Movies Like 20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

20 Days in Mariupol is a 2023 documentary, war film from Mstyslav Chernov with a MovieMagicScore of 8.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Superpower and Sniper: The White Raven.

Documentary War

Superpower

2023

Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman’s documentary, shot just before and after Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022, and featuring several interviews with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

5.6

MagicScore

Sniper: The White Raven

2022

Mykola is an eccentric pacifist who wants to be useful to humanity. When the war begins in Donbas, Mykola’s naive world is collapsing as the militants kill his pregnant wife and burn his home to the ground. Recovered, he makes a cardinal decision and gets enlisted in a sniper company. Having met his wife’s killers, he emotionally breaks down and arranges “sniper terror” for the enemy.

7.6

MagicScore

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

2025

As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.

7.4

MagicScore

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

2015

Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.

7.9

MagicScore

Klondike

2022

The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after they find themselves at the center of an international air crash catastrophe on July 17, 2014.

6.5

MagicScore

Cyborgs

2017

‘The Cyborgs’ is re-telling the recent history of Ukraine – the legendary fight for Donetsk Airport in 2014 during Russian invasion. The freedom fighters from various divisions of Ukrainian army and volunteer battalions took a 242-days stand against the Russian backed militants until the complete destruction of the airport’s terminal.

7.2

MagicScore

Bad Roads

2021

Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass during the war. There are no safe spaces and no one can make sense of just what is going on. Even as they are trapped in the chaos, some manage to wield authority over others. But in this world, where tomorrow may never come, not everyone is defenseless and miserable. Even the most innocent victims may have their turn at taking charge.

7.2

MagicScore

Bitter Lake

2015

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

7.6

MagicScore

Einstein and the Bomb

2024

What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.

6.1

MagicScore

#10

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

2016

An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

The Bloody Hundredth

2024

Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.

7.2

MagicScore

#12

Hiroshima

2005

The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft that dropped the bomb) and inside the exploding bomb.

7.2

MagicScore

#13

Retrograde

2022

The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan officers they trained.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

Korengal

2014

Korengal picks up where Restrepo left off; the same men, the same valley, the same commanders, but a very different look at the experience of war.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

1212. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

2023

On 16 July 1212, a Crusader army made up of Castilians, Aragonese and Navarrese (but also French, English and Germans) confronted the army of the Almohad Caliph an-Nasir at the foot of the Sierra Morena mountain range. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, as the battle is known, is considered the most important battle of the Middle Ages on the Iberian Peninsula and is a key event in the history of Spain. More than 800 years later, a group of archaeologists and specialists have begun an archaeological study of the battlefield. Is everything that has been said about the battle true? What secrets does the terrain hide? And, above all, what can we learn today about events that took place hundreds of years ago and that pitted tens of thousands of people against each other in the south of our country?

5.6

MagicScore

#16

Citizen K

2019

The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky — once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia — who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Putin's Witnesses

2018

Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president of the country. From that day and for a year, Vitaly Mansky's camera documented Putin's rise to power. The story of a privileged witness. The harsh explanation of the reason why politics is the art of possibility of achieving the best with the support of many, but also of giving the worst in return.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Putin

2025

A portrait of a formidable political figure, unraveling the contrasting facets of an iron-fisted tyrant and a man haunted by fear.

5.9

MagicScore

#19

Gone with the Wind

1939

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

7.9

MagicScore

#20

Platoon

1986

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

7.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like 20 Days in Mariupol?

The top films similar to 20 Days in Mariupol by MovieMagicScore are Superpower (5.6), Sniper: The White Raven (7.6), Mr. Nobody Against Putin (7.4). Each shares documentary/war themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is 20 Days in Mariupol worth watching?

20 Days in Mariupol holds a MovieMagicScore of 8.0/10 from 242 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is 20 Days in Mariupol?

20 Days in Mariupol (2023) is a documentary, war film directed by Mstyslav Chernov, starring Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Liudmyla Amelkina.

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About movies like 20 Days in Mariupol

This ranked list pairs 20 Days in Mariupol (2023), a documentary and war film from Mstyslav Chernov, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Mstyslav Chernov take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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