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1. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
PG-13 | 197 min | Drama, Romance, War
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger
Votes: 82,139 | Gross: $111.72M
2. Reds (1981)
PG | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski
Votes: 24,726 | Gross: $40.38M
3. The Red and the White (1967)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, War
During the Russian Civil War, the Red Army - aided by Hungarian Communists - and the White Army fight for control of the area surrounding the Volga.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Krystyna Mikolajewska, Mikhail Kozakov, Tatyana Konyukhova, Viktor Avdyushko
Votes: 3,949
4. White Sun of the Desert (1970)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
At the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov is ordered to guard the harem of a Caspian Sea guerrilla leader.
Director: Vladimir Motyl | Stars: Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Pavel Luspekayev, Spartak Mishulin, Kakhi Kavsadze
Votes: 7,851
5. Tikhiy Don (2006)
176 min | Drama, History, Romance
With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful ... See full summary »
Stars: Rupert Everett, Delphine Forest, F. Murray Abraham, Katie McGovern
Votes: 571
6. The Russian Revolution (2017)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History
A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenin's Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution.
Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Daniel Beer, Helen Rappaport, Donald Rayfield, Victor Sebestyen
Votes: 713
7. The Forty-First (1956)
88 min | War, Drama, Romance
An unexpected romance occurs for a female Red Army sniper and a White Army officer.
Director: Grigoriy Chukhray | Stars: Izolda Izvitskaya, Oleg Strizhenov, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Nikolai Dupak
Votes: 1,720
8. At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974)
97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set during the Civil War between the Reds and the Whites that followed the 1917 revolution in Russia
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Yuriy Bogatyryov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Sergey Shakurov, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
Votes: 3,521
9. The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
A unique first-person narrative, sewn together from genuine testimonies of frontline soldiers.
Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Jay Winter, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 378
10. Trotsky (2017)
50 min | Biography, Drama, History
A flashback to earlier episodes in the life of Leon Trotsky, the Marxist revolutionary, framed by events during his asylum in Mexico City 1939-1940
Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Mikhail Porechenkov, Maksim Matveev, Evgeniy Stychkin
Votes: 2,203
11. Admiral (2008)
Not Rated | 124 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution.
Director: Andrey Kravchuk | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov, Vladislav Vetrov
Votes: 8,612
12. A Slave of Love (1976)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A fate of popular film actress during the turbulent years of the Russian Civil War.
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov | Stars: Elena Solovey, Rodion Nakhapetov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Oleg Basilashvili
Votes: 1,795
13. Chapaev (1934)
93 min | Biography, Drama, History
This film is based on the book about Vasili Ivanovich Chapaev (1887 - 1919) who was in real life the Commander of the 25th Division of the Red Army. Chapaev is an uneducated peasant and a ... See full summary »
Directors: Sergey Vasilev, Georgi Vasilyev | Stars: Boris Babochkin, Boris Blinov, Varvara Myasnikova, Leonid Kmit
Votes: 1,439
14. Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern (2017)
Not Rated | 97 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Adapted from Waki Yamato's popular manga, Haikara-San is a heartfelt, and sometimes comical, tale of love surviving through the perils of war and separation.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi | Stars: Robbie Daymond, Saori Hayami, Rachelle Heger, Unshô Ishizuka
Votes: 219
15. British Agent (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, History, Romance
It's 1917. In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing. Stephen 'Steve' Locke is a British agent in Russia. The main task of Steve is to prevent the Bolsheviks, led by Joseph ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, William Gargan, Phillip Reed
Votes: 751
16. Beg (1971)
196 min | Drama, History, War
The defeat of the "White Army" in the Russian Civil War of 1918-21, causing massive emigration of the upper classes and nobility, called "White Russians". Set in Crimea, Constantinopol and ... See full summary »
Directors: Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Aleksey Batalov, Mikhail Ulyanov, Tatyana Tkach
Votes: 1,259
17. Knight Without Armor (1937)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, History
After two years as a Czarist British agent posing as a Russian Commissar, he rescues a Russian countess from her Bolshevik captors.
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Robert Donat, Irene Vanbrugh, Herbert Lomas
Votes: 1,460
18. Coup de Grâce (1976)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, War
A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Mathieu Carrière
Votes: 1,396
19. Storm Over Asia (1928)
74 min | Drama, War
After a run-in with the law, a Mongolian man becomes a fugitive and joins the Russian Civil War.
Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin | Stars: I. Inkizhinov, I. Dedintsev, Valéry Inkijinoff, Aleksandr Chistyakov
Votes: 2,314
20. Neulovimye mstiteli (1967)
78 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Teenagers take revenge on cruel chieftains during the civil war. Soviet blockbuster in the best traditions of the western
Director: Edmond Keosayan | Stars: Vasiliy Vasilev, Viktor Kosykh, Valentina Kurdyukova, Mikhail Metyolkin
Votes: 1,991
21. The Commissar (1967)
110 min | Drama, War
Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy. She stays with a Jewish family to give birth and is softened somewhat by the experience of family life.
