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1. Lord of War (2005)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an INTERPOL Agent.
Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan
Votes: 337,045 | Gross: $24.15M
2. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.
Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas
Votes: 152,678 | Gross: $4.06M
3. Law of the Lawless (2002)
TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Brigada is a group of four friends, who grew up together and formed a most powerful gang in Moscow. Initially they made business together, but an unplanned murder transformed them. Now their lives are at risk and there is no way back.
Stars: Sergey Bezrukov, Dmitriy Dyuzhev, Pavel Maykov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Votes: 11,620
4. Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.
Directors: Werner Herzog, André Singer | Stars: Mikhail Gorbachev, Werner Herzog, André Singer, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 2,735 | Gross: $0.25M
5. Red Planet Mars (1952)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.
Director: Harry Horner | Stars: Peter Graves, Andrea King, Herbert Berghof, Walter Sande
Votes: 1,487
6. Goodbye Soviet Union (2020)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
A coming-of-age story of Johannes, who was born prematurely to a prematurely-single mother on the dramatic background of the collapsing Soviet empire.
Director: Lauri Randla | Stars: Niklas Kouzmitchev, Nika Savolainen, Ülle Kaljuste, Tõnu Oja
Votes: 914
7. Moszkva tér (2001)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them ... See full summary »
Director: Ferenc Török | Stars: Gábor Karalyos, Erzsi Pápai, Eszter Balla, Vilmos Csatlós
Votes: 3,817
8. Children of the Revolution (1996)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought Australia to the brink of civil war. Until now.
Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Roxburgh
Votes: 2,427 | Gross: $0.83M
9. The Ladder (2021)
137 min | Drama, History
Based on true events, The Ladder follows the spiritual journey of Andrei, a sensitive, socially awkward young man who turns to acting in his search for true happiness. After the fall of ... See full summary »
Director: Vlad Paunescu | Stars: Eduard Trifa, Ana Maria Guran, Ioana Craciunescu, Valentin Teodosiu
Votes: 237
10. Anna ot 6 do 18 (1994)
100 min | Documentary, Biography
Director Nikita Mikhalkov documents the history of Russia from 1980 to 1991 by annually asking his daughter Anna questions.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Nikita Mikhalkov, Anna Mikhalkova, Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Votes: 734
11. Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992)
90 min | Drama, Romance
The story shows Emma's and Böbe's fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which they achieved with hard work in the previous regime. They don't want to lose their place and become village girls again.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Johanna ter Steege, Enikö Börcsök, Péter Andorai, Éva Kerekes
Votes: 651
12. How I Celebrated the End of the World (2006)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
In Communist-era Romania, people live with hope for a new life of freedom.
Director: Cãtãlin Mitulescu | Stars: Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu, Sergiu Anghel
Votes: 3,231
13. Baltic Storm (2003)
113 min | Drama, Thriller
A journalist from Berlin, Germany, and a Swedish lawyer discover the truth behind the sinking of the "MS Estonia" in 1994, where more than 850 people drowned.
Director: Reuben Leder | Stars: Greta Scacchi, Jürgen Prochnow, Donald Sutherland, Dieter Laser
Votes: 1,146
14. 1989 (II) (2014)
97 min | Documentary, History, Thriller
The political drama of the fall of the Iron Curtain as told by one of its power brokers and the widow of one of its casualties.
Directors: Erzsébet Rácz, Anders Østergaard | Stars: Miklós Németh, Gundula Schafitel, Mathias Rössler, Uta Koch
Votes: 237
15. Notes from the New World (2011)
99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
"Notes From The New World" is a contemporary retelling of Dostoyevsky's novella which unfolds in Los Angeles where dreams and harsh realities collide. It is a place where almost everyone ... See full summary »
Director: Vitaly Sumin | Stars: Rebecca Light, Natasha Blasick, Nathanael Theisen, Jerry Prager
Votes: 63
16. Videograms of a Revolution (1992)
106 min | Documentary, History, War
This documentary uses news footage and amateur video to paint a vivid picture of Romania's 1989 revolution and the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
Directors: Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica | Stars: Ion Caramitru, Elena Ceausescu, Nicolae Ceausescu, Mircea Dinescu
Votes: 655
17. The Last Bolshevik (1993)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This documentary tells the story of film director Aleksandr Medvedkin, throughout his life a sincere believer in communism, whose films were repeatedly banned in the Soviet Union. Modern ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Léonor Graser, Nikolai Izvolov, Kira Paramonova, Viktor Dyomin
Votes: 730
18. The Bull (1994)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
Italia, 1994. Franco e Loris are two friends that decide to steal a stud bull. The bull is worth a lot. Their idea is to immediately leave Italy and try to sell the bull in Hungary. But ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Mazzacurati | Stars: Diego Abatantuono, Roberto Citran, Marco Messeri, Marco Paolini
Votes: 441
19. Free to Rock (2017)
61 min | Documentary, History, Music
FREE TO ROCK is a 60 minute documentary film directed by 4 time Emmy winning filmmaker Jim Brown and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. Ten years in the making, the film explores the soft power... See full summary »
Director: Jim Brown | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Tsvety, Jimmy Carter, Yuri Valov
Votes: 104
20. Disco and Atomic War (2009)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A story about growing up in the Soviet Union. The film tells the story of a strange kind of information war, where a totalitarian regime stands face to face with the heroes of popular ... See full summary »
Director: Jaak Kilmi | Stars: Kiur Aarma, Jaak Kilmi, Alo Kõrve, Jaan Tootsen
Votes: 507
21. Trading Germans (2014)
90 min | Documentary
A first hand account of one of the biggest cases of human trafficking during the Cold War. A story of greed, courage, hope and remorse.
