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1. The Death of Stalin (2017)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
Director: Armando Iannucci | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 114,007 | Gross: $8.05M
2. Another Round (2020)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Four high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe
Votes: 196,272
3. Pawn Sacrifice (2014)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History
Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 49,408 | Gross: $2.44M
4. Frost/Nixon (2008)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 112,586 | Gross: $18.59M
5. Leto (2018)
Not Rated | 126 min | Biography, Drama, History
A love triangle emerges around a rock and roll musician, his protege and his wife in 1980s Russia.
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: Roman Bilyk, Irina Starshenbaum, Teo Yoo, Filipp Avdeev
Votes: 7,962
6. The Concert (2009)
PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Thirty years ago Bolshoi Orchestra conductor Andreï Filipov was fired for hiring Jewish musicians. Now a lowly janitor, an opportunity arises to gather his old musicians to go and pose as the official Bolshoi orchestra in Paris.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Aleksey Guskov, Mélanie Laurent, Dmitriy Nazarov, François Berléand
Votes: 18,673 | Gross: $0.66M
7. We Are the Best! (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Music
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, Johan Liljemark
Votes: 11,340 | Gross: $0.18M
8. La terrazza (1980)
150 min | Comedy, Drama
During a dinner in a Roman terrace, the lives and experiences of multiple characters intertwine.
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marcello Mastroianni
Votes: 1,839
9. The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared (2016)
108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The 101 year old man Allan Karlsson goes through Europe in search for a Russian soda recipe he lost during the early 70s. Unfortunately, he is not the only one who is looking for it.
Directors: Felix Herngren, Felix Herngren Måns Herngren, Måns Herngren | Stars: Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg, Shima Niavarani
Votes: 6,599
10. Defense of the Realm (1985)
PG | 96 min | Thriller
After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.
Director: David Drury | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen
Votes: 2,528 | Gross: $0.75M
11. The Teacher (2016)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
The arrival of Maria Drazdechova, associated with the Communist party, to a school in Bratislava in 1983 worries parents, students, and colleagues.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Zuzana Mauréry, Zuzana Konecná, Csongor Kassai, Tamara Fischer
Votes: 3,819 | Gross: $0.06M
12. The Chinese (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto, Michel Semeniako
Votes: 8,381 | Gross: $0.04M
13. Red Army (2014)
PG | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of the Soviet Union's famed Red Army hockey team through the eyes of its players.
Director: Gabe Polsky | Stars: Viacheslav Fetisov, Vladislav Tretiak, Scotty Bowman, Vladimir Pozner
Votes: 7,223 | Gross: $0.69M
14. Rossz versek (2018)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
33-years old Tamás is heartbroken after his girlfriend Anna, who is on a scholarship in Paris, breaks up with him. While wallowing in self-pity, he takes a trip down memory lane to figure out if love only exists when it's practically gone.
Director: Gábor Reisz | Stars: Gábor Reisz, Katica Nagy, Zsolt Kovács, Katalin Takács
Votes: 2,844
15. Here and Elsewhere (1976)
53 min | Documentary, War
The movie incorporates footage of fedayeens taken for an aborted pro-Palestinian film which had been abandoned when subjects were killed. Here and Elsewhere takes its name from the footage it shows of the fedayeens and of a French family.
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville | Star: Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 893
16. Comrade Drakulich (2019)
95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Vampires are among us. But no need to worry: the Hungarian Secret Police are after them, and beyond the usual spy gadgets, they even use garlic to repel the beasts. Hungary in the 70s. ... See full summary »
Director: Márk Bodzsár | Stars: Lili Walters, Ervin Nagy, Zsolt Nagy, Szabolcs Thuróczy
Votes: 2,896
17. Brezhnev (2005– )
208 min | Drama
The Film depicts last month of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev as the head of USSR and also how he became the man he was.
Stars: Sergey Vorobyov, Natalya Orlova, Boris Sokolov, Valeriy Ivchenko
Votes: 260
18. In the Tall Grass (2014)
8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Joseph is mentally deviated. He is a prisoner of his own flat and always in permanent war with his own mind. In reality, where desires, memories and nightmares is mixed together, there's no... See full summary »
Directors: Nadia Dubijansky, Alexii Muftoll | Stars: Nadia Dubijansky, Federico Lusthaus, Alexii Muftoll
Votes: 50
19. R.E.M.: It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) (1987 Music Video)
PG-13 | Music
The music video for R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)", showing a skateboarder rummaging through the junk in a half-collapsed abandoned farmhouse.
