15 Movies Like The Soviet Story

Loved The Soviet Story? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Saving Private Ryan
#1

Saving Private Ryan

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

Pressure
#2

Pressure

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

American Swing
#3

American Swing

Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

David
#4

David

From the songs of his mother’s heart to the whispers of a faithful God, David’s story begins in quiet devotion. When the giant Goliath rises to terrorize a nation, a young shepherd armed with only a sling, a few stones, and unshakable faith steps forward. Pursued by power and driven by purpose, his journey tests the limits of loyalty, love, and courage—culminating in a battle not just for a crown, but for the soul of a kingdom.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

Apocalypto
#5

Apocalypto

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

The Crash
#6

The Crash

A teen slams her car into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend. What seems like a tragic accident becomes a murder case.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

Oppenheimer
#7

Oppenheimer

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

Schindler's List
#8

Schindler's List

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

Inglourious Basterds
#9

Inglourious Basterds

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

Black Hawk Down
#10

Black Hawk Down

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story
#11

1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story

Adult content creator Bonnie Blue announced that she’d slept with 1057 men in 12 hours. Exploring the polarising debate around Bonnie and the pornification of our society, the film follows her over the most eye-opening six months of her life.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

Maternal Instinct
#12

Maternal Instinct

Police pull over a woman who claims she just gave birth. But the baby — and the blood — aren't hers. Twisted lies unravel in this true-crime documentary.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

Hacksaw Ridge
#13

Hacksaw Ridge

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

Rise of the Conqueror
#14

Rise of the Conqueror

In the 14th-century, as the Silk Road crumbles and rival factions tear the land apart, fearless warrior Timur emerges from exile. Stripped of everything, he fights to unite the fractured kingdoms, using strategy and sheer will to carve an empire from chaos. Undefeated in battle and widely regarded as one of history’s greatest military leaders and tacticians, not to mention one of its most brutal, Timur would found the Timurid Empire, which ruled over modern-day Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asia.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.

Troy
#15

Troy

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Soviet Story.