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Kanopy
88
8.3
/29829/
79
/707/
78
/775/
4.3
/78492/
98
/43/
88
/577/
96
/16/

Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
poster
87
8.4
/438352/
82
/6331/
80
/3939/
4.3
/179798/
92
/162/
96
/11154/
89
/39/
cc age 17+

The Lives of Others (2006)
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
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Kanopy
86
7.9
/103728/
77
/2202/
77
/1738/
4.2
/185901/
92
/66/
89
/1488/
93
/8/

Solaris (1972)
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
poster
Criterion Channel
86
83
8.2
/11768/
78
/284/
78
/231/
4.4
/42250/
100
/29/
91
/65/

The Ascent (1977)
Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.
poster
80
7.6
/341066/
75
/15714/
72
/7098/
3.6
/212896/
91
/314/
87
/2551/
81
/48/
cc age 13+

Bridge of Spies (2015)
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
poster
79
7.8
/24382/
77
/478/
75
/404/
4.0
/21465/
88
/25/
87
/306/
73
/8/

One, Two, Three (1961)
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca-Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
poster
78
7.2
/40305/
70
/567/
68
/491/
3.7
/22497/
86
/29/
84
/944/
73
/17/

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
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Hoopla
80
77
7.8
/14958/
77
/312/
77
/269/
3.8
/9866/
94
/79/

Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-da galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
7.4
/25611/
74
/676/
71
/366/
3.5
/12984/
86
/7/
86
/254/

Citizen X (1995)
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
poster
74
6.9
/7164/
71
/149/
65
/134/
3.4
/1541/
85
/79/
75
/164/
74
/25/

Farewell (2009)
An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
poster
73
6.9
/2322/
66
/29/
60
/50/
3.5
/1799/
100
/5/
74
/18/

Little Vera (1988)
Vera is a troubled teenager fresh out of school feeling trapped in her provincial port town during the turbulent times of perestroika. Her days and nights are filled with drinking, sex, and family dysfunction.
poster
73
7.3
/8411/
73
/239/
74
/326/
3.8
/17691/
78
/59/
79
/5/
69
/17/

Leto (2018)
Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
73
7.6
/605732/
76
/23848/
73
/9670/
3.7
/537805/
64
/304/
71
/47708/
56
/39/
cc age 18+

Watchmen (2009)
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
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Hoopla
73
70
7.1
/13154/
68
/278/
69
/209/
3.7
/15532/
81
/21/
80
/95/

Cargo 200 (2007)
While returning to Leningrad from a visit to his brother, Professor Artyom's car breaks down and he finds assistance at an isolated farmhouse occupied by Alexey, his wife, a Vietnamese laborer, and a stranger who wanders around the farm. When his car is repaired, Artyom leaves, drunk on moonshine, and students Valera and Angelika arrive. After Valera gets drunk, the stranger abducts Angelika.
poster
72
69
7.2
/7719/
73
/310/
68
/222/
3.5
/3631/
78
/102/

23 (1998)
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
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Hoopla
69
7.3
/126454/
73
/2771/
70
/1693/
3.5
/32168/
73
/137/
72
/1738/
66
/33/
cc age 14+

The Way Back (2010)
A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.
poster
69
6.4
/18497/
68
/2316/
71
/872/
3.0
/38848/
89
/18/
65
/129/
cc age 13+

Superman: Red Son (2020)
Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism.
poster
77
67
7.7
/5513/
76
/110/
78
/145/
3.7
/3382/
83
/91/

Afonya (1976)
The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character "Afonya" Borshev is a plumber, who spends his life partying with "buddies", many of whom he doesn't even remember after nights of heavy drinking. His wife leaves him, his boss places him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. Afonya met Katya at a dance club, yet didn't pay her much attention. But she is the one, who can save him... In this movie Daneliya achieves a perfect balance of satire and drama. Quotes from the movie gained a cult status in USSR.
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Criterion Channel
65
6.8
/3406/
69
/222/
72
/316/
3.5
/18183/
88
/10/

The Return of Godzilla (1984)
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
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Netflix
64
6.7
/71142/
70
/2237/
65
/1108/
3.2
/23267/
60
/171/
53
/994/
58
/35/
cc age 15+

