Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "soviet-russia"

1. The Flash (I) (2023)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon

Votes: 209,538

2. 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: 113,287 | Gross: $8.05M

3. Enemy at the Gates (2001)

R | 131 min | Action, Drama, War

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz

Votes: 277,387 | Gross: $51.40M

4. Moscow on the Hudson (1984)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Russian saxophonist visiting New York with a circus troupe suddenly decides to defect from the USSR during a shopping trip to a department store, but he finds adjusting to American life more difficult than he imagined.

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Alejandro Rey

Votes: 13,043 | Gross: $25.10M

5. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury

Votes: 79,733

6. Mr. Jones (2019)

119 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Mawle

Votes: 16,217

7. Silk Stockings (1957)

Approved | 117 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A Russian government official is sent to Paris to bring back her comrades; she soon gets a taste of Paris life and falls in love with an American movie producer.

Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige, Peter Lorre

Votes: 4,321

8. Summer Storm (1944)

Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In this filmed Chekhov adaptation, Olga is an alluring peasant woman who lures cynical aristocrat Fedor away from his milquetoast fiancée, with tragic consequences.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 671

9. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)

R | 103 min | Biography, Drama, History

After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with politics, promoting socialism to the world. Stalin has sent out an ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese

Votes: 1,954

10. Dovlatov (2018)

PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama

The film actions unfold in 1971, telling about the four days of life of famous writer Sergei Dovlatov. The film raises the eternal issue of the Russian and European culture - the issue of moral choice.

Director: Aleksey German Jr. | Stars: Milan Maric, Danila Kozlovskiy, Helena Sujecka, Eva Gerr

Votes: 2,222

11. The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Biography, War

Ian Fleming's life (1908-64) as a journalist and a naval intelligence officer was a lot like the womanizing James Bond, about whom he would later write 12 spy novels.

Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Jason Connery, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joss Ackland, Patricia Hodge

Votes: 649

12. Red Cherry (1995)

120 min | Drama, War

It is 1940. Chuchu and Luo Xiaoman are Chinese students who have been sent to study in Moscow, at the international school. She is 13; he is 12. Xiaoman is from Yanan, Mao's base after the ... See full summary »

Director: Daying Ye | Stars: Ke-Yu Guo, Xiao-Li Xu, Igor Ledogorov, Vyacheslav Butenko

Votes: 748

13. Trotsky (2017)

50 min | Biography, Drama, History

A flashback to earlier episodes in the life of Leon Trotsky, the Marxist revolutionary, framed by events during his asylum in Mexico City 1939-1940

Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Mikhail Porechenkov, Maksim Matveev, Evgeniy Stychkin

Votes: 2,198

14. Freedom's Fury (2006)

90 min | Documentary, Sport

A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were in Budapest, stomping out a popular revolt.

Director: Colin K. Gray | Stars: Viktor Ageyev, Antal Bolvári, János Bük, Sándor Csoóri

Votes: 732

15. Corleone (1978)

R | 108 min | Crime, Thriller

Two friends grow up together in the Sicily of the '50s. Two different destiny, two different way of life. Could their friendship survive to the mafia shadow?

Director: Pasquale Squitieri | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Claudia Cardinale, Francisco Rabal, Stefano Satta Flores

Votes: 260

16. British Agent (1934)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, History, Romance

It's 1917. In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing. Stephen 'Steve' Locke is a British agent in Russia. The main task of Steve is to prevent the Bolsheviks, led by Joseph ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan, Phillip Reed

Votes: 749

17. Sakharov (1984 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 118 min | Biography, Drama

Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights movement to his receiving the Nobel Peace prize. Sakharov's actions first caused him... See full summary »

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Jason Robards, Glenda Jackson, Nicol Williamson, Frank Finlay

Votes: 140

18. Gehlen: Hitler's Superspy (1974 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

This is the remarkable story of Reinhard Gehlen, former Head of the German Secret Service, who helped to found the CIA, the American Central Intelligence Agency.

