Movies Like Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom is a 2015 documentary film from Evgeny Afineevsky with a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Olga and Sniper: The White Raven.

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Olga

2021

2013. Exiled in Switzerland, Olga, a talented and passionate 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, is trying to secure a place in the National Sports Centre. But the Euromaidan revolt erupts in Kyiv, and suddenly her loved ones are involved. While the girl is adapting to her new country and preparing for the European Championships, the Ukrainian revolution makes its way into her life, and nothing will ever be the same again.

7.0

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

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

Kingdom of Swords

2018

This is the story about man who had a great way. His adventures and losses, his life make you to be surprised. We invite you in the middle ages - a times of darkness, of heroes, of big power and of eternity love.

6.1

MagicScore

The Guide

2014

American boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-30s Soviet Ukraine.

7.7

MagicScore

Dovbush

2023

In the early eighteenth century, foreign rule means dark times for the Hutsuls of the Carpathians. The two Dovbush brothers become opryshkos - mountain outlaws. But the two brothers become enemies - one cares only about money, the other - Oleksa - fights for his people. The Carpathians are convulsed with a wave of uprisings. The aristocracy uses its military might to try to kill Dovbush and destroy his legend. But Dovbush outwits them. The desperate lords devise a devious plan and attack the invincible outlaw's Achilles heel - his love for his childhood sweetheart, Marichka. Who will be the assassin to attack the Opryshko whose immense strength and bravery inspired folk tales? Will the lords' treacherous plan destroy the hero before he can lead his people to freedom?

7.1

MagicScore

20 Days in Mariupol

2023

As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.

8.0

MagicScore

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

A House Made of Splinters

2023

A temporary house for abandoned children near the front line in eastern Ukraine is run by a small group of social workers determined to provide comfort and safety. It may be humble and somewhat run-down, but this house is filled with love and offers up to nine months of refuge to kids whose fate will be determined by the system. During this short time, the caretakers try to nurture within them a sense of stability and normalcy.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

Winter of The Braves

2018

1918 Ukraine. Patriotic students, protagonists of the film, get ready to defend Kyiv and fight heroically in the Battle of Kruty. On this historical background reveals the story of the Savytskyi family - the general of Ukraine's counterintelligence and his two sons, Andrii and Oleksa.

6.6

MagicScore

#11

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

#12

Hotsunlight

2021

Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows firsthand what war is. Having seen enough of the horrors of war in his time, in principle he does not even want to touch a weapon. In a situation, he sees only one way out - to leave the country. But you can't run away from the war, the border is already closed. To save his family, he will have to make difficult moral choices.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

TINA

2021

Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to superstardom is an undeniable story of triumph over adversity. It’s the ultimate story of survival – and an inspirational story of our times.

7.8

MagicScore

#14

The Sparks Brothers

2021

Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.

7.3

MagicScore

#15

Corman's World

2011

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.

7.1

MagicScore

#16

Fastest

2011

What does it take to be the fastest? From award-winning filmmaker Mark Neale, comes Fastest, a spectacular maximum-speed, full-length documentary delving deep into the world of MotoGP™. This thrilling documentary, narrated by Ewan McGregor, highlights the thrills, spills and incredible commitment and courage the sport demands of it stars. With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access and never before seen angles, interviews and insight, this truly cinematic experience charts the exhilarating highs, crushing lows, career-threatening crashes and spectacular comebacks, including Rossi’s 41 days turn around to race following a leg shattering crash.

6.9

MagicScore

#17

The Twister: Caught in the Storm

2025

In May 2011, a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri. With pulse-pounding firsthand footage, this documentary goes inside a deadly twister.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

This Ain't California

2012

A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through their teenage rebellion in the eighties and the summer of 1989, when their life changed forever, to 2011.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem

2025

Rob Ford scandalized Canadian politics as the brash yet beloved mayor of Toronto — until an infamous video of him smoking crack sparked his downfall.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

Chasing Two Hares

1961

Based on the Ukrainian vaudeville by Mykhailo Starytskyi, the famous Ukrainian writer. The leading character, Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty has his own barbershop in town and a reputation of a dandy. Once, after losing everything he had at cards, he decides to remedy his financial situation by a profitable marriage. A rich but ugly girl named Pronia Sirko falls for the illustrious suitor’s courtship...

7.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom?

The top films similar to Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom by MovieMagicScore are Olga (7.0), Sniper: The White Raven (7.6), Klondike (6.5). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom worth watching?

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10 from 307 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom?

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015) is a documentary film directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, starring Cissy Jones, Bishop Agapit, Catherine Ashton.

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About movies like Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

This ranked list pairs Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015), a documentary film from Evgeny Afineevsky, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Cissy Jones 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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