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1. Footloose (1984)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 92,535 | Gross: $80.04M
2. The Balkan Line (2019)
130 min | Action, War
After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK terrorists. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.
Director: Andrey Volgin | Stars: Anton Pampushnyy, Milena Radulovic, Gosha Kutsenko, Ravshana Kurkova
Votes: 10,536
3. Zorba the Greek (1964)
Not Rated | 142 min | Comedy, Drama
An uptight English writer travelling to Crete, on a matter of business, finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
Director: Michael Cacoyannis | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova
Votes: 24,126
4. Shtisel (2013–2021)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama
A Haredi family living in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem reckons with love, loss and the doldrums of daily life.
Stars: Doval'e Glickman, Michael Aloni, Neta Riskin, Shira Haas
Votes: 8,164
5. Fading Gigolo (2013)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Director: John Turturro | Stars: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofía Vergara
Votes: 25,488 | Gross: $3.76M
6. Love Aaj Kal (2009)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An old-fashioned romantic tells his personal love story to a modern man who has just broken up with his girlfriend. Has love really ever changed?
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rishi Kapoor, Rahul Khanna
Votes: 17,015 | Gross: $2.43M
7. Sauna (2008)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
As a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey.
Director: Antti-Jussi Annila | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko, Rain Tolk
Votes: 7,489
8. Alex & Eve (2015)
131 min | Comedy, Romance
Alex, a Greek Orthodox schoolteacher, falls for Lebanese Muslim lawyer, Eve. The relationship is forbidden by both families, and thus the emotional dilemma of 'Alex and Eve' is created.
Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Richard Brancatisano, Andrea Demetriades, Helen Chebatte, Simon Elrahi
Votes: 1,133
9. Beyond the Hills (2012)
Not Rated | 152 min | Drama
The friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Dana Tapalaga
Votes: 13,212 | Gross: $0.11M
10. Harrison's Flowers (2000)
R | 121 min | Drama, Romance, War
When a Newsweek photojournalist disappears in war-torn Yugoslavia, his wife travels to Europe to find him.
Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Scott Anton, Elias Koteas, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 6,773 | Gross: $1.84M
11. Eyes Wide Open (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A married, Orthodox, Jerusalem butcher and Jewish father of four falls in love with his handsome, 22-year-old male apprentice, triggering the suspicions of his wife and the disapproval of his Orthodox community.
Director: Haim Tabakman | Stars: Zohar Strauss, Ran Khalil Danker, Tinkerbell, Tzahi Grad
Votes: 6,574 | Gross: $0.02M
12. 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: 12,576
13. The Horde (2012)
Not Rated | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the 14th century, a Russian bishop is forced to go on a journey inside the Horde.
Director: Andrey Proshkin | Stars: Maksim Sukhanov, Roza Khayrullina, Innokenti Dakaiarov, Aleksandr Yatsenko
Votes: 1,104
14. The Wanderings of Ivan (2018)
Unrated | 75 min | Drama
Ivan is a young Russian vagrant in Paris. Rejected by all, he takes refuge in the woods of Vincennes. But this new haven of peace turns into a nightmare when Ivan tries to resist the traffic of an underworld wildlife.
Director: Claude Chamis | Stars: Aram Arakelyan, Benjamin Baclet, Camille Freychet, Franck Zerbib
Votes: 49
15. Tsar (2009)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, History
A historical film that tells about two years in the life of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, his relationship with Metropolitan Philip of Moscow and the events of the Oprichnina era.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Pyotr Mamonov, Oleg Yankovskiy, Ramilya Iskander, Anastasiya Dontsova
Votes: 3,246
16. Hidden Face (2018)
54 min | Documentary
Through the Admor of Sanz-Klausenburg's heroic story, a man who experienced personal desolation and succeeded in rehabilitating his and his community's life, the film exposed the Holocaust ... See full summary »
Director: Eyal Datz
Votes: 11
17. Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Follows the court case of three members of the Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot after their performance in a Russian Orthodox cathedral.
Directors: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin | Stars: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Mariya Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, Andrey Tolokonnikov
Votes: 2,030
18. Sveta Petka - Krst u pustinji (2022)
123 min | Biography, Drama, History
Pious girl Paraskeva spent 40 years of her life in desert fighting temptations, sins and inner demons.
