Movies and TV shows set in ussr
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in ussr ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, captivating, suspenseful, melancholic, realistic and tense films and TV shows about / with society, danger, betrayal, soviet, politics, cold war, communism, friendship, family relations and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, History and Mystery genres shot in Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ussr: Chernobyl (2019), Dear Comrades! (2020), Odessa (2019), Brezhnev (2005), Chikatilo (2021), Dogs' Feast (1990), To Paris (2009), Shuler (2013), Trouble in Store (2011), Once Upon a Time in Rostov (2012).
Best films
New films
| Beyond the Wind (2019) | 6.8 | |
| Totems (2021) | 7.2 | |
| Chernobyl: Abyss (2021) | 5.2 | |
| Patient Zero (2022) | 7.7 | |
| Tetris (2023) | 7.4 |
List of movies set in ussr
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatization of the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Style:
dark, atmospheric, harsh, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
radiation, nuclear power plant, nuclear holocaust, nuclear reactor, disaster, radiation poisoning, save the day, nuclear explosion, salvation, abandoned city, evacuation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, ussr, soviet union, ukraine, europe ...
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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
Is relevant?
630
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Odessa, August 1970. A heat wave. The city is full of tourists. Boris, a journalist and foreign affairs specialist, and his eight-year-old son Valeri arrive from Moscow to visit Boris’ in-laws, Grigori Iosifovich and Raisa Irovna Davidov. But on ...
Style:
talky, ambiguous ending, realistic, emotional, social ...
Plot:
ordinary people, family problems, family drama, parents and children, husband wife relationship, love interest, brawl, parent child relationship, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, cholera, heat wave ...
Time:
year 1970, 70s
Place:
ussr, odessa ukraine, soviet union, ukraine
Is relevant?
277
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min.
TV show
Story:
About the last days of Leonid Brezhnev, the Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He is sick and depressed, but he is still trying to enjoy some pleasures of life. He is hunting, eating, and sleeping a lot. While awake, he is ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
political leader, kremlin, state affairs, old man, politics, leadership, historical figure, society, power relations, political conspiracy, evil man, abuse of power ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The history of the hunt for the worst serial killer in the USSR
Style:
rough, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, serial murder, maniac, murder of a woman, homicidal maniac, sex maniac, sadistic psychopath, killing spree, pedophile, sadistic killer, murder investigation, cannibalism ...
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
On a holiday eve, everyone, especially one tired and chilly, does so need at least one living soul at one's side: it is bad to meet a holiday alone with oneself. Thus, on a New Year's Eve, the main characters meet, — a meeting of two ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, existential
Plot:
winter, social injustice, character study, social realism, bittersweet, poverty, slice of life, realism, loneliness, gender roles, intimate, desperation ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Soviet youngster Alexey communicates with a fellow radiofan from France and makes big plans for his future. His hardworking blue-collar father Ivan is getting ready to join The Communist Party. Everything changes when Ivan's girlfriend is ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, captivating, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
false accusation, father son relationship, love, robbery, family drama, male female relationship, framed for a crime, criminal, social problems, accusation, life is a bitch, relationships ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Is relevant?
107
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
USSR, Odesa, 1980s... Young Kostik wants to escape USSR so he tries to get money for that in a very adventurous way...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, stylized, realistic, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
card trick, embezzler, double life, gangster, deception, dishonesty, danger, criminal, gang, dual identity, bandit, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s
Place:
ussr, soviet union, odessa ukraine
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
In the spring of 1982, as Brezhnev’s power is waning, Yuri Andropov decides to tackle corruption and apathy in the Soviet Union.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, historical drama, psychological ...
