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Criterion Channel
85
8.0
/42978/
79
/716/
78
/808/
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
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.7
/14502/
75
/535/
74
/312/
4.0
/29531/
88
/8/
88
/184/

When the Wind Blows (1986)
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.
poster
MUBI
79
7.3
/125128/
72
/6174/
70
/2076/
3.8
/271528/
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
78
6.8
/22920/
71
/3055/
74
/512/
3.3
/43661/
95
/96/
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
Criterion Channel
84
78
8.2
/12154/
77
/191/
79
/214/
4.1
/11949/
94
/16/
93
/161/

Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
During World War II, earnest young Russian soldier Alyosha Skvortsov is rewarded with a short leave of absence for performing a heroic deed on the battlefield. Feeling homesick, he decides to visit his mother. Due to his kindhearted nature, however, Alyosha is repeatedly sidetracked by his efforts to help those he encounters, including a lovely girl named Shura. In his tour of a country devastated by war, he struggles to keep hope alive.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.3
/12211/
71
/473/
70
/417/
3.8
/11504/
95
/113/
87
/61/
78
/23/
cc age 14+

The Innocents (2016)
Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.
poster
77
7.6
/211427/
73
/4969/
74
/3207/
4.1
/193110/
80
/106/
80
/5228/
78
/32/
cc age 15+

The Thin Red Line (1998)
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
6.9
/18318/
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
Kanopy
75
73
7.7
/14575/
74
/348/
74
/212/
3.8
/7754/

Unknown Soldier (2017)
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).
poster
73
6.9
/2330/
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
Hoopla
72
7.0
/7373/
69
/155/
65
/66/
3.5
/1975/
82
/33/
72
/118/
74
/16/

A Woman in Berlin (2008)
A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.
poster
69
68
7.0
/22398/
70
/380/
66
/297/
3.3
/3920/
69
/16/
75
/414/

9th Company (2005)
Russian army recruits complete training and take their posting in late 1980s Afghanistan, where the insurgents are slowly gaining the upper hand.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
67
7.0
/11093/
70
/210/
64
/123/
3.4
/5190/
83
/23/
75
/221/
69
/7/

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966)
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
66
7.4
/11075/
75
/229/
71
/180/
3.6
/2666/

Fortress of War (2010)
The film covers the heroic defence of the Brest Fortress, which was attacked during the first strike of German invaders on June 22 1941. The story describes the events of the first days of the defence, including the three main resistance zones, headed by the regiment commander, Pyotr Mikhailovich Gavrilov, the commissar Efim Moiseevich Fomin and the head of the 9th frontier outpost, Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov. Many years later veteran Alexander Akimov again recalls the memories of the time, when he, then a 15 year old Sasha Akimov was deeply in love with the beautiful Anya and suddenly found himself in the middle of the bloody events of war.
poster
Kanopy
64
5.3
/7483/
59
/809/
66
/217/
2.8
/15188/
65
/23/
85
/154/
cc age 16+

Primitive War (2025)
During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. They soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an unexpected enemy — prehistoric dinosaurs.
poster
fuboTV
60
6.3
/68095/
68
/2193/
63
/857/
3.0
/53009/
48
/27/
65
/2689/
53
/15/
cc age 13+

Red Dawn (1984)
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
60
7.6
/13373/
75
/365/
78
/429/
3.6
/4880/
21
/19/
77
/61/
30
/12/

My Way (2011)
During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
60
6.8
/16589/
71
/1139/
71
/910/
3.2
/11061/
88
/10/

Т-34 (2018)
In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
58
6.6
/6011/
69
/475/
73
/344/
3.1
/3703/
66
/10/

Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)
A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapons. A self-taught inventor is only 29 when he develops the now iconic assault riffle — the AK-47. Shot in occupied Crimea.
poster
Kanopy
76
58
7.3
/2420/
75
/155/
75
/106/
3.8
/2659/
78
/9/
82
/7/
7.6
/11718/
cc age 13+

Giovanni's Island (2014)
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast... and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.
poster
The Roku Channel
56
6.5
/18655/
69
/569/
66
/396/
3.2
/5026/
31
/71/
63
/404/
40
/25/
cc age 13+

