Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Summary: In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

Release Date: December 24, 1925

Genres: Drama, Thriller, History

Director: Sergei Eisenstein

Writers: Nina Agadzhanova

, Sergei Eisenstein

, Grigoriy Aleksandrov

Runtime: 1 h 06 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Mosfilm

Distributor: Republic Pictures Home Video, Reel Media International, Kino International, Kino Video, The Criterion Channel, HBO Max

Country: Soviet Union

Language: Russian

Domestic: $ 51,198

International: $ 10,191

Strike (1925)

Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1946)

Que Viva Mexico (1979)

October (Ten Days That Shook the World) (1928)

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

Release Date: September 24, 1928

Genres: Drama, History

Directors: Grigoriy Aleksandrov

, Sergei Eisenstein

Writers: Sergei Eisenstein

, Grigoriy Aleksandrov

, John Reed

Runtime: 2 h 22 min

MPAA: G

Production: Sovkino

Distributor: Image Entertainment, Grapevine Video

Country: Soviet Union

Language: Russian

Bezhin lug (1937)

Summary: A Soviet farmer's son, who is working at a Kolchos is killed by his father, who wants to burn the fields of the Kolchos to damage the Soviet Society.

Genres: Drama, Short

Director: Sergei Eisenstein