Director: Razvan Georgescu | Stars: Heinz-Günther Hüsch, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Klaus Kinkel, Horst Teltschik
Votes: 115
22. The Christmas Gift (2018)
23 min | Short, Drama, History
A son's letter to Santa for Christmas turns his father's evening into a thriller he did not ask for.
Director: Bogdan Muresanu | Stars: Adrian Vancica, Luca Toma, Mircea Andreescu, Ioana Flora
Votes: 379
23. AN LA STORY: The Making of the award-winning Notes from the New World
Documentary | Post-production
SOMEONE -- OR SOMETHING -- DID NOT WANT THIS MOVIE TO BE MADE... It had the hallmarks of a thriller: betrayal and abandonment. Lies and innuendo. Colleagues caught up in a mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: Vitaly Sumin | Stars: Vitaly Sumin, Rebecca Light, Natasha Blasick, Nathanael Theisen
24. Unkenrufe (2005)
98 min | Drama, Romance
In a new political situation of 1989, just as Communism crumbles and the Berlin Wall collapses, a middle-aged Polish woman and a German man need to face their memories, feelings, and stereotypes while meeting in Gdansk.
Director: Robert Glinski | Stars: Krystyna Janda, Matthias Habich, Dorothea Walda, Bhasker Patel
Votes: 175
25. Kelet-nyugati átjáró (2010)
52 min | Documentary
In the summer of 1989 tens of thousands of tourists from communist East Germany came to Hungary. They were deeply disillusioned because they felt they had no future in East Germany. There ... See full summary »
Director: Gábor Zsigmond Papp | Stars: Aurél Hajtó, Katalin Hegyes, Ágnes Paul
Votes: 8
26. Stasi: A State Against Its People (2022)
52 min | Documentary, History
After the Berlin Wall fell, records of East Germany's secret police were uncovered. A documentary explores the Stasi archives, revealing surveillance methods and victims through interviews, documents and reconstructed files.
Director: Barbara Necek | Stars: Véronique Augereau, Walter Ulbricht, Karl Alich, Günther Grässler
Votes: 43
27. 89: Oglinzi si fum (2020)
100 min | Documentary
30 years after, an odyssey through the labyrinth of the 1989 Romanian Revolution memory and through the puzzle of events and coincidences demanding to be solved.
Director: Alexandru Stanescu | Stars: Lavinia Betea, Ion Caramitru, Elena Ceausescu, Nicolae Ceausescu
Votes: 6
28. Back to the USSR (1992)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
It is glasnost in the USSR. Reima August is the last communist. A lonely outcast that does not agree with the new world around him.
Director: Jari Halonen | Stars: Jorma Tommila, Ulla Koivuranta, Sanna-Maria Salmi, Pauliina Sykkö
Votes: 224
29. Hotel Dallas (2016)
74 min | Documentary, Drama, Fantasy
In 1980s Romania, Dallas (1978) becomes a huge hit and inspires a young woman to emigrate to America. Playfully mixing fiction and documentary, "Hotel Dallas" is a surreal parable of communism, capitalism, and the power of art.
Directors: Sherng-Lee Huang, Livia Ungur | Stars: Livia Ungur, Larry Hagman, Razvan Hîncu, Sherng-Lee Huang
Votes: 190
30. The Voice of Sokurov (2014)
77 min | Documentary, Biography
The film explores Sokurov's cinematic world and life perspective through his personality and body of works. The world-renowned director also discusses the social meaning of cinema as well as the overreaching purpose of artists and art.
