1. Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.
It has an average vote of 9.1 on TMDB.
2. Stalin
Three years in the making, this comprehensive study of the Soviet dictator blends documentary footage and interviews with experts and surviving witnesses.
3. L'Armée rouge (L'Armée rouge)
(L'Armée rouge)
4. Red Chapters
(Red Chapters)
5. KGB - The Sword and the Shield
The KGB has influenced world events on numerous occasions before. Assassinations, coup d’états, theft of nuclear secrets and sexpionage are just standard trademarks for an organisation that still sends shivers down the spines of politicians and military figures the world over. It may have changed its name on various occasions, from Cheka to SPD to OGPU to NKVD to MGB to KGB to an array of different names after the collapse of the Soviet Union to FSB and SVR today, but it will forever be known, internally and externally, as the KGB.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
6. War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age, first broadcast in 1989, is a thirteen-part PBS series on the origins and evolution of nuclear competition between the United States and the former Soviet Union. The series examined the rivalry for power and how it shaped the diplomacy, negotiation, ethical debates, and doctrine of deterrence that ran through the forty-year history of the nuclear age. This collection contains the full interviews and selected stock footage from the series.
7. Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath.
It has an average vote of 7.778 on TMDB.
8. Apocalypse: Stalin (Apocalypse, Staline)
The rise of Stalin, from his early beginning as a bankrobber to the cold-blooded leader of the Soviet Union.
It has an average vote of 7.103 on TMDB.
9. Canada vs USSR 1972
It is a moment unlike any other in time. From coast to coast, Canada is united by the game we call our own. The outcome of this historic "Summit Series" is decided in the final minute of the final game. After playing the Soviets in the Forum, Maple Leaf Gardens, Winnipeg and Vancouver, Team Canada leaves for Moscow with only one victory on home ice. Behind the Iron Curtain, they lose the first of the remaining four at the Luzhniki Ice Palace. What follows, is the most dramatic hockey series ever played.
10. A History of Antisemitism (Histoire de l'antisémitisme)
A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
11. Chasing the Moon
An unprecedented look at the decade-long odyssey to land a man on the moon. This documentary pulls back the curtain on the familiar narrative of the moonshot, revealing a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama.
It has an average vote of 8.4 on TMDB.
12. Хроники видика: легенды эпохи VHS (Хроники видика: легенды эпохи VHS)
(Хроники видика: легенды эпохи VHS)
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
13. The Last Czars
When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.
It has an average vote of 7.273 on TMDB.
14. bald and bankrupt
Off the map in former Soviet lands...
15. InterNYET: A History Of The Russian Internet (Холивар. История Рунета)
Dashing authors, the first porn sites and the last bastards. How the Russian Internet appeared and how it changed: from complete freedom to the appearance of censorship and the law on isolation.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
16. Gulag, the Story (Goulag, une histoire soviétique)
A major political, historical, human and economic fact of the 20th century, the Gulag, the extremely punitive Soviet concentration camp system, remains largely unknown.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
17. The Silent War
The story of the underwater war between US, UK and Soviet submarines in the second half of the 20th century.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
18. Russia's History Revealed
Explores history through the stories of three major Russian cities: St Petersburg, Volgograd – the former Stalingrad, and Moscow.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
19. The Second Russian Revolution
The acclaimed documentary series from 1991 that examined political in-fighting in the Soviet Union and the battle for perestroika.
20. Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
Russia’s War provides an important and in-depth account of the nation’s history throughout the period of Joseph Stalin's rule . Told in ten parts, this astonishing documentary reveals eyewitness accounts, archival photography, documents and footage, and gives a remarkable insight into what let to the death of sixty-five million Soviets during Stalin’s reign of terror.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.