Origin: Russia
27 content found
Sleepless Beauty
2020
A young woman, Mila, is kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as Recreation. Her unknown abductors talk to her though a loudspeaker and set strict rules: she cannot sleep and has to fulfill bizarre and violent tasks if she hopes to stay alive. At first, it looks like someone's sick idea of entertainment but as the demands become more intense, Mila begins to realize that she is losing control of her own mind and may be a pawn in a twisted and deadly psychological experiment.
Category: Horror
Stars: Polina Davydova, Evgeniy Gagarin, Olivia Indik
4,3 IMDB Rating 1,141 Views
The Pilot. A Battle for Survival
2021
During a mission in WWII, the plane of Nikolai Komlev is shot down. He manages to bring his plane down in a remote forest clearing, but far from friendly territory, he faces a relentless test of physical and mental endurance.
Category: Biography, Drama, History
Stars: Aeric Azana, Daniel Brach, Elena Drobysheva
6.0 IMDB Rating 951 Views
Rzhev
2019
In the winter of 1942/1943, a series of not-so-well known, yet bloody battles occurred near the town of Rzhev. Those battles received the name of 'Rzhev Meat Grinder'. The film is based on the award-winning novel by Vyacheslav Kondra
Category: Drama, History, War
Stars: Sergey Zharkov, Ivan Batarev, Oleg Gayanov
6.0 IMDB Rating 1,181 Views
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
2015
Russia, May 1942. Well behind friendly lines a veteran sergeant commands a small anti-aircraft unit. His troops are inexperienced women. They will soon be tested in battle as the Germans parachute a crack squad of saboteurs into the
Category: Drama, War
Stars: Pyotr Fyodorov, Anastasiya Mikulchina, Evgeniya Malakhova
6.7 IMDB Rating 1,110 Views
Cosmoball
2020
An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth-this is a stadium, which hosts sports events that resemble soccer but at mind-boggling speeds. The name of the game is cosmoball.
Category: Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Stars: Viktoriya Agalakova, Georgiy Bestaev, Khristina Blokhina, Valeriya Bukhina
4.5 IMDB Rating 1,412 Views
Major Grom: Plague Doctor
2021
Police Major Igor Grom is known throughout St. Petersburg for his penetrative character and irreconcilable attitude towards criminals of all stripes. But everything changes dramatically with the appearance of a person in the mask of the Plague Doctor. Having declared that his city is "sick with the plague of lawlessness", he takes up "treatment", killing people who, at one time, escaped punishment with the help of money and high status in society. Society is agitated. The police officers are powerless. For the first time, Igor faces difficulties in the investigation, the outcome of which may determine the fate of the whole city.
Category: Action, Adventure
Stars: Tikhon Zhiznevskiy, Alexander Seteykin, Lyubov Aksyonova
6,5 IMDB Rating 1,791 Views
Dark Spell
2021
Dark Spell is a story about the girl named Zhenya who suffers from being in love with her husband that has left her, so she decides to bring him back. Desperate heroine casts a spell called "Black Wedding", which is a magical ritual known for its great power and irreversibility. After the ritual, her beloved husband comes back, although his love becomes more like an obsession: he is even ready to kill Zhenya, so as not to give her to anyone. When the maddened husband dies, the spell does not stop: because even death will not part those who were betrothed by the demon of black wedding.
Category: Horror, Romantic
Stars: Yana Yenzhayeva,Konstantin Beloshapka,Ilya Yermolov
5,1 IMDB Rating 2,051 Views
Unknown Battle
2019
After several months of fierce fighting, the Red Army finally knocks the enemy out of the village of Ovsyannikovo, which costs huge losses - only a third of the personnel remain from the company. Exhausted to the limit, the soldiers are waiting for reinforcements, but an order comes from the headquarters - to keep the village at all costs, and this is tantamount to a death sentence. The company commander faces a difficult choice - either to lose the remnants of the company, following a meaningless command order, or to withdraw his people from mortar fire, but at the same time leave their positions and go to the tribunal for violating the order. In extremely realistic details, only one fierce battle is shown, in which, like in a drop of water, the whole truth about the war is reflected.
Category: Drama, History, War
Stars: Sergey Zharkov, Ivan Batarev, Oleg Gayanov, Arseniy Semyonov
5,8 IMDB Rating 1,864 Views
Vernost
2019
By the age of 30, Lena was able to achieve good results in life. She worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist. Colleagues respected, and happy patients tried to thank her. Her personal life also developed quite safely. Husband Sergei worked as an actor in a drama theater, showed concern and did not interfere in affairs, but recently she began to notice serious changes in his behavior. Another fact is that they did not have sex. One day she reads one of her husband's text messages, she is convinced he is cheating on her. At one point, she does not stand up and in revenge cheats with a little-known man. For her, a new world unexpectedly opens up, filled with passion and incredible emotions, which she uses for her emotional state. But constant betrayal is becoming an integral part of double life.
