Here are some of the best films I've seen recently:
Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) - German comedy about the fall of the wall and the GDR, German reunification, becomes a poignant tale of a son's love for his socialist mom, who is in a coma when the big events occur so her kids try to hide the news from her when she awakens!
Ballad of a Soldier (1959) - one of the first Russian films to reach the