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Kanopy
82
8.2
/12004/
81
/243/
78
/240/
4.4
/40688/
100
/5/
62
/5/
91
/20/

I Am Cuba (1964)
Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.3
/2132/
70
/24/
67
/39/
3.7
/2995/
100
/11/
72
/19/

Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967)
After many adventures, a young female switchboard operator starts a love relationship with a serious young man. But while he's away on business, she gets lonely and succumbs to her colleague's passes.
poster
Kanopy
80
76
7.6
/9381/
74
/244/
73
/240/
3.9
/24760/
100
/8/
82
/124/

Strike (1925)
Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.
poster
Kanopy
76
70
7.4
/8975/
72
/158/
69
/215/
3.9
/15085/
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
75
66
7.7
/5162/
71
/90/
70
/84/
3.8
/4275/
75
/8/
85
/40/

Man of Marble (1977)
A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
poster
Kanopy
70
63
7.2
/6894/
65
/120/
67
/147/
3.8
/11514/
75
/16/
71
/79/

Earth (1930)
The film tells about the creation of the first collective farm communes and class enmity. Vasyl, a member of the Komsomol, with the help of a local party organization, gets a tractor and plows private boundaries "on kulak fields." However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
poster
76
61
7.8
/7332/
77
/75/
72
/81/
3.7
/2338/
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
77
58
7.4
/2543/
71
/110/
71
/59/
3.6
/1946/
100
/8/
78
/14/

Chuck Norris vs Communism (2015)
In late eighties, in Ceausescu's Romania, a black market VHS bootlegger and a courageous female translator brought the magic of Western films to the Romanian people and sowed the seeds of a revolution.
poster
Kanopy
68
57
6.3
/3093/
64
/63/
59
/79/
3.2
/3663/
100
/8/
58
/50/

Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
A young man travels to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group with the support of Queen Aelita, who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.
poster
72
54
7.2
/2496/
62
/33/
67
/58/
3.8
/3330/
83
/12/
73
/20/

Arsenal (1929)
A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists. The story of the suppression of the Bolshevik uprising at the Arsenal factory in Kyiv by the Central Council troops.
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Kanopy
74
49
7.2
/1844/
66
/29/
64
/45/
3.8
/2751/
100
/5/
68
/7/

The General Line (1929)
Also known as The Old and the New (Staroye i Novoye), The General Line illustrates Lenin’s stated imperative that the nation move from agrarian to industrial culture in an epic ode to farm-collectivization progress.
poster
73
44
7.5
/2092/
74
/77/
73
/46/
3.5
/1069/

What Will You Do When You Catch Me? (1978)
Tadeusz Krzakoski, the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
43
7.5
/1204/
64
/23/
78
/16/
3.8
/1418/
94
/80/

All My Good Countrymen (1969)
The lives of 7 friends in a small Czech town from 1945 to some time after 1958.
poster
Kanopy
67
41
6.8
/1168/
60
/24/
63
/42/
3.6
/2681/
80
/5/
61
/5/

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas (1930)
An audiovisual symphony that delves into the industrial, agrarian, and cultural fabric of the Donbas region during the inaugural Soviet Five Year Plan. It spotlights anti-religious campaigns, propagandistic marches, and the vibrant athletic culture of its time
poster
74
37
8.0
/1561/
78
/75/
69
/46/
3.6
/749/

The Emperor and the Golem (1952)
The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers the legendary Golem, which he believes can protect him and even cure his imaginary illnesses but, when he disappears while on a bender, his kindly baker, who looks just like him, is mistaken for him, and begins to put things in order. However, the conspirators, not to be outdone, determine to bring the Golem back to life to do their bidding.
poster
67
36
7.2
/987/
55
/12/
59
/25/
3.7
/1018/
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.
poster
64
34
7.1
/1579/
64
/24/
58
/32/
3.3
/1444/
65
/20/

Chapayev (1934)
An account of the peasant turned mythical military hero Vasily Chapayev, charting his campaign in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
poster
Kanopy
64
33
6.6
/930/
64
/13/
60
/35/
3.6
/1785/

Three Songs About Lenin (1934)
This documentary, made up of 3 episodes, is based on three songs sung by anonymous people in Soviet Russia about Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
poster
62
31
6.6
/1438/
64
/18/
61
/43/
3.4
/1124/
55
/15/

Leaves from Satan's Book (1920)
The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the execution of Marie Antoinette, and the Finnish War of Independence in 1918.
poster
Kanopy
65
30
6.6
/928/
57
/18/
69
/24/
3.4
/1500/
67
/15/

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)
Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”
poster
66
30
7.3
/612/
60
/11/
57
/19/
3.8
/2426/

