Since we're focussing on the 1980s, I would suggest the James Bond films For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and The Living Daylights for some of the depictions of the 'Russians' in the Cold War.
It's also important to not ignore Libya in all of this, with Gaddafi very much a villainous figure in Western popular culture - he armed the IRA and other terrorist groups. See Airwolf and the "Bilya"-set Iron Eagle.
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