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1. Rasputin (1996 TV Movie)
R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
HBO biopic about the infamous "mad monk" Rasputin from the court of Czar Nicholas II in Russia.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen, David Warner
Votes: 3,982
2. Rasputin (1981)
104 min | Biography, Drama, History
Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
Director: Elem Klimov | Stars: Aleksey Petrenko, Anatoliy Romashin, Velta Line, Alisa Freyndlikh
Votes: 1,686
3. Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
Thrown out of his monastery for licentious and drunken behavior, Rasputin travels to St Petersburg in pursuit of wealth and prestige. He soon gains influence at court with his powers of healing and of hypnotism.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews
Votes: 3,463
4. For Motherland (1977)
192 min | History, War
In 1877 during the Russo-Turkish war the Kingdom of Romania joins the war on Russia's side and declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Mircea Albulescu, Mircea Anghelescu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Constantin Codrescu
Votes: 311
5. Anna Karenina (II) (2013–2018)
Not Rated | 354 min | Drama
Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent and handsome Count Vronsky. Tolstoy's novel adaptation.
Stars: Santiago Cabrera, Lou de Laâge, Sydne Rome, Ángela Molina
Votes: 646
6. Anna Karenina (I) (2012)
R | 129 min | Drama, Romance
In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Macfadyen
Votes: 106,566 | Gross: $12.82M
7. Anna Karenina (1997)
PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Romance
Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner
Votes: 6,190 | Gross: $0.79M
8. Anna Karenina (1948)
Approved | 139 min | Drama, Romance
A married woman's affair with a dashing young officer has tragic results.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore, Hugh Dempster
Votes: 2,945
9. Anna Karenina (1985 TV Movie)
PG | 135 min | Drama, Romance
Tragic Anna leaves her cold husband for dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia.
Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Reeve, Paul Scofield, Ian Ogilvy
Votes: 372
10. War and Peace (1965)
GP | 393 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Lyudmila Saveleva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Boris Zakhava
Votes: 8,347 | Gross: $0.13M
11. Love and Death (1975)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, War
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Georges Adet, Frank Adu
Votes: 40,864
12. Miguel Strogof (1955– )
The adventures and characters encountered by a Russian courier tasked with delivering a message from the Czar to the Grand Duke, across enemy lines.
Stars: Percy Aires, David Neto, José Parisi, Geny Prado
13. Strogoff (1970)
109 min | Adventure
A captain in the Czar's army encounters danger and romance while carrying a secret message across 19th-century Russia.
Director: Eriprando Visconti | Stars: John Phillip Law, Mimsy Farmer, Hiram Keller, Delia Boccardo
Votes: 119
14. Michael Strogoff (1956)
111 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 19th century Russia, a Tartar rebellion led by Feofar Khan separates Russia from Siberia where the Tsar's brother and his troops are making a last stand. The Tsar entrusts Captain Michel Strogoff to deliver a vital message to them.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Geneviève Page, Jacques Dacqmine, Sylva Koscina
Votes: 604
15. Le triomphe de Michel Strogoff (1961)
118 min | Adventure, Drama
Colonel Strogoff is assigned by the Empress to protect the young and impetuous Prince Bachenberg during an expedition against Kiva. Along the way he meets the beautiful and mysterious Tatiana, who turns out to be a spy.
Director: Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Capucine, Jacques Bézard, Daniel Emilfork
Votes: 194
16. Michel Strogoff (1975– )
90 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Captain Michael Strogoff is chosen in Moscow to be the courier of the Tsar, 5,523 km far to Irkutsk, to warn the governor about the traitor Ivan Ogareff, a former colonel, who was once demoted and exiled and now seeks revenge.
Stars: Raimund Harmstorf, Lorenza Guerrieri, Pierre Vernier, Vernon Dobtcheff
Votes: 531
17. 55 Days at Peking (1963)
Unrated | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.
Directors: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson
Votes: 7,423
18. The World in His Arms (1952)
Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, History
In 1850 San Francisco, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn, John McIntire
Votes: 2,333 | Gross: $3.00M
19. Port Arthur (1936)
81 min | Drama, War
Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky marries Youki, the sister of a fanatical Japanese officer - but war is imminent...
Director: Nicolas Farkas | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Karin Hardt, René Deltgen, Paul Hartmann
Votes: 31
20. The Battle of Port Arthur (1980)
185 min | Drama, History, War
The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
Director: Toshio Masuda | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Teruhiko Aoi, Toshirô Mifune, Hisaya Morishige
Votes: 338
21. Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
G | 128 min | Drama, History, War
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan.
Director: Seiji Maruyama | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûzô Kayama, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 277
22. Tsar (2009)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, History
A 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.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Pyotr Mamonov, Oleg Yankovskiy, Ramilya Iskander, Anastasiya Dontsova
Votes: 3,246
23. Boris Godunov (1986)
130 min | Drama, History
Based on the Alexander Pushkin's play, epic story about Tsar Boris Godunov, who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605.