The Glass Harmonica (1968)
A craftsman builds a glass harmonica that enlightens him. He travels to a town where the people are obsessed with money. A bureaucrat smashes the glass harmonica which leads to chaos and eventually to social reform.
poster
69
28
7.1
/654/
64
/14/
66
/27/
3.8
/1249/

A Sixth Part of the World (1926)
Through the travelogue format, it depicts the multitude of Soviet peoples in remote areas of USSR and details the entirety of the wealth of the Soviet land. Focusing on cultural and economic diversity, the film is in fact a call for unification in order to build a "complete socialist society".
poster
61
26
6.2
/1058/
64
/19/
56
/18/
3.2
/497/
62
/218/

Never Let Me Go (1953)
An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.
poster
66
21
6.2
/194/
67
/4/
62
/10/
3.8
/1738/

Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War (1971)
On their way back from the Cannes Film Festival in 1971, filmmakers Wakamatsu Koji and Adachi Masao visited Lebanon to meet Japan's Red Army faction and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to shoot a newsreel film promoting the Palestinian resistance. Conceived as a ‘declaration of world war’ that implicates us all, the directors capture the everyday banality of military training and preparation exercises for imminent battle.
poster
73
20
7.3
/229/
75
/10/
70
/5/
3.8
/1943/

Krabi (1976)
A military scientist successfully creates robot soldiers in the shape of crabs, which turn out to be deadly warriors, but soon he discovers that his ambitious invention evolves in unexpected ways.
poster
55
20
5.7
/387/
50
/10/
53
/25/
3.2
/962/

Soviet Toys (1924)
The first animated movie made in the Soviet Union, it portrays a bloated caricature of a Capitalist devouring a massive heap of food and drink.
poster
Kanopy
67
17
7.2
/815/
59
/22/
67
/14/
3.5
/512/

The Statue of Liberty (1985)
For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America’s premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself. Featuring rare archival photographs, paintings and drawings, readings from actual diaries, letters and newspapers of the day, the fascinating story of this universally admired monument is told. In interviews with Americans from all walks of life, including former New York governor Mario Cuomo, the late congresswoman Barbara Jordan and the late writers James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski, The Statue of Liberty examines the nature of liberty and the significance of the statue to American life. Nominated for both the Academy Award ® and the Emmy Award ®, The Statue of Liberty received the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle, the Christopher Award and the Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival.
poster
54
15
5.5
/286/
45
/10/
53
/19/
3.3
/595/

Interplanetary Revolution (1924)
The spread of the Soviet revolution drives the blood sucking international capitalists to desperation, so they take their wealth and fly off into space, but even then cannot escape the wrath of the wronged workers.
poster
55
14
5.6
/611/
56
/12/
48
/15/
3.1
/663/

The Fall of Berlin (1950)
Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The "Little Father of the Peoples" takes this opportunity to invoke threats of war.... One day, war indeed breaks out. Bombs fall on the field where Alexei finds himself in the company of the schoolmistress Natacha, his fiancée. Alexei joins the Red Army and soon becomes a sergeant. Fighting rages and German troops advance. Natacha is arrested and deported. But the tide turns decisively with the German defeat at Stalingrad. Now the major offensive against Hitler can begin.
poster
75
14
7.4
/1152/
68
/17/
62
/12/
3.7
/437/
100
/1/

Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978)
Set in Dubrovnik, this drama chronicles a friendship between three men, that began just before World War II. One of the men is of Italian origin, another is the wealthy heir of a shipping fortune, and the third is the son of a Jewish antique-store owner. Before the war, they are fast friends, enjoying one another's company at carnivals and at a private fencing club. However, when the war comes, the Italians and Germans move in to create the Independent State of Croatia. The Italian friend becomes a fascist and courts and marries the sister of his rich friend. Soon enough, atrocities are being committed, and anyone suspected of Jewish or Serbian parentage or anti-fascist leanings, is killed.
poster
65
13
6.0
/357/
70
/7/
63
/13/
3.4
/460/

Life Is Ours (1936)
A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.
poster
60
12
7.0
/150/
60
/6/
54
/11/
3.6
/351/
44
/18/

The East Is Red (1965)
Pre-Cultural Revolution propaganda at its most lavish, this model opera depicts the history and evolution of the Communist Party of China under Mao Zedong from its founding in July 1921 to the establishment of "New China" in 1949. Detailed in the musical are several key events in CPC history such as the Northern Expedition, the KMT-led Shanghai massacre of 1927, the Nanchang Uprising and formation of the People's Liberation Army, the Long March and the founding of the PRC on October 1, 1949.
poster
61
11
6.3
/173/
53
/6/
62
/13/
3.4
/387/

The Millionaire (1963)
A dog inherits a fortune and becomes an influential capitalist snob in the human world.
poster
64
10
7.2
/172/
60
/2/
50
/10/
3.7
/534/

