A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.

Vsadnik po imeni Smert

2004

Russian

6.3

Karen Shakhnazarov Director

Valeriy Storozhik as Elena's Husband

Kseniya Rappoport as Erna

Dmitriy Gusev as Gashkes

Anna Gorshkova as Rogoznikova

In pre-Soviet Russia, Boris Savinkov leads a terrorist faction of Socialist-Revolutionary Party members responsible for the deaths of governors and ministers.

Guardians of the Night

2016

Russian

4.4

♡ 7

Emilis Velyvis Director

Lyubov Aksyonova as Dana

Leonid Yarmolnik as Gamayun

Ekaterina Volkova as Mama Pashi

James Tratas as Vampir

When eighteen-year-old Pasha rescues a beautiful young woman from a band of strangely powerful attackers, he discovers an underworld of supernatural beings living among us.

Meeting Snowden

2017

English

6.8

♡ 2

national security agency (nsa)

political activism

whistleblower

Flore Vasseur Director

Edward Snowden as Self

Lawrence Lessig as Self

Birgitta Jónsdóttir as Self

Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the first time in a secret place. Apparently, Russia is interfering in the US presidential elections while it mourns the death of its ambassador to Turkey. Snowden carefully chooses his interviews, so nobody really knows something about him. As the world prepares for Christmas, they gather to discuss the only issue that matters, their common struggle: how to save democracy.

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

1980

Russian

8.0

♡ 6

Vladimir Menshov Director

Vladimir Menshov as Gosha's friend

Yuriy Perov as Perov, PhD

Tatyana Konyukhova as Self

Oleg Tabakov as Volodya

This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions...

Day Watch

2006

Russian

6.4

♡ 36

62%

Timur Bekmambetov Director

Konstantin Khabenskiy as Anton

Vladimir Menshov as Geser

Mariya Mironova as Mat Egora

Viktor Verzhbitskiy as Zavulon

A man who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

1994

English

3.5

♡ 51

Alan Metter Director

Charlie Schlatter as Cadet Connors

Ron Perlman as Constantine Konali

Aleksandr Peskov as Hitman

Claire Forlani as Katrina

The Russians seek help in dealing with the Mafia from the veterans of the Police Academy. They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantin Konali, who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is playing.

Night Watch

2004

Russian

6.4

♡ 31

59%

Timur Bekmambetov Director

Vladimir Menshov as Geser

Mariya Mironova as Mat Egora

Anna Semenovich as Solistka gerl-gruppy Alisy

Viktor Verzhbitskiy as Zavulon

Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage

Black Lightning

2009

Russian

5.7

♡ 4

54%

Dmitriy Kiselev Director

Grigoriy Dobrygin as Dima

Viktor Verzhbitskiy as Kuptsov

Ekaterina Vilkova as Nastya

Andrey Nazimov as Paren

A Moscow University student discovers that his otherwise unremarkable car can fly. After his father is attacked, he decides to use the car to fight crime and becomes the city's defender against an evil millionaire.

Bigga Than Ben

2008

English

6.1

♡ 4

60%

based on novel or book

S.A. Halewood Director

Amy De Bhrún as Bookshop Girl

Ben Barnes as Cobakka

Andrew Byron as Sergei

Hero Fiennes-Tiffin as Spartak

Spiker & Cobakka are two self-confessed 'pieces of Moscow scum' who come to London to rip it off. This is their guide.

The Master and Margarita

2023

Russian

7.1

♡ 32

Michael Lockshin Director

Yuri Kolokolnikov as Korovev

Aleksey Guskov as Maygel

Claes Bang as Pontiy Pilat

August Diehl as Voland

A writer in 1930s Moscow has his work banned and is expelled from the official union, leaving him without income. He then writes a novel about a mysterious dark visitor and gradually starts confusing his real life with the story.