- CubaneApril 6, 2026A hilarious and dark film that I've found to be shockingly accurate in the broad strokes of its history, despite the satirical tone. The more you look at any example of real world regime change, the more you see this movie. Comrade Beria would have had a promising career in the ministry of fisheries.
- sopulaMarch 1, 2026more interesting as a satire than it was funny, very funny as well though. does well to show the general insanity of stalin's regime but also that these powerful men were just people generally trying to do the best they could the characters are all fantastic and quite likeable, mostly very serious actors also loved that it changed to a completely non-comedic tone by the end of the film
- M08YJuly 31, 2025The Death of Stalin is an excellent and well written comedy that makes full use of it's brilliant cast. Making a comedy around a time period of great suffering and fear was always going to be a challenge but the team behind this movie nailed it. For me, Jason Isaacs was the stand out comedy, charisma in spades here. The bluray was absolutely fine, audio and visuals all present and correct.
- Mister ArnJanuary 3, 2026“The Death of Stalin” is a political satire that treats absurdity as a byproduct of power rather than a punchline. No one plays their character as funny; they play them as self-preserving, which makes the humor more unsettling. It doesn’t ask you to laugh at history so much as recognize how easily cruelty becomes procedural.
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The Death of Stalin was released on October 20, 2017.
The Death of Stalin was directed by Armando Iannucci.
The Death of Stalin has a runtime of 1h 46m.
The Death of Stalin was produced by Yann Zenou, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Laurent Zeitoun, Kevin Loader, Tanya Sokolova, Sofia Maltseva, Catherine Dumonceaux.
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
The key characters in The Death of Stalin are Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), Lavrenti Beria (Simon Russell Beale), Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor).
The Death of Stalin is rated R.
The Death of Stalin is a Comedy, Drama, History film.
The Death of Stalin has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.
The Death of Stalin had a budget of $13M.
The Death of Stalin has made $24.6M at the box office.