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1. GoldenEye (1995)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
When a powerful secret defense system is stolen, James Bond is assigned to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using it.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen
Votes: 270,676 | Gross: $106.60M
2. 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: 49,550 | Gross: $0.18M
3. Citizen X (1995 TV Movie)
R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
During the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods.
Director: Chris Gerolmo | Stars: Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 22,404
4. The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999)
95 min | Crime, Drama
Veteran of World War II takes revenge on three scums who raped his naive granddaughter.
Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Anna Sinyakina, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Sergey Garmash
Votes: 4,896
5. 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: 24,640
6. Pu-239 (2006)
R | 97 min | Drama
A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
Director: Scott Z. Burns | Stars: Paddy Considine, Oscar Isaac, Valeriu Pavel Dan, Kenneth Bryans
Votes: 4,184
7. Max Anger - With One Eye Open (2021– )
45 min | Thriller
Max Anger is a former member of the Swedish military who finally found love with his Russian colleague Pashie. When she suddenly goes missing in St Petersburg, Max sets off on a mission to find her but soon finds himself on a deadly hunt.
Stars: Adam Lundgren, Johan Rheborg, Malin Crépin, Annika Hallin
Votes: 484
8. Moscow Noir (2018)
45 min | Drama, Thriller
In turn-of-the-21st-century Moscow, an innocent trade plunges Swedish investment banker, Tom Blixen, into a battle with millionaires, politicians, oligarchs and their private armies.
Stars: Adam Pålsson, Karolina Gruszka, Linda Zilliacus, Georg Nikolloff
Votes: 1,130
9. Evilenko (2003)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kyiv becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.
Director: David Grieco | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, Ruby Kammer
Votes: 3,549
10. Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.
Directors: Werner Herzog, André Singer | Stars: Mikhail Gorbachev, Werner Herzog, André Singer, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 2,747 | Gross: $0.25M
11. Bumer (2003)
110 min | Crime, Drama
Corrupted cops, street gangs, "bratki" on "bummers" and "merins", angry truck drivers, beautiful women and death are what four friends on a black bummer who set up on mission from one ... See full summary »
Director: Pyotr Buslov | Stars: Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Andrey Merzlikin, Maksim Konovalov, Sergey Gorobchenko
Votes: 7,852
12. Putin: A Russian Spy Story (2020)
46 min | Documentary, Biography
A definitive account of Putin's power and how it changed the modern world.
Stars: Vladimir Kara-Murza, Mark Galeotti, Gleb Pavlovsky, Arkady Ostrovsky
Votes: 687
13. Red Penguins (2019)
PG-13 | 80 min | Documentary, Sport
Red Penguins tells a story of capitalism and opportunism run amok - complete with gangsters, strippers and live bears serving beer on a hockey rink in Moscow. Shortly after the collapse of ... See full summary »
Director: Gabe Polsky | Stars: Howard Baldwin, Alexander Baranovsky, George Bush, Bill Clinton
Votes: 733
14. Spinning Boris (2003 TV Movie)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schreiber, Boris Lee Krutonog
Votes: 1,317
15. Taxi Blues (1990)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedic love/hate relationship develops between a dour taxi driver and a hapless aspiring musician after the latter stiffs his cab fare.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Pyotr Mamonov, Pyotr Zaychenko, Vladimir Kashpur, Natalya Kolyakanova
Votes: 2,002 | Gross: $0.17M
16. From the East (1993)
107 min | Documentary
A look at life in Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Star: Natalia Chakhovskaia
Votes: 954
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: 2,031
18. The Bull (2019)
99 min | Crime, Drama
1997. Russia is finding it tough in the wake of the USSR, a fact reflected in local criminal gangs. Bull is leader of one such. He ends up at the police station, where he s asked pull off a risky mob-job in return of imprisonment.
Director: Boris Akopov | Stars: Yura Borisov, Stasya Miloslavskaya, Aleksandr Samsonov, Aleksandr Levin
Votes: 936
19. Luna Park (1992)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
Andrei leads a group of nationalist skinheads. They've taken over a Luna Park depot. They indulge in violence and racketeering against Jews, homosexuals and the marginalized.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Oleg Borisov, Andrei Gutin, Natalya Egorova, Nonna Mordyukova
Votes: 529
20. Yeltsin (2023)
Documentary
As the fall of the USSR has gone, Boris Yeltsin takes his way to Russia to their colleagues and broke a new home on our new journey back to Russia.