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
62
7.9
/2392/
77
/266/
73
/36/
3.8
/2877/
100
/10/
88
/7/

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (2022)
Thirty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine, newly uncovered archival footage and recorded interviews with those who were present paint an emotional and gripping portrait of the extent and gravity of the disaster and the lengths to which the Soviet government went to cover up the incident, including the soldiers sent in to “liquidate” the damage. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes is the full, unvarnished true story of what happened in one of the least understood tragedies of the twentieth century.
poster
Peacock Premium
62
6.9
/240963/
72
/7482/
70
/4658/
3.7
/278828/
39
/51/
82
/166/
40
/13/
cc age 11+

Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's training regimen takes him to Siberia, where he prepares for a globally televised match in the heart of Moscow. But nothing can truly prepare him for what he's about to face – a fight to the finish, in which he must defend not only himself, but also the honor of his country!
poster
61
6.1
/80457/
64
/2352/
62
/1544/
3.0
/30580/
67
/27/
38
/681/
61
/13/

Red Heat (1988)
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
poster
76
60
7.8
/7315/
77
/74/
72
/81/
3.7
/2241/
83
/28/

Silent Wedding (2008)
In a small village of Communist-era Romania a young couple wish to marry, but Joseph Stalin dies the night prior to their wedding ceremony forcing the bride and groom to marry in silence.
poster
MGM Plus
60
6.1
/19403/
65
/479/
61
/314/
3.1
/8148/
70
/20/
50
/166/
67
/20/
cc age 14+

The Russia House (1990)
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.
poster
59
6.3
/3244/
63
/77/
61
/87/
3.3
/3460/
62
/53/
52
/12/
60
/17/

Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
69
58
7.0
/14991/
71
/852/
73
/484/
3.4
/6898/
65
/4/

Battle for Sevastopol (2015)
The story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.
poster
Netflix
57
6.4
/15365/
67
/905/
66
/385/
2.9
/8430/
30
/150/
55
/89/
45
/22/
cc age 13+

Red Joan (2018)
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
57
6.9
/4521/
68
/151/
65
/62/
3.2
/1522/
74
/1093/

By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
57
7.0
/5613/
71
/247/
65
/128/
3.4
/1322/
76
/25/

Jack Strong (2014)
Poland, 1970. Firmly determined to fight against Soviet tyranny and prevent the destruction of the world, the high-ranking officer of the Polish army Ryszard Kukliński makes a serious decision that will put his life, his family and the fate of an entire nation at risk.
poster
54
5.7
/18263/
60
/623/
64
/376/
2.6
/5001/
50
/74/
41
/6853/
49
/23/

Stalingrad (2013)
A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
55
53
4.9
/11857/
52
/748/
49
/301/
2.3
/1442/
83
/48/

A.I. Rising (2018)
On a lonely mission to Alpha Centauri, Milutin is teamed up with Nimani 1345, a female cyborg designed to fulfill his every need. At first thrilled to be able to control her, Sebastian grows tired of having his desires fulfilled so easily. Longing for human intimacy, Sebastian alters Nimani's programmed responses, but in doing so he risks the mission's security — and his own life.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
52
6.2
/184955/
64
/6740/
61
/3534/
2.4
/58718/
16
/104/
57
/18967/
35
/22/
cc age 17+

Hitman (2007)
A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in a life-or-death game of international intrigue.
poster
58
51
6.5
/6724/
67
/133/
66
/123/
3.1
/2373/
44
/18/
48
/45/

Telefon (1977)
Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents got their assignments under hypnosis, so they can't remember their missions until they're told a line of a Robert Frost poem. Dalchimski flees to the U.S. and starts phoning these agents who perform sabotage acts against military targets.
poster
Hoopla
51
5.8
/147634/
65
/5480/
62
/3353/
2.8
/83213/
41
/37/
45
/2205/
36
/15/
cc age 16+

Rambo III (1988)
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
50
6.4
/79097/
66
/3296/
62
/1741/
2.9
/23053/
30
/84/
42
/444/
41
/25/
cc age 17+

Child 44 (2015)
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
poster
61
49
7.1
/6071/
66
/173/
69
/122/
3.6
/15089/
29
/2/

