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.

Uncle Vanya

1970

Russian

7.2

♡ 2

based on play or musical

Andrey Konchalovskiy Director

Vladimir Udalov as A peasant

Sergey Bondarchuk as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astrov

Nikolai Pastukhov as Iliya Ilich Telyegin

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky

Serebryakov, a retired professor and his beautiful, much younger second wife, Yeléna, visit their country estate, which funds their urban lifestyle. Vanya, brother of the Professor's first wife, who manages the farm estate, and the local Doctor Astrov, both fall under Yelena's spell, while complaining of the endless ennui of their provincial existence. Astrov is an experienced physician who performs his job conscientiously, but has lost all idealism and spends much of his time drinking. Sofya, the Professor's daughter by his first wife, who works to keep the estate going with her uncle Vanya, meanwhile suffers from lack of esteem over what she sees as her own lack of beauty, and from an unrequited love for Dr. Astrov. Matters are brought to a head when the Professor announces his intention to sell the estate, Vanya and Sofya's home, to achieve a higher income for himself and his wife.

Mermaid: The Lake of the Dead

2018

Russian

4.4

♡ 37

Christopher Bevins Director

Vladimir Koshenkov as Extra

Olesya Komarova as Extra

Tatyana Kaprivina as Extra

Efim Petrunin as Roma Kitaev

An evil Mermaid falls in love with Marina's fiancé Roman and aims to keep him away from Marina in her Kingdom of Death under water. The Mermaid is a young woman who drowned a few centuries ago. Marina only has one week to overcome her fear of the dark water, to remain human in the deathly fight with the monsters and not to become one herself.

Siberian Sniper

2021

Russian

5.5

♡ 9

56%

Dmitry Koltsov Director

Aytal Stepanov as Egor Cheerin

Aleksandr Kazantsev as Guryanov

Dmitry Koltsov as Lt. Loboda

Daniil Zhuravlev as Mamin

After months of exhausting trench warfare, most of Major Belyaev's battalion was destroyed. The area is ruled by German aces snipers. Hope for replenishment collapses when the convoy, in which the Soviet snipers were traveling, falls under a German airstrike. A handful of soldiers and a young hunter from Yakutia, Yegor Cheerin, survive.

The Calculator

2014

Russian

4.4

♡ 10

Action

Sci-Fi

Thriller

Dmitriy Grachev Director

Davíð Freyr Þórunnarson as Cannibal

Anna Chipovskaya as Kristi

Vinnie Jones as Yust Van Borg

Sergey Chikhachyov as Yust Van Borg

Ten prisoners condemned to exile on a hostile planet XT-59 must pave the way through swamp to reach the Islands of Happiness, the only safe area on the planet, before the harsh climate or the underground horrors kill them all.

Tchaikovsky's Wife

2022

Russian

6.4

♡ 5

85%

Kirill Serebrennikov Director

Yuliya Aug as Mad Woman at Church

Natalya Pavlenkova as Olga Nikaronovna, Antonina's Mother

Andrey Burkovskiy as Vladimir Meshchersky

Vasiliy Zorkiy as Waiter 6

Antonina Milyukova is a beautiful and bright young woman, born in the aristocracy of 19th century Russia. She could have anything she'd want, and yet her only obsession is to marry Pyotr Tchaikovsky, with whom she falls in love from the very moment she hears his music. The composer finally accepts this union, but after blaming her for his misfortunes and breakdowns, his attempts to get rid of his wife are brutal. Consumed by her feelings for him, Antonina decides to endure and do whatever it takes to stay with him. Humiliated, disgraced and discarded, she is slowly driven to madness.

Wolfhound

2006

Russian

5.6

♡ 5

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Nikolay Lebedev Director

Oksana Akinshina as Knesinka Elen

Igor Petrenko as Luchezar

Natalya Varley as Mat Kendarat

Yelena Korolyova as Molelshchitsa v khrame

He was doomed to die, but managed to survive, and now his mission is to revenge for the annihilation of his tribe. He is the great warrior who calls himself Volkodav, and is the last man from the tribe of Serie Psi (Grey Hounds). After escaping certain death, Volkodaw — accompanied by Neletuchaya Mysh — is on a mission to kill Ludoed who is responsible to what happened to Serie Psi.

Hotel Belgrade

2020

Russian

6.2

♡ 4

Comedy

Romance

Konstantin Statskiy Director

Diana Pozharskaya as Dasha

Ljubomir Bandovic as Dusan

Milos Bikovic as Pavel Arkadevich

Jelisaveta Orasanin as Vedrana

Pasha, a Serbian womanizer and entertainer, owns a luxurious hotel in Belgrade. He lives carelessly until one day he accidentally breaks a mafia kingpin’s new collectable that is worth a few million. To cover the debt the mafia kingpin makes Pasha marry his daughter. While the girl is preparing to marry the charming hotelier, Pasha by chance meets his Russian love Dasha, who he has not seen for four years. Their love is about to flare up in the romantic atmosphere of the ancient city… if not for the future father-in-law, a real husband, a blind grandad, and a friend with no money.

Beanpole

2019

Russian

7.2

♡ 12

93%

post traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

post world war ii

ptsd

War

Kantemir Balagov Director

Alisa Oleynik as Katya

Anastasiya Khmelinina as Nurse Leonova

Lyudmila Motornaya as Olga

Dmitri Belkin as Shepelev

1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.

