Best Russian Movies
Contemporary Russian cinema is on the rise... Old school plus troubled society - it works for the movies.
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- DirectorMikheil KalatozishviliStarsOleg DolinRoman MadyanovYuriy StepanovA young doctor relocates to a remote region of central Asia, thinking his fiancee soon will join him ...
- DirectorAleksey German Jr.StarsMerab NinidzeChulpan KhamatovaAnastasiya ShevelyovaIn 1961, a Soviet medical officer is conflicted about his position overseeing the health of future cosmonauts.
- DirectorPavel LunginStarsPyotr MamonovOleg YankovskiyRamilya IskanderA historical film that tells about two years in the life of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, his relationship with Metropolitan Philip of Moscow and the events of the Oprichnina era.
- DirectorAlexei PopogrebskyStarsGrigoriy DobryginSergey PuskepalisIgor ChernevichOne place. One day. Two men. The place is a polar research station on an island in the Arctic Ocean, inhabited now only by Sergei and Pavel. One day when Sergei is out angling, Pavel picks up a radio message that he daren't communicate.
- DirectorPavel LunginStarsPyotr MamonovViktor SukhorukovDmitriy DyuzhevSomewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.
- DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsAleksey SerebryakovElena LyadovaRoman MadyanovIn 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.
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsAleksey TryapitsynIrina ErmolovaTimur BondarenkoThe film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became the only connection with the outside world. A reserved community has been set up here. Despite the modern technologies and a spaceport nearby the people of the village live the way they would in the Neolithic Era. There is neither government nor social services or jobs. The postman's beloved woman escapes the village life and moves to the city. Postman's outboard engine gets stolen and he can no longer deliver mail. His normal pattern of life is disrupted. The postman makes a decision to leave for the city too but returns before long with no certain reason. The script is based on real characters' stories. People from the village play their own parts in the film. The search for the protagonist lasted for over a year.
- DirectorAleksey German Jr.StarsMilan MaricDanila KozlovskiyHelena SujeckaThe film actions unfold in 1971, telling about the four days of life of famous writer Sergei Dovlatov. The film raises the eternal issue of the Russian and European culture - the issue of moral choice.