Soviet army movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant soviet army movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful and bleak films and TV shows about / with soviet army, military, world war two, war, survival, great patriotic war, heroism, red army, soldier and battles plots mostly in Drama, War and Action genres shot in Soviet Union, Russia, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as soviet army: Do It - One! (1990), Chuzhaya voyna (2014), Torpedo Bombers (1983), Unknown Battle (2019), Afghan Breakdown (1992), 100 Days Before the Command (1991), Ataka (1986), A Woman in Berlin (2008), At War as at War (1969), White Tiger (2012).
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List of soviet army movies
Genre: Action
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Action film about the Russian paratroopers.
Style:
captivating, tense, motivational
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soviet army, paratrooper, war game, rivalry, friendship, danger, air force, forest, military, criminal, fugitive, tank ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Rookie Alexey Gavrilov gets to a part where there is bullying.
Style:
suspense, realistic, rough, talky, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soviet army, army, brutality, vengeance, conflict, violence, social relations, heroes, brawl, fight scenes, deception, bullying ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Soldier tells us about the military operations taking place in the years 1965-1973 when a group of Russian military operatives carried out the advisory support of North Vietnam as well as covert operations to capture the spoils (the enemy's ...
Style:
touching, realistic, inspirational, brutal, tense ...
Plot:
tropics, soviet army, russian abroad, war, life & death, courage, soldier, heroes, survival, military, army, one man army ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, year 1965, 60s
Place:
southeast asia, vietnam, soviet union, asia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1944 a Soviet marine air force unit stationed near Murmansk is fighting off the German bombers attacking the British navy convoys supplying the Soviet Union with war materials under the lend-lease agreement.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot:
soviet army, aviation, world war two, world war, allies, bomber, air force, navy, ocean, battles, danger, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During WW2, in 1942 and 1943, a series of not-so-well known yet bloody battles occurred near the town of Rzhev. Those battles received the name of ‘Rzhev Meat Grinder’. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Vyacheslav Kondratyev, which ...
Style:
rough, epic, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
infantry, soviet army, world war two, wehrmacht, heroism, death, war, battles, soldier, battle zone, great patriotic war, winter ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: War
Country: Russia, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A drama about the last days of a specific Russian regiment stationed in Afghanistan, before the main troop withdrawal in 1985.
Plot:
soviet army, war in afghanistan, perestroika, soviet afghanistan war, air force, cavalry, cold war era, military officer, father son relationship, son, killing, amputee ...
Time:
80s
Place:
afghanistan, ussr, soviet union
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Visually astonishing, erotically charged and emotionally jarring. '100 Days Before the Command' is Hussein Erkenov's courageous and stinging indictment of communism. Five young Red Army recruits struggle for survival against the ...
Plot:
soviet army, teenage boy, nude young male, military service, naked man, coming of age, nude boy, military, gay, male nudity, very little dialogue, nudity ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Young lieutenant arrives to tank regiment stationed in the Central Asia. He uses unusual for Soviet Army methods to train his soldiers. It predictably leads to tensions with superiors and subordinates. However later it pays back during live ...
Style:
tension, suspense, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
soviet army, military, training, leadership, teamwork, discipline, duty, rivalry, strategy, adaptation, realism, regiment ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She speaks Russian ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
world war two, female nudity, war, rape, sexual abuse, forced sexual contact, brutal rape, war crime, brutality, post war germany, military, women ...
Time:
year 1945, year 2008, 20th century, 1940s, post world war two
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, east germany, west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
To the young lieutenant Maleshkin the war is a minor obstacle, if compared to his personal battle to command his subordinates, while conducting an armored vehicle at the same time he's trying to impress his superior Soviet officers who put him ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, realistic, captivating, patriotic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soviet army, world war two, machine gun, great patriotic war, friendship, military, red army, soldier, heroism, battles, leadership, transformation ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
soviet union, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Great Patriotic War, early 1940s. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, eastern front, tank, amnesia, obsession, amnesiac, soviet army, field hospital, burn victim, military life, supernatural ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
russia, soviet union
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The Eastern Front, 1943. Two Soviet pilots, straight out of training, join a veteran fighter squadron on the front line.
Style:
tense, captivating, dramatic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, aerial combat, soviet army, air force, aviation, eastern front, military service, war, red army, military, military training, wartime life ...
Place:
soviet union, ukraine
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
During World War II, a soviet aircraft crashes on Nazi-occupied territory. But the pilot Grivtsov and his beloved radio operator Katya miraculously survive. Another survivor is flight navigator Linko, who ejected from the plane. Each of them has to ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, sad, suspense
Plot:
behind enemy lines, soviet army, world war two, traitor, sabotage, soldier, airplane shot down, social relations, diversion, wartime, great patriotic war, survival ...
Place:
hawaii, ukraine
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 550 min.