Director: Aleksandr Askoldov | Stars: Nonna Mordyukova, Rolan Bykov, Raisa Nedashkovskaya, Lyudmila Volynskaya
Votes: 1,688 | Gross: $0.39M
22. Corto Maltese: Secret Court of the Arcanes (2002)
92 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In 1918, civil wars are tearing Russia and China apart. Laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is hired by a Chinese secret society to capture a train that's taking Tzar's gold abroad. His friend Rasputin joins him, but only hell awaits them.
Director: Pascal Morelli | Stars: Richard Berry, Patrick Bouchitey, Barbara Schulz, Marie Trintignant
Votes: 1,455
23. Rol (2013)
132 min | Drama, History
"The Role" is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life -- the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age,... See full summary »
Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy | Stars: Maksim Sukhanov, Dmitriy Sutyrin, Maria Järvenhelmi, Anastasiya Shevelyova
Votes: 436
24. Mockery (1927)
75 min | Drama, Romance
During the Russian Revolution, a mentally challenged peasant saves then obsesses over a beautiful countess.
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Lon Chaney, Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Bedford, Mack Swain
Votes: 541 | Gross: $0.45M
25. Arsenal (1929)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, War
A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.
Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko | Stars: Semyon Svashenko, Georgi Khorkov, Amvrosi Buchma, Dmitri Erdman
Votes: 2,337
26. Gibel eskadry (1966)
135 min | Drama, War
Director: Vladimir Dovgan | Stars: Boris Livanov, Svetlana Korkoshko, Georgiy Martynyuk, Nikolay Grinko
Votes: 41
27. Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh (1968)
82 min | Action, Adventure
Young heroes hunt for a secret map behind enemy lines. The second part of the film cycle, filmed at the request of the audience
Director: Edmond Keosayan | Stars: Mikhail Metyolkin, Vasiliy Vasilev, Viktor Kosykh, Valentina Kurdyukova
Votes: 1,193
28. The Seventh Companion (1968)
89 min | Drama, War
The film is set in St. Petersburg, Russia after the Russian revolution of 1917. Based on the eponymous book by Boris Lavrenev. Maj. General Yevgeni Pavlovich Adamov (Popov) was a lawyer in ... See full summary »
Directors: Grigoriy Aronov, Aleksey German | Stars: Andrei Popov, Aleksandr Anisimov, Georgiy Shtil, Pyotr Chernov
Votes: 563
29. Lenin in 1918 (1939)
130 min | Drama
Historical-revolutionary film about Lenin's activities in the first years of Soviet power.
Directors: Mikhail Romm, Yefim Aron, Isidor Simkov | Stars: Boris Shchukin, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Aleksandr Shatov, Vasiliy Markov
Votes: 305
30. Kontributsiya (2016)
100 min | Adventure, History, Mystery
Drama detective thriller in the best traditions of Agatha Christie. An immediate investigation starts following the disappearance of a diamond. Each of the people gathered in the room is ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Snezhkin | Stars: Maksim Matveev, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Ilya Noskov, Nadezhda Tolubeeva
Votes: 216
31. Shors (1939)
92 min | Biography, Drama, War
Biography of Ukrainian revolutionary Nikolai Alexandrovitch Shchors. Shchors leads the peasants and workers to advance on Kyiv.
Directors: Aleksandr Dovzhenko, Yuliya Solntseva | Stars: Evgeniy Samoylov, Ivan Skuratov, Luka Lyashenko, Yu. Titov
Votes: 228
32. Two Comrades Served (1968)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Two soldiers become best friends during the Civil War in Russia in the 1920's.
Director: Yevgeni Karelov | Stars: Oleg Yankovskiy, Rolan Bykov, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Iya Savvina
Votes: 1,214
33. Zhila-byla odna baba (2011)
150 min | Drama, History, War
A chronicle of the life of an illiterate Russian peasant woman between 1909 and 1921, focusing on her private life and major historic events in the country.
Director: Andrey Smirnov | Stars: Darya Ekamasova, Nina Ruslanova, Vladislav Abashin, Roman Madyanov
Votes: 850
34. Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva (1970)
377 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
During the civil war Captain Pavel Koltsov, a Red Army secret agent, is sent on a mission to the White Army headquarters.
Stars: Yuriy Solomin, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Vladimir Kozel, Tatyana Ivanitskaya
Votes: 297
35. Wedding in Malinovka (1967)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, War
Civil War takes place. The power is constantly changing in Ukrainian village. In order to away with thugs, the Red commander asks local girl Yarinka to play fake wedding with their leader.
Director: Andrey Tutyshkin | Stars: Vladimir Samoylov, Lyudmila Alfimova, Valentina Nikolayeva, Evgeniy Lebedev
Votes: 1,567
36. Shine, Shine, My Star (1970)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of a young actor during the Civil War years who drives around the countryside giving free performances in order to bring art to the masses.