The Big Trip

2019

Russian

4.8

♡ 37

23%

Vasiliy Rovenskiy Director

Pauly Shore as

Drake Bell as

Alex Sparrow as Amur

Anastasia Reshetnikova as Utka

A goofy stork mistakenly delivers a baby panda to the wrong door. A bear, a moose, a tiger and a rabbit set on an arduous but fun-filled adventure through the wilderness to return the panda to its rightful home.

The Balkan Line

2019

Russian

6.6

♡ 60

Andrey Volgin Director

Bill Clinton as Self

Madeleine Albright as Self

Milos Bikovic as Vuk

Efim Petrunin as Zeka

After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.

My Sweet Monster

2021

Russian

4.8

♡ 13

33%

Maksim Volkov Director

Jon Heder as Bogey

Pauly Shore as Bundy Joyce

Haylie Duff as Princess Barbara

Lyubov Aksyonova as Varvara

A scandal in the royal family: the wayward princess Barbara escaped from the palace and went through the forest in search of a handsome prince. However, instead of the cherished meeting with her beloved, she is captured by Buka, the most dangerous robber of the kingdom. But it quickly becomes clear that the brisk princess is ready to turn Buka's life into a nightmare, just to reach her goal. So the restless Varvara begins to establish her own order in the forest.

First Squad: The Moment of Truth

2009

Russian

5.6

♡ 15

49%

Yoshiharu Ashino Director

Karen Strassman as First Blonde

Christopher Corey Smith as Hunchback

Cassandra Morris as Nadya

Bryce Papenbrook as Valya

Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross.

The Sword and the Dragon

1956

Russian

5.7

♡ 2

Aleksandr Ptushko Director

Sergey Stolyarov as Aljoscha Popovich

Paul Frees as Kalin / Kalin's Envoy

Mike Wallace as Narrator

Andrei Abrikosov as Prince Vladimir [Prince Vanda, US]

Paralyzed since birth, Ilya can only watch helplessly as his village is plundered by barbarians. But when a mysterious traveler arrives with a magic elixir that restores him to full health, Ilya begins an adventure to protect the village and the royal family from harm.

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.

The Ghost That Never Returns

6.7

Abram Room Director

Olga Zhizneva as Klemans

Daniil Vvedenskiy as Nachalnik tyurmy

Maksim Shtraukh as Politseyskiy agent

Gavriil Terekhov as Santander, lyubovnik

The rebel leader Jose Real is allowed to leave prison for one day to visit his family. But it is a ruse to make him reveal the whereabouts of his rebel gang. This existential drama disguised as a saga about the proletarian struggle presents a lonely and insecure individual who is challenged to act more heroically than he is prepared to, but who constantly questions his confidence and loyalties.

Three Songs About Lenin

1934

Russian

6.5

♡ 3

Action

Documentary

Dziga Vertov Director

Dolores Ibárruri as Herself

Nadezhda Krupskaya as Herself

Joseph Stalin as Himself

V.I. Lenin as Himself

This documentary, made up of 3 episodes, is based on three songs sung by anonymous people in Soviet Russia about Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

The Boatswain and The Parrot

1982

Russian

6.6

♡ 1

Animation

Mikhail Kamenetskiy Director

Natalya Zhuravlyova as 1 episode, 1985

T. Nesterova as 1 episode, 1985

Olga Gromova as 4 episodes, 1983-1986

Efim Katsirov as The parrot 5 episodes, 1982-1986

Animated story about the adventures of boatswain and his parrot.

To Live!

2010

Russian

7.0

♡ 3

Action

Crime

Drama

Yuriy Bykov Director

Denis Shvedov as Andrey

Sergey Belyaev as Fisherman

Sergey Zharkov as Ivan

Sergey Sosnovskiy as Old Man

Early autumn, godforsaken Russian countryside. A local hunter Michail witnesses a skirmish in the middle of the forest - three men want to kill the forth, Andrey. Kind-hearted Michail helps Andrey escape and together they run from the villains who chase them. Thus, two totally different men start a long and dangerous journey together, constantly arguing with each other regarding their ideology, morals and opinions about life. But life will put everything on its place and make the men understand who they really are.

The Major

2013

Russian

7.2

♡ 10

70%

Action

Crime

Drama

Yuriy Bykov Director

Egor Gubarev as

Vladimir Lyubovsky as Arrestee

Vladislav Toldykov as Dump truck driver

Pavel Basov as Ensign

On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime. Sobolev decides to compromise with his conscience and calls on a colleague to help him out. But the case turns out to be messy and when Sobolev finally changes his mind and tries to make up for his deed, it’s already too late…

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Putin's Witnesses

Uncle Vanya

Mermaid: The Lake of the Dead

Siberian Sniper

The Calculator

Tchaikovsky's Wife

Wolfhound

Hotel Belgrade

Beanpole

The Big Trip

The Balkan Line

My Sweet Monster

First Squad: The Moment of Truth

The Sword and the Dragon

Guardians of the Night

The Ghost That Never Returns

Three Songs About Lenin

The Boatswain and The Parrot

To Live!

The Major