Director: James Herbert | Stars: R.E.M., Noah Ray
Votes: 82
20. Konec stalinismu v Cechách (1991)
10 min | Animation, Short
A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution). Some ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 1,320
21. Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol (2009 Video)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary
Would you be shocked to find out that the greatest moment of our recent history in space may not have happened at all?
Directors: Denny Hooten, Samuel Oldham | Stars: Gordon Feller, Yuri Gagarin, Elliott Gould, Elliott Haimoff
Votes: 24
22. Vladimir Ilyushin: The Real First Man in Space (2000 Video)
Documentary
Profiling the real first man in space, who could not be presented to the world by the former Soviet Union as the returning, conquering hero, due to the fact that he crash landed and was ... See full summary »
Director: Elliott Haimoff
23. America First, Czech Republic Fifty First! (2017 Video)
3 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Janek Rubes
Votes: 13
24. The Soyuz Conspiracy (2000 Video)
50 min | Documentary
The story of the death of cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov during the first flight of the Soyuz spacecraft and the cover-up.
Director: Elliott Haimoff | Star: Elliott Gould
Votes: 13
26. Odhalení jednoho spiknutí (1984 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Zdenek Kubecek | Stars: Jana Gýrová, Josef Langmiler, Svatopluk Matyás, Jan Pohan
27. Krízová vazba (1990)
97 min | Drama
Ludek Krejza, a tile setter, returns from prison after serving time for manslaughter. In a retrospective, the viewer is introduced to his story.
Director: Antonín Kopriva | Stars: Ondrej Brzobohatý, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Petr Cepek, Vladimír Dlouhý
Votes: 17
28.
Becker (1998–2004)
Episode:
Regarding Reggie
(1999)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy
Becker fears that Reggie may get the wrong idea if he asks her to be his date at a medical fund-raising dinner.
Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Ted Danson, Terry Farrell, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith
Votes: 122
29.
Shelley (1979–1983)
Episode:
No News Is Good...
(1982)
Comedy
Mrs H comes over to babysit Emma, allowing Shelley and Fran a rare night out together at the cinema. The film doesn't quite live up to their expectations, so they retire to the pub - the ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Parker | Stars: Hywel Bennett, Belinda Sinclair, Josephine Tewson, Jack Walters
Votes: 17
30.
Spy Game (1997)
Episode:
Dead and Gone, Honey
(1997)
TV-14 | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Lorne and Max investigate when two dead former agents are found with all their molars removed. They are assisted by retired agent Honey Trapp who teaches Max the art of being a sex kitten ... See full summary »
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Linden Ashby, Allison Smith, Bruce McCarty, Susan Walters
Votes: 14
31.
Gulag: The History (2019– )
Episode:
Apogée et agonie : 1945-1957
(2020)
58 min | Documentary, History
The Gulag's peak and decline (1945-1953).
Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Florence Pernel, Louisa Gummer, Yuri Fidelgolts, David Boudennyi
Votes: 34
32.
Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Episode:
Das Königreich
(2020)
53 min | Documentary, History
In the 1960s, Afghanistan was divided between a westernised elite and a traditional, largely poor majority of the population. A communist revolution set these contradictions on fire.
Directors: Mayte Carrasco, Marcel Mettelsiefen | Stars: Nadja Berlinghoff, Khaled Hosseini, Homayun Assefi, Sima Samar
Votes: 51
33.
OverSimplified (2016– )
Episode:
The Cold War: Part 2
(2019)
TV-14 | 17 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Oversimplified explains The Cold War, in two parts.
Director: Stuart Webster | Star: Stuart Webster
Votes: 35
34.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Shadows of the Six Day War
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
The Six Day War was a battle no one really wanted, and a victory far greater than anyone expected. Israel, outnumbered and outgunned, fought on the field of espionage. Take an insider's ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Shlomo Gazit, Meir Amit, Faiez Fahed Jaber
35.
Travels in Europe with Rick Steves (1991–1998)
Episode:
Stockholm and Helsinki
(1995)
Reality-TV
Star: Rick Steves
36.
