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poster
Criterion Channel
81
7.8
/9168/
78
/133/
76
/230/
4.1
/7787/
95
/19/
86
/69/

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
On a turn-of-the-20th-century northern Italian farm, a group of sharecroppers eke out a threadbare existence. A priest advises Batisti and his wife Batistina that their young son Minec should be formally educated, so they sacrifice his help in the fields and send him to school. When Minec's wooden shoe breaks one day, Batisti--in an act of desperation--puts the family's future at risk to replace the clog.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.3
/3694/
73
/114/
71
/93/
3.8
/5311/
99
/88/
77
/51/
87
/23/

The Missing Picture (2013)
Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage, and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia's Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.4
/5360/
74
/267/
71
/116/
3.7
/5469/
94
/32/
70
/15/
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
77
72
8.2
/6127/
77
/273/
71
/112/
3.9
/5963/

The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.9
/18191/
70
/842/
68
/441/
3.4
/13257/
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
74
65
6.8
/4590/
70
/330/
69
/146/
3.5
/3813/
93
/14/
77
/15/

The Propaganda Game (2015)
North Korea. The last communist country in the world. Unknown, hermetic and fascinating. Formerly known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for its attempts to remain isolated, North Korea is one of the largest sources of instability as regards world peace. It also has the most militarized border in the world, and the flow of impartial information, both going in and out, is practically non-existent. As the recent Sony-leaks has shown, it is the perfect setting for a propaganda war.
poster
JustWatchTV
70
63
7.2
/6867/
65
/120/
66
/146/
3.8
/10422/
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
MGM Plus
70
51
7.0
/2330/
67
/49/
66
/45/
3.7
/2917/
79
/14/
65
/18/

Our Daily Bread (1934)
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
poster
Kanopy
78
50
7.7
/1079/
77
/38/
77
/22/
3.6
/504/
89
/28/
92
/95/
63
/14/

A State of Mind (2005)
Two young North Korean gymnasts prepare for an unprecedented competition in this documentary that offers a rare look into the communist society and the daily lives of North Korean families. For more than eight months, film crews follow 13-year-old Pak Hyon Sun and 11-year-old Kim Song Yun and their families as the girls train for the Mass Games, a spectacular nationalist celebration.
poster
77
47
7.4
/885/
78
/37/
72
/20/
3.5
/411/
90
/21/
85
/46/
71
/8/

Crossing the Line (2006)
In 1962, a U.S. soldier sent to guard the peace in South Korea deserted his unit, walked across the most heavily fortified area on earth and defected to the Cold War enemy, the communist state of North Korea. He became a star of the North Korean propaganda machine, but then disappeared from the face of the earth. Now, after 45 years, the story of James Dresnok, the last American defector in North Korea, is being told for the first time. Crossing the Line follows Dresnok as he recalls his childhood, desertion, and life in the DPRK.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
43
7.5
/1201/
64
/23/
78
/16/
3.8
/1305/
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
74
38
7.5
/1779/
72
/40/
71
/44/
3.9
/1340/
76
/6/

In the Crosswind (2014)
June 14, 1941, 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna, a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband, Erna and her daughter are dispatched together with other women and children to remote Siberian territories. Despite hunger, fear and brutal humiliation Erna never in next fifteen years loses her sense of freedom and hope of returning to homeland.
poster
68
35
7.3
/1264/
66
/19/
57
/30/
3.8
/1519/

Happiness (1935)
A hapless loser (with the surname of Loser) undergoes misadventures with avaracious clergy, a tired horse, and a walking granary (among other things) on his road to collectivized happiness.
poster
67
35
7.1
/2870/
72
/58/
66
/44/
3.4
/976/
60
/3/

The Eternal Road (2017)
Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
poster
Kanopy
64
33
6.6
/924/
64
/13/
60
/35/
3.5
/1640/

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
73
22
7.4
/570/
80
/111/
71
/14/
3.5
/456/

Inside North Korea (2006)
Join National Geographic's Lisa Ling as she captures a rare look inside North Korea - something few Americans have ever been able to do. Posing as an undercover medical coordinator and closely guarded throughout her trip, Lisa moves inside the most isolated nation in the world, encountering a society completely dominated by government and dictatorship. Glimpse life inside North Korea as you've never seen before with personal accounts and powerful footage. Witness first-hand efforts by humanitarians and the challenges they face from the rogue regime.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
54
18
5.5
/478/
52
/24/
49
/49/
3.1
/366/

