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Best Soviet Movies of the 1920s

This collection ranks 247 movies from Soviet Union released in the 1920s. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top sits Man with a Movie Camera.

247 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  1. 3

    Strike

    1925· 1h 29m· ru

    7.4246
  2. 7

    Dzhalma

    1929· 50m· uk

    0
  3. 8

    Abrek Zaur

    1926· 1h 25m· ru

    7.52
  4. 9

    My Son

    1928· 49m· ru

    8.52
  5. 11

    Mother

    1926· 1h 27m· ru

    7.180
  6. 12

    The Gadfly

    1928· 1h 35m· ka

    7.73
  7. 13

    Wasting

    1928· 1h 10m· ka

    9.01
  8. 14

    Arsenal

    1929· 1h 33m· ru

    6.759
  9. 17

    Ilan Dili

    1926· 1h 36m· ka

    6.52
  10. 22

    Kino Eye

    1924· 1h 18m· ru

    6.745
  11. 26

    Savur-Mogila

    1926· 1h 20m· ru

    5.94
  12. 27

    Three Lives

    1924· 2h 33m· ka

    5.03
  13. 29

    Giuli

    1927· 1h 10m· ka

    5.76
  14. 32

    The Post

    1929· 15m· ru

    4.97
  15. 39

    Red Devils

    1923· 2h 10m· ru

    5.111
  16. 40

    Mutiny

    1929· 1h 27m· ru

    10.02

Frequently asked questions

How many soviet movies were made in the 1920s?

247 Soviet Union productions from the 1920s have real rating data.

How are these soviet films ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

What is the best soviet movie of the 1920s?

Man with a Movie Camera currently holds the #1 position.