Communist movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant communist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, thought provoking, suspense and political films and TV shows about / with communist, communism, politics, society, revolution, female nudity, family relations, husband wife relationship, state affairs and betrayal plots mostly in Drama, History and Comedy genres shot in France, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as communist: Uranya (2006), Dear Comrades! (2020), Comrade Pedersen (2006), The Young Karl Marx (2017), WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971), Burnt by the Sun (1994), Yellow Earth (1984), Deutschland 86 (2018), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Teacher (2016).
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Greece, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Summer 1969. Dictatorship. In a small country town, young Achileas breaks his leg by falling off the yard wall of the local cinema. He wanted to see Brigit Bardot naked... However, during his visit to the city to treat his broken leg, for the first ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, light, entertaining
Plot:
communist, children, coming of age, television, family problems, money problems, financial problem, teenage life, social problems, social relations, lifestyle, society ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
greece
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Novocherkassk, USSR, 1962. Liudmila is a Party executive and devout communist who fought at the front of WWII for Stalin’s ideology. Certain that her contribution will create a communist society, she detests any anti-Soviet sentiment. During a ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspense, exciting, black and white ...
Plot:
anti communism, brutality, communist party, communist, demonstration, army vs civilians, civil unrest, rebellion, lovers, riot, mother daughter relationship, strike ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s
Place:
ussr, russia, soviet union
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A drama focused on Norwegian society in the 1970s, an era politically influenced by Marxism and Leninism.
Style:
philosophical, political, political drama
Plot:
communist, communism, marxism, political activist, outdoor sex, butt, working class, revolution, political activism, sex, erotica, scandinavian culture ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides ...
Style:
political, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, social ...
Plot:
capitalism, socialism, communism, communist, philosopher, poverty, biopic, factory, writers, industry, money, working class ...
Time:
ancient times, 19th century, year 2017
Place:
soviet union, paris france, manchester, london, prussia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Yugoslavia, West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A dense film that cuts up footage of a primary plot of two young Yugoslavian girls, one a politico and the other a sexpot, and an affair with a visiting Russian skater. Mixing metaphors of Russia's relationship with Yugoslavia, intercut with ...
Style:
sexy, surreal, avant garde, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, sex, surrealism, communist, psychology, sexology, trippy, sexual humor, gay, sex therapy, communism, erotic art ...
Time:
year 1971, 60s, 20th century
Place:
former yugoslavia, europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin ...
Style:
touching, stylized, captivating, sad, political ...
Plot:
politics, communist, stalinism, communism, father daughter relationship, nkvd, countryside, repression, symbolism, love, tragedy, redemption ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1936
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, poland
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Yellow earth focuses on the story of a Communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns that the happy songs he was sent to collect do not exist; the ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, atmospheric, stylized, gloomy ...
Plot:
communist, world war two, asian history, peasant, drought, communist party, children, farm, marriage, father daughter relationship, colonialism, legion ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1939
Place:
china, asia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Abandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash, the East German leadership pushes their secret operatives to experiment with global capitalism and save their sinking socialist ship. Long banished to Africa for his sins in 1983, Martin Rauch is now sent ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
stasi, cold war, communist, spy, communism, terrorism, espionage, berlin wall, homosexual, corruption, gay, socialism ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
east germany, germany, south africa, berlin germany, africa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style:
costume drama, epic, period piece, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, revolution, war, communism, love story, train, forbidden love, rape, poet, deportation, love triangle, wartime ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 1940s, ancient times ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The principal of an elementary school calls a special parents meeting after it’s alleged that the seemingly empathetic and kindly-looking teacher Mrs. Drazděchová uses her students to manipulate their parents.
Style:
touching, melancholic, tense, captivating, allegory ...
Plot:
teacher, communism, blackmail, communist, nepotism, class differences, abuse of power, blackmailer, female protagonist, boy, parent child relationship, cruelty ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, year 1984, year 1991
Place:
czechoslovakia, eastern europe, central europe, europe, slovakia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge men are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow. Based on true ...
Style:
contemplative, realistic, serious, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, kgb, treason, politics, traitor, communist, betrayal, university, homosexuality, cold war, spy, secret agent ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
russia, england, europe, london, big ben london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.
Style:
black comedy, humorous, period piece, witty, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hollywood, movie star, satire, ransom, filmmaking, gay subtext, showbiz, kidnapping, actor, dark humor, film industry, chinese restaurant ...
Time:
50s, year 2016, 1950s, year 2015, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, greece, usa, california, malibu california
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. The point, we soon ...
Style:
art house, black comedy, controversial, cynical, thought provoking ...
Plot:
communist, anarchist, media, family relations, old woman, suicide, death of father, widow, working class, media manipulation, politics, hostage situation ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
germany, west germany, europe, frankfurt germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with the politics. Stalin has sent out an assassin, Frank Jacson. Jacson befriends a young communist and gets an invitation to ...
Style:
independent film, political thriller, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
assassination, biopic, mexican history, communism, communist, russian history, political intrigue, anarchist, anarchism, socialism, russian politics, assassin ...
Time:
year 1940, year 1972, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
mexico city, america, russia, latin america, mexico
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The movie narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In 1936 he decides to fight for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, an anti-fascist coalition of liberals, communists and ...
