Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "latvia"

1. Holes (2003)

PG | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson

Votes: 100,162 | Gross: $67.41M

2. Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured.

Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, 50 Cent, Jin Zhang

Votes: 16,968

3. Europa Europa (1990)

R | 112 min | Drama, History, War

A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.

Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider, André Wilms

Votes: 17,470 | Gross: $5.58M

4. The Last Days (1998)

PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary, War

In late 1944, even as they faced imminent defeat, the Nazis expended enormous resources to kill or deport over 425,000 Jews during the "cleansing" of Hungary. This Oscar-winning documentary... See full summary »

Director: James Moll | Stars: Bill Basch, Martin Basch, Randolph Braham, Alice Lok Cahana

Votes: 5,756 | Gross: $0.42M

5. Ecstasis (2023)

121 min | Drama, Romance

Married boudoir photographer Ivy's affair with bohemian painter Elias starts as a passionate escape but turns toxic. Soon, it becomes a painful addiction, shrouded in secrets and unraveling the thin line between desire and destruction.

Director: Dz.Dz.Dzilindzers | Stars: Linda Kalnina, Eduards Johansons, Rihards Lepers, Signe Dancite

Votes: 43

6. Billion Dollar Brain (1967)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

British spy-turned-detective Harry Palmer stumbles upon an oil tycoon's plot to overthrow Communism using a supercomputer.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley, Oscar Homolka

Votes: 6,011

7. Snowbound (2017)

93 min | Horror, Mystery

A group of erotic party attendees wake up naked in the snow. In the nearby cabin they find a dead girl and a message: In order to survive, they must decide who is responsible for the girl's death and murder that person accordingly.

Director: Olia Oparina | Stars: Anya Bay, Drew Hale, Theodore Bouloukos, Laura Aleman

Votes: 445

8. Squeal (2021)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Lost in remotest part of Eastern Europe, Sam is a foreigner, searching for his biological father Lagzdins where a minor road accident leads to a chance meeting with a pig-farmer's daughter, who captures him and making a slave on the farm.

Director: Aik Karapetian | Stars: Kevin Janssens, Laura Silina, Aigars Vilims, Normunds Griestins

Votes: 372

9. My Love Affair with Marriage (2022)

Not Rated | 107 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A young spirited woman, Zelma, is determined to conform to the pressures of singing Mythology Sirens in order to be loved, but the more she conforms, the more her body resists. A story of inner female rebellion.

Director: Signe Baumane | Stars: Dagmara Dominczyk, Michele Pawk, Matthew Modine, Cameron Monaghan

Votes: 498

10. Soviet Bus Stops (2022)

60 min | Documentary, History

Uncovering the stories of the designers who built fascinating architectural marvels during the Soviet regime, Soviet Bus Stops is an ode to the power of individual creativity that would not be suppressed.

Director: Kristoffer Hegnsvad | Stars: Christopher Herwig, Victor Sheptunov Illarionovich, Konstantinas Jakovlevas-Mateckis, Jüri Konsap

Votes: 170

11. Welcome to Mercy (2018)

Unrated | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

When a single mother begins to experience symptoms of the stigmata, she seeks the help of a local priest and nun to help her understand what is seen and unseen.

Director: Tommy Bertelsen | Stars: Lily Newmark, Eva Ariel Binder, Marta Kessler, Eileen Davies

Votes: 1,027

12. Midsummer Madness (2007)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A comedy that follows a group of people immersed in Latvia's summer solstice celebration, the shortest night of the year.

Director: Alexander Hahn | Stars: Maria de Medeiros, Dominique Pinon, Orlando Wells, Gundars Abolins

Votes: 607

13. Children of the Revolution (1996)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought Australia to the brink of civil war. Until now.

Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Roxburgh

Votes: 2,425 | Gross: $0.83M

14. Coup de Grâce (1976)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, War

A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Mathieu Carrière

Votes: 1,395

15. Ivan the Terrible (2014 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Orphaned in his childhood and treated abusively by higher-ranking Boyars, Tzar Ivan was a mercurial ruler who committed his first murder at the age of 13 and was feared for his random acts ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Moers | Stars: Erik Schäffler, Axel Petermann, Heidi Kastner, Andreas Kappeler

Votes: 290

16. Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg (2012)

125 min | Drama

Adam's first wife Lilith is mentioned in ancient Oriental legends, in Talmud and in the medieval books of Cabala. According to these sources, she was not created from Adam's rib like Eve ... See full summary »

Director: Evgeniy Pashkevich | Stars: Ville Haapasalo, Olga Sepicka, Yuriy Tsurilo, Ekaterina Vilkova

Votes: 160

17. The Chronicles of Melanie (2016)

120 min | Biography, Drama, History

Based on the true story of Melanija Vanaga, this film is a brutally realistic and terrifying account of the mass deportation of residents of Soviet-occupied Latvia that took place in June 1941.

Director: Viesturs Kairiss | Stars: Sabine Timoteo, Edvins Mekss, Ivars Krasts, Guna Zarina

Votes: 930

18. Rocks in My Pockets (2014)

Not Rated | 88 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Signe Baumane and five women in her family battle with depression and madness.

Director: Signe Baumane | Star: Signe Baumane

Votes: 902 | Gross: $0.02M

19. Family Instinct (2010)

58 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

'Family Instinct' is a film about incest - an illegal act, social taboo and a violation of religious norms. Zanda is a 28-year-old woman, worn out by hard work. Surrounded by poverty and ... See full summary »

Director: Andris Gauja

Votes: 145

20. Rigas sargi (2007)

118 min | Action, Drama, History

The First World War is over. Martins, after many years spent in war abroad, returns to his bride Elza in Latvia. He does not realize that the decisive battle for the heart of Elza and for the newly founded Latvian state is yet to come.

Director: Aigars Grauba | Stars: Janis Reinis, Elita Klavina, Girts Krumins, Romualds Ancans

Votes: 2,052

21. Era of Dance (2017)

80 min | Documentary, History, Music

The first Story of Soviet Techno Revolution "In the USSR that was the beginning of a new era. The Era of Dance".

Directors: Viktors Buda, Viktors Buda | Stars: Indulis Bilzens, Westbam, Derrick May, Roberts Gobzins

Votes: 47

22. How the Holocaust Began (2023)

59 min | Documentary, History, War

The Nazi evolution from murderous anti-semitism into organised death camps, as documented in this sober piece of historical excavation from Holocaust specialist James Bulgin, is truly ... See full summary »

Directors: Nic Young, Ben Holgate | Star: James Bulgin

Votes: 115

23. Manny (2020)

71 min | Sci-Fi

Journey of a woman on a writer's retreat, struggling with her identity as a closet homosexual. Her life unfolds through three love interests, one real, one a figment of her imagination and the third virtual - man, woman and AI.

Director: Dace Puce | Stars: Sonal Sehgal, Jurijs Djakonovs, Darta Danevica, Marta Grase

Votes: 24

24. WIF! Ripe for the Picking (2013 Video)

Action, Sport

Amasis defends the WIF. Banana Title against Green Ant, the Spectral Envoy battle the Colony: Xtreme Force, Hallowicked faces Juan Francisco de Coronado, and more.

Stars: Mark Angelosetti, Arctic Rescue Ant, R.B. Banks, Sean Burke

25. The Hounds of Riga (1995)

106 min | Thriller

A lifeboat floats ashore at the coast of Skåne. Inside are two dead men who who've been murdered. Policeman Kurt Wallander is assigned to the case. The men are identified with the help of ... See full summary »

Director: Pelle Berglund | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Björn Kjellman, Benny Poulsen, Charlotte Sieling

Votes: 811

26. Karosta: Life After the USSR (2008)

50 min | Documentary, History

A portrait of the demise and fall of the Soviet Empire as seen through the eyes of the people who endured it. The film explores the power of human spirit in its battle against adversity.