Director: Sergey Bondarchuk | Stars: Sergey Bondarchuk, Alyona Bondarchuk, Gennadi Mitrofanov, Valeriy Storozhik
Votes: 288
24. Boris Godunov (2011)
124 min | Drama
Our eternal theme is crime and punishment. In Boris Godunov, problems of conscience and existential choice are linked to the history of the country. Pushkin says that these things are woven... See full summary »
Director: Vladimir Mirzoev | Stars: Maksim Sukhanov, Andrey Merzlikin, Leonid Gromov, Dmitriy Pevtsov
Votes: 83
25. Boris Godunov (1954)
110 min | Drama, Music
Action happens at the end of the 16th century, on the eve of "time of troubles". The main character of this historical tragedy - the Russian tsar Boris Godunov who has ascended to a throne ... See full summary »
Director: Vera Stroyeva | Stars: Aleksandr Pirogov, Nikandr Khanayev, Georgi Nelepp, Maksim Mikhaylov
Votes: 90
26. Godunov (2018– )
52 min | Drama, History
The mysterious death of the rightful heir ends the rule of the ancient dynasty, leading to a power struggle. The mystery of Godunov's rise to power, deceitful conspiracies, and destruction of his family are unveiled in this major saga.
Stars: Sergey Bezrukov, Sergey Makovetskiy, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Anna Mikhalkova
Votes: 299
27. Boris Godunov (2010 TV Movie)
164 min | Music
Director: Francesca Nesler | Stars: Evgeny Akimov, Orlin Anastassov, Peter Bronder, Vasily Ladjuk
28. Mlody las (1934)
71 min | Drama
1905 revolution in Russian-occupied Poland. High school students try to rebel against the oppression and duplicity of their teachers.
Director: Joseph Lejtes | Stars: Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski, Boguslaw Samborski, Maria Bogda, Adam Brodzisz
Votes: 67
29. Prowokator (1995)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama
At the beginning of the 20th century, there's no Poland. Russia occupies Warsaw. Herling, a fearless provocateur, is captured when a bomb he sets off kills two children. Although he's ... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Lang | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Christoph Pieczynski, Danuta Stenka, Bartlomiej Topa
Votes: 155
30. Prussian Culture (1908)
8 min | Short, Drama
The oldest existent Polish film deals with the forced Germanisation of western Polish regions and the school protest in Wrzesnia with its harsh repercussions.
Votes: 256
31. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, History, War
In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews
Votes: 3,880
32. Catherine the Great (2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life and times of the woman who reformed the Russian empire.
Stars: Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Gina McKee, Kevin McNally
Votes: 6,485
33. 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
34. Ekaterina (2014–2023)
44 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Russian Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), a German-born princess who came to Russia as the wife of Peter III, chosen by her aunt Elizabeth, and who, once in power, transformed the Russian empire.
Stars: Marina Aleksandrova, Michael Gor, Vladimir Yaglych, Pavel Tabakov
Votes: 1,685
35. The Tartars (1961)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tartan and Viking forces clash in what is modern-day Russia.
Directors: Richard Thorpe, Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Liana Orfei, Arnoldo Foà
Votes: 511
36. Taras Bulba (1962)
Approved | 122 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In the 16th-century Ukraine, the Polish overlords and Ukrainian cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent Turkish invasions force them to unite against the common Turkish foe.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 4,476 | Gross: $7.41M
37. Taras Bulba (2009)
Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Drama, History
Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.
Director: Vladimir Bortko | Stars: Bogdan Stupka, Igor Petrenko, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Magdalena Mielcarz
Votes: 3,408
38. The Fixer (1968)
M | 132 min | Drama
In Czarist Russia, around 1911, a Russian-Jewish handyman, Yakov Bok (Sir Alan Bates), is wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith
Votes: 1,468
39. The Conquest of Siberia (2019)
TV-14 | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young officer, Ivan Demarin, is sent to the depths of Siberia. Here Ivan meets his first love and, together with his regiment, finds himself drawn into a conspiracy by local princes, who are hunting for Yarkand's gold.
Director: Igor Zaytsev | Stars: Vladimir Afanasyev, Andrey Burkovskiy, Yerkebulan Daiyrov, Evgeniy Dyatlov
Votes: 1,290
40. Peter the Great (1986)
371 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s.
Stars: Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif, Trevor Howard
Votes: 800
41. Long Way North (2015)
PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In 1882, a young Russian aristocrat goes on an epic adventure to find out what happened to her grandfather and save her family's reputation.
Director: Rémi Chayé | Stars: Christa Théret, Féodor Atkine, Thomas Sagols, Rémi Caillebot
Votes: 3,915
42. Osmanli kartali (1969)
65 min | Drama, War
An Ottoman Eagle Islam Bey dons the guise of Ivan the prince and enters the Russian giaour's castle to learn plan of attack of Russian giaours.
