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poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/56601/
79
/1090/
79
/1042/
4.3
/166223/
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
Kanopy
80
7.2
/22742/
70
/490/
72
/492/
3.8
/35681/
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
MUBI
79
7.3
/124281/
72
/6054/
70
/2047/
3.8
/262967/
94
/254/
79
/722/
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
/26363/
71
/473/
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
Kanopy
77
7.4
/6396/
71
/188/
71
/149/
3.7
/8175/
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
74
7.8
/17111/
73
/212/
69
/193/
3.9
/8063/
81
/16/
93
/275/

Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin Dmitri from Moscow, who charms the women and little Nadia with his games and pianistic bravura. But Kotov isn't fooled: this is the time of Stalin's repression, with telephone calls in the middle of the night spelling doom - and he knows that Dmitri isn't paying a social call...
poster
77
72
7.2
/12886/
74
/1139/
70
/489/
3.3
/3890/
100
/13/
82
/23/

Salyut-7 (2017)
USSR, June 1985. After contact with the Salyut 7 space station is lost, cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh dock with the empty, frozen craft, and bring her back to life. Based on actual events.
poster
Kanopy
77
71
7.5
/13017/
69
/175/
70
/224/
3.8
/13075/
91
/22/
84
/219/

Alexander Nevsky (1938)
When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.
poster
MGM Plus
69
7.5
/290576/
77
/7341/
74
/3893/
3.5
/96934/
53
/139/
82
/6153/
53
/33/
cc age 17+

Enemy at the Gates (2001)
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
poster
The Roku Channel
67
7.2
/6100/
68
/85/
69
/76/
3.4
/2823/
69
/16/
78
/115/
57
/10/

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
poster
61
6.7
/1558/
62
/14/
60
/25/
3.3
/489/
56
/9/
60
/10/

The Fixer (1968)
Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bog who was wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime - the “ritual murder” of a Gentile child in Kyiv. We witness the unrelenting detail of the peasant handyman's life in prison and see him gain in dignity as the efforts to humiliate him and make him confess fail.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
61
7.2
/8603/
73
/575/
70
/336/
3.4
/2793/
71
/11/

The Spacewalker (2017)
March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no risk is too great. Now it’s up to the unlikely duo of a seasoned war veteran and a hot-headed test-pilot to fulfill this mission. Two men in a tiny spaceship, without proper testing, facing the complete unknown. They were supposed to do what no man has done before—and no man imagined what would happen next.
poster
54
5.7
/18283/
60
/622/
63
/377/
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
Amazon Prime Video
68
52
6.7
/6469/
67
/239/
67
/171/
3.1
/1693/
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
62
51
6.6
/8964/
65
/168/
63
/155/
3.0
/1578/
60
/29/

Admiral (2008)
This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Admiral Kolchak is a true war hero and beloved husband and father. One day he meets Anna, the love of his life and the wife of his best friend. The revolution in his heart faces the revolution in his own country His destiny is to become the Supreme Ruler of Russia.
poster
Kanopy
57
49
6.2
/3721/
65
/109/
58
/87/
3.2
/3140/
57
/7/
41
/76/

Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan their revenge, the evil Rasputin works his power over the beautiful women who serve at the Tsar's palace. Even the Tsarina herself is seduced by his evil ways and, as his influence begins to dominate government policy, there is only one course of action left... to destroy him before he destroys them all.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
48
46
4.6
/5353/
56
/349/
48
/171/
2.3
/1883/

Viking (2016)
The early Middle Ages. A time of heavy swords and dark blood law. The ruling clan is in discord. The guilt for the accidental death of the brother has fallen on the Grand Duke. According to the law, revenge must be taken by the younger brother, a bastard. For the refusal to kill, he has to pay with eve- rything he had, because “for peace you need more swords than for a war”...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
44
6.1
/4161/
66
/269/
60
/158/
2.9
/1084/
76
/8/