Director: Peter King

Votes: 199

27. Free to Rock (2017)

61 min | Documentary, History, Music

FREE TO ROCK is a 60 minute documentary film directed by 4 time Emmy winning filmmaker Jim Brown and narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. Ten years in the making, the film explores the soft power... See full summary »

Director: Jim Brown | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Tsvety, Jimmy Carter, Yuri Valov

Votes: 104

28. Taurins Senior (2023)

103 min | Comedy, Drama

Gunars Taurins has become a dad-sitter in Latvia. He wants to return to France as soon as possible once he has found a caregiver for his father. But it's not that easy and Gunars has to stay in Riga whether he likes it or not.

Director: Alexander Hahn | Stars: Gundars Abolins, Talivaldis Margévics, Imants Strads, Marija Linarte

Votes: 11

29. Buy Bye Beauty (2001)

84 min | Documentary

The filmmaker attempts to prove that some 50% of women aged 18-30 in Riga, Latvia, are exploited in prostitution by tourists.

Director: Pål Hollender | Stars: Andrejs, Diana, Andris Grinbergs, Pål Hollender

Votes: 98

30. 235 000 000 (1967)

108 min | Documentary

An emotional and visually attractive portrait of timeless moments in human life. 235 000 000 was made on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1917 Revolution. Without any commentary, allowing images to speak for themselves to music.

Directors: Uldis Brauns, Biruta Veldre, Laima Zurgina

Votes: 51

31. Ragana (2021)

Documentary, Comedy, Mystery

Young man meets Latvia's strongest witches. Exploring themes of love, sexuality, magic and being true to oneself, the story unfolds more confusion as it drifts into rituals, spells and delusion.

Director: Jazeps Podnieks

Votes: 31

32. 24 Hr Sunshine (2023)

117 min | Comedy, Drama

Stuck in a "rat race", a businessman sells his company and joins a tourist group heading to the North Pole.

Director: Juris Poskus | Stars: Jeppe Beck Laursen, Trond Halbo, Juris Bartkevics, Andris Keiss

Votes: 88

33. The House (1984 TV Movie)

59 min | Drama, War

Set in 1884, and based on the assumption that Britain is one of the Baltic states between Russia and Latvia, making it part of Europe instead of an off-shore island. It is winter 1884. To ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Stephen Rea, Dudley Sutton, Diana Hardcastle, Alun Armstrong

Votes: 28

34. Das Blaue vom Himmel (2011)

99 min | Drama

In Germany, in 1991, Marga suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Sofia, her daughter, only reluctantly accepts to take care of this mother, who has always treated her with a certain coldness.

Director: Hans Steinbichler | Stars: Juliane Köhler, Hannelore Elsner, Karoline Herfurth, Niklas Kohrt

Votes: 197

35. Svar med foto (1999)

93 min | Drama, Romance

Comedic romantic cross cultural exploration of Lativa and Sweden

Director: Una Celma | Stars: Samuel Fröler, Baiba Broka, Eva-Lena Björkman, Lennart Jähkel

Votes: 112

36. Rumbula's Echo

100 min | Documentary | Post-production

The filmmaker's genealogy search for his newborn's namesake brings him to the early 20th century lives and terrible mid-century fate of Latvian Jews. Nearly all trapped in the country ... See full summary »

Director: Mitchell Lieber

37. Otryad (1984)

97 min | Drama, War

Lithuania, 1941. German tanks and motorized columns broke into the border military town. Seven Soviet soldiers were cut off from the garrison. Without food and weapons, they went through ... See full summary »

Director: Aleksei Simonov | Stars: Aleksandr Feklistov, Sergey Garmash, Dmitriy Brusnikin, Mikhail Morozov

Votes: 107

38. Pa celam aizejot (2001)

90 min | Drama, Romance

A nine-year-old boy awaits the return of his sailor father, unaware that he is missing presumed drowned. The boy's mother starts an affair with a local woodsman, causing his wife to embark on a vendetta. Then the boy runs away.

Director: Viesturs Kairiss | Stars: Davis Bergs, Elita Klavina, Guna Zarina, Andris Keiss

Votes: 55

39. Hysteria (1993)

99 min | Comedy

A rock 'n' roll road movie, an absurd comedy and a modern love story between the Finn Sam and the Estonian Mari taking place in the newly independent, poetically nightmarish Baltic countries.

