Silver Linings Playbook (2012) War Horse (2011) SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Inception (2010 Top 10 Greatest Soviet Films Movies and TV The realm of Soviet cinema is woefully underrepresented here on Listverse, and is in general not as well known as Italian or French cinema. The Soviet Central Government primarily viewed film as a way to control the masses, and employed censors to make sure films adhered to party policies of social realism. That being said, many directors risked severe punishment in order to produce films that might not fit with official party lines, but were important nevertheless. I have only highlighted one film per director, but where possible I have included their other notable works. The list, in no particular order: Boris Barnet’s first sound film is an underrated classic. Man with a Movie Camera Director Dziga Vertov paved the way for cinéma vérité, or ‘truth cinema’ (think Woodstock, Hoop Dreams, and countless other documentaries) as a style of filmmaking, and nowhere is this more evident than in his experimental film Man with a Movie Camera. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
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