Plot:
friendship, dishonesty, destiny, danger, power struggle, scapegoat, fight for supremacy, historical figure, political intrigue, political conspiracy, tragic hero, political unrest ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The story about the activity in Rostov of the gang of "phantasms" that robbed state institutions and kept the entire city in fear. Vyacheslav Tolstopyatov, having witnessed the brutal execution of protesters in Novocherkassk in June 1962, ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
youth, murder, danger, society, violence, rivalry, family relations, vengeance, friendship, political protest, demonstration, totalitarian regime ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The film tells about the firefighter, heroically eliminating the consequences of the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Style:
rough, depressing, thought provoking, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
nuclear power plant, radiation, radiation sickness, nuclear reactor, disaster, firefighting, evacuation, death, accident, hospital, communism, society ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, ussr, poland, europe, ukraine ...
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Events take place on the outskirts of Moscow in 1965. In the center - the story of the exposure of a woman executioner who, during the war, at the behest of the Germans, shot prisoners, partisans, and civilians. This is actually a separate civil war ...
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, justice, investigation, law enforcement, twists and turns, death, vengeance, police detective, world war two, danger, violence, society ...
Time:
year 1965
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses ...
Style:
breathtaking, atmospheric, philosophical, black and white, art house ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
painter, artist, art, religion, monk, biopic, medieval, human spirit, christianity, painting, hunger, saint ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, year 1966 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, moscow russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 440 min.
TV show
Story:
A ten-episode television series based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Set in a relatively comfortable Stalin-era prison in the town of Marfino where a community of prisoners with highly technical skills do research for the state.
Style:
tense, historical drama, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, oppression, totalitarianism, political repression, prospector, scientific experiment, multiple storylines, soviet spy, experiment, jail, secret, spy ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union, moscow russia, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The story takes place on the desert planet "Pluke" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy, where two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other ("Uncle Vova", a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, and "The ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, offbeat, enigmatic, humorous ...
Plot:
desert, surrealism, alien, absurdism, satire, distopia, post apocalyptic, racism, capitalism, transformation, time travel, totalitarianism ...
Time:
future
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia, poland
Is relevant?
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Salyut 7, the Soviet space station, was orbiting Earth in unmanned regime. Suddenly it stops responding to signals from the Ground Control. Fall of this station, the pride of soviet science and space industry, would not only damage the image of the ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, touching, mind blowing ...
Plot:
cosmonaut, space station, space, space exploration, human in outer space, danger, friendship, hopes, zero gravity, astronaut, mathematics, deep space ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
MURA operative Konstantin Troshin returns from the front after the victory in the Great Patriotic War and finds out that he no longer works in the police. The reason is a conflict with an influential general of the NKGB of the USSR. But Troshin ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, exciting, melancholic, suspense
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
insubordination, danger, society, fighting crime, disobeying orders, male female relationship, crime investigation, unsolved crime, secret revealed, police detective, uncover truth, cold case ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, Ukraine, UK, Russia, Sweden, France
Duration: 369 min.
Story:
A secret Soviet Institute conducts scientific and occult experiments on animals and human beings to create the perfect person. The KGB general and his aides turn a blind eye to erotic adventures of the director of the Institute, scandalous debauches ...
Style:
neo noir, scary, tense, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
scientific experiment, sex scene, experiment, erection, unsimulated sex, sabotage, secret agent, killing an animal, explicit sex, working undercover, secret service, danger ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Mikhail Devyatayev, a captured Soviet pilot who leads an escape from a German concentration camp by hijacking an aircraft.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, patriotic, period drama
Plot:
fighter pilot, wartime life, wartime, aviator, flying, airplane, world war two, military, attempted escape, escapades, military life, escape from custody ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
1943 year. Alma-Ata. The hero of the film is a young Michurin fruit grower who revives a medicinal apple variety and investigates a strange crime. The script was written based on the book by Mikhail Zoshchenko "Before the Sunrise".
Style:
psychological, philosophical, surreal, tricky, thought provoking ...
Plot:
evacuation, director, childhood trauma, mysterious disappearance, uncover truth, society, scientist, young girl, flashback, russian history, literary, murder mystery ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
ussr, soviet union, kazakhstan
Is relevant?
