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No Path Through Fire
7.5

No Path Through Fire

Dec. 25, 1967

No Path Through Fire

IMDb: 7.5 1967 95 min 324 views
No Path Through Fire is acclaimed director Gleb Panfilov’s first feature film. It tells the interesting story of a talented nurse trying to ...
Trial on the Road
7.9

Trial on the Road

Apr. 01, 1971

Trial on the Road

IMDb: 7.9 1971 96 min 1063 views
Trial on the Road (Проверка на дорогах) is the directorial debut of acclaimed director, Aleksey German. In English, it is also sometimes known as ...
Indestructible
5.2
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Indestructible

Oct. 25, 2018

Indestructible

IMDb: 5.2 2018 90 min 2185 views
The film is based on the true story about a Soviet KV-1 crew of a Soviet KV-1 tank, under the command of Semyon Konovalov , whom despite being ...
Beginning of an Unknown Era
6.9

Beginning of an Unknown Era

Dec. 31, 1967

Beginning of an Unknown Era

IMDb: 6.9 1967 73 min 365 views
Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the ...
Triumph Over Violence
8.2

Triumph Over Violence

Dec. 31, 1965

Triumph Over Violence

IMDb: 8.2 1965 138 min 1421 views
Romm’s “Ordinary Fascism” pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into ...
Fate of a Man
8.0

Fate of a Man

Aug. 01, 1959

Fate of a Man

IMDb: 8.0 1959 103 min 818 views
The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of ...
Moscow Strikes Back
6.9

Moscow Strikes Back

Feb. 23, 1942

Moscow Strikes Back

IMDb: 6.9 1942 55 min 1403 views
This movie, the Soviet Union’s first Academy Award, is still the only Russian-language winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. The ...
Bastards
6.1
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Bastards

Feb. 02, 2006

Bastards

IMDb: 6.1 2006 97 min 1051 views
A “Hitlerjugend” kind of story, set in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on a fictitious story from the eponymous ...
The Fall of Berlin
6.1

The Fall of Berlin

Dec. 25, 1949

The Fall of Berlin

IMDb: 6.1 1949 167 min 1277 views
Surrounded by a few party officials, Alexei Ivanov, a stakhanovist smelter, is decorated by Stalin. The “Little Father of the ...
Decision: Liquidation
5.4
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Decision: Liquidation

Jun. 07, 2018

Decision: Liquidation

IMDb: 5.4 2018 96 min 2070 views
The ruthless extremist Bazgaev responsible for terrorist attacks which lead to deaths of hundreds of civilians, among them school children, is ...
Panfilov’s 28 Men
6.8
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Panfilov’s 28 Men

Nov. 24, 2016

Panfilov’s 28 Men

IMDb: 6.8 2016 105 min 2692 views
This is a pretty recent Russian WWII movie well worth checking out. It’s based on the Soviet legend about a group of 28 Red Army soldiers ...
Live and Remember
6.6

Live and Remember

Jun. 26, 2008

Live and Remember

IMDb: 6.6 2008 100 min 653 views
Based on Valentin Rasputin’s story of the same title. The winter of 1945. In a village on the Angara embankment the women wait the return ...
War and Peace
8.3

War and Peace

Mar. 14, 1966

War and Peace

IMDb: 8.3 1966 422 min 3172 views
War and Peace (Война и мир / Voyna i mir) is a historical epic shot between 1961-1967 and released over 1965–67. This Soviet movie, co-written ...
Ballad of a Soldier
8.2

Ballad of a Soldier

Dec. 01, 1959

Ballad of a Soldier

IMDb: 8.2 1959 89 min 2202 views
Ballad of a Soldier (Баллада о солдате / Ballada o soldate) is a 1959 film directed by World War Two veteran, Grigoriy Chukhray. It’s one ...
The Youth of Maxim
6.7