TV show
Story:
The authors of the television series studied archival materials and military chronicles. The last series ends with a demonstration of the list of penalty parts, which from 1942 to 1945 fought on the Soviet fronts.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, great patriotic war, pow, soviet army, nazi, wehrmacht, priest, infantry, soviet soldier, redemption, society, war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: War
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The Secret Group of 5th Red Army Intelligence gets only extremely dangerous job. No one knows the names of soldiers of this unit, but their achievements will be never forgotten by the motherland. In service record of these heroes are hundreds of ...
Style:
suspense, patriotic, tense, historical drama, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, saboteur, military, eastern front, soviet army, great patriotic war, prospector, wartime, danger, heroic mission, chase, top secret ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Based on the eponymous book by Boris Vasilyev, the film is set in Karelia (North-West of Russia, near Finland) in 1941 during WWII. In a beautiful and quiet wilderness far from the front-line there is an anti-aircraft artillery point, where corporal ...
Style:
disturbing, tragic ending, epic, sad, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, war, female soldier, soviet army, female warrior, wartime life, great patriotic war, military life, military, world war, friendship ...
Time:
year 1942
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Russian naval pilots risk death to help stop a American Submarine whose defective reactor threatens a nuclear meltdown.
Style:
suspense, tense, patriotic, political thriller
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear submarine, cold war, navy, soviet army, submarine, aviation, air force, nuclear threat, rescue mission, heroism, seafaring, ocean ...
Time:
80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A heroic drama about a submarine sailors of Russian Northern Fleet during the WWII.
Style:
patriotic, historical drama, tense, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
submarine, world war two, soviet army, sacrifice, captain, duty, bravery, heroism, survival, selflessness, tragedy, rescue mission ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals.
Style:
breathtaking, captivating, tense, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
soviet army, world war two, military, army, duty, family relations, danger, friendship, partisan, russian soldier, great patriotic war, military officer ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, Latvia, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Sub-Lieutenant in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
prospector, reconnaissance, soldier, partisan, realism, eastern front, military, military officer, fight for supremacy, ambush, war, struggle for survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The film is based on the eponymous book by Emmanuil Kazakevich. In the summer of 1944 the Nazi Armies prepare a massive Tank Division named 'Viking" for the offensive on occupied Russian land. The Russian Army's special group of seven ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, bleak, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, d day, war, soldier, battles, danger, fall in love, world war, military, battlefield, holocaust, soviet army ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Film will be based on the female flying unit that fought in the Battle of Moscow. They were dubbed "Night Witches" by the frightened German soldiers because of the deadly stealth of their light planes.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, female soldier, female warrior, great patriotic war, women, soviet army, fight, wartime, battles, aviation, heroism, danger ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: East Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.
Style:
light, banned
Plot:
soviet army, mine, miner, uranium, bar fight, drunkenness, prostitute, wedding party, ex nazi, soviet soldier, labor leader, orphan ...
Time:
1940s, year 1949
Place:
berlin germany, east germany
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A war drama set in Germany at the end od WWII.
Style:
tension, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, soviet army, frontline, eastern front, survival, friendship, resilience, courage, war trauma, duty, military operation, realism ...
Time:
year 1945
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Young soldiers of the Soviet Internal Troops are brutally bullied during their time of Dedovshchina(hazing). The plot unfolds mostly on board of a prisoner transport rail car guarded by a unit of paramilitary conscripts.
Style:
dark, serious, tense, tragic
Plot:
naked man, perestroika, soviet army, brutality, mockery, military, realism, oppression, abuse of power, corruption, violence, toxic masculinity ...
Place:
eastern europe, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Soviet army was one the worst for human dignity places to be. The task of the army was to turn freethinkers into normal dumb Soviet people. An intelligent Ukrainian guy refuses to obey.
Style:
independent film, bleak, tense, intense, art house ...
Plot:
soviet army, character study, military life, barracks, bullying, oppression, resistance, identity, social realism, peer pressure, realism, survival ...
Place:
ukraine
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 443 min.
TV show
Story:
The Cadets is a 2004 Russian TV series about a class of Soviet artillery officer cadets going through training prior to their commissioning and entry into the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II. The ten parts series are based on the memoirs of ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, rough, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
male pubic hair, world war two, military training, heroism, soviet army, life & death, military, wartime, war, rookie, training, courage ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Georgia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Story of ethnic Georgians fighting in the Red Army during the Soviet invasion of Kerch peninsula.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, historical drama, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, battles, heroism, military, fight, wartime, war, military life, showdown, red army, soviet army ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
georgia, soviet union
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Moldavia, 1944. An elite squad of Red Army scouts is sent to stop an equally elite squad of Germans soldiers committing war crimes behind Soviet lines.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, rough, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, war crime, reconnaissance, behind enemy lines, battles, great patriotic war, military, heroic mission, danger, anti nazi, soviet army, eastern front ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ukraine, crimea, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1941 Minsk is overrun by the Germans and social order is obliterated. Choices must be made - cooperate with the occupying forces or resist? A mini-series about surviving in the most uncertain times.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, courage, violence, occupation, nazi occupation, moral dilemma, resistance, survival, military officer, soldier, danger, heroes ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
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