# The best Soviet war films

From The Cranes Are Flying to Come and See: the key Soviet films about the Second World War, based on selections by Okko, Polk and the kino\_sssr community.

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- Jun 5, 2026 · inkandpaper_wandering
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## Top 10

1. **The Cranes Are Flying (1957)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Veronika waits for Boris to come back from the front; Palme d'Or.
2. **Come and See (1985)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Belarusian teenager among the partisans, by Elem Klimov.
3. **The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A sergeant and five young anti-aircraft gunners.
4. **Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (1973)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Daily life in a singing fighter squadron, by Leonid Bykov.
5. **Ivan's Childhood (1962)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A boy scout behind the lines, Andrei Tarkovsky's debut.
6. **Fate of a Man (1959)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A soldier who survived captivity, Bondarchuk's debut as director.
7. **Ballad of a Soldier (1959)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A young soldier's leave on the way home.
8. **They Fought for Their Country (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The retreat towards Stalingrad, by Sergei Bondarchuk.
9. **The Ascent (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two partisans captured, by Larisa Shepitko; Golden Bear.
10. **Trial on the Road (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A former collaborator among the partisans, by Aleksei German.
11. **Belorussian Station (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wartime friends reunited 25 years later.
12. **Officers (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two officer friends over half a century.
13. **Liberation (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An epic of the last years of the war.

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