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10 Best Movies Like Ivan the Terrible

If you loved Ivan the Terrible, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The American

The American

2023★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ivan the Terrible for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina....

#2
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ivan the Terrible for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#3
The Visit

The Visit

1964★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ivan the Terrible for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-m...

#4
Flights in Dreams and in Reality

Flights in Dreams and in Reality

1983★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ivan the Terrible for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

On the eve of his fortieth anniversary Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring happiness to the clos...

#5
My Joy

My Joy

2010★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ivan the Terrible for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Georgy is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police at a border crossing, he finds himself giving a lift to a strange old man with d...

#6
The End of St. Petersburg

The End of St. Petersburg

1927★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ivan the Terrible for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work....

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