Director: Osman F. Seden | Stars: Cüneyt Arkin, Hülya Asan, Kadir Savun, Önder Somer
Votes: 154
43. Union of Salvation (2019)
136 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of officers of the Russian Imperial Guard prepare a revolt in December 1825, when about 3,000 officers and soldiers refused to swear allegiance to the new tsar.
Director: Andrey Kravchuk | Stars: Sergey Agafonov, Yuriy Baturin, Klim Berdinskiy, Rostislav Bershauer
Votes: 1,595
44. Vivat, gardemariny! (1991)
140 min | Adventure, History, Romance
In the second movie the Naval Cadets are guarding the princess coming from Germany to marry a Russian prince.
Director: Svetlana Druzhinina | Stars: Dmitriy Kharatyan, Sergey Zhigunov, Mikhail Mamaev, Tatyana Ditkovscene
Votes: 737
45. Il figlio di Aquila Nera (1968)
91 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Director: Guido Malatesta | Stars: Mimmo Palmara, Edwige Fenech, Franco Ressel, Ingrid Schoeller
Votes: 49
46. The Duelist (2016)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
In the times of Imperial Russia, a former military man of honor makes his own way in life participating in the deadly fights for other people as professional duelist.
Director: Aleksey Mizgiryov | Stars: Pyotr Fyodorov, Vladimir Mashkov, Yuliya Khlynina, Yuri Kolokolnikov
Votes: 3,304
47. Gorky 1: The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
98 min | Biography, Drama
A drama reveals the great writer's inauspicious early years as an orphan raised by conniving relatives.
Director: Mark Donskoy | Stars: Aleksei Lyarsky, Varvara Massalitinova, Mikhail Troyanovskiy, Elizaveta Alekseeva
Votes: 779
48. Tempest (1958)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, History
In 18th century Russia, Imperial officer Piotr Grinov is dispatched to a faraway isolated outpost where his loyalties are tested during the Pugachev Rebellion against the Empress Catherine II.
Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Silvana Mangano, Van Heflin, Viveca Lindfors, Geoffrey Horne
Votes: 263
49. 1812 (1944)
95 min | Drama
Film deals with Mikhail Kutuzov defeat of Napoleon in 1812
Director: Vladimir Petrov | Stars: Aleksei Dikij, Semyon Mezhinsky, Yevgeniy Kaluzhsky, Sergo Zakariadze
Votes: 122
50. 1812. Ulanskaya ballada (2012)
98 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The Year is 1812. On the eve of the decisive battle of Borodino, Napoleon's secret agent steals a Russian battle plan. This fact is known to General Kutuzov (Head of Russian forces), thanks... See full summary »
Director: Oleg Fesenko | Stars: Gediminas Adomaitis, Anatoliy Belyy, Sergey Bezrukov, Anya Chipovskaya
Votes: 419
51. Pirogov (1947)
92 min | Biography, Drama, War
On the life of Russian doctor Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov who used field surgery in the 1853 Crimean War.
Director: Grigoriy Kozintsev | Stars: Konstantin Skorobogatov, Vladimir Chestnokov, Olga Lebzak, Sergei Yarov
Votes: 56
52. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.
Directors: Sergei Eisenstein, Dmitriy Vasilev | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov, Dmitriy Orlov
Votes: 12,263
53. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov
Votes: 10,866
54. Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
Not Rated | 88 min | Biography, Drama, History
As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov, Mikhail Zharov
Votes: 8,056
55. Ivan the Terrible, Part III (1988)
4 min | Short, Biography, Drama
Eisenstein began work on this third Ivan the Terrible film in 1946, but production was halted when the decision was made not to release the second. More than 20 minutes was filmed, but only a fragment lasting less than 5 minutes exists.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Nikolay Cherkasov, Mikhail Romm, Oleg Zhakov
Votes: 398
56. Heroes of Shipka (1955)
90 min | Drama, History, War
Epic historical drama. The Russo - Turkish War of Liberation of 1878 and the role of the Bulgarian Volunteer Gorps.
Director: Sergey Vasilev | Stars: Ivan Pereverzev, Viktor Avdyushko, Georgiy Yumatov, Konstantin Sorokin
Votes: 306
57. The Possessed (1988)
116 min | Drama
In 1870 Russia, a group of young and idealistic anarchists plots to overthrow the established order through violent means.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jutta Lampe, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Bernard Blier
Votes: 669
58. Sophia (2016)
52 min | History
In 15th Century Russia, the last Byzantine princess, Sophia Palaiologina, moves from Rome to distant Moscow to marry Czar Ivan III. Destined to become the first influential female figure of... See full summary »
Stars: Evgeniy Tsyganov, Mariya Andreeva, Nadezhda Markina, Pyotr Zaychenko
Votes: 542
59. The Blood Lady (2018)
52 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of heiress Dariya Saltykova, who for her cruelty went down in history as a bloody lady and can be considered the first Russian serial killer.
Stars: Marta Kessler, Pyotr Rykov, Yuriy Tsurilo, Igor Yasulovich
Votes: 225
60. The Last Czars (2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A Chronicled look at the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia.
Stars: Robert Jack, