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1. Purge (2012)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama
A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.
Director: Antti J. Jokinen | Stars: Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke, Peter Franzén
Votes: 3,922
2. Letter Never Sent (1960)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
Four geologists search for diamonds in the wilderness of Siberia.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Samoylova, Vasiliy Livanov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Votes: 4,252
3. DAU. Degeneratsiya (2020)
369 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A secret Soviet Institute conducts scientific and occult experiments on animals and people, aiming at creating an "ideal human being". A KGB general and his aides prefer to turn a blind eye... See full summary »
Directors: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Ilya Permyakov | Stars: Vladimir Azhippo, Dmitry Kaledin, Olga Shkabarnya, Alexei Blinov
Votes: 640
4. DAU. New Man (2020)
99 min | Drama
Maxim and his comrades-in-arms are participating in top-secret experiments into the creation of a new man. The employees of the secret Institute are characterized by everything Maxim ... See full summary »
Directors: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Ilya Permyakov | Stars: Maksim Martsinkevich, Viktoria Skitskaya, Vladimir Azhippo, Arina Alexeeva
Votes: 170
5. Slovo House (2017)
81 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The extraordinary story of Ukraine's "Slovo House".
Director: Taras Tomenko | Stars: Boris Georgievskiy, Anna Levchenko, Mykhaylo Voznyuk, Olga Radchuk
Votes: 115
6. Heart of a Dog (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the wake of the Russian revolution, Professor Preobrazhensky rescues a starving dog from the gutter, and attempts to transform him into a man. Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel of the same name.
Director: Vladimir Bortko | Stars: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Boris Plotnikov, Roman Kartsev
Votes: 9,147
7. The Guide (2014)
122 min | Drama, History
American boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-1930s Soviet Ukraine.
Director: Oles Sanin | Stars: Stanislav Boklan, Jeff Burrell, Boris Georgievskiy, Anton Sviatoslav Greene
Votes: 3,487
8. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Sent to undo the TimeSplitter threat, Cortez journeys into 6 different time periods to track down Jacob Crow who created the TimeSplitter creatures.
Directors: David Doak, Stephen Ellis | Stars: Tom Clarke Hill, Sarah Mennell, Wayne Forester, Melli Bond
Votes: 858
9. The Edge (2010)
Not Rated | 124 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1945, Soviet war hero Ignat is sent to work as a locomotive mechanic in a Siberian labor camp where he meets an assortment of Germans and Russians.
Director: Aleksey Uchitel | Stars: Vladimir Mashkov, Anjorka Strechel, Yuliya Peresild, Sergey Garmash
Votes: 3,245
10. Assassination Attempt (1981)
150 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Alain Delon and Claude Jade stars in this Soviet movie: Documents reveal in 1980 that the Germans planned to kill the Big Three in Teheran in 1943.
Directors: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov | Stars: Natalya Belokhvostikova, Curd Jürgens, Igor Kostolevskiy, Claude Jade
Votes: 1,331
11. Autumn Ball (2007)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
A film about the loneliness, despair and hope of six people who all live in a bleak Soviet-era apartment complex in Tallinn, Estonia.
Director: Veiko Õunpuu | Stars: Rain Tolk, Taavi Eelmaa, Juhan Ulfsak, Maarja Jakobson
Votes: 2,118
12. Theoretically, an even much more paranoid conspiratorial phone call (2021)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Challenged by phone by the Pro Bono Spy Hunter and his valet, The Boss travels to the year 2121, where the USSR won the Cold War. Caught spying, The Boss undergoes a subtle questioning technique that tortures him and his interrogator.
Director: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato | Star: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato
Votes: 6
13. Siberian Exile (2013)
125 min | Drama, History, Romance
Mass deportations to Siberia of the 1940s as seen through eyes of a young boy called Staszek Dolina. His family members are among the 2 million Polish citizens, who are sent to the cruel Siberian work camps.
Director: Janusz Zaorski | Stars: Adam Woronowicz, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Andrii Zhurba, Pawel Krucz
Votes: 354
14. I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005)
57 min | Documentary, Biography
This documentary explores the incredible life of Merian C. Cooper, from his time as a soldier and pilot in three different wars, to his exploits in Hollywood, as a director, producer and cinematic innovator.
Directors: Christopher Bird, Kevin Brownlow | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Merian C. Cooper, David Strohmaier, James D'Arc
Votes: 241
15. Hotel Russia (2016– )
Crime, Drama
Moscow, 1976. Kseniya, a hostess at the international Hotel 'Russia', becomes drawn into a power struggle for control of the Kremlin.