The Youth of Maxim

Jan. 28, 1935

The Youth of Maxim

IMDb: 6.7 1935 90 min 493 views
A 1935 USA trade-paper reviewer called it… “an impressive and technically outstanding historical drama dealing with czarist terrorism ...
Kutuzov
7.1

Kutuzov

Jun. 06, 1943

Kutuzov

IMDb: 7.1 1943 95 min 560 views
A biopic about Prince Kutuzov, the defeater of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Mashenka
7.5

Mashenka

Apr. 09, 1942

Mashenka

IMDb: 7.5 1942 66 min 715 views
The tumultuous life of a young telegraph operator during the war years.
The New Babylon
7.4

The New Babylon

Jan. 01, 1929

The New Babylon

IMDb: 7.4 1929 120 min 478 views
In the early days of the industrial revolution, a young shop worker falls in love with a soldier before he goes off to war.
Outskirts
7.2

Outskirts

Mar. 24, 1933

Outskirts

IMDb: 7.2 1933 98 min 614 views
Outskirts is an internationally renowned masterpiece of early sound cinema. In a remote Russian village during World War I, colorful and nuanced ...
Little Alexander
7.1

Little Alexander

Jun. 06, 1981

Little Alexander

IMDb: 7.1 1981 98 min 468 views
Little Alexander is a story about the end of WWII. It’s May, 1945 and Soviet soldiers in Germany are making efforts to create conditions ...
The Turning Point
6.3

The Turning Point

Jul. 19, 1945

The Turning Point

IMDb: 6.3 1945 108 min 691 views
A Soviet 1945 film directed by Fridrikh Ermler based on a screenplay by Boris Chirskov. The film was one of the Cannes top prize winners of 1946.
Chapaev
7.3

Chapaev

Nov. 07, 1934

Chapaev

IMDb: 7.3 1934 93 min 771 views
Chapaev (Чапаев) is known as one of the finest cinematic works of the Socialist Realism movement. Based on a real life Red Army commander, ...
The Commissar
7.4

The Commissar

Jun. 06, 1967

The Commissar

IMDb: 7.4 1967 110 min 614 views
Klavdia Vavilova (Nonna Mordyukova) serves as a political officer – a Commissar – in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. Her ...
Arsenal
7.2
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Arsenal

Feb. 25, 1929

Arsenal

IMDb: 7.2 1929 87 min 538 views
Set in the bleak aftermath and devastation of the World War I, a recently demobbed soldier, Timosh, returns to his hometown Kiev, after having ...
Aleksa Dundic
7.0

Aleksa Dundic

May. 18, 1958

Aleksa Dundic

IMDb: 7.0 1958 115 min 853 views
Aleksa Dundic (Oleko Dundich) is joint Soviet-Yugoslav production that celebrates the life and times of a famous Serbian soldier. Dundic ...
The Hot Snow
7.1

The Hot Snow

Jun. 06, 1972

The Hot Snow

IMDb: 7.1 1972 105 min 1084 views
In November, 1942, near the Volga, Stanlingrad is under siege of Commander Friederich Paulus and his 330,000 men. The Russian high command ...
Miles of Fire
6.1

Miles of Fire

Nov. 01, 1957

Miles of Fire

IMDb: 6.1 1957 85 min 473 views
Civil War. Southern steppes of Russia. Circumstances bring together various people: the Chekist, professor, actor, nurse and White Guard officer ...
Liberation V: The Last Assault
7.3
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Liberation V: The Last Assault

May. 07, 1972

Liberation V: The Last Assault

IMDb: 7.3 1972 75 min 823 views
Liberation is a five-part epic documentary about WWII from the perspective of the Eastern Front. Created by Yuri Ozerov, the series was primarily ...
Liberation IV: Battle For Berlin
7.1
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Liberation IV: Battle For Berlin

May. 07, 1972

Liberation IV: Battle For Berlin

IMDb: 7.1 1972 666 views
Liberation is a five-part epic documentary about WWII from the perspective of the Eastern Front. Created by Yuri Ozerov, the series was primarily ...
Liberation I: The Fire Bulge
7.1
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Liberation I: The Fire Bulge