410
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Looking for the money for a drink, an alcoholic gets a Newfoundland dog as a present from a stranger at a bird fair. He'll soon find out that the animal is not only able to speak, but to get him to give up drinking as well. Now he's ...
Style:
melancholic, humorous, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, talking animal, friend, ex wife, daughter, alcoholism, binge drinking, friendship, companionship, hallucination, betrayal by friend, loyalty ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr, soviet union, newfoundland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An ordinary working class boy, like all his peers, he played football day and night and dreamed of being a striker. But no matter which team he played for - in the yard, at the factory, or in the army - he was inevitably put in goal. Lanky, with ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
goalkeeper, football team, football, sport team, skill, football player, triumph, athlete's life, world cup, popularity, professional athlete, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Biography, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film depicts the events of 1964 when Nikita Khrushchyov was forcibly replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as a head of USSR.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspenseful, suspense, political
Plot:
kremlin, coup d'etat, coup, power struggle, politician, danger, twists and turns, betrayal, rivalry, society, politics, political unrest ...
Time:
year 1964
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Summer 1980. While the Olympics held in the USSR, strange and horrible things are happening in a run-of-the-mill pioneer camp. It turns out pioneer vampires exist not only in horror stories. Smart beyond his years, independent, sensitive and ...
Style:
creepy, dark, suspense, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot:
private investigation, investigation, creature, camp, summer camp, supernatural, vampire, vampire hunter, child vampire, magical, good versus evil, atmosphere ...
Place:
ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The film begins in 1985 in a military garrison, where a fighter aviation regiment is stationed. Two tenth graders - the daughter of the deputy commander of the regiment, Zhenya Lugovaya, and the son of the waitress of the flight canteen, Vanka Kotov ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, romantic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
aviator, destiny, test pilot, regiment, love story, family relations, teenage love, military life, military, twists and turns, lieutenant colonel, doctor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The beauty of a simple country girl Katerina Panova conquered the world. She became the face of Soviet fashion of the 60s and the first fashion model recognized in the West. Paris and Prague applauded the Russian beauty, the press called it ...
Style:
inspirational, historical drama, realistic, talky, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
rise to the top, love affair, model, rivalry, female protagonist, country girl, society, modeling, relationship vs career, jealousy, celebrity, envy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
ussr, soviet union, paris france, moscow russia, prague
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
In November 1980, the widow of A. Tolstoy was robbed. Antiques are taken out of the apartment, but, most importantly, the Royal Lily brooch, made for Louis XV, disappears of extraordinary beauty. Since Tolstoy's widow has extensive connections ...
Style:
serious, detective, suspense, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
jewel theft, investigation, heist, investigator, escapades, rivalry, frame up, stolen jewelry, police investigation, police officer, danger, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
ussr, russia, eastern europe, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery
Country: Russia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A French marquis wanders through a vast labyrinth of corridors, theaters and ballrooms at a reception for a Persian ambassador.
Style:
epic, visual, philosophical, cerebral, surreal ...
Plot:
russian history, museum, painting, revolution, time travel, art, lifestyle, culture clash, haunted by the past, architecture, storytelling, imperial russia ...
Time:
19th century, year 2002, 20th century, 1800s, 18th century ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, siberia, europe ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the courage, the drama of human destiny, for the first time opening up many pages of post-war life in Leningrad - the harsh and sometimes cruel. City, has just survived the siege and still reeling from hunger, destruction, death. Here, ...
Style:
captivating, rough, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Plot:
bandit, post war, fighting crime, criminal gang, conflict, society, partners in crime, criminal, new life, crime boss, social injustice, breakdown ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
st. petersburg russia, ussr, russia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, France, Spain
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) ...
Style:
touching, heartbreaking, harsh, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
iron curtain, propaganda, kgb, communism, stalinism, destiny, survival, brutality, tragedy, runaway, brainwashing, love story ...
Time:
1940s, year 1999, 20th century, post world war two, year 1946
Place:
france, russia, soviet union, europe, ussr ...
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