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Documentaries like Red Army

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The 3 reasons people love Red Army

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  1. You like hockey and a team that played it like a ballet.

  2. You want to see how the Soviet state used its athletes.

  3. You like the Cold War told through one player's life.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • Bobby Fischer Against the World2011

    • the Cold War told through one player's life

    Good for you if you like the Cold War played out on a chessboard.

  • The Fog of War2003

    • the Cold War told through one player's life

    Good for you if you want the Cold War told from inside the room.

  • Pelé2021

    • hockey and a team that played it like a ballet
    • the Cold War told through one player's life

    Good for you if you like archive footage of Pelé winning three World Cups.

  • Santiago, Italia2018

    • you want to see how the Soviet state used its athletes
    • the Cold War told through one player's life

    Good for you if you want to understand what happened in Santiago in 1973.

  • Hitler: A Career1977

    • you want to see how the Soviet state used its athletes
    • the Cold War told through one player's life

    Good for you if you want to understand how the Weimar Republic fell to the Nazis.

  • When We Were Kings1996

    • hockey and a team that played it like a ballet

    Good for you if you like the Rumble in the Jungle and Ali's rope-a-dope.

  • Best of Enemies2015

    • you want to see how the Soviet state used its athletes
    • the Cold War told through one player's life

    Good for you if you like politics as a duel, the liberal Vidal against the conservative Buckley.

  • Get Me Roger Stone2017

    • the Cold War told through one player's life

    Good for you if you like tracing American campaigns from Watergate to 2016.

  • Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations1938

    • hockey and a team that played it like a ballet
    • the Cold War told through one player's life

    Good for you if you like watching athletes in motion, event after event.

  • O.J.: Made in America2016

    • hockey and a team that played it like a ballet

    Good for you if you want O.J. the running back at USC and Buffalo, long before the trial.

  • The Gatekeepers2012

    • you want to see how the Soviet state used its athletes

    Good for you if you're drawn to questions of means and ends at the top of a state.

  • The Times of Harvey Milk1984

    • the Cold War told through one player's life

    Good for you if you like seeing 1970s San Francisco and its fight for gay rights.

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