
10 Best Movies Like My Friend Ivan Lapshin
If you loved My Friend Ivan Lapshin, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Ivan's Childhood
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Friend Ivan Lapshin for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In WW2, twelve year old Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev works for the Soviet army as a scout behind the German lines and strikes a friendship with three sympathetic Soviet officers....

K-ON! The Movie
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Friend Ivan Lapshin for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
With graduation right around the corner, every member of the Light Music Club except for Azusa will be leaving for good. But the girls aren’t going to let something as silly as gra...

The Professional
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Friend Ivan Lapshin for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is s...

After Yang
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Friend Ivan Lapshin for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been pas...

Dead Man's Bluff
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Friend Ivan Lapshin for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Sergei and Simon have to deliver a suitcase full of heroin to Mikhalych or else they will be killed. There is one minor detail: the only problem-solving technique they are familiar...

Trial on the Road
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Friend Ivan Lapshin for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Shot in 1971 but banned until 1986, this distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A regiment of partisans captures former Red Army lieutenant Lazarev wh...