Director: Yan Vizinberg | Stars: Tony Blair, Gennadiy Burbulis, Anatoliy Chubays, Bill Clinton
21. Pyl (2005)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
The genre of the film DUST could be called fantastic realism or existential drama with elements of the fantastic. Dust means the haste in which people live. Dust is a common misconception, ... See full summary »
Directors: Sergey Loban, Marina Potapova | Stars: Aleksey Podolskiy, Pyotr Mamonov, Gleb Mikhaylov, Nina Yelisova
Votes: 1,643
22. Moskva. Tri vokzala (2011–2017)
Crime, Mystery
Moscow. The area of three stations - Leningradskiy, Yaroslavskiy and Kazanskiy. Bermuda triangle of the capital. Here destinies break and one-way tickets are sold. Here they often find ... See full summary »
Stars: Nina Rakova, Vladimir Zherebtsov, Aleksey Buldakov, Vladimir Steklov
Votes: 16
23. Delo Sobchaka (2018)
117 min | Documentary, Biography
A biography of the first democratically elected mayor of St. Petersburg and the political mentor of Vladimir Putin, told by his daughter Ksenia Sobchak.
Director: Vera Krichevskaya | Stars: Anatoliy Sobchak, Anatoliy Chubays, Andrey Konstantinov, Aleksandr Korzhakov
Votes: 100
24. Puppets (1994–2002)
12 min | Comedy, Drama
Entertaining satirical television program on the hot topics of Russian politics.
Stars: Aleksandr Gruzdev, Boris Shuvalov, Sergey Bezrukov, Vladislav Malenko
Votes: 24
25. Frankie Goes to Russia (2018)
Documentary, Comedy, Sport
Comedian Frankie Boyle visits Russia ahead of the 2018 World Cup. He explores Russian football and culture, and examines the current relationship between Russia and the West following recent controversial geo-political events.
Stars: Frankie Boyle, Valery Rodin, Sergei Kalenik, Denis McGoalach
Votes: 90
26. Poutine, le retour de l'ours dans la danse (2022 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
In February 2007, at the Munich Conference for World Security, Vladimir Putin denounced the unilateralism of the United States and announced the end of a unipolar world. Although virulent, ... See full summary »
Director: Frédéric Tonolli | Stars: Saskia Weber, Cornelia Schönwald, Christian Le Peutrec, Jean-Yves Huchet
Votes: 57
27. Ganavim Ba Hok (2010)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary film from 2010 tries to give a picture of Russian organized crime not only by describing this system, but also by interviewing some of involved persons, a number of which are currently wanted by Interpol.
Director: Alexander Gentelev | Stars: Leonid Bilunov, Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov, Vitaly Demochka, Vladimir Ovshinsky
Votes: 424
28. Oligarkhi (2004)
Documentary
Director: Alexander Gentelev | Stars: Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Gusinsky, Vladimir Zhirinovskiy, Yuri Luzhkov
Votes: 7
29. InterNYET: A History of the Russian Internet (2019)
Documentary, History
Andrey Loshak takes a look at the development of the Russian Internet, or RuNet, and how it has changed over time. From the start, RuNet's development has reflected social and political ... See full summary »
Stars: Andrey Loshak, Artemiy Lebedev, German Klimenko, Galina Timchenko
Votes: 97
30. The Wagner Group: Russia's Blackwater (2020 TV Special)
9 min | Documentary, News
From Ukraine to Syria to the Central African Republic, the Wagner Group/Gruppa Vagnera/PMC Wagner is a mercenary outfit waging secret wars on Russia's behalf. A Russian paramilitary ... See full summary »
Director: Faisal Ali | Stars: Maria Ramos, Alexander Kuznetsov, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin
Votes: 9
31. Att skapa Putin (2016 TV Special)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
About Russia's transformation from communism to a market economy was coming to an end with disaster. Out of the ashes rose a powerful president who rules his country with an iron fist. How ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Löfgren | Stars: Peter Löfgren, Vladimir Putin, Graham Allison, Petr Aven
Votes: 9
32. Ukraine: From Democracy to Chaos (2012)
90 min | Documentary
Ukraine: From Democracy To Chaos.
Director: Jill Emery
Votes: 49
33. Reunalla (2002)
54 min | Documentary
Story about five young Russian boys sentenced to a special school for juvenile criminals. Each of them has a past full of crime and violence.