Director: Aleksandr Mitta | Stars: Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Efremov, Evgeniy Leonov, Elena Proklova
Votes: 527
37. Nezabyvaemyy 1919 god (1951)
107 min | Drama, History, War
During the Russian Civil War, the Reds and the Whites clashed over possession of the former capital.
Director: Mikheil Chiaureli | Stars: Pavel Molchanov, Mikheil Gelovani, Boris Andreyev, Marina Kovalyova
Votes: 62
38. Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
73 min | Drama, History
Three unconnected episodes united by a common theme: the establishment of the Soviet rule in Russia during the civil war of the early 1920s. Depicts dramatic events in simple lives of peasants and soldiers.
Directors: Genrikh Gabay, Larisa Shepitko, Andrey Smirnov | Stars: Leonid Kulagin, Sergei Volf, Georgiy Burkov, Nikolay Gubenko
Votes: 272
39. Armiya 'Tryasoguzki' (1964)
84 min | Family
The civil war in Russia, guerrillas fighting with Kolchak formations. As a result of sabotage, accident with white Russian train takes place. In disaster area the flag with the inscription ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandrs Leimanis | Stars: Viktor Kholmogorov, Yuri Korzhov, Aivars Galvinsh, Gunars Cilinskis
Votes: 51
40. Fortress on the Volga (1942)
95 min | Drama, War
Historical film about the defense of the city of Tsaritsyn (subsequently Stalingrad, at present Volgograd) by the red army during the Russian civil war.
Directors: Sergey Vasilev, Georgi Vasilyev | Stars: Mikheil Gelovani, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Mikhail Zharov, Varvara Myasnikova
Votes: 44
41. How the Steel Was Tempered (1973 TV Movie)
202 min | Drama, History
Fictionalized autobiography of a young Bolshevik fighter taking part in the Russian civil war.
Director: Nikolay Mashchenko | Stars: Vladimir Konkin, Konstantin Stepankov, Fyodor Panasenko, Natalya Sayko
Votes: 155
42. Shestoy (1982)
83 min | Action
The Civil War in Russia has just finished. The sixth chief of militia came to a small town in the south. Five Glodovs predecessors had been killed by a gang of elusive Vakhromeyev. Now ... See full summary »
Director: Samvel Gasparov | Stars: Sergey Nikonenko, Vladimir Grammatikov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Yevgeny Bakalov
Votes: 181
43. The Seventh Bullet (1973)
79 min | Adventure, War, Western
Based on the conflict between the new atheistic communist government that ruled in Uzbekistan after the revolution in Russia and the traditional laws of Islam that Uzbek people believing for a thousand years.
Director: Ali Khamraev | Stars: Dilorom Kambarova, Suymenkul Chokmorov, Bolot Beyshenaliev, Talgat Nigmatulin
Votes: 109
44. Bumbarash (1972 TV Movie)
135 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Private Bumbarash is considered dead after air balloon scouting incident gone awry. When he, alive and well, returns home, he has to stay alive and regain the girl he loves in the harsh yet tragicomic circumstances of Russian Civil War.
Directors: Abram Naroditsky, Nikolai Rasheyev | Stars: Valeriy Zolotukhin, Yuri Smirnov, Natalya Dmitriyeva, Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Votes: 339
45. How the Steel Was Tempered (1999– )
Drama, History
Biography of a young Bolshevik fighter, participating the Russia's civil war and Soviet political struggle of the 20s.
Stars: Andrey Saminin, Dmitriy Paleev-Barmanskiy
Votes: 13
46. Sorok pervyy (1927)
66 min | Drama, War
Tragic romance between a female Red Army sharpshooter and a White Army officer.
Director: Yakov Protazanov | Stars: Ada Voytsik, Ivan Koval-Samborsky, Ivan Shtraukh
Votes: 165
47. Bagrovyy tsvet snegopada (2010)
Drama, History
Director: Vladimir Motyl | Stars: Anatoliy Belyy, Bogdan Benyuk, Dmitry Filippov, Mikhail Filippov
Votes: 47
48. Bürgerkrieg in Russland (1967– )
History
Stars: Nikolaj Rytjkov, Friedrich G. Beckhaus, Hubert Suschka, Dieter Wagner
Votes: 29
49. Dina (1990)
87 min | Drama, Horror
Dina's father, a district doctor, mysteriously disappears. After this event, Dinu is visited at night by a ghost predicting misfortune for his fellow villagers. Dina tries to warn trouble, but they do not believe her.
Director: Fyodor Petrukhin | Stars: Yanina Lisovskaya, Tatyana Skorokhodova, Aristarkh Livanov, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Votes: 41
50. Dauriya (1972)
182 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Epic about Cossacks in the Siberian province of Dauria. Cossacks are living in their village like one big family under the guidance of a strong leader - Ataman.
Director: Viktor Tregubovich | Stars: Arkadi Trusov, Petr Shelokhonov, Vera Kuznetsova, Vitali Solomin
Votes: 321