Director: Leena Kilpeläinen | Star: Aleksandr Sokurov
Votes: 41
31. Plusy dodatnie, plusy ujemne (2006 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
Director: Grzegorz Braun | Stars: Grzegorz Braun, Joanna Duda-Gwiazda, Andrzej Gwiazda, Henryk Jagielski
Votes: 48
32. The August Revolution (1991 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Reijo Nikkilä | Stars: Artemiy Troitskiy, Gleb Yakunin, Aleksandr Politkovski, Ales Adamovich
33. Comrade, Where Are You Today? (2016)
112 min | Documentary
Kirsi Marie Liimatainen meets some of the fellow students who she met while she was studying Marxism-Leninism at Jugendhochschule "Wilhelm Pieck" in German Democratic Republic.
Director: Kirsi Liimatainen | Stars: Kirsi Liimatainen, Evo Morales
Votes: 31
34. Glasnost Rock - Rock Summer 88 (2011 TV Movie)
82 min | Documentary, Music
Directors: Sanna-Sisko Tohka, Hannu Matti Seikkula | Stars: Gunnar Grapsi Grupp, Mato Valtonen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Juha Torvinen
Votes: 7
35. Billy Graham: God's Ambassador (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance
The life and times of the evangelist Billy Graham are the subject of this documentary.
Director: Michael Merriman | Stars: John Akers, Cliff Barrows, Ralph Bell, Richard Bewes
Votes: 76
36. Hullu vuosi 1991 (2021)
225 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Esko Aho, Tapio Nurminen, Jaakko Blomberg, Jaakko Iloniemi
Votes: 17
37. Curtains (1990)
45 min | Documentary
A look at the 1989 democratic changes in Poland through the last convention of the Polish United Workers' Party, which ruled the country for 45 years and is now being dissolved.
Director: Andrzej Fidyk | Stars: Mieczyslaw Rakowski, Zbigniew Siemiatkowski
Votes: 5
39. Nach dem Fall (2000)
PG | 85 min | Documentary
A documentary exploring the aftermath of the Berlin Wall's fall, the film features interviews in English and German with long-time residents and foreign visitors/residents from both sides of the former divide.
Directors: Eric Black, Frauke Sandig | Stars: Manfred Fischer, Gertrude Kielberg, Hagen Koch, Brian Ladd
Votes: 104
41. Jesus Jones: Right Here, Right Now (1990 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Jesus Jones performs in the music video "Right Here, Right Now" from the album "Doubt" recorded for EMI Records and SBK Records. The band performs on a sound stage while surrounded by ... See full summary »
Stars: Iain Baker, Jerry De Borg, Al Doughty, Mike Edwards
Votes: 24
42. Hyvinvointivaltion loppu? (2005 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary
Director: Arvo Tuominen | Stars: Arvo Tuominen, Abram de Swaan, Teemu Lehtinen, Avery Holliday
43. Dvor bez slnka (1990 TV Movie)
60 min
Director: Eduard Gürtler | Stars: Milan Antol, Beata Drotárová, Peter Gazo, Judita Hansman
45. One on One with David Frost: George Bush - A President's Story (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
Stars: George Bush, David Frost
46. Viron uusi synty (1999 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Lisa Hovinheimo | Stars: Sirje Endre, Mart Laar, Marju Lauristin, Lennart Meri
47. Eesti vabaks! (2011 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Directors: Sanna-Sisko Tohka, Markku Veijalainen, Hannu Matti Seikkula | Stars: Markku Veijalainen, Jüri Makarov, Ivo Linna, Rein Lang
Votes: 16
48. Epävirallinen linja (2013)
58 min | Documentary
A documentary movie directed, written and cut by Arto Koskinen about the Estonian restoration of independence, and the part Tuglas society took in the process. Was the Finnish government's ... See full summary »
Director: Arto Koskinen | Stars: Eva Lille, Kulle Raig, Esko Ollila, Jouko Vanhanen
49.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Umbrella Assassin
(2006)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, History, War
The mysteries behind the apparent Cold War murder of political dissident and author, Georgi Markov, a vocal anti-communist Bulgarian defector assassinated in London in 1979, are revealed.
Director: Mark Radice | Stars: Dimitar Botschev, Rufus Crompton, Ole Damkjær, Christopher Green
Votes: 29
50.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
But What if the People are Stupid
(2021)
73 min | Documentary, History
No one trusted politics or politicians any longer. Instead we were all one world of free individuals. And we could intervene to save other individuals around the world without bothering ... See full summary »
Stars: Joan Baez, Tony Blair, Ling Chai, Bill Clinton
Votes: 100