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The Man Who Surprised Everyone (Человек, который удивил всех) is a Russian film about a Siberian hunter who tries to cheat death by recreating a ...

Sleepless Beauty (Я не сплю) is a Russian horror movie about chilling experimented conducted on a kidnapped woman. Mila is a young woman who ...

The Foundling (Подкидыш) is a Soviet comedy from 1940 directed by Tatyana Lukashevich. This movie is a childhood classic for many Russians from ...

The Enemies (მთებრი) is a recent Georgian film set during the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict, part of the Russo-Georgian War of 2008. While ...

Elephant (Слон) is a charming Russian film about a circus elephant. Behind the scenes of a popular Russian circus arena, the audience’s ...

Son of Sofia (Ο Γιος της Σοφίας) is an interesting Russian-Greek co-production about a young Russian boy who visits his mother in Athens during ...

Shopping Tour (Шопинг-тур) is a chilling pseudo-documentary horror film created jointly by Russia and Finland. The movie covers a group of ...

Queen of Spades (Дама Пик) is a modern film adaptation of the famous short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. Created by the great ...

My Dad Baryshnikov (Мой папа – Барышников) is a fun Russian comedy about a young dance student who is convinced that his father is the ...

Paradise (Рай) is a a brilliant historical drama directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The film was highly acclaimed in the festival circuit upon its ...

Forgotten by God (Апостасия) is a historical drama about successive generations of a Russian family living and dying through brutal wartime. ...

Yes & Yes (Да и да) is a provocative Russian film from 2014. The movie follows Sasha, an intrepid young girl from Moscow who falls in love, ...

Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass (Пиковая дама: Зазеркалье) is a thrilling Russian horror movie about a murderous ghost at an old ...

Battery Number One (Единичка) is a patriotic Russian military drama from the creators of Fortress of War, aka Brest Fortress. The film is set in ...

Tanks for Stalin (Танки) is a Russian movie about WWII from Kim Druzhinin, the director who gave us Panfilov’s 28 Men. The year is 1940 and ...

Salyut-7 (Салют-7) is an exciting recent Russian sci-fi film that dramatizes the true story behind the most daring space rescue mission ...

The Find (Находка) is a 2015 Russian drama film based on the story of the same name by the outstanding Soviet writer, Vladimir Tendryakov. The ...

Dark Planet 2: Rebellion (Обитаемый остров. Схватка), also known as The Inhabited Island: Rebellion, is the exciting sequel to the popular ...

Dark Planet (Обитаемый остров), also known as The Inhabited Island is an excellent Russian sci-fi film based on a novel by the Strugatsky ...

A Rough Draft (Черновик) is the long-awaited screen version of one of the most famous novels by Sergei Lukyanenko, author of Night Watch and Day ...

The Conquest Of Siberia (Тобол) is a recent Russian historical movie about imperial Russia’s expansion east into Siberia.  The film’s ...

Vamps (Вурдалаки), also known as Ghouls, is a Russian gothic horror film set in the Carpathian Mountains by Transylvania in the 18th century. The ...

Guardians (Защитники) is a Russian superhero blockbuster film from 2017. Set during the Cold War, Guardians tells the story of a secret ...

Sadko (Садко), also known as The Magic Voyage of Sinbad, is a wonderful Russian fantasy film from 1953 that received global acclaim. The ...

Break (Отрыв) is a tense thriller about a group of friends who get trapped in a funicular in the middle of winter. It’s New Year’s ...

Battle for Sevastopol (Битва за Севастополь) is an excellent recent Russian movie about World War Two. Set during the Siege of Sevastopol over ...

Attraction 2: Invasion (Вторжение) is the exciting sequel to the 2017 blockbuster, Attraction. Two years have passed since an alien space ship ...

Attraction (Притяжение) is a Russian sci-fi blockbuster that was one of the main events of Russian cinema in 2017. In this exciting film, an ...

Icebreaker (Ледокол) is an exciting film that recounts the true story of a Russian icebreaker that faced a disastrous collision at sea. The year ...

