The Mystery of the Third Planet
IMDb: 8.0 1981 50 min 98 views
At the end of the 22nd century, the schoolgirl Alisa Selezneva was lucky enough for her dad, a professor of cosmozoology, to take her on his next ...
The Sword and the Dragon
IMDb: 5.5 1956 93 min 67 views
The Sword and the Dragon is a wonderful Russian film based on the folk story about Ilya Muromets. At the beginning of the tale, Ilya is unable to ...
The Stone Flower
IMDb: 7.1 1946 70 min 43 views
This remarkable film by Alexander Ptushko is based on the Russian fairy tale, “The Malachite Box.” The film tells the story of a young gemsmith ...
Viy
IMDb: 7.4 1967 77 min 2035 views
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
IMDb: 7.1 1988 103 min 805 views
Mister Designer is an exciting and a little eerie mystical drama about a sculptor who dreams of breathing life into his magnificent ...
Silver Heads
IMDb: 6.2 1999 84 min 1411 views
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 Legend of Suram Fortress
IMDb: 7.4 1985 83 min 2810 views
The Legend of Suram Fortress is legendary director, Sergei Parajanov’s first film since his release from the Soviet Gulag prison system. ...
Dreams
IMDb: 6.7 1993 78 min 2084 views
Russian countess in 1893 has strange dreams about herself living a life as a dishwasher in 1993 Moscow after dissolution of the USSR.
Dobrinya and the Dragon
IMDb: 7.1 2006 65 min 1566 views
Dobrinya Nikitich goes on a quest to save the royal niece and finds out whether his old friend Zmey Gorinich is loyal to him. During the ...
Ilya and the Robber
IMDb: 6.9 2007 80 min 1739 views
Ilya Muromets has to rescue his trusty horse Burushka and Kiev treasury from the greedy hands of the famous bandit, Solovey-Razboynik.
Alesha Popovich and Tugarin the Dragon
IMDb: 7.2 2004 72 min 2024 views
Alesha Popovich has to catch Tugarin Zmey and bring back the stolen money with the help of a talking Horse (which talks all the time and has an ...
Mermaid
IMDb: 7.3 2007 115 min 2655 views
The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief ...
Heavenly Judgement
IMDb: 7.1 2012 2522 views
I Am Dragon
IMDb: 6.9 2015 110 min 12120 views
Russian Ark
IMDb: 7.4 2002 99 min 10197 views
A French marquis wanders through a vast labyrinth of corridors, theaters and ballrooms at a reception for a Persian ambassador.
Aelita: Queen of Mars
IMDb: 6.6 1924 111 min 3651 views
The Magic Weaver
IMDb: 7.2 1959 74 min 1575 views
In The Magic Weaver, two illustrious Soviet storytellers – writer, Yevgeny Schwartz, and director, Alexander Rou – have come together ...
The Secret of the Iron Door
IMDb: 7.0 1971 69 min 1194 views
Kashchey the Immortal
IMDb: 7.2 1944 73 min 1232 views
A beautiful maiden, Marya Morevna, gives her prospective husband, the mighty warrior Nikita Kozhemyaka, three riddles to solve before ...
The Scarlet Flower
IMDb: 6.9 1978 66 min 1641 views
The Scarlet Flower is a charming, family-friendly fantasy well worth watching. Once upon a time in the fairy tale Russia of hundreds of years ...
Vassilisa the Beautiful
IMDb: 7.4 1940 72 min 1163 views
Based on a Russian folk tale, Vasilisa Prekrasnaya (Vasilisa the Beautiful) is about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. ...
The Golden Key
IMDb: 6.7 1939 72 min 1428 views
The Golden Key, a 1939 movie combining live action and stop-motion animation.
The Queen of Spades
IMDb: 7.0 1916 63 min 1698 views
While hosting a game of cards one night, Narumov tells his friends a story about his grandmother, a Countess. As a young woman, she had once ...
Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair
IMDb: 7.3 1969 81 min 2099 views
Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair is another fun family, fantasy film by prolific director, Aleksandr Rou. The film tells the story of Tsar ...
The Mermaid
IMDb: 5.3 1910 9 min 1736 views
‘Rusalka’ – or, ‘Mermaid.’ Based on Pushkin, an opera by Dargomizhsky, and other sources: A prince and a ...
Through Fire, Water and…Brass Pipes
IMDb: 7.1 1968 86 min 1332 views
Through Fire, Water and…Brass Pipes is one of acclaimed director, Alexander Rou’s charming fairy tale classics. The movie is ...
The Little Mermaid
IMDb: 7.1 1976 77 min 3847 views
This film adaptation of The Little Mermaid by Vladimir Bychkov breathed new life into the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen. A touching ...
Father Frost
IMDb: 6.5 1964 79 min 3346 views
Father Frost is a traditional Russian fairy tale classic by director, Alexander Rou. The film tells the story of a conceited young man and a ...
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
IMDb: 7.3 1966 80 min 1592 views
A fairytale based on Alexander Pushkin novel.
Scarlet Sails
IMDb: 7.1 1961 88 min 2067 views
A little girl Assol met a wizard and it has been foretold: “… it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail ...
A Tale of Lost Times
IMDb: 7.2 1964 76 min 1455 views
Four evil wizards succeeded to become young by using a time stolen from lazy kids. Now these kids who became seniors must act fast if they want ...
White Tiger
IMDb: 6.1 2012 105 min 8188 views
Great Patriotic War, 1945. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white German Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov ...
The Monk and the Demon
IMDb: 6.8 2016 115 min 7996 views
Fantastic story of the first half of the XIX century about a monk named Ivan who must fight the dark forces in his monastery.
