October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)

This groundbreaking docudrama by Sergei M. Eisenstein, employing his signature montage technique, immortalized the true essence of the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Produced a decade after the events, this masterpiece vividly recreates crucial moments of the revolution, from the fall of the monarchy in Petrograd to the promulgation of the crucial decrees on peace and land that shocked the entire world.