Moscow does not believe in tears | AWARD WINNING | FULL MOVIE

★ Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1981)

Three young women share a Moscow dormitory in the late 1950s and chase the city's promises with very different appetites, and the film then jumps twenty years to find out what those choices cost. Vladimir Menshov's drama is still one of the most-watched Soviet films ever made, and the second half earns every bit of its reputation.

Why it's free: Free on Mosfilm's own channel; Mosfilm holds the rights to the Soviet-era library it publishes.