Communism Movies, Movies about Communism

Here we've displayed a list of the best Communism films : The Lives of Others(2006), Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964), Khachaturian(2003), The Fog of War(2003), Planet of the Apes(1968), The Manchurian Candidate(1962), Ninotchka(1939), Blind Chance(1987), One, Two, Three(1961), Pickup on South Street(1953), Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press(1996), Land and Freedom(1995) ... ...

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The Lives of Others

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a War Room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

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Khachaturian

A documentary about the life of Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturyan. Among other events, the film covers Khachaturyan's difficulties working as a creative artist during the Stalin era.

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The Fog of War

The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.

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Planet of the Apes

An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.

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The Manchurian Candidate

A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.

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Ninotchka

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

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Blind Chance

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

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One, Two, Three

In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.

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Pickup on South Street

A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.

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Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press

The profile of controversial journalist George Seldes and a piercing examination of America's news media. Narrated by Susan Sarandon, with readings of writings by Ed Asner, this Academy ... See full summary »

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Land and Freedom

David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. He makes friends between the soldiers.

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The Red Violin

A red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.

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October

A large-scale view on the events of 1917 in Russia, when the monarchy was overthrown.

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Boat People

A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".

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Trumbo

Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. ... See full summary »

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October

A large-scale view on the events of 1917 in Russia, when the monarchy was overthrown.

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Good Night, and Good Luck.

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

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Man of Iron

A few years after the events of Czlowiek z marmuru (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.

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The Bedford Incident

An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.

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The First Circle

When a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.

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The Bamboo Prison

A police lt. is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown, because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He then goes after Brown's girlfriend who despises him, for information instead.

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The Seduction of Mimi

Mimí, forced to leave his family in Sicily, finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair.

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Power Trip

Corruption, assassination and street rioting surround the story of the award-winning film, Power Trip, which follows an American multi-national trying to solve the electricity crisis in ... See full summary »

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November Days

Marcel Ophuls interviews various important Eastern German figures for their thoughts on the reunification of Germany and the fall of Communism.

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The Mosquito Problem & Other Stories

On March 24th, 2004, 15-year-old Hussam Abdu was apprehended at an Israeli border checkpoint with live explosives strapped around his waist. Instead of detonating the bomb, out of fear of ... See full summary »

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Heroes for Sale

A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.

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Reds

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.

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Our Man in Havana

Jim Wormold, who is a vacuum cleaner salesman, participates as an Agent in the British Secret Service. But he soon realizes that his plans by lying are going to get him into trouble.

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Escape From East Berlin

Three allied prisoners, a Russian, an American and an Englishman, attempt to escape with the help of a young couple from Rome.

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