May. 06, 1970

Liberation I: The Fire Bulge

IMDb: 7.1 1970 88 min 1059 views
Liberation is a five-part epic documentary about WWII from the perspective of the Eastern Front. Created by Yuri Ozerov, the series was primarily ...
Liberation II: The Break Through
7.1
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Liberation II: The Break Through

May. 08, 1970

Liberation II: The Break Through

IMDb: 7.1 1970 87 min 671 views
Liberation is a five-part epic documentary about WWII from the perspective of the Eastern Front. Created by Yuri Ozerov, the series was primarily ...
Road to Berlin
6.3
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Road to Berlin

May. 07, 2015

Road to Berlin

IMDb: 6.3 2015 82 min 2875 views
A story about two young men during the last days of WWII.
The Star
7.1
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The Star

May. 06, 2002

The Star

IMDb: 7.1 2002 97 min 1242 views
The film is based on the eponymous book by Emmanuil Kazakevich. In the summer of 1944 the Nazi Armies prepare a massive Tank Division named ...
White Tiger
6.1
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White Tiger

May. 03, 2012

White Tiger

IMDb: 6.1 2012 105 min 1940 views
Great Patriotic War, 1945. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white German Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov ...
Admiral
6.8
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Admiral

Jun. 06, 2008

Admiral

IMDb: 6.8 2008 123 min 2359 views
Admiral (Адмиралъ) is a Russian historical biopic film about the one-time leader of the White Russians, Alexander Kolchak. The film is directed ...
Fortress of War
7.5
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Fortress of War

Nov. 04, 2010

Fortress of War

IMDb: 7.5 2010 138 min 2567 views
A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Russian troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days. ...
Heroes of Shipka
7.0
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Heroes of Shipka

Aug. 12, 1954

Heroes of Shipka

IMDb: 7.0 1954 123 min 643 views
Heroes of Shipka was the first solo effort for Soviet director Sergei Vasilyev, who had previously collaborated with his late brother Georgi. As ...
The Captain’s Daughter
5.9

The Captain’s Daughter

Oct. 08, 1928

The Captain’s Daughter

IMDb: 5.9 1928 86 min 410 views
An adaptation of Pushkin’s historical novel about the Pugachev’s Rebellion in 1773–1774.
9th Company
7.1

9th Company

Sep. 19, 2005

9th Company

IMDb: 7.1 2005 139 min 1605 views
Please note, unfortunately this film is no longer available free on this site. However, it is free to stream on Amazon Prime. The film starts in ...
In August of 1944
7.6

In August of 1944

May. 04, 2001

In August of 1944

IMDb: 7.6 2001 109 min 1172 views
The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a ...
Alexander Nevsky
7.7

Alexander Nevsky

Nov. 24, 1938

Alexander Nevsky

IMDb: 7.7 1938 109 min 1046 views
Alexander Nevsky (Александр Невский) is a 1938 Soviet classic directed by Sergei Eisenstein. The film depicts famed Russian historical figure, ...
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going…
7.8
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One-Two, Soldiers Were Going…

Jun. 06, 1976

One-Two, Soldiers Were Going…

IMDb: 7.8 1976 87 min 1521 views
One, Two, Soldiers Were Going is yet another well done film directed by Leonid Bykov. The audience watching this expecting a gruesome war film ...
Officers
7.8

Officers

Jul. 26, 1971

Officers

IMDb: 7.8 1971 96 min 932 views
Officers is a movie about two friends’ love for their motherland, for life itself, and, of course, for a woman. Through the lifelong ...
Liberation III: Direction of the Main Blow
7.8
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Liberation III: Direction of the Main Blow

Oct. 22, 1971

Liberation III: Direction of the Main Blow

IMDb: 7.8 1971 125 min 1006 views
Liberation is a five-part epic documentary about WWII from the perspective of the Eastern Front. Created by Yuri Ozerov, the series was primarily ...
Tomorrow Was the War
7.8

