The Russia House (1990)

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Romance

What to watch after The Russia House

• Enigma (2001)
• All the Old Knives (2022) — Same subject: central intelligence agency (cia)
• Topaz (1969) — Same feel: complex, dramatic
• The Manhattan Project (1986) — Same subject: scientist
• Anna Karenina (1997)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)