Director: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic | Stars: Milena Predic, Milica Stefanovic, Mariam Amer, Filip Hajdukovic
Votes: 216
19. The Chalice of Blood (2022)
90 min | Action, Drama, War
Finnish volunteers join an SS treasure hunt in 1943, orchestrated by a Vatican bishop. As the journey leads them ever deeper behind the eastern front, Myllykoski, a would-be priest, has to decide if the mission is a calling or a curse.
Director: Jarno Elonen | Stars: Marko Salminen, Antti Peltonen, Marko Loukaskorpi, Matti Toivio
Votes: 484
20. Yaniv
Comedy, Drama | Post-production
After funding is cut for the school musical, a high school teacher resolves to earn it back by cheating at an underground card game run by the Hasidic Jewish community.
Director: Amnon Carmi | Stars: Catherine Curtin, Adam B. Shapiro, Christine McBurney, Nik Sadhnani
21. Pure (XV)
Comedy, Crime, Drama | Announced
Final entry in Adrian Tofei and Duru Yücel's trilogy which includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015) and We Put the World to Sleep.
Director: Adrian Tofei | Star: Duru Yücel
23. Byzantium: The Lost Empire (1997– )
208 min | Documentary
John Romer recreates the glory and history of Byzantium. From the Hagia Sophia in present-day Istanbul to the looted treasures of the empire now located in St. Marks in Venice.
Star: John Romer
Votes: 229
24. Dorotej (1981)
98 min | Drama, History
In medieval Serbia, a young monk, a master of herbal medicine, attracts the attention of a warlord's wife.
Director: Zdravko Velimirovic | Stars: Gojko Santic, Gorica Popovic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Darko Damevski
Votes: 188
25. The Calling (2019)
70 min | Documentary
Life of a modern man is influenced by daily time that absorbs him. Man doesn't need to be religious to hear its inner call. Film The Calling is a reflection to human transformation of an individual that has decided to follow God.
Director: Erik Praus
26. Curse of the nun (2021)
4 min | Short, Fantasy, History
In the 1930s, after the closure of the monastery and the shooting of the nuns, one of them becomes a ghost.
Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Ivan Lachance
Votes: 29
27. Barley (2021)
18 min | Short, Drama
Jakov invites his old friend Petar, who lives abroad, to be the godfather at his daughter's baptism. His arrival awakens deeply suppressed memories of their relationship, and Petar fails to... See full summary »
Director: Andrija Mugosa | Stars: Milivoje Obradovic, Momcilo Otasevic, Kristina Stevovic
Votes: 39
28. Szegény gazdagok (1959)
104 min | Adventure
The old, sickly Demeter Lapussa is a tyrant in the family. He forces his granddaughter, the beautiful Henriette, to marry baron Hátszegi, although the girl loves the penniless Vámhidy ... See full summary »
Director: Frigyes Bán | Stars: Gyula Benkö, Marianne Krencsey, Margit Bara, József Láng
Votes: 123
29. God Save Russia (2018)
TV-14 | 56 min | Documentary
The Russian Church has experienced a resurgence with the help of Vladimir Putin, who believes the church can strengthen Russian solidarity, and can also play a pivotal role in re-enforcing key social and diplomatic views and beliefs.
Director: Alice Cohen | Stars: Mahmoud Abbas, Alexander Agadjanian, Alexander Baunov, Cyrille Bret
30. Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer (2010)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary
For the first time on film desert hermits, monks and nuns share their practices and invite us into their private cells, caves and sanctuaries in the Middle East, Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and Russia.
Director: Noris Chumley
Votes: 27
31. Sisters of the Rotation (2022)
15 min | Short, Comedy
At Sisters of the Rotation's convent, the Earth doesn't spin by itself.
Directors: Gaby Zarazir, Michel Zarazir | Stars: Zeina Sfeir, Betty Taoutel, Elias Absi
Votes: 11
32. How to Answer the Fool (2013)
86 min | Documentary
Director: David Shannon | Stars: Sye Ten Bruggencate, Eric Hovind
Votes: 29
33. The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy (2020)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Inspired by a real self-help book of the same name, "The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy" follows a recently married Hasidic couple who arrive home on their wedding night. The trouble is, no one ever taught them what comes next.
Director: Julie Benko | Stars: Julie Benko, Felix Teich
34. Choritrohin (1975)
Drama
Orthodox, unthinking, and not in control of the emotions of men towards women.
