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90
8.3
/548187/
81
/9139/
81
/5996/
4.3
/573015/
98
/98/
94
/10882/
97
/32/
cc age 14+

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
poster
Kanopy
89
8.3
/120214/
82
/2976/
82
/1738/
4.6
/414511/
90
/60/
95
/931/
cc age 16+

Come and See (1985)
The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
poster
GuideDoc
88
8.3
/30015/
79
/725/
78
/782/
4.3
/87525/
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
IMDb 100
8.2
/996197/
80
/33689/
80
/11273/
4.2
/3873565/
93
/513/
91
/6024/
90
/69/
cc age 15+

Oppenheimer (2023)
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
poster
87
8.0
/104634/
79
/2457/
78
/2080/
4.2
/213062/
96
/163/
92
/7559/
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
Kanopy
86
7.9
/64662/
75
/1205/
76
/1261/
4.0
/114732/
100
/51/
86
/1131/
97
/22/

Battleship Potemkin (1925)
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.
poster
86
8.0
/26049/
79
/615/
77
/291/
4.0
/19219/
96
/141/
93
/1006/
87
/36/

The Fog of War (2003)
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/56925/
79
/1119/
79
/1056/
4.3
/171047/
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
Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/42959/
79
/716/
78
/804/
4.2
/96769/
100
/27/
93
/335/

Ivan's Childhood (1962)
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers.
poster
The Roku Channel
85
84
8.3
/22100/
80
/440/
79
/432/
4.5
/56755/
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
Amazon Prime Video
84
8.5
/42884/
84
/1310/
82
/665/
4.3
/39352/
81
/26/
96
/21691/

Baraka (1992)
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
poster
83
8.1
/27494/
79
/624/
78
/445/
4.3
/33177/
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
83
8.3
/60954/
80
/3702/
79
/1568/
4.0
/84799/
94
/548/
cc age 14+

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
poster
82
81
7.8
/24603/
76
/451/
75
/417/
4.0
/30466/
95
/40/
89
/366/
cc age 10+

Ninotchka (1939)
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
8.2
/20140/
78
/421/
79
/388/
4.0
/13552/
89
/53/

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
Kanopy
80
7.2
/13021/
71
/418/
70
/347/
3.8
/29510/
93
/111/
76
/43/
85
/26/

Beanpole (2019)
1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.2
/22812/
70
/494/
72
/494/
3.8
/36610/
89
/108/
80
/869/
87
/32/

Russian Ark (2002)
A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
poster
80
7.4
/104749/
73
/1899/
70
/1068/
3.7
/48433/
93
/226/
83
/4960/
80
/41/
cc age 13+

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
poster
Hoopla
79
7.2
/20295/
72
/535/
76
/1167/
3.7
/27630/
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
79
7.7
/158863/
77
/3401/
75
/2557/
3.9
/156815/
91
/108/
93
/2983/
68
/32/
cc age 14+

Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
poster
MUBI
79
7.3
/125039/
72
/6151/
70
/2072/
3.8
/270046/
94
/254/
79
/721/
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
79
7.1
/120329/
76
/6146/
70
/2069/
3.5
/97575/
93
/46/
76
/1988/
77
/15/
cc age 11+

WarGames (1983)
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
poster
78
6.8
/22324/
71
/2942/
74
/504/
3.3
/42322/
95
/95/
87
/212/
76
/19/
cc age 16+

Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)
Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, "the man who refuses to die" dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the commander who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues.
poster
79
78
7.8
/18714/
77
/328/
72
/217/
3.9
/11444/
92
/25/
89
/165/
73
/6/

Seven Days in May (1964)
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.7
/1761/
76
/58/
74
/28/
3.6
/1029/
82
/45/
92
/166/
77
/18/

The Rape of Europa (2007)
World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen. The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
poster
MGM Plus
78
7.3
/26519/
71
/473/
69
/361/
3.9
/24267/
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
Kanopy
78
7.5
/229061/
79
/9325/
73
/3525/
3.8
/140946/
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
Kanopy
77
7.4
/6412/
71
/189/
70
/153/
3.7
/8251/
93
/59/
81
/12/
82
/19/

Dear Comrades! (2020)
When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
7.4
/25873/
74
/694/
71
/372/
3.5
/13783/
86
/7/
86
/253/