Stars: Ivan Dubrovskiy, Ekaterina Vilkova, Evgeniy Pronin, Anatoliy Goryachev
Votes: 57
16. ENSV: Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik (2010– )
30 min | Comedy
The everyday-life of a normal family in Soviet Estonia in the 1980s.
Stars: Laine Mägi, Mait Malmsten, Tiit Sukk, Liisa Pulk
Votes: 134
17. L'Iran: une révolution cinématographique (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and... See full summary »
Director: Nader T. Homayoun | Stars: Rakhshan Banietemad, Bahram Beyzaie, Farokh Ghafari, Bahman Ghobadi
Votes: 236
18. Amkhanag Stalinis mogzauroba aprikashi (1991)
80 min | Comedy
This mock documentary mixes actual private footage of Stalin with reconstructed dramatic sequences with doubles.
Director: Irakli Kvirikadze | Stars: Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Janri Lolashvili, Zura Kipshidze, Soso Lagidze
Votes: 22
19. Pal/Secam (2008)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
At the dawn of Perestroika, little Boris, ravaged by hormones, seduces the neighborhood with his mother's VCR.
Director: Dmitry Povolotsky | Stars: Alya Arabchikova, Vladislav Kuznetsov, Anastasiya Lapina, Grigoriy Perel
Votes: 55
20. Ulybka Boga, ili Chisto odesskaya istoriya (2008)
117 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A determined student from Chicago is forced to fulfill the last wish of his ailing grandfather. He has to travel to Odessa, Ukraine, and bring back his grandfather's cat.
Director: Vladimir Alenikov | Stars: Ivan Zhidkov, Mariya Gorban, Antonina Sutyagina, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Votes: 157
21. Pervorossiyanye (1967)
77 min | Drama
Workers establish the first agricultural commune. In spite of the hostility of the local White Army the workers build houses, cultivate land. The poor peasants are turning towards the commune. However, White Army take vengeance on them.
Directors: Aleksandr Ivanov, Yevgeni Shiffers | Stars: Vladimir Chestnokov, Vladimir Zamanskiy, Larisa Danilina, Gennadiy Nilov
Votes: 75
22. What Revolution? (2008)
61 min | Documentary
November 9th, 2009 marks the twentieth year since the Berlin Wall fell. This film takes a new look at the reunification of East and West Germany. During the forty years Germany was divided,... See full summary »
Director: Kelly Baur
23. Test of a clean hydrogen bomb with a yield of 50 megatons (1961)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Top secret documentary movie about successful testing of the largest H-bomb in history of mankind (Tsar Bomba) has been recently declassified and available to public.
Directors: Dmitriy Bogolepov, Igor Gostev
Votes: 9
24. La maison haute (2005 TV Movie)
86 min | Documentary, History
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... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Lungin
Votes: 11
28.
Blood+ (2005–2006)
Episode:
Moon Over Ekaterinburg
(2006)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
David and his team track down Adams near Chernobyl and fight his monstrous son there.
Directors: Akiko Honda, Jun'ichi Fujisaku, Michael Hack | Stars: Eri Kitamura, Katsuyuki Konishi, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Akiko Yajima
Votes: 38
29.
Air Crash Investigation (2003– )
Episode:
Target Is Destroyed
(2010)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 accidentally enters the Soviet airspace on a flight from the United States to South Korea. The Soviet interceptors shoot down the passenger jet.
Director: George D'Amato | Stars: Jonathan Aris, Denis Akiyama, Cecil Law, Jordan Andonov
Votes: 138
30.
Perfect Storms: Disasters That Changed the World (2013– )
Episode:
Hitler's Frozen Army
(2013)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Drama
October,1941. Two gargantuan armies collide west of Moscow. It is the largest battle in human history. The Soviets are on the verge of collapse, but "General Mud" and "General Cold" arrive to stop the German advance.
Director: Brian Rice | Stars: Kenneth Welsh, Aaron Rothermund, Jordan Andonov, Kevin Owen Clarke
Votes: 19
31.
Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019)
Episode:
The Tightening
(2017)
TV-MA | 54 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Red senses trouble, but the others are convinced she's just paranoid. Taystee and Black Cindy enlist an unlikely ally, and two old friends clash.
Director: Erin Feeley | Stars: Taylor Schilling, Natasha Lyonne, Uzo Aduba, Danielle Brooks
Votes: 1,563