Russian War Related Movies and TV Series
by WarMovieCollector | created - 11 Jun 2021 | updated - 3 weeks ago | PublicA List Of Russian War Movies and TV Series
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1. T-34 (2018)
TV-14 | 139 min | Action, War
An SS Panzer Division uses a T-34 manned by Soviet POWs as a training target, but the prisoners plot a daring maneuver.
Director: Aleksey Sidorov | Stars: Alexander Petrov, Irina Starshenbaum, Viktor Dobronravov, Vinzenz Kiefer
Votes: 14,357
2. The Last Frontier (2020)
136 min | Action, Drama, War
A film about the feat of the Podolsk cadets in October 1941 near Moscow. The cadets of the Podolsk artillery-infantry schools are ordered to take up defenses on the Ilyinsky line.
Director: Vadim Shmelyov | Stars: Artyom Gubin, Lubov Konstantinova, Igor Yudin, Aleksey Bardukov
Votes: 1,875
3. Panfilov's 28 Men (2016)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Drama, History
In November 1941, remaining squad of Soviet soldiers must stop a column of Nazi Germany tanks.
Directors: Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa | Stars: Maksim Abrosimov, Sergey Agafonov, Pavel Aseev, Ivan Batarev
Votes: 6,003
4. Fortress of War (2010)
Not Rated | 138 min | Action, Drama, History
A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Soviet troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days.
Director: Aleksandr Kott | Stars: Aleksey Kopashov, Andrey Merzlikin, Pavel Derevyanko, Aleksandr Korshunov
Votes: 10,518
5. The Pilot: A Battle for Survival (2021)
105 min | Biography, Drama, History
During a mission in WWII, the plane of Nikolai Komlev is shot down. He manages to bring his plane down in a remote forest clearing, but far from friendly territory, he faces a relentless test of physical and mental endurance.
Director: Renat Davletyarov | Stars: Pyotr Fyodorov, Anna Peskova, Valeriy Grishko, Roman Knizka
Votes: 1,644
6. White Tiger (2012)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Great Patriotic War, early 1940s. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov | Stars: Aleksey Vertkov, Vitaliy Kishchenko, Valeriy Grishko, Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Votes: 4,895
7. Battalion (2015)
120 min | Action, Drama, History
Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.
Director: Dmitriy Meskhiev | Stars: Lesya Andreeva, Mariya Antonova, Mariya Aronova, Nikolay Auzin
Votes: 1,691
8. The Dawns Here Are Quiet... (2015)
111 min | Drama, War
Russia, May 1942. Well behind friendly lines a veteran sergeant commands a small anti-aircraft unit. His troops are inexperienced women. They will soon be tested in battle as the Germans parachute a crack squad of saboteurs into the area.
Director: Renat Davletyarov | Stars: Pyotr Fyodorov, Anastasiya Mikulchina, Evgeniya Malakhova, Kristina Asmus
Votes: 1,951
9. Battle for Sevastopol (2015)
110 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.
Director: Sergey Mokritskiy | Stars: Yuliya Peresild, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Oleg Vasilkov, Nikita Tarasov
Votes: 13,953
10. Stalingrad (2013)
R | 131 min | Action, Drama, War
A group of Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to two Russian women who have been living there.
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk | Stars: Mariya Smolnikova, Yanina Studilina, Pyotr Fyodorov, Thomas Kretschmann
Votes: 17,718 | Gross: $1.01M
11. Kalashnikov (2020)
110 min | Biography, Drama, War
Wounded as a tank driver in 1941 during World War II, Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov sees the latest Soviet machine gun fail. As he's also an inventor, he starts making improvements and in 1947 ends up creating the AK-47 assault rifle.
Director: Konstantin Buslov | Stars: Yura Borisov, Olga Lerman, Artur Smolyaninov, Sergey Gazarov
Votes: 4,820
12. Admiral (2008)
Not Rated | 124 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution.
Director: Andrey Kravchuk | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov, Vladislav Vetrov
Votes: 8,609
13. Rzhev (2019)
113 min | Drama, History, War
In the winter of 1942/1943, a series of not-so-well known, yet bloody battles occurred near the town of Rzhev. Those battles received the name of 'Rzhev Meat Grinder'. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Vyacheslav Kondratyev.