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
80
76
7.7
/7183/
74
/418/
71
/90/
3.6
/3344/
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
76
7.3
/21049/
72
/598/
72
/482/
3.6
/26677/
93
/42/
78
/368/
77
/7/

Village of the Damned (1960)
In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.
poster
79
76
8.4
/16259/
81
/339/
75
/500/
3.8
/9612/

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures (1965)
The film consists of three independent parts: "Workmate", "Déjà vu" and "Operation Y". The plot follows the adventures of Shurik, the naive and nerdy Soviet student who often gets into ludicrous situations but always finds a way out very neatly.
poster
80
76
8.2
/14849/
79
/295/
77
/269/
3.7
/8862/
89
/660/

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967)
Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beautiful All-Union Leninist Young Communist League member Nina. He has a rival in the wealthy comrade Saakhov, who concocts a kidnapping scheme to force Nina to marry him.
poster
76
7.0
/18094/
69
/367/
67
/263/
3.5
/5515/
91
/68/
75
/341/
81
/17/

Katyn (2007)
On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.4
/5370/
73
/273/
71
/118/
3.7
/5598/
94
/32/
70
/14/
81
/14/

Under the Sun (2015)
Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday) celebration. While North Korean government wanted a propaganda film, the director kept on filming between the scripted scenes. The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal.
poster
75
7.1
/11324/
72
/574/
69
/242/
3.6
/7437/
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
Kanopy
75
7.4
/977/
70
/27/
77
/26/
3.8
/1904/
100
/23/
69
/11/
78
/10/

Rocks in My Pockets (2014)
The personal story of a woman struggling with an inherited illness, as told by Signe Baumane, the Latvian director-animator living in New York City. With humour and courage, the director sets out on a challenging journey to discover her family’s best-kept secret. Featuring five stories about the courageous women in Signe’s family and their battles with madness, visual metaphors, surreal images and director’s narration.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
6.9
/18305/
70
/849/
67
/446/
4.7
/253/
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
Disney Plus
75
7.2
/145727/
76
/6440/
76
/5523/
3.9
/369545/
77
61
/19/
cc age 6+

Anastasia (1997)
Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting with her grandmother. She is accompanied by two con men, who intend to pass her off as the Grand Duchess Anastasia to the Dowager Empress for a reward.
poster
79
74
8.0
/14766/
74
/244/
73
/254/
3.8
/11594/
94
/83/

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
74
7.3
/1029/
63
/19/
56
/9/
3.5
/600/
100
/15/
70
/47/

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
After escaping Russia's communist revolution, Léon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers the field of electronic music with his synthesizer. But at the height of his popularity, Soviet agents kidnap and force him to develop spy technology.
poster
Hoopla
74
7.3
/925/
68
/35/
72
/31/
4.0
/4400/
95
/21/
83
77
/8/

La Flor (2019)
An enormous effort of narrative complexity made up of six independent, successive stories, connected by the same four actresses living very different experiences in very different universes…
poster
Hoopla
74
6.8
/3716/
69
/61/
57
/48/
3.5
/2526/
77
/22/
78
/84/

The President's Analyst (1967)
At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the paranoid spies that come with a sensitive government position get to him, and he runs away. Now spies from all over the world are after him, either to get him for their own side or to kill him and prevent someone else from getting him.
poster
74
6.7
/1780/
74
/27/
62
/26/
3.5
/2115/
100
/8/
70
/33/

Letter to Brezhnev (1985)
The factories, pubs, clubs, hotels and streets of 1980s Liverpool form the backdrop for this tale of love, friendship, sex and a letter to the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev. Two Liverpool lasses, Teresa and Elaine meet two Russian sailors, Sergei and Peter and hook up for a night of fun and frolics. Teresa is looking for sex and a smile, Elaine wants love, romance and the dream of a life far away from the grime of the Liverpool docklands. A classic British romantic comedy filled with new wave tunes, 80s fashion, a little politics and a lot of heart.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
7.0
/14484/
68
/651/
68
/302/
3.8
/38399/
91
/32/
73
/213/
74
/12/

Miracle Mile (1989)
After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!
poster
73
6.9
/2329/
66
/29/
59
/51/
3.5
/1910/
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
Kanopy
73
6.7
/3967/
64
/145/
66
/179/
3.6
/5716/
91
/76/
51
/16/
87
/24/

My Golden Days (2015)
Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.
poster
73
7.3
/8444/
73
/247/
74
/330/
3.8
/18258/
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.


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