Jakob the Liar (1999)
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.
poster
54
5.7
/18323/
60
/626/
63
/380/
2.6
/5236/
51
/74/
42
/146/
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
78
52
7.7
/1751/
75
/24/
65
/30/
3.9
/1699/
100

Twenty Days Without War (1976)
War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
52
6.7
/6518/
67
/241/
67
/174/
3.1
/1788/
78
/12/

Panfilov's 28 Men (2016)
USSR, November, 1941. Based on the account by Vasiliy Koroteev this is the story of Panifilov's Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight Red Army soldiers commanded by General Ivan Panfilov, that stopped the advance on Moscow of a column of fifty-four Nazi tanks of the 11th Panzer Division for several days. Though lightly armed they fight tirelessly and defiantly, with uncommon bravery and unwavering dedication, to protect Moscow and their Motherland.
poster
67
48
7.1
/1867/
66
/56/
67
/134/
3.6
/2189/
58
/70/

The Cow and I (1959)
In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.
poster
48
5.9
/15642/
64
/1030/
58
/340/
2.8
/2061/
26
/54/
34
/193/
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
Amazon Prime Video
76
44
7.7
/3559/
73
/61/
69
/60/
3.8
/1686/
86
/2/

They Fought for Their Motherland (1975)
In July 1942, in the Second World War, the rearguard of the Russian army protects the bridgehead of the Don River against the German army while the retreating Russian troops cross the bridge. While they move back to the Russian territory through the countryside, the soldiers show their companionship, sentiments, fears and heroism to defend their motherland.
poster
68
44
7.0
/4400/
70
/63/
68
/51/
3.5
/1277/
65
/12/

The Battle of Neretva (1969)
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.
poster
65
43
6.5
/3837/
67
/192/
62
/143/
3.2
/1149/
69
/6/

Gagarin: First in Space (2013)
The film is dedicated to the first steps of mankind on the path of space exploration and direct the fate of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The main motif - the fight for the right to be first: the competition in the first cosmonaut, competition in missile technology, the confrontation of superpowers - the USSR and the USA. In the first group of astronauts were selected from three thousand fighter pilots across the country. In twenty of the legendary got the best of the best. Which of them will fly first, no one knew. In this way, had to contend not only with the pull of the earth ...
poster
61
40
6.4
/1930/
60
/34/
57
/45/
3.2
/3744/

There Will Be No Leave Today (1959)
Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells discovered during roadworks under the ground of a small village.
poster
72
37
7.0
/998/
66
/41/
67
/30/
3.4
/272/
93

Colonel Kwiatkowski (1996)
Military doctor Kwiatkowski, serving in a barracks hospital on the Western Territories, is rewarded with a week’s leave after successfully operating on Colonel Kiziora of the UB. He and his friend steal a truck bound for Warsaw, where among the ruins of his former home he meets his prewar neighbor Krysia, instantly falls in love, and, after a brawl with a Russian officer at a dance in the surviving “Polonia” hotel, pretends to be a high-ranking UB colonel to save face.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
34
6.1
/1500/
65
/175/
76
/163/
3.2
/789/
69
/3/

1942: Unknown Battle (2019)
WWII 1942: Rzhev, USSR. Stuck in a crucial strategical position, a small company from the Red Army does whatever it takes to fend off the Nazis.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
33
5.6
/2157/
64
/100/
63
/73/
3.1
/469/

Tankers (2018)
The film is based on the true story about a Soviet KV-1 crew of a Soviet KV-1 tank, under the command of Semyon Konovalov , whom despite being heavily outnumbered by German forces, destroyed 16 tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8 other enemy vehicles at the village of Nizhnemytyakin, Tarasovsky district, Rostov region on July 13th, 1942.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
32
6.1
/1417/
64
/84/
66
/92/
3.3
/566/

Leaving Afghanistan (2019)
1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result the 108th motorized infantry division's long awaited return home gets put on hold for one last mission: bring the General's son back. Based on true events the previously untold story of the courageous and tragic withdrawal campaign (through the Salang pass) reveals the danger the horror and the complexity of human nature during wartime.
poster
Hoopla
60
31
6.5
/3327/
65
/39/
57
/59/
3.3
/453/
50
/13/