Director: Baby Islam | Stars: Minna Khan, Farhad, Anwar Hossain, Prabir Mitra
35. The Luckiest Guys on the Lower East Side (2019– )
Comedy
The Luckiest Guys on the Lower East Side is a deep dive into a unique New York City universe undergoing a dramatic change. The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a space in cultural conflict ... See full summary »
Stars: Sammy Gluck, Nat Panariello, Mario Janson, Lester Greene
Votes: 9
36. Cursed village (2018)
4 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
Surrealistic view of the cursed village. The village is the home for demons and ghosts.
Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Mykola Yeriomin
Votes: 41
37. Shayna Maidels: Orthodox Jewish Teenage Girls (2002)
23 min | Documentary, Short
Three teenage girls decide to become Orthodox Jewish against the wishes of their secular parents. In a twist on teenage rebellion, these girls wish to study Torah, dress in conservative ... See full summary »
Director: Lisa Kors | Stars: Ida Abudy, Lilian Abudy, Herbert Hexter, Eilat Kohn
Votes: 16
38. Planinata na gnevot (1968)
83 min | Drama, Romance
After the liberation in 1946, in a village in western Macedonia implemented collectivization farms. The President of the rural cooperative Stamat, former fighter, who with all their ... See full summary »
Director: Ljubisa Georgievski | Stars: Risto Siskov, Olivera Katarina, Petar Prlicko, Branislav 'Ciga' Jerinic
Votes: 44
39. Kladbishche zabytykh mertvetsov (2013)
10 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
The young guy asleep at the cemetery. He wants go out. Suddenly, the ghost of his girl started to hunt for him.
Director: Sergey A. | Stars: Sergey A., Oksana Veselukhina
Votes: 46
40. Istorii napisannye krovyu (2018)
67 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Independent horror film anthology directed by several directors from Ukraine and Russia.
Directors: Sergey A., Viktor Acidhouse, Vladislav Averbakh, Ivan Lachance, Sergey Lesovoy, Alexander Mirokhanov, Evgeniy Mishukhin, Dmitriy Rasseko, Artyom Tromskiy, Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Sergey Lesovoy, Sergey A., Evgeniy Mishukhin, Alexander Mirokhanov
Votes: 60
41. The Case of Mary Ford (2013)
22 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Greece, 1910. Maria is a young Greek girl in a fishing village on the Black Sea. The village match maker betroths her to a young fisherman Adonis, who is in partnership with the true object... See full summary »
Director: Ben Mole | Stars: Tamar Karabetyan, Branko Tomovic, Giannis Stankoglou, Dimitra Hatoupi
Votes: 25
42. Praying in Her Own Voice (2007)
60 min | Documentary
This powerful film documents the courageous struggle of a religious female's group called Women of the Wall movement for equality next to the wailing wall, perhaps the holiest place on ... See full summary »
Director: Yael Katzir | Stars: Shulamit Aloni, Lynn Brody, Sharon Brous, Lisa Edwards
Votes: 12
43. Keep Not Silent (2004)
52 min | Documentary
This profoundly moving film explore the clandestine struggle of three women fighting for their right to love within their Orthodox Communities in Jerusalem. All three are lesbians, and ... See full summary »
Director: Ilil Alexander
Votes: 18
44. Search and You Will Find It (1992)
60 min | Musical
The film is based on the events of the 4th International Orthodox Music Festival held in Moscow in February, 1992. The Festival featured not only such famous works as Rakhmaninov's "The All... See full summary »
Director: Nikolay Milovidov | Stars: Irina Arkhipova, Georgi Sviridov
45. Amber region Kaliningrad (2020)
45 min | Documentary
2015 year. The travel to Kaliningrad city and Kaliningrad region.
Director: Sergey A. | Star: Sergey A.
Votes: 26
46. Sir Steven Runciman: Bridge to the East (1987 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at Byzantium through the eyes of one of Britain's greatest historians, Sir Steven Runciman, who guides us from the mosaics of Ravenna, to the beauty of Monemvassia, to the Ecumenical... See full summary »
Director: Lydia Carras | Stars: Alan Bates, Steven Runciman
Votes: 19
47. The Moscow Pilgrims (1995)
22 min | Short
"The Moscow Pilgrims" is a film that takes you on a tour of Russia's ancient capital. The film's main characters - father and son - are doing the most intersting sights of old Moscow, ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolay Milovidov
48. Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces (2020)
39 min | Documentary, Short
The construction of churches in the name of victory in wars and battles is a long-standing Russian tradition. But, paradoxically, there was no temple dedicated to the Victory in one of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Evgeniy Belashov, Sergey Merzlyakov | Stars: Irina Losik, Sergey Shoygu, Dmitriy Smirnov, Sergey Privalov
Votes: 8