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List of Sergei Eisenstein Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
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Battleship Potemkin
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The film is based on true events. The crew aboard Battleship Potemkin rebels against tyrannical officers after being served rotten meat for dinner, leading to a conflict between crew and officers. After reaching home-port Odessa, the revolution spreads to civilians which is crushed by Russian army. A fleet of warships is sent to control the Potemkin crew, but they refuse to attack Potemkin. 

Starring:
Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein, Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Mikhail Gomorov
Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
2. Eisenstein's Mexican Project (1958)
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Eisenstein's Mexican Project
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Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
3. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
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Alexander Nevsky
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The Teutonic knights invade and city of Pskov, after which they start massacring the population. Therefore, Russian prince Alexander Nevsky, leads an army and wages a war against them.

Starring:
Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov, Dmitriy Orlov, Vasili Novikov
Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev
4. Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1958)
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Ivan the Terrible, Part II
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Starring:
Nikolay Cherkasov, Mikhail Zharov, Pavel Kadochnikov, Serafima Birman, Amvrosi Buchma
Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
5. Que Viva Mexico (1979)
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Que Viva Mexico
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Starring:
Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergey Bondarchuk
Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
6. Strike (1925)
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Strike
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Strike is a drama film which takes us to the time of the Czar rule in Russia. The film revolves around a big workers strike, which occurs after one of them hangs himself, after being falsely accused of theft.

Starring:
Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov, Maksim Shtraukh, I. Ivanov, Ivan Klyukvin
Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
7. October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
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October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
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2

This historical drama film takes a look at the events that took place in Russia in 1917, which led to the overthrowing of monarchy. The film focuses on the October Revolution, which was led by Vladimir Lenin.

Starring:
Nikolay Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko, Chibisov, Boris Livanov
Directed By:
Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
8. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
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Ivan the Terrible, Part I
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A historical drama on Ivan IV of Russia. The first Tsar of Russia strives to unite his people amidst a series of betrayal from his friends and the aristocracy.

Starring:
Nikolay Cherkasov, Mikhail Zharov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov
Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
9. Old and New (1929)
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Old and New
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Starring:
Marfa Lapkina, M. Ivanin, Konstantin Vasilyev, Vasili Buzenkov, Nejnikov
Directed By:
Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
10. Everyday (1929)
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Everyday
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Role:
Policeman
Starring:
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Michael Hankinson, Basil Wright
Directed By:
Hans Richter
11. Bezhin lug (1937)
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Bezhin lug
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This drama film is about a young farmboy whose father attempts to betray the government by sabotaging the year’s harvest. However, the son attempts to stop his own father in order to protect the Soviet state. 

Starring:
Nikolay Khmelyov, Viktor Kartashov, Pyotr Arzhanov, Yekaterina Teleshova, Nikolai Maslov
Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
12. Thunder Over Mexico (1933)
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Thunder Over Mexico
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A young plantation worker’s life turns upside down after he confronts an influential man for sexually assaulting a young girl.

Starring:
Félix Balderas, Martín Hernández, Julio Saldívar, Isabel Villaseñor
Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
13. La destrucción de Oaxaca (1931)
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La destrucción de Oaxaca
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This documentary short film shows us footage of the aftermath of the Earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico, that took place on 14th January 1931.

Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
14. Sentimental Romance (1930)
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Sentimental Romance
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Sentimental Romance is a 1930 French short film. The film shows us a short, experimental as well as a poetic montage of several abstract images. 

Starring:
Mara Griy
Directed By:
Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
15. Dnevnik Glumova (1923)
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Dnevnik Glumova
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Also known as Glumov’s Diary, the movie is made of three parts. The first is a shot of Sergei M. Eisenstein announcing his play ‘The Wiseman’, along with Grigori Aleksandrov as Glumov and the rest of the main protagonists. The second narrates the story of how Glumov’s diary was stolen. The third focuses on Glumov’s wedding to Mashenka. 

Starring:
Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein, Aleksandr Antonov, Mikhail Gomorov, Junior Inkizhinov
Directed By:
Sergei M. Eisenstein
16. Taiwanese School: The Experiment of Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory (2009)
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Taiwanese School: The Experiment of Sergei Eisenstein's Montage Theory
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2
Role:
Himself (archiveFootage)
Starring:
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Nikolay Cherkasov, Xianling Chen, Su Yusan, Lev Kuleshov
Directed By:
Ryota Nakanishi
17. Sergey Eyzenshteyn. Meksikanskaya fantasiya (1998)
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Sergey Eyzenshteyn. Meksikanskaya fantasiya
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Role:
Himself (uncredited)
Starring:
Martín Hernández, David Liceága, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein, Alexandra Scheff
Directed By:
Oleg Kovalov
18. Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography (1996)
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Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
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Role:
Himself (archiveFootage)
Starring:
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Aleksey German
Directed By:
Oleg Kovalov