The Edge (2010)
The action takes place shortly after the end of the Second World War in the Siberian hinterland, among Russians and Germans with damaged personal stories and a strange transformation: the victors seem to be crawling into the skins of the defeated, and vice versa. Ignat, is the embodiment of the larger-than-life image of the Soviet victorious warrior who, in fact, proves to be shell-shocked, sick and broken, although not completely destroyed. Trains become fetish for the heroes of the film, and speed becomes a mania; they virtually become one with their steam engines, while the machines take on human names. The heroes set up an almost fatal race in the Siberian forest, risking their own lives and those of others.
poster
72
29
7.4
/516/
75
/97/
73
/49/
3.4
/247/

WWII From Space (2012)
WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you've never experienced it before. This HISTORY special uses an all-seeing CGI eye that offers a satellite view of the conflict, allowing you to experience it in a way that puts key events and tipping points in a global perspective. By re-creating groundbreaking moments that could never have been captured on camera, and by illustrating the importance of simultaneity and the hidden effects of crucial incidents, HISTORY presents the war's monumental moments in a never-before-seen context. And with new information brought to the forefront, you'll better understand how a nation ranked 19th in the world's militaries in 1939 emerged six years later as the planet's only atomic superpower.
poster
46
28
5.0
/2645/
51
/125/
49
/72/
2.8
/715/
27
/19/

Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz (2013)
It explores the terrifying origins of the supernatural Nazi soldiers, and what leads to a brutal and relentless confrontation. In an epic battle between the shadowy forces of the Nazis and a fearsome adversary, the legendary Spetsnaz, the Russian military elite known for their courage and ferocity.
poster
71
26
7.2
/471/
63
/10/
69
/19/
4.0
/1152/

A Spring for the Thirsty (1965)
A parable centering on an old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs. His wellspring, once a source of joy and hope for thirsty passersby, is now rarely used. No longer able to find comfort in his memories, he turns all his photographs to face the walls.
poster
68
25
7.6
/893/
65
/12/
60
/100/
3.6
/431/

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow (1970)
This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern front campaign.
poster
67
25
6.8
/1634/
67
/50/
67
/17/
3.4
/565/

Tall Tales (2019)
Shortly after the end of World War II, a con man on the run finds himself in a passionate love affair that may well cost him his life.
poster
60
25
5.8
/2051/
63
/31/
58
/31/
3.2
/323/

1944 The Final Defence (2007)
The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.
poster
71
24
7.3
/696/
70
/18/
72
/27/
3.5
/675/

Liberation: The Fire Bulge (1968)
The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters and intelligence, those who worked at the front and in the rear.
poster
69
21
7.4
/1421/
67
/16/
61
/26/
74
/2/

Our Own (2004)
It is August 1941. With the battle line far away in the east, three soldiers who have managed to escape from captivity find it difficult to hide: the territory is occupied by the enemy. The local woods are not safe: you can easily get embogged. Are the villagers loyal? Nobody can say. There is an old man who offers to help them. Is he reliable enough? He may kill them or report them to the local German authorities. Anything may happen, but one of them, the sniper, is his son who is his youngest, his dearest.
poster
70
20
7.2
/905/
68
/15/
71
/24/
3.5
/283/

Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959)
In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.
poster
72
20
7.6
/534/
70
/12/
71
/23/
3.7
/416/

Liberation: The Last Assault (1971)
In Berlin, Lieutenant Yartsev's infantry and Tzvetaev's battery fight their way in the U-Bahn. Captain Neustroev's company is selected to hoist the Victory Banner atop the Reichstag.
poster
70
20
7.5
/581/
66
/13/
68
/24/
3.6
/481/

Liberation: Breakthrough (1969)
Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they're merely a ploy to mislead the Germans so the rest of the army can catch them off guard.
poster
69
20
7.4
/540/
63
/13/
68
/26/
3.6
/424/

Liberation: The Battle of Berlin (1971)
In this the fourth episode, “Battle of Berlin,” the Soviets start their assault on Berlin, and Stalin negotiates with the other Allies.
poster
55
14
5.6
/612/
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.


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