The Great Game (2015)
Pierre Blum, 40, is a writer who had his time of glory in the early 2000s. One evening, on a casino terrace, he meets Joseph Paskin. This mysterious man, charismatic and manipulative, is influential in the world of politics and persuades Pierre to take on a strange mission that takes him back to a past he’d prefer to forget, and puts his life in danger. In the middle of all this, Pierre falls in love with Laura, a young extreme-left activist. But in this world of subterfuge, who can really be trusted?
poster
?
4.0
/42/

The Girl of Ararat Valley (1950)
Tigran, the head of "kolkhoz", is working without strain, reckoning with the responsiveness and support of neighboring collective farms. To punish Tigran's dependency, his lover Anush, the head of Jeyranik collective farm, the first boycots him refusing to help. After being fired during the review meeting, Tigran recognizes his failure and goes for work in construction of local hydro-power station.
poster
?
7.7
/34/
10
/1/
30
/1/

The Life (1972)
The film tells the life of a Georgian woman from 1920s to the present day. Love, marriage, Russian annexation and collectivization, world war, loss of children - Sidonia went through many sorrows and troubles on her way of life, but she always maintained spiritual courage and hope for the future.
poster
?
4.6
/13/

ჰოლტზე (1928)
The film deals with the problems of the newly established collective farm. The foreign tractor “Holtze” sent from the city to the village is in great demand.
poster
?
6.4
/6/
10
/1/
80
/1/

Kara ceļa mantinieki (1973)
N/A
poster
?
6.4
/13/
10
/1/

I Tell the Truth (1957)
Otar Devidze, who is in exile, comes to Georgia to take over the inheritance left for his cousin through murder.
poster
?
3.9
/25/

Under the Black Wing (1930)
The young front-line soldier Ando, who has just returned from World War I to his native village, inspires his villagers to fight against "class enemies."
poster
?
7.0
/38/
33
/3/

A Ray of Sunshine (1979)
Sashko and Tanya are two lovers who want to go on a holiday at the seaside. In order to earn money, Sasho starts working in a brigade digging a well in the yard of Chief Krumov's villa. The workers accidentally discover the remains of human skeletons, a tin ring and several buttons, most likely belonging to participants in the September Uprising of 1923. To avoid complications, everyone decides to keep quiet. However, Sashko decides to break his silence and tell the truth, for which he pays with his life.
poster
60
?
7.7
/251/
43
/3/
62
/4/

Undeva în Est (1990)
In the 1950s, a party activist travels to rural Transylvania to collec collectivize village farms. A wealthy householder resists attempts to make him give up his wealth, refusing to be brought down to the level of those who have never worked. The concept of collectivization is summed up by an indignant villager who, forced to work the land he no longer owns, bombards the party activist who claims that the land is still his: "You cut off my p..., put it in my hand and said, 'take it, it's still yours'.
poster
61
?
7.0
/697/
53
/6/
57
/10/
3.4
/227/

Miracle (2018)
Close to bankruptcy, Irena, the owner of a struggling pig farm in a tiny post-Communist town, finds a surprising benefactor in a handsome American man who appears to be the answer to all her prayers.
poster
50
?
7.7
/398/
10
/1/
38
/5/
3.8
/463/

Son-in-law without Diploma (1961)
Bichiko experiencing strong mother that her son throughout the village serves as a care-free claims. Bichiko studies and do not care about his girlfriend Nani prefers. Nani's father, did not want to hear vardens udiplomo fiancée, the daughter of suitable bridegrooms agronomist Nicholas presumption. Nani decides Bichiko abduction, but by the hands of his father will be forgiven. The case in favor of Bichiko is up, as it turns out it was a misunderstanding under vardenis sole protector. Varden will understand that people are Bichiko Charming and grooms will not reject.
poster
?
6.8
/38/
10
/1/

Meeting With The Past (1966)
In the early twenties, with the advent of Soviet power, a difficult period of collectivization began in a small Georgian mountain village. Nino leaves his native village. Years pass, becoming a famous surgeon, she comes to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the collective farm. On the day of her arrival, an unknown tramp is found in serious condition on the riverbank. Upon starting the operation, Nino recognizes this man as her ex-husband. The surgeon's thoughts go back to those distant days...
poster
73
?
7.0
/369/
82
/24/
69
/8/
3.6
/359/