Category: Drama
Stars: Evgeniya Gromova, Aleksandr Pal, Marina Vasileva
5,9 IMDB Rating 2,924 Views
Podolskiye kursanty
2020
The film tells the story of the Podolsk cadets' heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets from the Podolsk infantry and artillery schools were sent to the Ilyinsky line of defense, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold back the German advance until reinforcements arrived. Hopelessly outnumbered, young men in their teens laid down their lives in a battle lasting almost two weeks to obstruct the far superior German forces advancing towards Moscow. This film is not only about war. It is also about love, true camaraderie, and the path from boyhood to manhood. Around 3,500 cadets and their commanding officers were sent to hold up the last line of defense outside Moscow. Most of them remained there for eternity.
Category: Action, Drama, War
Stars: Artyom Gubin, Lubov Konstantinova, Igor Yudin, Aleksey Bardukov
6,4 IMDB Rating 2,149 Views
Epidemiya
2019
An unknown virus turns Moscow into a city of the dead. There is no electricity, money has lost all value and those who are still not infected, are desperately fighting for food and fuel. The main character, Sergei, lives outside the city with the woman he loves and her autistic son. It's still safe there. In spite of that he rushes to Moscow to save his ex-wife and their son, although she hates Sergei . These people, who never believed they'd be under the same roof again, have to put the past behind them and set off on a long, dangerous journey north to find an isolated hunting lodge on a deserted island. The Outbreak is a family drama in the midst of a global disaster. It is one of the first post-apocalyptic TV shows in Russia and is based on bestselling book, Vongozero, which was written by Yana Vagner and translated into eleven languages. One of the parts will be played by Maryana Spivak (principle role in the film, Loveless by Andrei Zvyagintsev, which won the "Jury Prize" at Cannes in 2017).
Category: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Stars: Viktoriya Agalakova, Viktoriya Isakova, Kirill Käro, Gilli Messer
7.1 IMDB Rating 8,126 Views
Kalashnikov
2020
Wounded as tank driver in 1941 during WWII, Kalashnikov sees the latest Soviet machine gun fail. As he's also an inventor, he starts looking for improvements and in 1947 ends up with AK-47 assault rifle.
Category: Biography
Stars: Yuriy Borisov, Olga Lerman, Artur Smolyaninov, Sergey Gazarov
6.4 IMDB Rating 3,380 Views
Baba Yaga Terror of the Dark Forest
2020
The young family who moved to a new apartment on the outskirts of the city. The nanny hired by them for the newborn daughter quickly gained confidence. However, the older boy, Egor, talks about the frightening behavior of a woman, but his parents do not believe him. The surveillance cameras installed by the father for comfort only confirm everything is in order. Then one day, Egor, returning home, finds no trace of either the nanny or the little sister, and the parents are in a strange trance and do not even remember that they had a daughter. Then Egor, together with his friends, goes in search, during which it turns out that the nanny is an ancient Slavic demon, popularly known as Baba Yaga.
Category: Uncategorised
Stars: Oleg Chugunov, Glafira Golubeva, Artyom Zhigulin, Svetlana Ustinova
4.7 IMDB Rating 2,171 Views
The Optimists
2017–
The Optimists is a Russian spy drama series that brings a 1960's "Mad Men" aesthetic to the Nikita Khrushchev-era, set during peak Cold War. The show opens during the 1959 American National Exhibition in Sokolniki and continues to unravel the Russian and American acts of espionage and the personal lives affected by the fragile geopolitical picture.
Category: Drama
Stars: Eugenia Khirivskaya, Rinal Mukhametov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Viktoriya Isakova
6,8 IMDB Rating 5,016 Views
Koma
2019
After a mysterious accident a young architect comes back to his senses in a very odd world. He must find out the exact laws and regulations of it as he fights for his life and keeps on looking for the exit to the real world.
Category: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Stars: Rinal Mukhametov, Lyubov Aksyonova, Anton Pampushnyy, Milos Bikovic
6.5 IMDB Rating 3,443 Views
Day Watch
2006
A man who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.
Category: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina
6.5 IMDB Rating 2,841 Views
The Big Trip
2019
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 wilderness to return the panda to its rightful home.
Category: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids
Stars: Pauly Shore, Drake Bell, Stephen Thomas Ochsner, Danila Medvedev
5.4 IMDB Rating 3,314 Views
Beanpole
2019
1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
Category: Drama, War
Stars: Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey Bykov, Igor Shirokov
7.2 IMDB Rating 2,865 Views
Saving Leningrad
2019
September 1941. In a turn of events young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board of a barge that will evacuate people from sieged Leningrad. At night the barge gets into the storm. When it starts sinking, enemy planes - but not rescuers - are the first to arrive at the scene.
Category: Action, Drama, War
Stars: Maria Melnikova, Andrey Mironov-Udalov, Gela Meskhi, Anastasiya Melnikova
6.0 IMDB Rating 3,829 Views