA awards.
The cast of Cold War includes leading Polish actors Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza and Borys Szyc.
The Esquire ranking is topped by the 1957 movie An Affair to Remember, starring Gary Grant and Deborah Kerr.
Titanic is second and God’s own country is third on the list.
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