Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Hammer and Sickle

If you loved Hammer and Sickle, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for Hammer and Sickle.

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
My Joy

My Joy

2010★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hammer and Sickle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Georgy is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police at a border crossing, he finds himself giving a lift to a strange old man with d...

#2
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

1988★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hammer and Sickle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

"Heart of a Dog" is a Soviet film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s iconic novella. Set in 1920s Moscow, it tells the satirical and darkly humorous story of a stray dog named Sharik...

#3
Three Christs

Three Christs

2017★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hammer and Sickle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ....

#4
My Friend Ivan Lapshin

My Friend Ivan Lapshin

1985★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hammer and Sickle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well....

#5
The Experiment

The Experiment

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hammer and Sickle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control....

#6
Petrov's Flu

Petrov's Flu

2021★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hammer and Sickle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy...

Advertisement