Opposites attract when, during their college days, Katie Morosky, a politically active Jew, meets Hubbell Gardiner, a feckless WASP. Years later, in the wake of World War II, they meet once again and, despite their obvious differences, attempt to make their love for each other work.

The Iron Curtain

1948

English

6.3

♡ 1

59%

based on memoir or autobiography

William A. Wellman Director

Gene Tierney as Anna Gouzenko

Peter Whitney as Cipher Lt. Vinikov

Stefan Schnabel as Col. Ilya Ranov

June Havoc as Nina Karanova

The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details of the nuclear bomb via numerous sleeper cells established throughout North America. The scandal that resulted when details of this case were publicized by American columnist Drew Pearson in early 1946 involved Canada, Britain and the United States.

Shack Out on 101

1955

English

6.3

43%

Edward Dein Director

Keenan Wynn as George

Terry Moore as Kotty

Len Lesser as Perch

Lee Marvin as Slob / Mr. Gregory

A greasy spoon diner provides a base for a spy smuggling nuclear secrets.

Storm Center

1956

English

6.6

♡ 5

33%

communist

Drama

Daniel Taradash Director

Bette Davis as Alicia Hull

Malcolm Atterbury as Frank

Brian Keith as Paul Duncan

Howard Wendell as Sen. Bascomb

Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She's quickly labeled a Communist.

The Human Factor

1979

English

6.1

♡ 1

33%

29%

based on novel or book

Otto Preminger Director

Derek Jacobi as Arthur Davis

Tony Haygarth as Buffy

Fiona Fullerton as Elizabeth

Sean Caffrey as Policeman

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.

Ninotchka

1939

English

7.8

♡ 11

95%

Ernst Lubitsch Director

Richard Carle as Gaston

Armand Kaliz as Louis - the Headwaiter

Edwin Maxwell as Mercier

Bela Lugosi as Razinin

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

1975

German

7.3

♡ 9

83%

Volker Schlöndorff Director

Mario Adorf as Kommissar Beizmenne

Henry van Lyck as 'Scheich' Karl

Hannelore Hoger as Trude Blorna

Dieter Laser as Werner Tötges

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

The Manchurian Candidate

1962

English

7.9

♡ 56

97%

John Frankenheimer Director

Kenneth Gibson as Delegate

Michael Masters as FBI Agent

Lloyd Corrigan as Holborn Gaines

John Indrisano as Reporter

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.

Newton

2017

Hindi

7.6

♡ 10

94%

Amit Masurkar Director

Pankaj Tripathi as Aatma Singh

Sanjay Mishra as Election Instructor

Mayank Tewari as Journalist

Rajkummar Rao as Newton Kumar

A government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of Central India tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.

Trumbo

2015

English

7.4

♡ 80

74%

parent child relationship

screenwriter

Jay Roach Director

Diane Lane as Cleo Trumbo

Mark Harelik as Ed Muhl

Helen Mirren as Hedda Hopper

Elle Fanning as Niki Trumbo

The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005

English

7.4

♡ 26

93%

83%

Action

based on a true story

George Clooney Director

Robert Knepper as Don Surine

George Clooney as Fred Friendly

Robert Downey Jr. as Joe Wershba

Helen Slayton-Hughes as Mary

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

To Live

1994

Chinese

8.3

♡ 29

87%

Yimou Zhang Director

Zongluo Huang as Fu Gui's Dad

Tianchi Liu as Xu Fengxia, Li Gong

Li Gong as Xu Jiazhen

Deng Fei as Xu Youqing

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.

Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo

1961

Italian

7.0

♡ 3

Carmine Gallone Director

Saro Urzì as Brusco - il sindaco

Emma Gramatica as Desolina - la vecchietta

Armando Bandini as Don Carlino

Spartaco Pellicciari as (uncredited)

Don Camillo (now bishop) and Peppone (now senator) return to the town of Brescello and rekindle their friendly rivalry.

Il compagno Don Camillo

1965

Italian

6.9

♡ 4

catholic church

Comedy

communist

roman catholic church

Luigi Comencini Director

Armando Migliari as Christian-Democrat representative

Graziella Granata as Nadia

Salvatore Campochiaro as The notary

Renzo Ricci as Voce del Crocifisso

Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.

Blood for Dracula

1974

English

6.1

♡ 13

68%

Paul Morrissey Director

Udo Kier as Count Dracula

Joe Dallesandro as Mario Balato - the Servant

Silvia Dionisio as Perla

Giorgio Dolfin as (uncredited)

Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.