Style:
political, sad, hispanic, philosophical, social ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, politics, revolution, anarchist, working class, civil war, communist, trench warfare, anarchy, socialist, dictator, dictatorship ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1937 ...
Place:
spain, catalonia, barcelona, europe, basque country ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: West Germany, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Wronke Prison, 1916. Social democrat Rosa Luxemburg faces a mock execution. Twenty years earlier, Rosa's political gifts are acknowledged by everyone, as she struggles for democratic government in Germany and revolution in Poland. There she ...
Style:
political, political thriller, philosophical, suspense, social ...
Plot:
communist, women, revolution, communism, biopic, capitalism, revolutionary, anarchist, world war one, protest, strike, union ...
Time:
20th century, year 1916
Place:
germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In the follow-up to "The Battle At Lake Changjin", brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli undertake a new task for the People's Volunteer Army, defending a bridge part of the American troops' escape route from the advancing Chinese.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
korean war, communist, communist propaganda, military, battles, wartime, historical event, fight, war, japanese soldier, commando, commander ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1950, 50s
Place:
china, north korea, japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Hořká komedie režiséra Ondřeje Trojana Občanský průkaz na motivy stejnojmenné knihy Petra Šabacha sleduje osudy čtveřice dospívajících mladíků, jejich přátel, lásek a rodičů od okamžiku, kdy v patnácti letech dostanou ...
Style:
humorous, light, sincere, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
coming of age, group of friends, communist, friendship between boys, family relations, communism, teenager, teenage boy, teenage protagonist, friends, youth, friendship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenager joins the resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Style:
bleak, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, repression, communist, french resistance, execution, suppression, nazi officer, concentration camp, hostage, assassination, wehrmacht ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sexy, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
abortion, friendship, sexual abuse, unwanted pregnancy, rape, communism, communist, realism, doctor, brutality, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 2000s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
romania, eastern europe, transylvania, europe, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The author of The Kolyma Stories and many other works spent 17 years in the terrible GULAG camps on Kolyma. The term that Varlam Tikhonovich received in 1929 was for distributing Lenin's letter to the congress, in which he criticized Stalin. ...
Plot:
gulag, political repression, labor camp, memory, coercion, slave labor, prisoner of war camp, communist, bolshevik, communism, industrialization, russian revolution ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s
Place:
soviet union, russia
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, sexy, grindhouse, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, rape, exploitation, blood, erotica, dracula, satire, supernatural, vampire bite, illness, sex horror, lesbian incest ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
italy, europe, paris france, england, romania ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Having dedicated his life to the preparation of the revolution in the Russian Empire, Vladimir Lenin, living in exile in Switzerland, desperately seeks a way back to Russia to take control. Options are few when Lenin receives an offer from Alexander ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lenin, revolutionary, power struggle, political unrest, biopic, communist, state affairs, communist propaganda, politics, bolshevik, protest, pursuit ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
russia, switzerland, germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young man grows up in Sarajevo in the 1960s, under the shadow of his good, but ailing father, and gets attracted by the world of small-time criminals.
Style:
romantic comedy, cult classic, insightful, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
first sexual experience, older woman younger man, coming of age, pimp, communist, hypnosis, love, gang rape, chess, prostitute, brother brother relationship, communism ...
Time:
60s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, balkan, former yugoslavia, bosnia, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Romania, USA, Italy, Poland, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie.
Style:
realistic, stylized, sincere, captivating, surreal ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, communist, money, secret, deception, impossible love, military, robbery, curse, teacher student relationship, freedom, judaism ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, year 1945, 1950s, post world war two ...
Place:
romania, bucharest, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweebish Georgy Malenkov, the wily Nikita Khrushchev and Lavrenti Beria ...
Style:
black comedy, satirical, sexy, dark comedy, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictator, political satire, satire, power struggle, repression, communism, politics, totalitarian regime, death, chaos, funeral, nkvd ...
Time:
1950s, year 1953, 2010s, 90s, year 2017 ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, moscow russia, siberia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, experimental, avant garde, realistic ...
Plot:
communist, renaissance, communism, politics, exile, election, age-gap relationship, totalitarian regime, radical, revenge, adultery, hard labor ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1969, 50s, year 1949 ...
Place:
eastern europe, prague, central europe, czechoslovakia, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a political prisoner. As prison officials ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, disturbing, thinking, controversial ...
Plot:
prison, communism, false accusation, anti communist, cell, humiliation, hopelessness, forced confession, injustice, society, life is a bitch, confined ...
Time:
1950s, post world war two, year 1982, 80s
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, central europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A semi-autobiographical story of a young woman's life in Budapest under Stalin.
Style:
art house, black and white, masterpiece, banned
Plot:
communism, communist, women, totalitarian regime, woman, orphan, biopic, parents, crush, male female relationship, death of father, flashback ...
Time:
1940s, year 1984, 1950s, 1930s, year 1947 ...
Place:
eastern europe, central europe, moscow russia, budapest
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Style:
period piece, epic, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear, scientist, world war two, atomic bomb, american politics, physics, laboratory, arizona desert, top secret, husband wife relationship, moral dilemma, desert ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 1950s, year 1954, year 1943 ...
Place:
new mexico, england, zurich switzerland, north america, soviet union ...
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