Furious (2017)
A story of a legendary battle, where seventeen fearless warriors defend their land against an army of thousands well-trained soldiers. In 13th-century Mongol warrior hordes and their leader, Batu Khan, control most of the known world. As the Mongols move towards Europe they invade the last Russian principality standing in their way. Little do they know, their plans are about to be ruined by a small detachment of heroic strong men led by a mysterious brave warrior. This is a story about courage, endurance and self-sacrifice for the sake of one's country. This is the story of Evpaty the Furious.
poster
74
43
7.6
/2742/
72
/21/
62
/43/
3.7
/1599/
88
/11/

Oblomov (1980)
St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older servant, Zakhar. He sleeps much of the day, dreaming of his childhood on his parents' estate. His boyhood companion, Stoltz, now an energetic and successful businessman, adds Oblomov to his circle whenever he's in the city, and Oblomov's life changes when Stoltz introduces him to Olga, lovely and cultured. When Stoltz leaves for several months, Oblomov takes a country house near Olga's, and she determines to change him: to turn him into a man of society, action, and culture. Soon, Olga and Oblomov are in love; but where, in the triangle, does that leave Stoltz?
poster
64
39
6.9
/5040/
67
/70/
64
/88/
3.3
/1112/
55
/5/

The Turkish Gambit (2005)
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war. Erast Fandorin has just escaped from Turkish prison and is trying to get on the Russian side as soon as possible to give important information about the upcoming attack of the enemy. On his way he meets Varvara Suvorova, a young lady who is going to see her fiancée - a soldier of the Russian army. Erast also knows that there is a spy somewhere in the Russian army, everyone is under suspicion.
poster
67
38
6.8
/3366/
66
/41/
62
/53/
3.4
/785/
74
/14/

Tsar (2009)
In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the Last Judgment approaching. He establishes absolute power, cruelly destroying anyone who gets in his way. During this reign of terror, Philip, the superior of the monastery on the Solovetsky Islands, a great scholar and Ivan's close friend, dares to oppose the sovereign's mystical tyranny. What follows is a clash between two completely opposite visions of the world, smashing morality and justice, God and men. A grand-scale film with excellent leading roles by Mamonov and Yankovsky. An allegory of Stalinist Russia
poster
67
37
7.0
/1787/
59
/24/
65
/42/
3.5
/1294/
71
/15/

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (1981)
Russian monk Grigori Rasputin rises to power, which corrupts him along the way. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
poster
MGM Plus
68
37
7.1
/1717/
65
/50/
68
/34/
3.5
/1049/
69
/20/

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
poster
72
33
7.2
/668/
65
/13/
54
/16/
3.6
/533/
100

The Theme (1979)
In search of inspiration and new topics, the famous metropolitan writer Kim Yesenin goes to the province. Unexpectedly for himself, he discovers that here people live very differently than in the world familiar to him. By chance, he witnesses someone else's love drama - intellectual Sasha and dissident Andrei who is leaving for America. He is shocked by this complex conflict and fictitious problems, where there is no place for either melancholy or depression. In this situation, the hero decides to go to Moscow...
poster
73
33
7.2
/705/
65
/18/
64
/14/
3.5
/353/
93
/27/
78
/21/

My Perestroika (2010)
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Through the lives of these former schoolmates, this intimate film reveals how they have adjusted to their post-Soviet reality in today's Moscow.
poster
66
29
6.8
/667/
58
/8/
53
/20/
3.4
/477/
83

Father Sergius (1918)
The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.
poster
Criterion Channel
63
28
6.8
/1578/
70
/9/
56
/17/
3.4
/708/
51
/203/

Knight Without Armour (1937)
British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins. After being released from prison in Siberia he poses as a Russian Commissar. Because of his position among the revolutionaries, he is able to rescue a Russian countess from the Bolsheviks.
poster
75
26
7.8
/762/
62
/17/
73
/18/
4.0
/1262/
83
/6/

The Last Bolshevik (1994)
A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscovery of his masterpiece Happiness, and Russia's struggles over the course of the 20th Century.
poster
50
26
5.7
/2135/
49
/34/
51
/51/
3.0
/1128/
35
/4/

The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
26
6.5
/739/
65
/67/
63
/27/
2.9
/812/

The Russian Revolution (2017)
Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Romanovs that eventually led to the Russian revolution.
poster
56
23
6.5
/1326/
59
/17/
51
/14/
3.3
/480/
50
/6/
47
/14/

Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.
poster
Hoopla
57
22
6.3
/836/
59
/17/
55
/19/
3.3
/493/
57
/7/
48
/4/

The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.
poster
53
19
5.0
/1010/
54
/20/
49
/49/
3.0
/258/

Rasputin (2011)
A group of Russian noblemen want to maintain the monarchy and plan to kill Rasputin.
poster
70
18
7.3
/418/
58
/6/
75
/13/
3.7
/754/

Boris Godounov (1989)
A possible impostor torments a newly crowned medieval czar who may have ordered the real successor's death.
poster
68
13
6.4
/345/
71
/18/
71
/16/
3.3
/236/

The Fortress: By Shield and Sword (2015)
In the war-torn countryside, an orphan and his young friend use all their skills to defend their home and people from opposing forces.
poster
59
12
6.8
/610/
65
/2/
67
/9/
3.3
/328/
30
/19/

Mockery (1927)
There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to help her get there, and to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband.
poster
61
9
7.1
/401/
58
/7/
49
/11/
3.4
/254/

The Romanovs: A Crowned Family (2000)
The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918.
poster
?
6.4
/14/

Black Square (1989)
A brief history of Russian unofficial art from 1953 to 1988.
poster
?
7.5
/39/
20
/1/

Marsz Wyzwolicieli (2009)
N/A
poster
?
10
/1/

Die Matrosen von Kronstadt (1983)
N/A
poster
?
6.9
/13/

Moscow Skyscraper (2005)
Through a first-person narrator, archival footage and photographs, and a contemporary camera, Pavel Lounguine uses the Moscow skyscraper where he grew up as a touchstone for looking back to Stalin and then examining today's Russia. This is Stalin's pyramid, his immortality. We visit people who have lived there for 50 years, see their flats (some modernized, others decaying), and listen to their histories: the son of a KGB man, a retired rocket scientist, a sculptor's son. an actor, seamstresses at a uniform shop, an ex-pat, and two artists. We see a kindergarten and remember marching; we watch parades and discuss surveillance. The commentary is wry: Putin emerges as Stalin's heir.
poster
?
6.9
/26/

Rasputin, the Black Monk (1917)
The story of the rise and fall of Rasputin, the so-called "mad monk" who dominated the court of the Russian czar in the period prior to the Russian revolution.
poster
?
4.9
/12/
10
/1/
50
/1/

Chvíle (1972)
N/A
poster
76
?
7.8
/227/
71
/16/
79
/4/

Mariupol. Unlost Hope (2022)
A testimony to the Russian-Ukrainian war by ordinary people who lived in Mariupol during the first month of the invasion. The film is based on the diaries of Mariupol journalist Nadiya Sukhorukova: she wrote down what she saw around her at that time.
poster
?
7.2
/24/
20
/1/

Stalin: The Red God (2001)
Shot on location in Georgia and Russia, this documentary examines how the bloodiest dictator in world history commanded the allegiance and adulation of the Soviet Union during his lifetime and how his influence lives on beyond the grave. It employs a wealth of archive material, eyewitness accounts, reconstructions in original locations, and myriad examples of Stalin's artistic legacy, in its scrutiny of the dictator's career and his cult, past and present.
poster
63
?
6.6
/188/
64
/5/
61
/6/

Putin: The New Tsar (2018)
This documentary will provide the first authoritative account of who Vladimir Putin actually is. What drives him, what does he fear, who does he love and hate?
poster
43
?
6.0
/170/
10
/1/
58
/4/

Bread (1988)
Set around the Volga river, the story begins around 1900, when Russian peasants are let free and allowed to own their farmlands. But soon they suffer from losses during the 1917 Russian Revolution and the following Civil War. Then, the major national catastrophe is started by Stalin: his communist government kills millions of farmers and steals all their food supplies, causing the longest and deadliest famine all over central Russia during the 1920s and 1930s.
poster
?
8.1
/24/
80
/1/

Joe Building: The Stalin Memorial Lecture (2006)
Jonathan Meades examines the cult of Stalinism through its buildings and monuments.


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