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1. Navalny (2022)
R | 99 min | Documentary, Biography
Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.
Director: Daniel Roher | Stars: Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, Christo Grozev, Dasha Navalnaya
Votes: 29,854
2. The Putin Interviews (2017)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary, Biography
Academy Award-winning film-maker Oliver Stone interviews Russian president Vladimir Putin about divisive issues related to U.S.-Russia relations.
Stars: Oliver Stone, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Chudinov, Fernando Sulichin
Votes: 5,266
3. A Palace for Putin. The Story of the Biggest Bribe (2021)
113 min | Documentary
This documentary investigates allegations of how a palace, on the coast of the Black Sea, is allegedly controlled by Russian president Putin, and how its construction was financed through corruption and a network of close associates.
Director: Alexei Navalny | Stars: Alexei Navalny, Georgy Alburov, Vyacheslav Gimadi, Alina Kabaeva
Votes: 2,489
4. 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: Gleb Pavlovsky, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Arkady Ostrovsky, Mark Galeotti
Votes: 684
5. 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: 1,313
6. Putin, Russia and the West (2011)
60 min | Documentary
Four-part documentary exploring how Russia has been resurrected by Vladimir Putin.
Stars: Rupert Graves, Condoleezza Rice, Sergei Ivanov, Sergei Prikhodko
Votes: 423
7. Gorbachev. Heaven (2020)
100 min | Documentary
An interview with former USSR president Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the most influential figures of the last century, whose rule heralded the end of the Soviet Union. In an intimate setting, he gives his view of Russia then and now.
Director: Vitaliy Manskiy | Stars: Mikhail Gorbachev, Chulpan Khamatova, Evgeniy Mironov, Vladimir Putin
Votes: 396
8. My Perestroika (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Hessman
Votes: 690 | Gross: $0.24M
9. The Term (2014)
83 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
The film is a view from the inside on how it is to be in opposition in Russia of Putin. Attempts, mistakes, political tricks, seen through the eyes of the opposition leaders.
Directors: Pavel Kostomarov, Aleksey Pivovarov, Aleksandr Rastorguev | Stars: Kseniya Sobchak, Ilya Yashin, Alexei Navalny, Maksim Vitorgan
Votes: 264
10. On vam ne Dimon (2017)
50 min | Documentary
Don't call him Dimon is a 2017 Russian documentary film about the corrupt affairs of Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. According to the film, Dmitry Medvedev has stolen property estimated to be worth about $1.2 billion.
Director: Alexei Navalny | Stars: Georgy Alburov, Dmitry Medvedev, Alexei Navalny, Alisher Usmanov
Votes: 3,995
11. Whoismisterputin (2015)
100 min | Documentary, Biography
The film documents the origins of Russian President Vladimir Putin's private wealth and subsequent rise to power after an alliance built in the early 1990s between himself, certain friends from Leningrad's KGB, and mafia groups.
Director: Valeriy Balayan | Stars: Yuri Makarov, Vladimir Putin, Marina Salye, Aleksandr Anikin
Votes: 23
12. Russian Libertine (2012)
80 min | Documentary
Director: Ari Matikainen | Stars: Viktor Erofeyev, Andrey Erofeyev, Sergey Kanayev, Vladimir Yerofeyev
Votes: 35
13. 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
14. 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
15. Le système Poutine (2007 TV Movie)
98 min | Documentary
How did Putin gain such unbridled power and what is he willing to do to restore a Soviet-style Russia? This definitive 2007 film investigates the ominous political career of the ultra-authoritarian leader.
Director: Jean-Michel Carré | Stars: Geoffrey Bateman, Alexander Belayev, Boris Berezovsky, Viktor Borissenko
Votes: 285
16. 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
17. 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
18. Pered sudom istorii (1965)
99 min | Documentary
This Soviet movie consists of a long interview between historian Sergei Svistunov and Vasily Vitalyevich Shulgin. Shulgin was one of the organizers of the reactionary White Army, the leader... See full summary »
Director: Fridrikh Ermler | Stars: Vasili Shulgin, Fyodor Nikolayevich Petrov, Sergey Svistunov
Votes: 105
19. Miroporyadok-2018 (2018)
93 min | Documentary
Directors: Darya Bylinushkina, Mikhail Chervyakov, Saida Medvedeva, Violetta Sergeeva, Vladimir Solovyov | Stars: Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Solovyov, Shinzo Abe, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Votes: 46
20. 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: Aleksandr Dugin, Svetlana Karabut, Vytautas Landsbergis, Leszek Balcerowicz
Votes: 15
21. My Friend Boris Nemtsov (2016)
71 min | Documentary, Biography
An intimate documentary portrait of one of Russia's most influential opposition politicians, shot dead near the Kremlin in February 2015.
Director: Zosya Rodkevich | Stars: Alexei Navalny, Boris Nemtsov, Ilya Yashin
Votes: 217
22. Miroporyadok (2015)
107 min | Documentary
The documentary film by journalist Vladimir Solovyev "World order", based on an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Several interviews of Vladimir Putin were used in the film, ... See full summary »
Directors: Vadim Chernoshtan, Andrey Garyanin, Saida Medvedeva, Anastasiya Popova, Violetta Sergeeva | Stars: Pervez Musharraf, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Solovyov, Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Votes: 97
23. Eltsin. Tri dnya v avguste (2011 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Aleksandr Mokhov | Stars: Lana Antonova, Anatoly Basin, Darya Kalmykova, Aleksandr Klyukvin
Votes: 29
24. Zolotoye bezumiye. Real'nyye fotografii dvortsa Putina (2022)
44 min | Documentary, Short
A sequel to the 2021 documentary presenting allegations that a Black Sea palace belongs to Russian president Putin, now with photos documenting the interior, as well as the blueprints for a second building.
Stars: Maria Pevchikh, Georgy Alburov, Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin
Votes: 42
25. 1996, hold-up à Moscou (2021 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary
In 1996, Boris Yeltsin, ill and hated, ran for a second term as President of Russia. Facing him was a Communist candidate, Gennady Zyuganov, who was praised by those who had been forgotten ... See full summary »
Director: Madeleine Leroyer | Stars: Howard Bonsor, Tatjana Borissowna Jumaschewa, Anatoliy Chubays, Aleksandr Korzhakov
Votes: 26
26. 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
27. Russie, le poison autoritaire (2022 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Russians, and especially Muscovites, have been marching in ever greater numbers in recent months against a power that is considered to be liberticidal. More than ever, Russia appears to be ... See full summary »
Director: Stéphane Bentura | Stars: Alina, Dascha, Jegor, Vladimir Kara-Murza
Votes: 65
28. Kadyrov, Ubu dictateur de Tchétchénie (2018 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
The life style, self-staging and political opinions of Chechen dictator Ramsan Kadyrov are thematized in this documentation.
Directors: Daisy D'Errata, Karl Zéro | Stars: Nicolas Anelka, Hillary Clinton, Gérard Depardieu, Ronaldinho Gaúcho
Votes: 29
29.
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
30.
Storyville (1997– )
Episode:
Inside Russia: Traitors and Heroes
(2023)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
Despite the huge risks, two Russian film-makers have been filming the impact of the invasion of Ukraine in their country. Many thousands have fled. Those who stayed have had to make a choice - oppose the war, support it, or stay silent.
Directors: Paul Mitchell, Anastasiya Popova | Stars: Alla, Nina Belyayeva, Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, Misa
Votes: 63