Russian movies
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1. Brother (1997)
99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko, Mariya Zhukova
Votes: 24,522
2. Pop (2009)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, History, War
Father Alexander is trying to maintain peaceful life for his church amidst the German occupation of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Director: Vladimir Khotinenko | Stars: Sergey Makovetskiy, Nina Usatova, Elizaveta Arzamasova, Kirill Pletnyov
Votes: 1,330
3. The Island (2006)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Pyotr Mamonov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Dmitriy Dyuzhev, Yuriy Kuznetsov
Votes: 12,565
4. The Stoker (2010)
87 min | Crime, Drama
The film, set in the mid 1990s outside of St. Petersburg, tells the story of an ethnic Yakut, Major Skryabin, a shell-shocked veteran of the Afghan-Soviet War, who works as a stoker.
Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Mikhail Skryabin, Yuriy Matveev, Aleksandr Mosin, Aida Tumutova
Votes: 2,719
5. The Thief (1997)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama
A woman meets a man who isn't the right man for her - but she hasn't realised it yet...
Director: Pavel Chukhray | Stars: Vladimir Mashkov, Yekaterina Rednikova, Mikhail Filipchuk, Dima Chigaryov
Votes: 5,623 | Gross: $1.13M
6. Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama
Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharskiy, Pavel Ponomaryov, Lyubov Agapova
Votes: 49,381 | Gross: $0.18M
7. Elena (2011)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten dutiful housewife Elena's potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan ...
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Nadezhda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Aleksey Rozin, Elena Lyadova
Votes: 15,210 | Gross: $0.02M
8. The Return (2003)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenko, Nataliya Vdovina
Votes: 47,497 | Gross: $0.50M
9. Loveless (2017)
R | 127 min | Drama
A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina Vasileva
Votes: 35,551 | Gross: $0.57M
10. The Banishment (2007)
150 min | Drama, Romance
A trip to the pastoral countryside reveals a dark, sinister reality for a family from the city.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Konstantin Lavronenko, Maria Bonnevie, Aleksandr Baluev, Dmitriy Ulyanov
Votes: 8,996
11. Sputnik (2020)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The lone survivor of an enigmatic spaceship incident hasn't returned home alone - hiding inside his body is a dangerous creature.
Director: Egor Abramenko | Stars: Oksana Akinshina, Fedor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov, Anton Vasilev
Votes: 27,249
12. Ayka (2018)
100 min | Drama
A poor migrant woman in Moscow struggles with her life.
Director: Sergei Dvortsevoy | Stars: Samal Yeslyamova, Sergey Mazur, Zhipara Abdilaeva, David Alaverdyan
Votes: 2,252
13. Liquidation (2007)
45 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Wide-scale operation against criminality turning into something more dangerous in post-WWII Odessa.
Stars: Vladimir Mashkov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Aleksandr Chernyavskiy, Vladimir Menshov
Votes: 2,583
14. Kak Vitka Chesnok vyoz Lyokhu Shtyrya v dom invalidov (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Hoping to claim his newly-vacated apartment, a young man travels across Russia with his aging gangster father to admit him into a nursing home.
Director: Aleksandr Khant | Stars: Evgeniy Tkachuk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Andrey Smirnov, Nataliya Vdovina
Votes: 3,949 | Gross: $0.00M
15. Inadequate People (2010)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Thirty-year-old young man Vitaly, running away from annoying problems and mental discomfort, leaves the provincial town of Serpukhov and moves to Moscow, hoping to find harmony with his own "I" here.
Director: Roman Karimov | Stars: Ilya Lyubimov, Ingrid Olerinskaya, Evgeniy Tsyganov, Yuliya Takshina
Votes: 4,973
16. 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: 2,129
17. Iuda (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
The story of relationships between Jesus Christ and his followers.
Director: Andrey Bogatyrev | Stars: Andrey Barilo, Andrey Bogatyrev, Ivan Dobronravov, Sergey Frolov
Votes: 107
18. BAgI (2011)
111 min | Drama, Family
Two characters. They represent two generations. One is 68 from plenty Soviet Union background, another 23 whom is without any targets in his life. They don't know each other and they are ... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Bogatyrev | Stars: Aleksey Bochenin, Pavel Abramenkov, Olga Kavalay-Aksyonova, Elena Biryukova
Votes: 32
19. 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: 1,871
20. Wanted (2008)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A frustrated office worker discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp
Votes: 408,507 | Gross: $134.51M
21. Khrustalnyy (2021)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Sergey Smirnov returns to his hometown Khrustalny to investigate a series of violent murders of little boys. The pursuit forces Sergey to face the traumatic memories of his childhood, the very reason he left Khrustalny years ago.
Stars: Anton Vasilev, Nikolay Shrayber, Darya Ekamasova, Karina Razumovskaya
Votes: 553
22. The Cuckoo (2002)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In World War II, a Finnish sniper is left chained to a rock by German soldiers, while a captain of the Red Army, en route to his court martial, is almost blown up by Russian planes. A Lapp woman gives shelter to both of them at her farm.
Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Stars: Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov, Mikhail Korobochkin
Votes: 7,981 | Gross: $0.24M
23. Uncle Vanya (1970)
104 min | Drama
The ordinary life of the Russian provincial intellectuals seems to them gray and bleak. Are exceptions possible?
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Irina Anisimova-Wulf, Sergey Bondarchuk, Irina Kupchenko, Yekaterina Mazurova
Votes: 834 | Gross: $0.05M
24. Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
R | 126 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.
Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Amadu Mamadakov, Khulan Chuluun, Honglei Sun
Votes: 49,176 | Gross: $5.70M
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