soviet realism movies

Battleship Potemkin (1925)
7.627 / 10

Drama, History, War

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The...

Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
7.855 / 10

Documentary

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
6.9 / 10

Drama

Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet...

The House on Trubnaya (1928)
6.4 / 10

Comedy

Life is short and full of oppression, but that doesn't mean Parasha can't find love and laughter when she leaves her country home to take a job as a...

Kino Eye (1924)
6.803 / 10

Documentary

This documentary promoting the joys of life in a Soviet village centers on the activities of the Young Pioneers. These children are constantly busy,...

The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
6.828 / 10

Drama

Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work.

The Vow (1946)
3.5 / 10

History

The story of Stalin and the Soviet people.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924)
5.9 / 10

Comedy

An ignorant and prejudiced American’s visit of Soviet Russia goes off the rails after his luggage is stolen and he is separated from his bodyguard.

The Club of the Big Deed (1927)
5.2 / 10

The film tells about the Decembrists’ revolt in the south of Russia. Right before the Decembrist Revolt 1825 a chevalier of fortune decides that...

The Devil's Wheel (1926)
5.3 / 10

Action, Crime

Typically of the heady days of early Soviet cinema, this is constructed according to the fast, sharp editing principles advocated by Eisenstein,...

Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (1990)
6.2 / 10

Comedy

A satiric comedy which dissects the iconography of the 'Soviet Hero'. Original footage of a propaganda film from 1941 is the starting point for this...

Women of Today (1958)
0 / 10

Documentary

Made on the occasion of March 8, it presents a series of brief portraits of women, from various professional fields, of different ages and even of...