Curious Droid (2016– )
Episode:
How the Real Soviet Rocketmen Changed the World
(2018)
15 min | Documentary
The leaders of the Soviet space program owed their success as much to their political skills as connections as to their technical ability. Two just barely survived Stalin's purges. Later, ... See full summary »
Star: Paul Shillito
37.
Binkov's Battlegrounds (2016– )
Episode:
The Secret War: When Israel fought the Soviet Union
(2020)
Documentary
Following the decimation of Arab forces in the 1967 six day war Egypt courted the Soviet Union to rearm. The Soviet Union complied with a covert operation to bolster Egypt's air defenses ... See full summary »
Star: Commissar Binkov
38.
Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode:
The Most Disastrous Space Mission Ever Executed
(2021)
19 min | Documentary
Hoping to once again one up the American space program the Soviets elected to prematurely launch the first Soyuz spacecraft in 1967. Although the spacecraft would become the work horse of ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Whistler
39.
Wonderful Times (2009–2013)
Episode:
Od zacátku
(2009)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Biser A. Arichtev | Stars: Svatopluk Skopal, Veronika Freimanová, Andrea Ruzicková, Roman Vojtek
Votes: 8
40.
Battle Plan Under Fire (2004– )
Episode:
Counterstrike
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
Counterstrike can take many forms and history is full of examples where a numerically inferior army has turned the tide of battle by a brilliant execution of a Counterstrike.
Director: Gordon Stevens | Stars: Bruce Gudmundsson, Lloyd Clark, Eric Meyers, Leonid Brezhnev
41.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Cold War: Inside the K.G.B.
(2000)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
Untold stories behind the headlines in the unseen Cold War battles between Western intelligence agencies and the KGB. Features exclusive interviews and new revelations about the KGB's missions and tactics.
Director: Aleksandr Ivankin | Stars: Charlton Heston, Oleg Gordievsky, Pavel Sudoplatov, Vladimir Grushko
Votes: 20
42.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
Cold War: Brezhnev's Kremlin
(2001)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, History, War
Before Leonid Brezhnev signed nuclear arms reduction agreements with the West, he led the Soviets into one conflict after another - from Soviet involvement in Vietnam and its role in ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Vladimir Semichastny, Andrei Gratchev, James Schlesinger
Votes: 19
43.
The Secret K.G.B. Files (2021)
Episode:
The Secret K.G.B. Paranormal Files
(2021)
Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
Take a close look at the top-secret probes and projects sponsored by the K.G.B. to investigate paranormal matters, including footage that has previously remained unreleased. Viewers will ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Cole | Stars: Eugene Alper, Phil Bowers, Tim Duquette, Stanton Friedman
44.
The Tom Woods Show (2013– )
The Communists Take Power, with Michael Malice
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News
Stars: Tom Woods, Michael Malice
45.
Volha (2023– )
Episode:
Huliza
(2023)
71 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jan Pachl | Stars: Krystof Hádek, Klára Melísková, Tomás Jerábek, Anna Geislerová
Votes: 15
46.
The Babylon Bee (2019– )
This Is What Gives Michael Malice Hope
(2023 Podcast Episode)
66 min | Documentary, Animation, Comedy
Michael Malice is back at The Babylon Bee to talk about his new book The White Pill and why you should never let yourself give in to despair. Evil wants to stamp out the family, religion, ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Malice, J. Travis Woodside
47.
Unregistered with Thaddeus Russell (2017– )
Michael Malice
(2023 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Thaddeus Russell, Michael Malice
48.
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998– )
Episode:
Programme 4
(1998)
48 min | Documentary, History, War
1970-79. The Yom Kippur War and the 1978 Arab-Israeli Agreement.
Director: Dai Richards | Stars: Vadim Kirpichenko, Elliot Richardson, Joseph Sisco, Abba Eban
Votes: 6
49.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Guerrilla Warfare
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Looking at how Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro, Josip Broz Tito and Võ Nguyên Giáp used Guerrilla Warfare to overcome a militarily superior enemy.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Eric Y. Shibuya, Eric Gomez, James Rogers, William Leogrande
50.
Feature History (2016–2023)
Episode:
Feature History - Soviet-Afghan War
(2017)
10 min | Documentary, Animation, History
A short history of Afghanistan leading up to major events in the soviet-Afgahn War followed by a look at the aftermath, e.g. the continuing war without the Soviets.