Stepan’s Remembrance
IMDb: 6.5 1976 85 min 1122 views
Stepan’s Remembrance (Степанова памятка) is a 1977 Soviet film directed by Konstantin Yershov. It is a loose adaptation of the traditional ...
The Snow Maiden
IMDb: 7.1 1968 90 min 1624 views
A fairytale based on the play by Aleksandr Ostrovskiy.
How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder
IMDb: 6.7 1977 86 min 1206 views
A story about Ivanushka the Fool based on classic Russian fairytales.
Donkey’s Hide
IMDb: 6.9 1982 79 min 1286 views
At the festivities marking the christening of princess Theresa, daughter of king Gaston IX, a wicked fairy made a mysterious prophecy about the ...
An Old, Old Tale
IMDb: 7.5 1968 90 min 1147 views
Based on the famous fairytale “The Tinderbox” by Hans Christian Andersen.
The Twelve Months
IMDb: 7.5 1956 55 min 1447 views
A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers ...
Snow Queen
IMDb: 7.0 1967 85 min 2644 views
Two children, Gerda and Kay, overcome the evil intentions of the Snow Queen with human love and a capacity to fight fear. Based on a story by ...
Old Man Khottabych
IMDb: 7.2 1957 86 min 1633 views
A boy named Volka discovers an ancient vessel on the bottom of a river. When he opens it, a genie emerges from there. He calls himself Hassan ...
The Twelve Months
IMDb: 7.1 1973 135 min 1634 views
A poor girl was given an impossible task by her stepmother: to gather snowdrops in a winter forest. Suddenly she stumbled across twelve brothers ...
Mister Blot’s Academy
IMDb: 6.8 1984 166 min 1708 views
Mister Blot’s Academy is a fantastical story based on the popular books by Polish author, Jan Brzechwa. Thanks to the power of magic, Adaś ...
The Princess and the Pea
IMDb: 6.8 1976 89 min 2195 views
In The Princess and the Pea screenwriter Felix Mironer has bundled together several Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales. Watch to enjoy a ...
The Master and Margarita
IMDb: 6.8 2005 5686 views
The Master and Margarita is a Russian TV adaption of Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s eponymous novel. The adaption’s director and ...
Cinderella
IMDb: 7.7 1947 80 min 2458 views
Based on a classic fairytale “Cinderella” brilliantly adapted by Yevgeni Shvarts.
The Snow Queen
IMDb: 7.7 1957 64 min 3139 views
When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to ...
Tyll the Giant
IMDb: 7.7 1980 14 min 2002 views
Tyll the Giant (Suur Tõll) is based on an Estonian folk tale. Tyll is a giant who reigns as king over the Baltic Sea island of Saaremaa. ...
Alice in Wonderland
IMDb: 7.8 1981 30 min 3392 views
Based on Lewis Carroll’s classic novel, this Soviet adaptation presents a more surreal and dark version than most Western ones. With a ...
Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
IMDb: 7.8 1961 69 min 3571 views
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka is a fun, holiday time film adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s story, The Night Before Christmas. Directed by ...
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
IMDb: 7.9 1992 20 min 3493 views
This phantasmagorical animated short is a superb adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story of the same name. A man is on the verge of ...
Tears Were Falling
IMDb: 8.0 1982 89 min 1451 views
Tears Were Falling is a beautiful fairy tale for adults. Prolific actor, Evgeni Leonov, plays Vasin, a loving husband, father, and all-round ...
The Story of the Voyages
IMDb: 8.0 1983 99 min 2489 views
In this fantasy with dragons and flying machines, 10-year-old Marta is determined to find her brother who was kidnapped at Christmastime by a ...
The Bremen Town Musicians
IMDb: 8.0 1969 20 min 4522 views
The Bremen Town Musicians is a musical cartoon based on the fairy tale recorded by the Brothers Grimm. The cartoon is a cult hit in the former ...
Tale of Tales
IMDb: 8.0 1979 29 min 3042 views
Tale of Tales (Сказка сказок, Skazka skazok) is a masterpiece by the great animator, Yuri Norstein. Like another Norstein classic, Hedgehog in ...
To Kill a Dragon
IMDb: 8.1 1988 123 min 2599 views
Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot comes to save the beautiful Elsa. Lancelot can only ...
Wow! A Talking Fish!
IMDb: 8.3 1983 8 min 1890 views
Created in 1983, this animated movie follows the plot of Armenian writer Ovanes Tumanyan’s fairy tale “Talking fish.” ...
Hedgehog in the Fog
IMDb: 8.3 1975 11 min 12799 views
Hedgehog in the Fog (Ёжик в тумане / Yozhik v tumane) is a 1975 Soviet animated film directed by Yuri Norstein. It is unquestionably a ...
Guest from the Future
IMDb: 8.3 1985 2860 views
Guest from the Future is a cult Soviet sci-fi film that children of the 80s remember fondly to this day. Featuring battling space pirates and ...
Ordinary Miracle
IMDb: 8.4 1978 137 min 3057 views
An Ordinary Miracle (Обыкновенное чудо / Obyknovennoye chudo) is a 1978 Soviet film based on a play by Yevgeniy Shwartz. It’s a movie by ...
Last Year’s Snow Was Falling
IMDb: 8.5 1983 20 min 2599 views
Last Year’s Snow Was Falling (Падал прошлогодний снег / Padal proshlogodniy sneg) is a Soviet animation film directed by Aleksandr ...
The Very Same Munchhausen
IMDb: 8.5 1979 142 min 3108 views
Movie Background The Very Same Munchhausen (Тот самый Мюнхгаузен / Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen) is a Soviet two-part film from 1979. It is one ...
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors
IMDb: 7.3 1963 80 min 2152 views
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (Королевство Кривых Зеркал / Korolevstvo krivykh zerkal) is a 1963 film directed by Aleksandr Rou. Like the rest of ...