Director: Peter Batty | Stars: Siegfried Westphal, Walter Warlimont, Kenneth Strong, Lyman Kirkpatrick

Votes: 24

19. Battle of Kursk (2009 Video)

57 min | Documentary, History, War

The tidal wave of the German advance had lost momentum when it broke against the outskirts of Moscow; the cold Russian winter had saved the city. Now the two most powerful armies on earth ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Roy Ward, Adolf Hitler, Ivan Konev, Friedrich Paulus

Votes: 10

20. Comrades in Arms (1991)

R | 91 min | Action, Adventure

The Cold War is over, but the battle is still blazing as Russia and America join forces. When a ruthless international drug cartel threatens to impose a new world order of its own, ... See full summary »

Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Lyle Alzado, Rick Washburn, J. Christian Ingvordsen, Lance Henriksen

Votes: 108

21. The Trial (IV) (2018)

125 min | Documentary, History

In 1930 in Moscow, USSR. the Soviet government puts a group of top rank economists and engineers on trial, accusing them of plotting a coup d'état. The charges are fabricated and the punishment, if convicted, is death.

Director: Sergey Loznitsa | Stars: Aleksandr Aleksandrovitch Fedotov, Ivan Andreevitch Kalinnikow, Nikolai Krylenko, Sergey Viktorovitch Kupriyanov

Votes: 401

22. Sukunsa viimeinen (2010)

80 min | Drama, History

A little Nenets girl Neko is taken against her will from her home to a boarding school in a remote Russian village. Forced to adapt to a foreign culture and new customs, Neko rebels and ... See full summary »

Directors: Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio | Stars: Anastasia Lapsui, Aleksandra Okotetto, Roza Laptander, Jevgeni Hudi

Votes: 69

23. Noga (1991)

88 min | Action, Drama, War

Surreal drama based on the novel of the same name by William Faulkner. The first Russian film on the war in Afghanistan and Afghan syndrome.

Director: Nikita Tyagunov | Stars: Ivan Okhlobystin, Pyotr Mamonov, Ivan Zakhava, Natalya Petrova

Votes: 260

24. How to Stage a Coup (2017 TV Movie)

47 min | Documentary, History

A guide to human history through its most audacious power grabs. From Julius Caesar to Napoleon; from Mussolini to the strongmen of the present day - we see how the world we know has been shaped by those who dream big.

Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Giles Milton, Donald Rayfield, Daniel Beer

Votes: 191

25. Gidi Gidi (2018)

70 min | Documentary

This documentary tells the historical story of the Nazilli Sümerbank Printed Fabric Factory, built by the support of Soviet Russia in 1937, through Gidi Gidi, a train belonging to the ... See full summary »

Director: Yasin Ali Türkeri

26. Rudolf Nureyev: The Legend Behind 'The White Crow' (2019 Video)

4 min | Short, Biography

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Stars: David Hare, Roselyn Bentley, Oleg Ivenko, Monica Mason

27. The Brain of Soviet Russia (1919)

14 min | Documentary, Short

Newsreel of statesmen of Soviet Russia.

Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Vladimir Lenin, Lev Trotskiy

Votes: 23

28. Survivors of Stalingrad (2015– )

46 min | Documentary, History, War

Describes the Battle of Stalingrad, focusing on the reminiscences of former German soldiers, many of whom had been taken as prisoners of war by the Red Army

Star: Mike Leighton

29. The Making of I, Spry (2011 Video)

13 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

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Director: Peter Butt | Stars: Ian Astridge, Michael Bialoguski, Alex Blokh, Ronald Henry Brown

30. InterNYET: A History of the Russian Internet (2019)
Episode: The Beginning: A California Hippie And The Crazy 1990s (2019)

37 min | Documentary, History

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Director: Andrey Loshak | Stars: Andrey Loshak, Joel Schatz, Dmitriy Klyosov, A. Konstantinov

Votes: 14

31. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Two: Vecna's Curse (2022)

TV-14 | 77 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A plane brings Mike to California -- and a dead body brings Hawkins to a halt. Nancy goes looking for leads. A shaken Eddie tells the gang what he saw.

Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 20,683

32. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Three: The Monster and the Superhero (2022)

TV-14 | 63 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Murray and Joyce fly to Alaska, and El faces serious consequences. Robin and Nancy dig up dirt on Hawkins' demons. Dr. Owens delivers sobering news.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 19,943

33. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Four: Dear Billy (2022)

TV-14 | 78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Max is in grave danger - and running out of time. A patient at Pennhurst Asylum has visitors. Elsewhere, in Russia, Hopper is hard at work.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 37,432

34. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Five: The Nina Project (2022)

TV-14 | 76 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Owens takes El to Nevada, where she's forced to confront her past, while the Hawkins kids comb a crumbling house for clues. Vecna claims another victim.

Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 19,135

35. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Six: The Dive (2022)

TV-14 | 75 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Behind the Iron Curtain, a risky rescue mission gets underway. The California crew seeks help from a hacker. Steve takes one for the team.

Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 19,555

36. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (2022)

TV-14 | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

As Hopper braces to battle a monster, Dustin dissects Vecna's motives -- and decodes a message from beyond. El finds strength in a distant memory.

Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 41,167

37. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Eight: Papa (2022)

TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.

Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 21,618

38. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Barbarossa: June-December 1941 (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

After dominating southeastern Europe through force or intrigue, Germany begins Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Walter Warlimont, Albert Speer, Grigori Tokaty

Votes: 511

39. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Red Star: The Soviet Union - 1941-1943 (1974)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

The rise of the Red Army, mobilization of Soviet production, the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet partisans, and the Battle of Kursk.

Director: Martin Smith | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Olga Rybakova, Vsevolod Klokov, Nikolai Volkov

Votes: 425

40. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 (1974)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The mid-war German situation in Southern Russia resulting in the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad.

Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Andrey Yeryomenko, Hermann Göring, Franz Halder

Votes: 466

41. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle for Russia (1995)

Documentary, History, War

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Director: Dave Flitton | Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Heinz Guderian, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 11

42. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Campaign in the Balkans (2004)

105 min | Documentary, History, War

We examine the course of savage fighting in the Balkans in the latter half of the conflict in World War 2 where after the uprising by the Romanians, the Soviet Army moved swiftly to capture Bucharest.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Ion Antonescu, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Ernst Busch

Votes: 11

43. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: Manchuria: The Forgotten Victory (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of the Soviet victory over the mighty Japanese Kwangtung Army in the mountains of Manchuria, which is one of the least known of the Second World War.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Aleksei Antonov, Henry H. Arnold, Kai-Shek Chiang

Votes: 5

44. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle for the Crimea (2002)

Documentary, History, War

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Stars: Jonathan Booth, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin

Votes: 5

45. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of Kursk (2000)

Documentary, History, War

In the summer of 1943 more than 2,000,000 men of the German and Russian Armies and over 6,000 tanks were gathered together near the Russian town of Kursk. The scene was set for one of the ... See full summary »

Stars: Heinz Guderian, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, Ivan Konev

Votes: 6

46. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Siege of Leningrad (2000)

Documentary, History, War

Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of one of the Second World War's most harrowing episodes - the 890-day siege of the Soviet Union's second city Leningrad which was not liberated until January 1944.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Rolf Carls, Karl Dönitz, Joseph Goebbels

Votes: 6

47. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Nine: The Piggyback (2022)

TV-14 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

With selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins - and the world itself.

Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 32,713

48. Apocalypse Hitler attaque à l'Est (2021)
Episode: Conquérir l'Espace Vital (2021)

Documentary, History, War

June 1941, Hitler invades the USSR: he wants to conquer this "Living space" of which he dreams for his Reich, and conquer the largest country in the world.

Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy, Martin Bormann

Votes: 35

49. Apocalypse Hitler attaque à l'Est (2021)
Episode: La Lutte décisive (2021)

Documentary, History, War

October 1941: as Hitler believes his triumph imminent, his men and tanks are freezing where they stand. Meanwhile, the Red Army consolidates his positions.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy, Lavrenti Beria

Votes: 33

50. Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West (2021– )
Episode: Le piège (2021)

Documentary, History, War

Nine months after the onset of World War II, Hitler attacks the West - Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Great Britain - with intense violence.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy, Fernand Bignon

Votes: 38