Director: Pekka Karjalainen | Stars: Sam Huber, Carmen Mikiver, Elmar Trink, Tõnu Aav

Votes: 67

40. Zigfrids Anna Meierovics (2018)

48 min | Documentary

A cinematic portrait of the first Latvian foreign minister Zigfrids Anna Meierovics and the conception of the Latvian statehood.

Director: Talivaldis Margévics | Stars: Agnese Budovska, Andris Gindra, Girts Liuziniks

Votes: 16

41. Documentarian (2012)

82 min | Documentary

Inta is a brusque, crusty woman who lives alone on the edge of a picturesque marsh. One day her solitude is intruded upon by the arrival of a documentary filmmaker. In his eyes Inta is an ... See full summary »

Directors: Inese Klava, Ivars Zviedris

Votes: 162

42. Forest Brothers (2014)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary

The Second World War is over. However, the partisans in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, soon forgotten by the world, were still fighting a hopeless battle for their freedom. 4 surviving members tell their story.

Director: Peter Grimm | Stars: Juris Bergmanis, Antonija Brasla, Leon Garkalns, Biruta Rodovica

Votes: 7

43. Kurpe (1998)

83 min | Drama, Comedy

The Shoe is set in a seaside Latvian town in the 1950s and deals with absurd laws of life in a border state. The intriguing black-and-white is a contemporary retro tale about Cinderella's ... See full summary »

Director: Laila Pakalnina | Stars: Igors Buraks, Vadims Grossmans, Jaan Tätte, Ivars Brakovskis

Votes: 200

44. Lacplesis (1930)

100 min | Action, Fantasy, History

The film takes place in two eras - the mythical world of Lacplesis, Laimdota and the Black Knight and the Latvian War of Independence of 1919 during which the love story between Janis Vanags and Mirdza Saulite unfolds.

Director: Aleksandrs Rusteikis | Stars: Lilita Berzina, Voldemars Dimze, Kristaps Kreicbergs, Osvalds Mednis

Votes: 56

45. Head käed (2001)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

The Estonians and Latvians join hands in this jointly produced Baltic comedy about love and theft centering on light-fingered Margita. Everything and anything that hasn't been nailed to the... See full summary »

Director: Peeter Simm | Stars: Rezija Kalnina, Lembit Ulfsak, Tõnu Kark, Tiit Sukk

Votes: 188

46. Balti armastuslood (1994)

96 min | Drama

Three episodes from three Baltic nations, all about lost love. In Estonia a political prisoner is set free. Meanwhile his best friend had stolen his girl and now defends his political ... See full summary »

Director: Peeter Urbla | Stars: Andres Noormets, Carmen Mikiver, Madis Kalmet, Liana Upeniece

Votes: 36

47. Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride (2009)

PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Before the 30th anniversary, Vancouver's Gay Pride Parade director examines relevance of Pride celebrations internationally. He travels to places where Pride is steeped in protest to ... See full summary »

Director: Bob Christie | Star: Ken Coolen

Votes: 142

48. Euro Trippin' (2019 Video)

Short

We gave ourselves 30 days to get to as many countries as possible in Europe. The goal was to visit the most iconic locations in each destination and capture a perspective that hadn't been seen before.

Director: Tom Jauncey | Stars: Nigel Barker, Tom Jauncey

49. Soviets (1991– )

Documentary

A series of documentaries exploring life in the Soviet Union during the glasnost era of the late 1980s.

Votes: 24

50. The Evil Spirit of Leo Tolstoy (2009)

80 min | Biography, Comedy, History

A student encounters a spiritually challenging experience of writing a term paper on Leo Tolstoy's philosophy. The innocent choice turns out as a psychedelic obsession, that leaves indelible marks on the student's self-questioning mind.

Director: Marcis Bauze-Krastins | Stars: Ilze Adumane, Elina Bauze-Krastina, Marcis Bauze-Krastins, Ugis Berzins