24. Reds

Director: Warren Beatty


Year: 1981

Actors: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Mauren Stapleton

Plot: The story of John Jack Reed, a journalist who covered the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and started the first Communist Party of America, and his love affair with Louise Bryant...

Music: Great score by Stephen Sondheim, as well as traditional Russian music...

Why:

• Interesting history lesson, that covers the rise of Communism
• Great acting performances by Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, and Mauren Stapleton
• Awesome settings of Greenwich Village and 1917 Russia
• Great theme music by Stephen Sondheim
• An epic story full of great romance and drama...

Key Moment: When Louise Bryant decides to join Jack Reed on the train-ride to Russia, at the verge of the political revolution.