The Master and Margarita (2024)
A writer in 1930s Moscow has his work banned and is expelled from the official union, leaving him without income. He then writes a novel about a mysterious dark visitor and gradually starts confusing his real life with the story.
poster
48
5.9
/15596/
64
/1024/
59
/337/
2.8
/2026/
26
/54/
34
/192/
40
/22/
cc age 15+

Phantom (2013)
The haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery.
poster
70
47
7.3
/2919/
72
/64/
69
/94/
3.4
/1365/

Striped Trip (1961)
A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear, and the monkey takes over the captain's post. The ship gets under total control by the tigers and lions. Only one lady is standing up to the challenge. Her name is Marianna, she loves animals, and she takes the situation under control.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
42
7.6
/1031/
79
/27/
67
/37/
3.9
/3147/

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (2019)
An account of the life and work of Russian filmmaker Andrey Tarkovsky (1932-86) in his own words: his memories, his vision of art and his reflections on the fate of the artist and the meaning of human existence; through extremely rare audio recordings that allow a complete understanding of his inner life and the mysterious world existing behind his complex cinematic imagery.
poster
Kanopy
67
42
6.9
/1292/
59
/22/
67
/42/
3.7
/2460/

Kino Eye (1924)
This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers on the activities of the Young Pioneers. These children are constantly busy, pasting propaganda posters on walls, distributing hand bills, exhorting all to "buy from the cooperative" as opposed to the Public Sector, promoting temperance, and helping poor widows. Experimental portions of the film, projected in reverse, feature the un-slaughtering of a bull and the un-baking of bread.
poster
Hoopla
41
4.9
/2528/
57
/46/
48
/36/
2.7
/647/
15
/13/
43
/35/

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu.
poster
69
41
6.1
/2117/
64
/44/
61
/58/
3.3
/1345/
90
/10/
71
/1/

Hostages (2017)
Soviet Georgia, 1983. Preparations for Nika and Ana's wedding are in full swing and it's a big day for both of their elite families. For the newlyweds and their friends, however, the celebrations are in fact part of a cover-up, as they plot an audacious escape from the Soviet Union.
poster
68
40
6.7
/2177/
73
/86/
68
/169/
3.3
/786/

The Dawns Here Are Quiet (2015)
It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operation in an attempt to get through to the Kirov railway and the White Sea - the Baltic Sea Canal. These aren't just ordinary paratroopers. This is a team of seasoned and highly trained infiltrators, the elite of the Waffen-SS, superhumans. The only thing in their way is an anti-aircraft artillery unit of corporal Vaskov and five young women in training. It may seem like a fight of local significance, but the countrys main strategic transportation artery is at stake. Can the corporal and his 'petite newbies' prevent Nazi sabotage and at what cost? Television version: An extended version made out of four 45 minute episodes was released on Channel One Russia, on 9 May 2016. Available on PrimeVideo.
poster
68
39
6.5
/1175/
65
/32/
49
/22/
3.2
/903/
100
/5/

The Humorist (2019)
The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships.
poster
48
39
5.2
/4305/
56
/144/
49
/75/
2.6
/1442/
34
/40/

Death Train (1993)
When a renegade Russian general sends a nuclear bomb hurtling toward the Middle East aboard a hijacked train, special agents are dispatched to disarm the deadly device. Ten tons of steel and one ounce of hot plutonium are now riding roughshod through Europe. With time running out, the agents launch a desperate, bullet-packed assault on a deadly moving target piloted by a cold-blooded mercenary.
poster
45
39
5.8
/3830/
64
/267/
57
/95/
2.7
/1919/
9
/22/
45
/19/
33
/8/

Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West while is part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the grief of being unable to know the fate of his wife Katya, whom he has had to leave behind in Moscow. Only many years later, in 1991, he will finally find out the truth when his niece Lauren travels to Moscow to participate in a painting exhibition.
poster
67
36
7.3
/982/
55
/12/
59
/25/
3.6
/946/
77
/153/

The New Babylon (1929)
In the short-lived Commune of Paris, a conscripted soldier falls in love with a Communard saleswoman. As the army cracks down on the revolutionaries, the soldier is forced to fight against the Commune, and the pair's love is put to the test.


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