Shooting Range (1979)
An unemployed American gets a job in a shooting gallery as a live target. The greedy capitalist owner charges patrons double for the chance to shoot at a human being.
poster
62
9
6.4
/348/
60
/7/
52
/19/
75
/1/

Red Kiss (1985)
1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demonstration, she's rescued by a "Match" photographer. As the friendship becomes a love affair and her slogans are tested by new knowledge and emotion, some of the Red youth want to expel her. When she goes with Stéphane to a seaside photo shoot, her father goes to the police. Stéphane faces charges, so leaving to cover the war in Indochina looks appealing. In a parallel story, Nadia's mother meets again her prewar lover, released from Siberia, who challenges the French Reds with very real scars and word of Stalin's anti-Semitism.
poster
58
8
6.4
/314/
60
/1/
45
/13/
3.3
/274/

Tractor Drivers (1939)
The story takes place in a Soviet placed in what is now Ukraine. A mechanic arrives in the Soviet, lead by a young independent woman driving tractors and, between many comedy sketches and propaganda mottoes, a love comes to light.
poster
61
7
6.3
/173/
70
/8/
47
/10/
3.2
/274/

Black and White (1932)
The film addresses issues of racism in the Jim Crow American South. Themes of racial injustice, racial violence, working-class solidarity dominate the film. It depicts black men working in a field, walking in chains, sitting behind bars, and being executed in an electric chair. In most scenes, a white authority figure is seen whipping or guarding the men.
poster
?
2.2
/10/

Bludička (1977)
N/A
poster
?
7.7
/7/

WHAT GOES AROUND Rudolf Slánský (2020)
The full-length television documentary, using currently found audio-visual records, tells the story of the fabricated political process from November 1952, the story of its victims and its masterminds. At its end, 11 executed high-ranking officials of the Communist Party of the Czech Republic, committed to the communist party, who mechanically "recited" memorized confessions and accusations of "accomplices", former friends and colleagues in front of the court in response to prearranged questions from the prosecutors and judges.
poster
?
4.7
/49/
10
/1/
10
/1/

Three Stories (1953)
The short stories showing the troubles of youth serving in the "Służba Polsce" organisation.
poster
?
5.7
/55/
50
/3/
54
/5/

The Great Dawn (1938)
In 1917, the people of the Russian Empire are no longer willing to fight Germany, but the bourgeois government of Alexander Kerensky is unwilling to defy its imperialist allies and stop the war. Only Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party is resolute in calling for peace. In the front, the soldiers of one battalion elect three delegates to travel to St. Petersburg with donations the troops collected for the Pravda newspaper: Gudushauri, Panasiuk and Ershov. The three arrive in the capital and describe the horrendous conditions in which the soldiers live to Joseph Stalin, Lenin's trusted aid and colleague. They join the Bolsheviks and take part in the storming of the Winter Palace, led by Stalin and Lenin. Stalin announces that the great dawn of revolution has broken.
poster
?
4.3
/35/

Jasne łany (1947)
A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like.
poster
?
10
/1/

Toast (1969)
In 1969, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Polish People's Republic, documentary filmmakers analyze the achievements of the past 25 years. Contemporary, color photos contrast with black and white, archival photos. Workers of different generations are the hosts of the country.
poster
?
5.0
/58/
10
/1/

Peasant Diaries (1952)
A film meant to show what people were told to believe about the wonderful lives that Polish peasants led in post-war Poland.
poster
?
5.2
/13/
60
/1/

Silnější než strach (1979)
A short story film in which the first story takes place at the end of the German occupation, when a resistance fighter is arrested while transporting leaflets. The second story takes place in the 1950s at a cattle shed. The final episode tells the story of a doctor terrorized by fleeing criminals.
poster
?
10
/1/
65
/2/

Milujeme (1952)
The story of young boys who have proven their loyalty to the republic unfolds in the setting of a boarding school for miners' apprentices. A tunnel is dug from the Engels mine to the Ludvik mine, so that the two mines can be connected to form the Engels mine. However, the project is targeted by subversives who want to flood it, regardless of human lives.
poster
?
5.3
/59/
50
/4/

In the Mountains of Yugoslavia (1946)
Yugoslav farmer-turned-partisan Slavko Babić starts an uprising against the fascist Germans and their allies.
poster
?
6.3
/21/
60
/1/
40
/1/

Their Kingdom (1928)
The documentary Their Kingdom, co-directed in 1928 by Nutsa Gogoberidze and Mikhail Kalatozishvili (Kalatozov) for Soviet Georgia’s Cinema Trust, was considered lost until 2008, when there appeared a possibility that this important film – Georgia’s first documentary feature and Kalatozov’s directorial debut – had not disappeared irretrievably.


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