When a stadium is seized by a group of heavily armed criminals during a major sporting event, an ex-soldier must use all his military skills to save both the daughter of a fallen comrade and the huge crowd unaware of the danger.

The Seagull

2018

English

5.8

♡ 17

68%

44%

19th century

Action

based on play or musical

Michael Mayer Director

Annette Bening as Irina

Billy Howle as Konstantin

Elisabeth Moss as Masha

Saoirse Ronan as Nina

At a picturesque lakeside estate, a love triangle unfolds between the legendary diva Irina, her lover Boris, and the ingénue Nina.

Anna Karenina

1948

English

6.6

♡ 8

59%

Action

based on novel or book

st. petersburg, russia

Julien Duvivier Director

Leslie Phillips as Bit Part

Austin Trevor as Col. Vronsky

Kieron Moore as Count Vronsky

Niall MacGinnis as Levin

Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it's love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet.

British Agent

1934

English

6.1

♡ 7

38%

Michael Curtiz Director

Addison Richards as Col. Zwaboda

Kay Francis as Elena Moura

Donald Crisp as Marshall O'Reilly

Harrison Greene as Soviet Committeeman

In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.

The Saratov Approach

2013

English

5.5

♡ 4

67%

87%

Action

based on a true story

Garrett Batty Director

Rocky Myers as Agent Miller

Corbin Allred as Elder Tuttle

William Rubio as News Anchor

Bart Johnson as Senator Smith

An inspirational true story. On what seemed like any other day, Elders Travis Tuttle (Corbin Allred) and Andrew Propst (Maclain Nelson) are approached by Nikolai (Nikita Bogolyubov) to teach a friend. But then the missionaries experience the unimaginable - they are kidnapped, beaten, and held for ransom. While their families, friends, and the world pray for their safe release, Tuttle and Propst are tested physically, emotionally, and most of all spiritually.

Despite the Falling Snow

2016

English

5.8

♡ 50

9%

Shamim Sarif Director

Rebecca Ferguson as Katya / Lauren

Antje Traue as Marina

Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Misha

Charles Dance as Old Alexander

New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West while is part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the grief of being unable to know the fate of his wife Katya, whom he has had to leave behind in Moscow. Only many years later, in 1991, he will finally find out the truth when his niece Lauren travels to Moscow to participate in a painting exhibition.

Fail Safe

1964

English

8.1

♡ 39

93%

Sidney Lumet Director

Edward Binns as Colonel Grady

Sorrell Booke as Congressman Raskob

Dana Elcar as Foster

Frank Overton as General Bogan

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.

The Road Movie

2016

Russian

6.4

♡ 10

87%

Dmitrii Kalashnikov Director

Anything can happen on Russian roads and is precisely shot by the dashboard camera. Super-objective video registration grows into the strong image of Russian national character – with its permanent awaiting for the miracle and habitual approach to real dramas. A forest on fire as a symbol of Russian hell, a military tank at a car wash and car chase in the vicinity of Kremlin shot with a dashboard cam at the same time when Boris Nemtsov, the leader of political opposition, was shot dead near Kremlin. Dashboard cam depicts life in it’s purity as an unbiased observer.

Pawn Sacrifice

2014

English

7.0

♡ 81

73%

Edward Zwick Director

Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer

John Lennon as Himself

John Kennedy Jr. as Himself

Al Dubois as NBC Reporter

American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.

Long Way North

2015

French

7.2

♡ 13

98%

Rémi Chayé Director

Peter Hudson as Lund

Leslie Clack as Maloney Recteur

Tom Morton as Mowson Prince Tomsky

Féodor Atkine as Oloukine

In 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his famed ship.

One, Two, Three

1961

English

7.8

♡ 15

88%

Billy Wilder Director

Liselotte Pulver as Fräulein Ingeborg

Horst Buchholz as Otto Ludwig Piffl

Leon Askin as Peripetchikoff

Pamela Tiffin as Scarlett Hazeltine

C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.

Invasion

2020

Russian

5.6

♡ 47

Action

alien invasion

compassion

extraterrestrial technology

Fedor Bondarchuk Director

Alfredo Tavares as Airport Cargo Worker

Oleg Menshikov as Colonel Lebedev

Andrey Nazimov as IT Department Manager

Sergey Garmash as Vice-premier

Two years after the fall of the alien ship, the life of a young woman from Moscow has been changed forever. Her growing powers are now at the focus of both human and celestial investigation: an alien force takes an interest in her, and will stop short of nothing, including an invasion. Can love and compassion save humanity, when faced with a much greater and more demanding test this time?

The Last Station

2009

English

6.9

♡ 8

70%

67%

1910s

Action

based on novel or book

Michael Hoffman Director

John Sessions as Dushan

Kerry Condon as Masha

Helen Mirren as Sofya

James McAvoy as Valentin

A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.

The Battle of Port Arthur

1980

Japanese

6.6

♡ 4

Toshio Masuda Director

Yoshio Inaba as

Toshirô Mifune as Emperor Meiji

Tatsuya Nakadai as General Nogi

Hisaya Morishige as Hirobumi Ito

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.

The Spy Who Went Into the Cold

6.6

George Carey Director

Adolf Hitler as Self

Joseph Stalin as Self

Phillip Knightley as Self

John Julius Norwich as Self

A documentary about Kim Philby, a British member of MI6 who was in reality a spy and defected to the U.S.S.R.

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.

The Man Who Cried

2000

English

6.1

♡ 17

35%

Sally Potter Director

Johnny Depp as Cesar

Cate Blanchett as Lola

Bernard Spear as Man in Sweatshop

Christina Ricci as Suzie

A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.

Over the Limit

2017

Polish

7.4

♡ 5

100%

Marta Prus Director

Yana Kudryavtseva as Self

Margarita Mamun as Self

Irina Viner as Self

Amina Zaripova as Self

Margarita Mamun, an elite Russian rhythmic gymnast, is struggling to become an Olympic champion. It is the most important year of her career and her last chance to achieve the ultimate goal, the gold Olympic medal. The film creates a captivating portrait of a young woman who is desperately trying to handle her own ambitions and meet the expectations of the official Russian training system.

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Poutine pour... toujours?

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