Current events has me looking to Russian cinema out of curiosity, but I'll say it's not for everyone. Check out the Brat ("Brother") duology and the Mosfilm catalog. Mosfilm has a youtube channel with several culturally significant (to the former eastern bloc) classics in high quality. Save them with ytp-dlp before Alphabet takes them out due to political tensions.
I'd give Ukrainian recommendations but I know about their cultural output even less. Zelensky's dumb political comedy show is on YouTube in high quality with no English subs. sluga95
I just remembered some more recent films. They're probably only 50% true and the other 50% complete and utter hogwash and literal Russian propaganda but still very much worth watching for a fun ride: Salyut-7, T-34, and Stilyagi if you can tolerate musicals.
Current events has me looking to Russian cinema out of curiosity, but I'll say it's not for everyone. Check out the Brat ("Brother") duology and the Mosfilm catalog. Mosfilm has a youtube channel with several culturally significant (to the former eastern bloc) classics in high quality. Save them with ytp-dlp before Alphabet takes them out due to political tensions.
I'd give Ukrainian recommendations but I know about their cultural output even less. Zelensky's dumb political comedy show is on YouTube in high quality with no English subs. sluga95
I just remembered some more recent films. They're probably only 50% true and the other 50% complete and utter hogwash and literal Russian propaganda but still very much worth watching for a fun ride: Salyut-7, T-34, and Stilyagi if you can tolerate musicals.