Tomorrow Was the War

Oct. 18, 1987

Tomorrow Was the War

IMDb: 7.8 1987 89 min 963 views
Tomorrow Was the War is an exquisite drama about the life of Soviet schoolchildren during the last quiet days before WWII. The film centers ...
Twenty Days Without War
7.9
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Twenty Days Without War

May. 01, 1977

Twenty Days Without War

IMDb: 7.9 1977 101 min 821 views
War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the ...
At War as at War
8.0

At War as at War

Feb. 23, 1969

At War as at War

IMDb: 8.0 1969 90 min 713 views
To the young lieutenant Maleshkin the war is a minor obstacle, if compared to his personal battle to command his subordinates, while conducting ...
Two Comrades Were Serving
8.0

Two Comrades Were Serving

Jan. 01, 1968

Two Comrades Were Serving

IMDb: 8.0 1968 99 min 792 views
Set during the last days of the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. The Crimea Peninsula is the last stronghold of the White Guard, ...
Days of the Turbins
7.9

Days of the Turbins

Jun. 06, 1976

Days of the Turbins

IMDb: 7.9 1976 223 min 840 views
Masterfully done re-telling of Bulgakov’s brilliant play (itself a version of the novel, “White Guard”), “Days of the ...
The Flight
8.0

The Flight

Jan. 01, 1970

The Flight

IMDb: 8.0 1970 196 min 752 views
The film is about a group of people who in other times wouldn’t have anything in common, some of them innocent bystanders, some moral ...
Siberiade
8.1

Siberiade

Nov. 28, 1979

Siberiade

IMDb: 8.1 1979 275 min 1501 views
The evolution of a nation during six decades of turbulent history is dramatized via two families from opposing classes.
They Fought for Their Country
8.1
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They Fought for Their Country

Nov. 01, 1975

They Fought for Their Country

IMDb: 8.1 1975 137 min 1975 views
Sergei Bondarchuk’s They Fought for Their Country has often been called the best film about WWII.  In the summer of 1942, the Soviet Union ...
Ivan’s Childhood
8.1
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Ivan’s Childhood

May. 05, 1962

Ivan’s Childhood

IMDb: 8.1 1962 95 min 2180 views
Poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy’s war-ravaged youth.
Come and See
8.2
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Come and See

Jul. 01, 1985

Come and See

IMDb: 8.2 1985 137 min 20592 views
Come and See (Иди и смотри) is renowned Soviet director, Elem Klimov’s final feature film. It takes place in Belarus during WWII and tells ...
The Ascent
8.3

The Ascent

Apr. 02, 1977

The Ascent

IMDb: 8.3 1977 111 min 1406 views
Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go ...
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
8.3

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

Jun. 06, 1972

The Dawns Here Are Quiet

IMDb: 8.3 1972 188 min 1498 views
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (А зори здесь тихие / A zori zdes tikhie) is a 1972 Soviet film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. It is based on the 1969 ...
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
8.5

Only Old Men Are Going to Battle

Jun. 06, 1973

Only Old Men Are Going to Battle

IMDb: 8.5 1973 92 min 1674 views
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (В бой идут одни «старики» / V boy idut odni “stariki”) is a Ukrainian war movie directed by Leonid ...
Seventeen Moments of Spring
7.9

Seventeen Moments of Spring

Aug. 11, 1973

Seventeen Moments of Spring

IMDb: 7.9 1973 1878 views
Can you name the TV show that was more popular than Cheers or Seinfeld and that also contributed to Vladimir Putin’s rise to power? Well, have a ...
The Cranes Are Flying
8.3

The Cranes Are Flying

Oct. 12, 1957

The Cranes Are Flying

IMDb: 8.3 1957 97 min 2628 views
The Cranes Are Flying (Летят журавли / Letyat zhuravli) is a 1957 Soviet film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. It is set mostly in Moscow and the ...