The Hit (1981)
Mr Jiš managed to give his first script at Barrandov. Already in the preparatory phase, he discovers with horror that the filmmakers have completely bypassed his intention - instead of a probe into the life of a contemporary village, they are preparing a spectacular musical show, which they are convinced will be a hit with the audience. The very first shots speak volumes. An elegiac arrives in the village of Lipovec and is greeted with singing and dancing by all the local officials and ordinary citizens, as this coveted expert is to help them increase their hectare yields with his progressive methods. The filming continues in a similar vein, and the newly minted screenwriter can't help but wonder...
poster
?
5.8
/24/
10
/1/
20
/2/

Osení (1962)
Set in a village, the story of a simple-minded, not-so-responsible young man who still manages to take care of his younger siblings after their father has left the family. Good thing he could lean on the principles of exemplary socialist morality. Not surprisingly, the attempt to capture something of the mentality and conditions of the contemporary village breaks down into simple, poster-like lessons.
poster
?
6.4
/13/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Zelené obzory (1962)
N/A
poster
67
?
7.0
/297/
72
/26/
61
/7/
3.4
/210/

North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator (2021)
A journey through Kim Jong Un’s past and present to understand the man and the myth who holds North Korea’s uncertain future in his hands.
poster
52
?
7.1
/137/
52
/4/
42
/6/

The White Caravan (1964)
Martia, an experienced shepherd together with others is moving his herd to the winter pastures. The life of the shepherds is mundane and complex to the extent that even a minor mistake is fraught with serious consequences. Martia’s older son forsakes the herd for good and moves to the city in quest of easy money. In his attempt to save the herd scattered by the storm, Martia dies. Martia’s son, who returns home from the city blames himself for the accident and is profoundly repentant.
poster
71
?
7.1
/516/
77
/21/
65
/12/

North Korea: A Day in the Life (2004)
If the cityscapes and patriotic anthems of this film seem a far cry from the bleak landscape of Seoul Train, that's no accident. Dutch filmmaker Pieter Fleury, with the full permission and cooperation of the North Korean government, created this propaganda film that gives us a glimpse of a day in the life of one of the world's most enigmatic societies. A Day in the Life, largely dictated by the North Korean film bureau, follows a typical North Korean family through their daily duties, largely dedicated to the pride in the North Korean nation of comrades and the glory of General Kim Jong Il. The film is meant to extol the success of modern North Korea. But does it? With straight footage and a total absence of narration, viewers may interpret Fleury's film in a slightly different manner than intended
poster
?
7.0
/65/
37
/4/
60
/4/

Stud (1968)
The drama offers Arnošt Pánek, chairman of the National Committee, as the protagonist of the story. Pánek is disturbed by news of the arrest of his protégé Kvasil – chairman of a JZD agricultural cooperative in the nearby village of Spádová. He is responsible for the revival of a neglected village, but is now accused of theft, fraud, and – on top of that – the rape of an under-aged girl.
poster
63
?
6.8
/187/
81
/7/
36
/8/

Troublemaker (1979)
A graduate of the village school Pyotr Gorokhov from the village of Dyadkovo comes to Moscow to enter a prestigious economic university; he succeeds, albeit literally by a miracle. However, Petya was always helped out by chance and mysticism. Compared to other students (mostly Muscovites and residents of other big cities), this guy from the province stands out sharply — both in manners, in reprimand, and in behavior. Accustomed to defend their principles to the end of Gorokhov was called Balamut (Troublemaker). Nevertheless, in the student community, he quickly mastered and became a leader. Everything would be fine, but he has two problems — unrequited love for the dark-skinned beauty from Cuba and English...
poster
63
?
6.7
/180/
66
/6/
57
/5/

Comrade Nikanorova Awaits You (1979)
Fate has repeatedly deceived Katya Nikanorova — however, she is still destined to wait for a meeting with her happiness. However, far from immediately she was able to discern her prince in the closed, sometimes ridiculous and ridiculous, nondescript veterinarian Dyozhkin. And he saw a kind and sensitive woman in the keen and stormy Katerina. But before this happens, the heroes of the melodrama will survive many curious situations...
poster
?
5.2
/81/
40
/4/
40
/4/

Light Over Koordi (1951)
When Paul Runge, a soldier of the Red Army, returns home to Koordi after the war, he sees that, despite the new regime, life in Koordi hasn't changed. It's still a abandoned, uncultured Estonian village, where rich landlords still oppress the population. Runge starts talking about founding a kolkhoze.
poster
?

Gardens of Semiramide (1970)
N/A
poster
?

The Girl From Khidobani (1940)
Gviristine is considered the best tea picker in Khidobni collective farm. Together with other harvesters, she is sent to Moscow to attend the Congress of farmer Musicians. Personal happiness is also attached to this success - a big wedding is held in the collective farm for Gviristine and Mirian.


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