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87
8.0
/104200/
79
/2427/
78
/2055/
4.2
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96
/163/
92
/7558/
90
/31/
cc age 15+

Persepolis (2007)
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
poster
87
7.9
/20917/
78
/824/
77
/378/
4.2
/81208/
98
/198/
89
/68/
91
/33/
cc age 14+

Flee (2021)
Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/59806/
78
/867/
79
/901/
4.4
/83069/
96
/46/
93
/674/

Andrei Rublev (1966)
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/56514/
79
/1077/
79
/1039/
4.3
/164883/
100
/30/
91
/543/
82
/14/

Mirror (1975)
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
poster
The Roku Channel
85
84
8.3
/21901/
80
/437/
79
/427/
4.4
/51709/
96
/26/
93
/249/
76
/9/

The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
poster
83
8.1
/27206/
79
/622/
78
/437/
4.3
/31895/
93
/30/
91
/361/
75
/6/

Fail Safe (1964)
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
poster
82
7.7
/16828/
76
/240/
73
/195/
3.8
/5704/
96
/25/
92
/329/
cc age 12+

Kolya (1996)
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.
poster
Starz
82
8.0
/677887/
79
/20850/
74
/8085/
3.7
/282564/
92
/263/
91
/94044/
85
/38/
cc age 14+

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.9
/3340/
74
/153/
68
/49/
4.0
/6352/
100
/74/
75
/10/
86
/17/

Welcome to Chechnya (2020)
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
poster
81
7.6
/37153/
72
/975/
73
/788/
3.9
/42265/
94
/181/
84
/65/
86
/33/

Loveless (2017)
Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Already embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha. Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
80
8.2
/19929/
79
/413/
79
/382/
4.0
/11428/
88
/1313/

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973)
A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
poster
79
7.2
/18002/
70
/510/
69
/439/
3.8
/47030/
93
/121/
85
/23/
80
/33/

Compartment No. 6 (2021)
A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.2
/20155/
72
/529/
76
/1153/
3.7
/25976/
92
/51/
80
/455/
81
/17/

Il Divo (2008)
Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.
poster
Hulu
79
7.3
/123992/
72
/6029/
70
/2038/
3.8
/261062/
94
/254/
79
/723/
88
/43/
cc age 15+

The Death of Stalin (2017)
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
poster
Kanopy
78
7.3
/26312/
71
/469/
68
/358/
3.9
/23063/
90
/50/
82
/612/
76
/16/

Reds (1981)
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
poster
78
7.5
/250559/
73
/4883/
71
/2862/
3.8
/129402/
79
/210/
83
/10574/
74
/39/
cc age 15+

Munich (2005)
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
poster
MGM Plus
78
7.5
/227451/
79
/9096/
74
/3487/
3.8
/134853/
88
/76/
88
/4616/
58
/17/
cc age 13+

The Hunt for Red October (1990)
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
poster
Netflix
78
7.8
/678720/
78
/18195/
76
/11928/
3.9
/727855/
88
/156/
84
/24958/
74
/32/
cc age 13+

Cast Away (2000)
Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.
poster
Disney Plus
78
7.8
/911283/
78
/62084/
74
/23561/
3.6
/1891745/
90
/431/
89
/9731/
75
/52/
cc age 13+

Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
poster
Hoopla
77
7.9
/85914/
74
/1418/
75
/1218/
4.0
/55047/
82
/49/
88
/2059/
69
/14/
cc age 13+

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.4
/559349/
75
/20022/
71
/10478/
3.7
/538334/
93
/246/
76
/13413/
73
/47/
cc age 13+

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
poster
Starz
77
7.7
/506857/
78
/20229/
73
/7888/
3.6
/264089/
81
/194/
90
/22986/
73
/39/
cc age 14+

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
poster
Disney Plus
77
7.9
/780671/
77
/34438/
75
/15903/
3.7
/881037/
90
/329/
91
/11029/
75
/44/
cc age 13+

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
poster
80
76
7.7
/7156/
74
/412/
72
/88/
3.6
/3295/
100
/8/
90
/28/

Operation Odessa (2018)
The stranger-than-fiction true story of a Russian mobster, a Miami playboy, and a Cuban spy who teamed up in the early '90s to sell a Soviet submarine to the Cali Cartel.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.8
/3291/
76
/125/
72
/70/
3.7
/2267/
88
/33/
86
/13/
65
/7/

Dancer (2016)
Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.
poster
83
76
8.5
/10109/
80
/205/
78
/171/
4.0
/5541/
94
/377/

Heart of a Dog (1988)
"Heart of a Dog" is a Soviet film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s iconic novella. Set in 1920s Moscow, it tells the satirical and darkly humorous story of a stray dog named Sharik, who is transformed into a human by Professor Preobrazhensky through a daring medical experiment. The resulting man, Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov, embodies the social and ideological tensions of early Soviet society. With its sharp critique of class struggle, human nature, and the perils of radical change, the film is celebrated for its faithful adaptation, brilliant performances, and rich allegorical depth.
poster
75
7.1
/11214/
72
/566/
69
/237/
3.6
/7000/
90
/10/
76
/157/

