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1. The Deer Hunter (1978)
R | 183 min | Drama, War
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of several friends in a small steel mill town in Pennsylvania.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Cazale, John Savage
Votes: 362,308 | Gross: $48.98M
2. Eastern Promises (2007)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Josef Altin
Votes: 261,184 | Gross: $17.11M
3. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
G | 181 min | Drama, Family, Musical
In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon
Votes: 47,887 | Gross: $80.50M
4. Andrei Rublev (1966)
R | 189 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko, Nikolay Sergeev
Votes: 57,065 | Gross: $0.10M
5. Leviathan (2014)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Votes: 56,914 | Gross: $1.09M
6. Maria's Lovers (1984)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
At the end of WWII, Ivan returns home to Pennsylvania from the nightmares of a brutal Japanese POW camp, to his childhood friend, Maria. But he has rivals for her love.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Keith Carradine, Robert Mitchum
Votes: 2,910
7. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, History, Romance
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
Votes: 7,238
8. Catherine the Great (1995 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama, History
Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
Directors: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul McGann, Ian Richardson, Brian Blessed
Votes: 1,348
9. The Black Marble (1980)
PG | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.
Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock
Votes: 902
10. Potato Dreams of America (2021)
TV-MA | 97 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
An autobiographical dark comedy about a gay boy growing up in the Soviet Union, his mail-order-bride mother, and their adventurous escape to America.
Director: Wes Hurley | Stars: Jonathan Bennett, Lauren Tewes, Lea DeLaria, Dan Lauria
Votes: 765
11. The Rabbi's Cat (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Set in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.
Directors: Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar | Stars: François Morel, Hafsia Herzi, Maurice Bénichou, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 3,767 | Gross: $0.02M
12. The Wanderings of Ivan (2018)
Unrated | 75 min | Drama
Ivan is a young Russian vagrant in Paris. Rejected by all, he takes refuge in the woods of Vincennes. But this new haven of peace turns into a nightmare when Ivan tries to resist the traffic of an underworld wildlife.
Director: Claude Chamis | Stars: Aram Arakelyan, Benjamin Baclet, Camille Freychet, Franck Zerbib
Votes: 49
13. Rasputin (2011)
87 min | Biography, Drama, History
A group of Russian noblemen want to maintain the monarchy and plan to kill Rasputin.
Directors: Josée Dayan, Irakli Kvirikadze | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Vladimir Mashkov, Filipp Yankovskiy
Votes: 962
14. Pop (2009)
Not Rated | 130 min | Drama, History, War
Father Alexander is trying to maintain peaceful life for his church amidst the German occupation of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Director: Vladimir Khotinenko | Stars: Sergey Makovetskiy, Nina Usatova, Elizaveta Arzamasova, Kirill Pletnyov
Votes: 1,331
15. We Live Again (1934)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Romance, War
Nekhlyudov, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for ... See full summary »
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Anna Sten, Fredric March, Jane Baxter, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 529
16. Ganavim Ba Hok (2010)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary film from 2010 tries to give a picture of Russian organized crime not only by describing this system, but also by interviewing some of involved persons, a number of which are currently wanted by Interpol.
Director: Alexander Gentelev | Stars: Leonid Bilunov, Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov, Vitaly Demochka, Vladimir Ovshinsky
Votes: 424
17. 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
18. Russia, Land of the Tsars (2003– )
120 min | Documentary
The history of the Russian Tsars.
Stars: Edward Herrmann, Michelle Maryk, Ronnie Farer, Henry Strozier
Votes: 180
19. Ivan Groznyy (2009)
44 min | Drama, History
XVI century. The film depicts the life of Ivan from his earliest years to the last days of his reign.
Stars: Vitaliy Lenskiy, Pasha Sol, Vladimir Fenchenko, Aleksandr Demidov
Votes: 56
20. The End of Silence (2006)
94 min | Drama
Darya a ballerina working for a prestigious Russian dance company decides to immigrate to Canada. Once there, she finds it hard to adapt, since she barely speaks English.
Director: Anita Doron | Stars: Ekaterina Chtchelkanova, Igor Vassine, Christopher Body, Max Ratevosian
Votes: 114
21. God Save Russia (2018)
TV-14 | 56 min | Documentary
The Russian Church has experienced a resurgence with the help of Vladimir Putin, who believes the church can strengthen Russian solidarity, and can also play a pivotal role in re-enforcing key social and diplomatic views and beliefs.
Director: Alice Cohen | Stars: Mahmoud Abbas, Alexander Agadjanian, Alexander Baunov, Cyrille Bret
22. The Last Bogatyr (2009)
17 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Director: Sarah R. Lotfi | Stars: Benjamin Bonenfant, Megan LeFurge, Geoffrey Dean, Anthony Karbo
Votes: 29
24. Soviets (1991– )
Documentary
A series of documentaries exploring life in the Soviet Union during the glasnost era of the late 1980s.
