A writer in 1930s Moscow has his work banned and is expelled from the official union, leaving him without income. He then writes a novel about a mysterious dark visitor and gradually starts confusing his real life with the story.

Solaris

1972

Russian

7.9

♡ 63

92%

based on novel or book

Drama

extraterrestrial technology

loss of sense of reality

Andrei Tarkovsky Director

Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Doktor Sartorius, astrobiolog

Natalya Bondarchuk as Khari

Olga Barnet as Mat Krisa Kelvina

Yulian Semyonov as Predsedatel nauchnoy konferentsii

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

The Return of Godzilla

1984

Japanese

6.8

♡ 8

88%

Toshio Masuda Director

Nobuo Kaneko as Home Affairs Minister Isomura

Yôsuke Natsuki as Professor Makoto Hayashida

Takashi Ebata as Ship Captain

Takeshi Katô as Trade Minister

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

Bridge of Spies

2015

English

7.6

♡ 241

91%

87%

Action

Biography

central intelligence agency (cia)

Steven Spielberg Director

Rainer Reiners as Cab Driver

Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan

Jesse Plemons as Joe Murphy

Richard Long as Rex Randolph

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Striped Trip

1961

Russian

7.3

♡ 3

Vladimir Fetin Director

Aleksandr Benyaminov as Inostrannyy ukrotitel

Aleksandr Sirin as Motya

Vasiliy Lanovoy as Resting Man on the Beach

Alisa Freyndlikh as The Barmaid

A Soviet cruise ship "Evgeni Onegin" is carrying cages with tigers and lions for a Soviet Circus. One loose monkey unlocks all cages, letting the tigers and lions out. Poor passengers and crew have no place to run. The captain abandons his post out of fear, and the monkey takes over the captain's post. The ship gets under total control by the tigers and lions. Only one lady is standing up to the challenge. Her name is Marianna, she loves animals, and she takes the situation under control.

Afonya

1975

Russian

7.7

♡ 2

84%

Georgiy Daneliya Director

Leonid Kuravlyov as Afanasy Nikolayevich Borshchov - Afonya

Boryslav Brondukov as Fedul

Valentina Talyzina as Lyudmila Ivanovna Vostryakova, master ZHEKa

Saveliy Kramarov as Yegoza

The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character "Afonya" Borshev is a plumber, who spends his life partying with "buddies", many of whom he doesn't even remember after nights of heavy drinking. His wife leaves him, his boss places him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. Afonya met Katya at a dance club, yet didn't pay her much attention. But she is the one, who can save him... In this movie Daneliya achieves a perfect balance of satire and drama. Quotes from the movie gained a cult status in USSR.

Excursion

2018

English

4.7

♡ 5

92%

Martin Grof Director

J.P. Turner as General Pavel Andreev

Jeryl Burgess as Professor Andreeva

Johnny Mindlin as Tom

Richard Canal as Tomas

In the late eighties, the USSR government enlists Tomas, a devoted member of the Communist Party, to travel back in time to future London and document how Socialism has thrived.

In Tranzit

2008

English

5.7

♡ 3

39%

Tom Roberts Director

Sergey Safronov as Ivan

Daniel Brühl as Klaus

Vera Farmiga as Natalia

John Malkovich as Pavlov

Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female guards. To weed out the guilty, the innocent must pay. Can supposed enemies turn into great loves? Based on a true post-World War II story, this drama stars Thomas Kretschmann, John Malkovich and Vera Farmiga in a bitter game of cat and mouse and a battle between hate and humanity, mercy and revenge.

Sex in the Soviet Union

2025

Russian

5.6

♡ 3

A gripping journey through seven decades of sexual ignorance, oppression, and suffering, brought to life through the words and experiences of the first Soviet sexologist. Ukrainian survivors of the regime courageously recount the harsh realities they endured, from the pervasive suppression of sexual expression to the rampant exploitation and abuse that plagued Soviet society.

Child 44

2015

English

6.4

♡ 89

30%

42%

Action

based on novel or book

Daniel Espinosa Director

Jason Clarke as Anatoly Tarasovich Brodsky

Gary Oldman as General Mikhail Nesterov

Tom Hardy as Leo Demidov

Charles Dance as Major Grachev

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.

The Dawns Here Are Quiet...

2015

Russian

6.7

♡ 8

based on novel or book

Renat Davletyarov Director

Sergey Garmash as Avtorskiy tekst chitaet

Pyotr Fyodorov as Fedot Vaskov

Alina Babak as Nadya, mladshaya sestra Komelkovoy

Ekaterina Vilkova as Starshiy Serzhant Kiryanova

It is late spring of 1942, and the Great Patriotic War is in full swing. A long way off from the front-line, at some God-forgotten junction, the Germans make an air landing operation in an attempt to get through to the Kirov railway and the White Sea - the Baltic Sea Canal. These aren't just ordinary paratroopers. This is a team of seasoned and highly trained infiltrators, the elite of the Waffen-SS, superhumans. The only thing in their way is an anti-aircraft artillery unit of corporal Vaskov and five young women in training. It may seem like a fight of local significance, but the countrys main strategic transportation artery is at stake. Can the corporal and his 'petite newbies' prevent Nazi sabotage and at what cost? Television version: An extended version made out of four 45 minute episodes was released on Channel One Russia, on 9 May 2016. Available on PrimeVideo.

Earthquake

1999

Russian

6.6

♡ 6

Sarik Andreasyan Director

Mariya Mironova as Anna Berezhnaya

Sebastien Sisak as Dide, kinolog

Konstantin Lavronenko as Konstantin Berezhnoy

Arsen Grigoryan as 'Ryzhiy'

After the devastating Spitak earthquake of December 7th, Konstantin Berezhnoy, a 50-year-old Russian, and Robert Melkonyan, a 28-year-old Armenian, work together to rescue the desperate survivors.

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