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
poster
Starz
75
7.2
/80389/
72
/4471/
70
/1251/
3.4
/58738/
85
/215/
95
/539/
65
/37/
cc age 13+

The Courier (2020)
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
poster
Kanopy
78
75
7.3
/15812/
72
/258/
72
/265/
3.8
/11050/
94
/65/
73
/118/
87
/16/

Elena (2011)
After suffering from a heart attack, a wealthy elderly Russian man plans to will most of his estate to his estranged daughter, but his titular wife has other plans.
poster
79
74
8.0
/14550/
75
/237/
73
/246/
3.8
/9336/
94
/978/

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975)
A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there...
poster
Disney Plus
74
7.7
/756840/
76
/27502/
72
/13243/
3.6
/781299/
86
/295/
87
/18314/
65
/38/
cc age 12+

X-Men: First Class (2011)
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
poster
Peacock Premium
73
7.1
/166942/
73
/10393/
70
/5639/
3.5
/372490/
83
/312/
80
/1407/
66
/46/
cc age 13+

Creed II (2018)
Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the challenge of his life.
poster
72
6.8
/756/
65
/67/
51
/8/
3.4
/824/
96
/45/
81
/4/
76
/12/
cc age 14+

Red Penguins (2019)
Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the famed Red Army hockey team formed a joint venture that redefined what was possible in the new Russia. Eccentric marketing whiz, Steve Warshaw, is sent to Moscow and tasked to transform the team into the greatest show in Russia, attracting some of the biggest names in Hollywood and advertising along the way. He takes the viewer on a bizarre journey highlighting a pivotal moment in U.S.-Russian relations during a lawless era when oligarchs made their fortunes and multiple murders went unsolved.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.9
/18152/
70
/840/
68
/441/
3.4
/13156/
86
/106/
77
/75/
68
/19/
cc age 15+

Mr. Jones (2019)
In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.
poster
Kanopy
75
72
7.2
/6777/
71
/256/
68
/162/
3.7
/5104/
86
/14/
84
/113/

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
poster
72
6.9
/2543/
67
/32/
58
/31/
3.5
/862/
80
/15/
75
/18/

The Legend of Rita (2000)
Radical West German terrorist Rita Vogt abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens after the reunification.
poster
72
6.4
/7540/
64
/168/
63
/138/
3.3
/5218/
87
/15/
62
/179/

The Twelve Chairs (1970)
In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.
poster
73
72
7.4
/19118/
73
/426/
70
/350/
3.9
/23836/
67
/39/
84
/209/
65
/18/

Before the Fall (2004)
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.9
/366818/
71
/13913/
67
/7209/
3.4
/300246/
81
/204/
66
/14727/
72
/37/
cc age 14+

Hellboy (2004)
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
poster
Criterion Channel
71
6.8
/12248/
68
/214/
67
/226/
3.9
/14809/
89
/18/
89
/270/
63
/12/

Until the End of the World (1991)
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.
poster
71
7.0
/63556/
69
/1405/
66
/637/
3.4
/11943/
83
/175/
67
/11948/
74
/36/
cc age 15+

Breach (2007)
Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned senior agent with 25 years in the FBI. However, he soon learns the reason for his promotion is to gain Hanssen's trust and find proof that he is a traitor to the country. Determined to draw the suspected double-agent out of deep cover, O'Neill finds himself in a lethal game of spy vs. spy, where nothing is as it seems.
poster
Kanopy
76
70
7.4
/8934/
72
/158/
69
/214/
3.8
/13628/
92
/13/
77
/112/

October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.
poster
AMC+
70
6.7
/8139/
66
/213/
64
/150/
3.5
/13440/
85
/26/
66
/121/

Mute Witness (1995)
When a mute makeup/special effects artist working on a low-budget slasher film gets locked in a dilapidated Moscow movie studio late one night, she thinks she witnesses the making of a snuff film. Thus begins a night of terror.
poster
FXNow
70
7.3
/457430/
76
/24532/
73
/9604/
3.4
/356214/
61
/205/
77
/4164/
57
/41/
cc age 16+

The Equalizer (2014)
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
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
The Roku Channel
69
6.5
/14041/
66
/377/
62
/217/
3.3
/8609/
73
/77/
59
/184/
67
/11/
cc age 17+

Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.
poster
69
6.9
/19658/
67
/303/
64
/231/
3.3
/5207/
70
/145/
67
/915/
76
/34/
cc age 16+

The Last Station (2009)
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.
poster
Kanopy
69
6.7
/47443/
65
/720/
63
/498/
3.3
/9590/
75
/154/
66
/2788/
65
/36/

The Matador (2005)
The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.


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