Director: Igor Kopylov | Stars: Sergey Zharkov, Ivan Batarev, Oleg Gayanov, Arseniy Semyonov
Votes: 1,279
14. Convoy 48 (2019)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, War
During the defense of Leningrad in the winter of 1941-1942, several women are tasked with delivering cargo and military equipment via the railways, facing German interference at every turn.
Director: Fedor Popov | Stars: Artyom Alekseev, Francisco de Borja De la Bella, Inna Egorova, Darya Ekamasova
Votes: 398
15. Saving Leningrad (2019)
TV-PG | 96 min | Action, Drama, War
September 1941. In a turn of events young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board of a barge that will evacuate people from sieged Leningrad. At night the barge gets into the ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksey Kozlov | Stars: Maria Melnikova, Andrey Mironov-Udalov, Gela Meskhi, Anastasiya Melnikova
Votes: 1,416
16. The Road to Calvary (2017)
48 min | Drama
Swept up in political unrest during World War I, two sisters in St. Petersburg cope with turbulent romances as Russian history is made around them.
Stars: Yulia Snigir, Anya Chipovskaya, Leonid Bichevin, Andrey Merzlikin
Votes: 905
17. On the Road to Berlin (2015)
82 min | Drama, War
The film is based on a novella by the well-known Soviet writer who served at the front, Emmanuil Kazakevich "Two in the Steppe" and the war diaries of Konstantin Simonov.
Director: Sergei Popov | Stars: Amir Abdykalov, Yura Borisov, Maksim Demchenko, Andrey Deryugin
Votes: 931
18. Chernobyl: Abyss (2021)
136 min | Drama, History
A story about a heroic fireman who worked as one of Chernobyl liquidators.
Director: Danila Kozlovskiy | Stars: Danila Kozlovskiy, Oksana Akinshina, Filipp Avdeev, Ravshana Kurkova
Votes: 10,531
19. Leaving Afghanistan (2019)
113 min | Action, Drama, War
1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahideen after ... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Kirill Pirogov, Yan Tsapnik, Mikhail Kremer, Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Votes: 1,299
20. Eterna. Chast pervaya (2022)
83 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Power seized 400 years ago in Talig by Ollar dynasty. Aldo Rakan, exiled heir, wants to overthrow usurpers. Richard Oakdell also seeks revenge on his father's killer. Rakan wants the throne, Oakdell wants revenge, but fate awaits.
Director: Evgeniy Nevskiy | Stars: Anar, Varvara Barkhvits, Yury Belyayev, Artur Beschastnyy
Votes: 280
21. The Red Ghost (2020)
99 min | Action, History, Horror
A detachment of Soviet soldiers, including a dangerous half-man, half-ghost, come up against an elite death squad within the Wehrmacht.
Director: Andrey Bogatyrev | Stars: Aleksey Shevchenkov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Yura Borisov, Polina Chernyshova
Votes: 2,145
22. Frontier (2018)
98 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Michael's perfect life changes dramatically when he discovers a portal which allows him to travel in time. He travels back to the World War II to go through the quest of time and find his one and only beloved.
Director: Dmitriy Tyurin | Stars: Pavel Priluchnyy, Stanislav Duzhnikov, Sergey Chirkov, Viktor Dobronravov
Votes: 595
23. Zoya (II) (2020)
105 min | Drama, War
Autumn 1941. Yesterday's schoolgirl Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya volunteered for a sabotage school. The partisan detachment, in which Zoya was located, is ambushed, and Zoya is captured by the ... See full summary »
Directors: Maksim Brius, Leonid Plyaskin | Stars: Anastasia Mishina, Anna Ukolova, Wolfgang Cerny, Olga Lapshina
Votes: 1,073
24. Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya duga (1970)
93 min | Drama, History, Romance
The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the ... See full summary »
Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Nikolay Olyalin, Larisa Golubkina, Boris Seidenberg, Sergey Nikonenko
Votes: 540
25. Osvobozhdenie: Proryv (1970)
87 min | Drama, History, Romance
A five part WW2 epic drama that gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945.Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern ... See full summary »
Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Nikolay Olyalin, Larisa Golubkina, Boris Seidenberg, Sergey Nikonenko
Votes: 457
26. Osvobozhdenie: Napravlenie glavnogo udara (1971)
125 min | Drama, History, Romance
This five part WW2 epic drama gives a dramatized detailed account of the five major eastern front Soviet campaigns against Nazi Germany.
Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Mikhail Nozhkin, Nikolay Olyalin, Mikhail Ulyanov, Larisa Golubkina
Votes: 768
27. Osvobozhdenie: Bitva za Berlin (1971)
79 min | Drama, History, Romance
Stalin orders to hasten the Vistula-Oder offensive in order to relieve the Allies. Karl Wolff is sent to negotiate with the Americans. Zhukov rejects Stavka's order to take Berlin, the Soviets and the Poles storm the Tiergarten.
Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Nikolay Olyalin, Larisa Golubkina, Paul Berndt, Barbara Brylska
Votes: 423
28. Liberation: The Last Assault (1971)
75 min | Drama, History, Romance
In Berlin, Lieutenant Yartsev's infantry and Tzvetaev's battery fight their way in the U-Bahn. Captain Neustroev's company is selected to hoist the Victory Banner atop the Reichstag.
Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Nikolay Olyalin, Larisa Golubkina, Paul Berndt, Otto Busse
Votes: 426
29. August 8 (2012)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Mother goes after her little son to get him out of a military conflict zone.
Director: Dzhanik Fayziev | Stars: Svetlana Ivanova, Maksim Matveev, Egor Beroev, Artyom Fadeev
Votes: 2,446
30. Raid (II) (2019–2021)
Action
Two warring Private Military Companies are sent on opposing missions to Tarkov, a city in turmoil and overrun with Scavengers.
Stars: Matvey Zubalevich, Oleg Savtsov, Vladimir Lukyanchikov, Anton Lavrentev
Votes: 131
31. Tourist (2021)
99 min | Action
December 2020. Former police officer Grisha Dmitriev arrives in the Central African Republic with a small group of Russian instructors. Grisha's assignment does not seem complicated, ... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Shcherbinin | Stars: Aleksey Shevchenkov, Aleksandr Baranovskiy, Vladimir Petrov, Evgeniy Terskikh
Votes: 394
32. My iz budushchego 2 (2010)
98 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
They met on the field of "reenactment of military events" and wanted to play war. But the war decided to play with them.
Directors: Andres Puustusmaa, Aleksandr Samokhvalov, Dmitriy Voronkov, Oleg Pogodin | Stars: Igor Petrenko, Aleksey Barabash, Ekaterina Klimova, Semyon Belotserkovskiy
Votes: 1,460
33. Bitva za Moskvu (1985)
358 min | Drama, History, War
The battle of Moscow was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War. The film is dedicated to some fighting events that took place in the USSR after Hitler's conquest of western Europe.
Stars: Helmut Hellstorff, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Artyom Karapetyan, Yakov Tripolsky
Votes: 471
34. Once in the Desert (2022)
121 min | Drama, War
The ancient Syrian city Palmyra has recently been liberated from ISIS.
Director: Andrey Kravchuk | Stars: Sergey Borodinov, Pavel Chinaryov, Igor Gordin, Pyotr Kharchenko
Votes: 457
35. Dneprovskiy rubezh (2009)
130 min | Action, Adventure, History
Partially based on General Konstantin Rokossovsky role in the first months of the eastern front in the Second World War.
Director: Denis Skvortsov | Stars: Svyatoslav Astramovich, Igor Denisov, Aleksandr Efremov, Anna Gorshkova
Votes: 99
36. Pravednik (2023)
140 min | Drama, History, War
During the WWll, Nikolai Kiselyov faces an unthinkable task: he must withdraw more than 200 people doomed to death in captivity from the Belarusian village of Dolginovo occupied by the ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Ursulyak | Stars: Aleksandr Yatsenko, Mark Eydelshteyn, Doval'e Glickman, Evgeniy Tkachuk
Votes: 355
37. Nyurnberg (2023)
131 min | Adventure, Drama, History
1945. The International Military Tribunal begins its work in Nuremberg. A huge number of people from all over the world come to the trial, which will later be called the Trial of the ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolay Lebedev | Stars: Sergey Kempo, Lyubov Aksyonova, Evgeniy Mironov, Sergey Bezrukov
Votes: 465
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