East/West (1999)

June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.

Genres: Drama, Romance

What to watch after East/West

• The Last Metro (1980) — Two steps away in the credits
• The Barber of Siberia (1998) — Rustam Ibragimbekov wrote for both
• White Sun of the Desert (1969) — Rustam Ibragimbekov wrote for both
• Burnt by the Sun (1994) — Rustam Ibragimbekov wrote for both
• La cérémonie (1995) — Two steps away in the credits
• 9th Company (2005)