As announced in our Russian movie blog, The Keepers (Khraniteli) is a long lost, but now joyously rediscovered Soviet TV film adaptation of ...

Russian Symphony is a parable based on the Last Judgement coming to Russia in the mid-1990s. This important film by Konstantin Lopushansky is up ...

The Red Tent is a joint Soviet-Italian film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov and featuring Sean Connery and Peter Finch. As such, it’s a ...

Viy is generally considered the most famous Russian horror film – really one of the few in a country that has experienced far too much real ...

Mister Designer is an exciting and a little eerie mystical drama about a sculptor who dreams of breathing life into his magnificent ...

On August 12, 2000, the world was shocked to receive the news that a Russian submarine, “Kursk,” had sunk. The film, 72 Meters, tells ...

In Silver Heads scientists embark on a secret experiment to fuse man and tree. The purpose of this fantastic experiment is to create man-tree ...

The film, Daddy, Father Frost is Dead, released the year of the collapse of the USSR, reflects the problems of perestroika and the feeling of ...

Winter Evening in Gagra became a classic almost immediately after its release. This Karen Shakhnazarov’s film (the acclaimed director of ...

Inseparable is feature film cut of the original Ukrainian TV series about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster (you can watch the series here). The ...

Jolly Fellows, also known as Moscow Laughs, was the first Soviet musical film. Director, Grigori Aleksandrov, wowed not just domestic audiences, ...

Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is a 1979 Estonian sci-fi film based on the novel of the same name by the Arkady and Boris Strugatsky brothers. ...

We’re from Jazz or Jazzman is all about the difficult path the formation of jazz took in the Soviet Union. Kostya Ivanov is a student in a ...

Aerograd is a 1930s film from influential director, Alexander Dovzhenko. Set in the Far East region of Russia, the movie centers on the struggle ...

Karlson Returns is the sequel to the beloved Russian cartoon, Junior and Karlson. The housekeeper, Freken Bock, appears in Junior’s ...

A Necklace for My Beloved (Samkauli satrposatvis) is a 1971 lyrical comedy by legendary Georgian director, Tengiz Abuladze. It is based on the ...

Anna Karenina. Vronsky’s Story is an interesting new take on Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece. Director and current chairman of Mosfilm, ...

Brief Encounters is a beautiful rom-com by famed director, Kira Muratova. In the film, Nadia leaves her village for the big city where she meets ...

The Communist is an ideology-ridden, but also beautifully created film. Hugely popular in the Soviet Union, the movie also won its director, Yuli ...

The Stroll is a true cult classic creation by rock star director, Alexei Uchitel. It shines a romantic light on St. Petersburg like no other. ...

The Edge is another exciting drama from masterful director, Alexei Uchitel. The film takes place right after WWII. Ignat, a victorious but ...

The Sea is an elegant drama by Alexandra Strelyanaya, also director of The Dry Valley. It tells the story of carefree love by the endless sea. A ...

To Live is a thrilling movie and the first feature by acclaimed director, Yuri Bykov. It’s a film that reminds us to think about the real ...

The Game is a fun comedy about the Russian football team’s adventures during the World Cup. Russia is hosting the competition and its team ...

Rock (Рок) is a cult documentary by acclaimed director, Alexei Uchitel. Better than any other film, it shows the life of the underground rock ...

Relations is a movie all about being torn between love and duty. Two happily married parents find they can’t help but have an affair. Ilya and ...

I’ll Be Around is a 2012 Russian drama directed by Pavel Ruminov. It won the main prize at the Kinotavr festival. I’ll Be Around is ...

His Wife’s Diary is one of the best films by Russian director, Alexei Uchitel. It tells the story of the last years of the life of the ...

Enemies is a piercing and believable drama set in a small Belarussin village during WWII. Local villagers live side-by-side with German soldiers ...

Ashik Kerib is a Georgian film that is acclaimed director, Sergei Parajanov’s final work. Parajanov dedicated the film to his good friend, ...

The Major is a piercing drama by acclaimed director, Yuri Bykov. It tells the story of a senior police officer, Sergei Sobolev, and the moral ...