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1. Emberek a havason (1942)
88 min | Drama
A woodcutter moves his wife and son onto a mountain for an attempt at a better life but tragedy soon sets in.
Director: István Szöts | Stars: Alice Szellay, János Görbe, Péterke Ferency, József Bihari
Votes: 796
Hungarian war-time film, quite Neorealist, much acclaimed by fascist avant-gardists
2. Obsession (1943)
TV-14 | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo
Votes: 8,274
Italian fascist-era Neorealist film by Visconti.
3. Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936)
97 min | Western
A German-born Swiss citizen emigrates to the United States in search of a better life and making fortune. Based on the story of John Sutter, gold rush pioneer and founder of what would become the city of Sacramento.
Director: Luis Trenker | Stars: Luis Trenker, Viktoria von Ballasko, Werner Kunig, Karli Zwingmann
Votes: 221
Nazi Western, filmed on location in California
4. Russkiy vopros (1948)
91 min | Drama
McPherson and Gould, the owners of a dozen reactionary American newspapers, are systematically conducting a slanderous campaign against the Soviet Union. In order to get "fresh" material, ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Romm | Stars: Vsevolod Aksyonov, Yelena Kuzmina, Mikhail Astangov, Mikhail Nazvanov
Votes: 111
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2hVMaraJu4
First Soviet Cold War Film directed by Romm. Soviet filmmakers imagine the life in the United States
5. Great Citizen (1938)
114 min | Drama
In the guise of a character named Chakov, Ermler reconstructs in his epic the achievement of popular Leningrad leader Kirov, who was killed in 1934,and creates a portrait of political discussions and struggles during the 30s.
Director: Fridrikh Ermler | Stars: Nikolay Bogolyubov, Ivan Bersenev, Oleg Zhakov, Zoya Fyodorova
Votes: 107
Film about Kirov; ordered by Stalin personally, later hidden for years.
6. Summer Love (2006)
R | 94 min | Western
A small peaceful village suddenly becomes a very dangerous place when a foreigner appears with a wanted man.
Director: Piotr Uklanski | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Karel Roden, Katarzyna Figura, Val Kilmer
Votes: 577
Polish Western with Val Kilmer
7. Ohtlikud kurvid (1961)
119 min | Comedy
Directors: Kaljo Kiisk, Yuli Kun | Stars: Terje Luik, Rein Aren, Peeter Kard, Eve Kivi
Votes: 50
World's first Kinopanorama film, color, made by Tallinnfilm
8. Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During Gorbatchov's perestroika, Archer Sloan, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he ... See full summary »
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Frank Whaley, Natalya Negoda, Roman Polanski, Andrew Divoff
Votes: 489 | Gross: $0.50M
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