Director: Maria Lappalainen
35. Suuriruhtinas Vladimir (1992 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
Director: Lisa Hovinheimo | Stars: Vladimir Kirillovits Romanov, Leonida Romanova, Erkki Toivanen
36. In Search of Putin's Russia (2015)
196 min | Documentary
This series delves deep into this more than thousand-year-old cultural history in Europe's East. For the very first time, sensational footage presents a bird's-eye view of the most important and most beautiful buildings of Old Russia.
37. The Voice of Sokurov (2014)
77 min | Documentary, Biography
The film explores Sokurov's cinematic world and life perspective through his personality and body of works. The world-renowned director also discusses the social meaning of cinema as well as the overreaching purpose of artists and art.
Director: Leena Kilpeläinen | Star: Aleksandr Sokurov
Votes: 41
38. Generation of Change (2017)
90 min | Documentary
Deutsche Welle's point of view on the collapse of the Soviet Union and its political consequences in the years following that.
Stars: Mykhailo Illienko, Aleksandr Dugin, Svetlana Karabut, Stanislav Shushkevich
Votes: 15
39. Gorbachev. After Empire (2001 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Vitaliy Manskiy | Stars: Mikhail Gorbachev, Raisa Gorbacheva
Votes: 10
40. Energiakarhu Gazprom (2010 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
"Energy Giant Gazprom" - about Russia's return as a superpower, with the help of big corporations like Gazprom.
Director: Arvo Tuominen | Star: Arvo Tuominen
41. Das Erbe einer Weltmacht: Geopolitik auf den Trümmern der Sowjetunion (2021 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
Directors: Michael Schmidt, Martin Striegel | Stars: Frank Arnold, Sven Philipp, Mirko Kasimir, Karla Schlender
Votes: 19
42. Cleaning Up! (2001)
78 min | Documentary, Music
Cleaning Women is unique Finnish band, which plays self-made instruments made from eg. drying rack and large tin cans. This documentary follows their Eastern Europe tour.
Director: Rostislav Aalto | Stars: Risto Puurunen, Timo Kinnunen, Tero Vänttinen, Cleaning Women
Votes: 47
43. Tarunhohtoinen Viena (2018 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
Director: Arvo Tuominen | Star: Arvo Tuominen
Votes: 8
44. 90-ye. Tsena voprosa (2016 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
Alexey Pivovarov's film is a story about the economy of the 90's and those invisible but powerful processes that had determined the essence and form of the new Russian capitalism of that ... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Elkin | Stars: Aleksey Pivovarov, Andrey Nechayev, Anatoliy Chubays, Oleg Budnitsky
45. Russian Libertine (2012)
80 min | Documentary
Director: Ari Matikainen | Stars: Viktor Erofeyev, Andrey Erofeyev, Sergey Kanayev, Vladimir Yerofeyev
Votes: 36
46. Dybenkno St. basements (2004 TV Movie)
113 min | Documentary
Director: Sergey Matevosyan | Star: Sergey Matevosyan
47. Turning Back the Waves (2009)
96 min | Documentary, Biography
This ethnographic film focuses on seven women of the intelligentsia who have participated in various key historical events in Russia during the Soviet and post-Soviet eras.
Director: Gregory Gan | Stars: Vladimir Alier, Tatiana Mihaylovna Bahmina, Irina Pavlovna Gavrilova, Svetlana Pavlovna Gavrilova
48.
The Real... (1998–2004)
Episode:
The Real Boris Yeltsin
(2000)
55 min | Documentary
A profile of the first Russian Presidency, analysing whether he will be remembered as a drunken buffoon or a great reformer.
Director: Claire Lasko | Star: Boris Yeltsin
49.
X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997)
Episode:
Red Dawn
(1993)
TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Colossus returns home to Russia with Jubilee by his side. They are confronted by a newly revived Russian, life force absorbing, super soldier from the cold war, named Omega Red, who has a ... See full summary »
Directors: Larry Houston, Richard Bowman | Stars: Cedric Smith, Norm Spencer, Catherine Disher, Lenore Zann
Votes: 889
50.
Putin: A Russian Spy Story (2020)
Episode:
The Rise of Putin
(2020)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Biography
Putin escapes poverty by joining the KGB, his reinvention as a political fixer in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and how he gets into position to take over from President Yeltsin.
Director: Nick Green | Stars: Bashar al-Assad, Tony Brenton, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Fishman
Votes: 77