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10 Best Movies Like Ivan the Terrible, Part I

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

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#1
Munich - The Edge of War

Munich - The Edge of War

2021★ 6.9

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

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret....

#2
Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass

2003★ 7.0

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

The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for t...

#3
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

1928★ 6.9

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

Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in ce...

#4
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

1958★ 7.3

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

This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Product...

#5
Mary

Mary

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ivan the Terrible, Part I for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic....

#6
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

2011★ 6.1

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

A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms impo...

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