18 Sergei Eisenstein Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

A young plantation worker’s life turns upside down after he confronts an influential man for sexually assaulting a young girl.

This documentary short film shows us footage of the aftermath of the Earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico, that took place on 14th January 1931.

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. 

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.