Poutine pour... toujours?

2016

French

6.1

♡ 5

Jean-Michel Carré Director

George W. Bush as Self

Vladimir Putin as Self

Angela Merkel as Self - Chancellor of Germany

Bill Clinton as Self - President of the USA 24th October 1995

Since Russia was brought to its knees in the 1990s by crippling debt and the grip of the oligarchs following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin has made it his mission to return superpower status to Russia. While not partisan to Putin's wrongs, this insightful doc examines the logic and motivations of Putin's vilified regime, and why he is so loved in his homeland.

On Putin's Blacklist

2017

English

4.0

♡ 5

96%

Boris Ivanov Director

Traces the new Cold War between Russia and the West from the ban on American citizens adopting Russian children to the Kremlin’s anti-LGBTQ campaign, which positions the international marriage equality movement as a national threat.

Citizen K

2019

Russian

7.2

♡ 3

95%

73%

Action

Documentary

investigative journalism

Alex Gibney Director

Alex Gibney as Narrator

Vladimir Putin as Self

Alexei Navalny as Self

Dmitry Medvedev as Self

The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky — once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia — who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.

Putin's Kiss

2011

English

6.5

♡ 1

81%

Lise Birk Pedersen Director

Vladimir Putin as Self

Dmitry Medvedev as Self

Anton Smirnov as Self

Viktoria Drokova as Self - Masha Drokova's sister

Masha Drokova is a rising star in Russia's popular nationalistic youth movement, Nashi. A smart, ambitious teenager who – literally – embraced Vladimir Putin and his promise of a greater Russia, her dedication as an organizer is rewarded with a university scholarship, an apartment, and a job as a spokesperson. But her bright political future falters when she befriends a group of liberal journalists who are critical of the government, including blogger Oleg Kashin, who calls Nashi a "group of hooligans," and she's forced to confront the group's dirty – even violent – tactics.

Putin's Witnesses

2018

Russian

7.0

♡ 7

83%

christmas reunion

Documentary

documentary filmmaking

presidential election

rise to power

russian history

vladimir putin

Vitaliy Manskiy Director

Vladimir Putin as Self

Mikhail Gorbachev as Self

Dmitry Medvedev as Self

Ksenya Ponamarowa as Self

Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president of the country. From that day and for a year, Vitaly Mansky's camera documented Putin's rise to power. The story of a privileged witness. The harsh explanation of the reason why politics is the art of possibility of achieving the best with the support of many, but also of giving the worst in return.

20 Days in Mariupol

2023

English

8.5

♡ 27

100%

russian invasion of ukraine

russian invasion of ukraine (2022)

vladimir putin

War

Mstyslav Chernov Director

Vladimir Putin as Self

Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Self

Roman Golovanov as Self - Correspondent / TV host

Anastasiya Yerashova as Self - Mother of many children

As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.