Votes: 24
25. Nastasiya i Fomka (1970)
22 min | Short, Drama
Director: Nikolay Gubenko | Star: Natalya Belokhvostikova
Votes: 16
26. Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces (2020)
39 min | Documentary, Short
The construction of churches in the name of victory in wars and battles is a long-standing Russian tradition. But, paradoxically, there was no temple dedicated to the Victory in one of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Evgeniy Belashov, Sergey Merzlyakov | Stars: Irina Losik, Sergey Shoygu, Dmitriy Smirnov, Sergey Privalov
Votes: 8
27. Richard Gölz. Der Kantor Schwabens (2015)
120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary about the Life and Work of Richard Gölz (1887-1975)
Directors: Sabine I. Gölz, Oleg Timofeyev | Stars: Roswitha Alpers, Zorka Bogdanovich, Hans-Peter Braun, Joachim Conrad
28. Mrii pro mynule (2011)
57 min | Documentary
Directors: Sabine I. Gölz, Oleg Timofeyev | Stars: Taras Kompanichenko, Oleg Timofeyev, Danylo Pertsov, Tetiana Polt-Lutsenko
29. Zastupnitsa userdnaya (1992)
52 min | Documentary
The film tells us about the history of the Moscow Donskoy monastery and the personality of Patriarch Tikhon. During the difficult years of persecution of the Russian Church, from November ... See full summary »
Directors: Nikolay Milovidov, Armen Oganesyan, Vladimir Osminin | Star: Patriarch Alexiy II
30. Russian Pope (2020)
81 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentory film about dark biography of Kirill Gundyaev, acting head of the Russian orthodox church.
Director: Sergey Erzhenkov | Star: Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev
31. Ikona (2019)
3 min | Short
Set against the iconography of the Russian Orthodox Church, a young boy projects visions of his future - struggle, substance abuse and freedom.
Director: Marek Stave | Stars: Nazari Polataiko, Mara Da Costa Reis
32. Imperator, kotoryy znal svoyu sudbu (2010)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Author systematized the little-known facts of the biography of the last Russian Emperor Nicolai II. For example: in September, 1896, during Nicolai's visit to the Great Britain, Prince of ... See full summary »
Director: Roman Ershov | Stars: Czar Aleksandr III, Igor Dobryakov, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Tsuda Sanzo
Votes: 20
33.
Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode:
How Does Your Garden Grow?
(1991)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At a flower show, an older woman in a wheelchair approaches Poirot, gives him an empty seed packet, and asks him to visit her the next day. When Poirot arrives the next day, the woman is dead, murdered with poison.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran
Votes: 1,521
34.
Generation of Change (2017)
Episode:
Aufstieg und Fall
(2017)
90 min | Documentary
Directors: Sebastian Dehnhardt, Matthias Schmidt, Maarten van der Duin | Stars: Vladimir Afanyuk, Leszek Balcerowicz, Leonid Brezhnev, Winston Churchill
Votes: 6
35.
Generation of Change (2017)
Episode:
Russlands Rückkehr
(2017)
90 min | Documentary
Directors: Sebastian Dehnhardt, Matthias Schmidt, Maarten van der Duin | Stars: Irakli Alassania, Tatyana Bulatova, Nino Burjanadze, George W. Bush
Votes: 6
36.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Russian Steps
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Palin meets up with a Vladimir Lenin impersonator, witnesses a Russian Orthodox baptism ceremony, visits the cemetery where the likes of Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky are ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 93
37.
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997– )
Episode:
Alaska/Russia
(1997)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
From Diomede Island to Alaska then across to Kamchatka peninsula which is one of the scenic highlights of this series. From there to Vladivostok.
Director: Roger Mills | Stars: Michael Palin, Rob Hehnlin
Votes: 79
38.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
The Hunt for Atomic Secrets
(1999)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The all-important race to develop an atomic bomb led to some of the most daring Russian spy operations in the United States. Exclusive interviews with Russian agents detail the inside story of the Soviet atomic spy ring.
Director: Aleksandr Ivankin | Stars: Charlton Heston, Allen Weinstein, Vladimir Chikov, Thomas B. Allen
Votes: 15
39.
Apocalypse: Stalin (2015)
Episode:
Le Possédé
(2015)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Episode covers Joseph Stalin's early life and his early political activities which resulted in his rose to power with the help of Lenin. October Revolution and Lenin's construction of new ... See full summary »
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Doug Rand, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Inessa Armand
Votes: 92
40.
Apocalypse: Stalin (2015)
Episode:
L'Homme rouge
(2015)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, History, War
1942.After blocking the Germans right outside of Moscow, Stalin now faces Hitler's second assault. The world's fate will be decided in Stalingrad. Like in Leningrad, men, women and children, plunged into hell, are sacrificed.
Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Doug Rand, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Svetlana Alliluyeva
Votes: 77
41.
Panorama (1953– )
Episode:
Trump - The Kremlin Candidate?
(2017)
29 min | Documentary, News
Panorama investigates Donald Trump's strange bromance with Vladimir Putin. John Sweeney travels to Russia, the United States and Ukraine to report on what's behind their mutual admiration.
Directors: Matthew Hill, Tomiko Newson, Nick Sturdee | Stars: John Sweeney, Dmitri Alperovitch, Anne Applebaum, Steve Bannon
Votes: 21
42.
Unreported World (2000– )
Episode:
Russia: Putin's Family Values
(2017)
25 min | Documentary, News
The Russian Orthodox Church is at the forefront of a new movement combining religion and nationalism and has forged close ties with President Putin. But is it also responsible for a wave of intolerance?
Director: Jessica Kelly | Stars: Marcel Theroux, Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Votes: 8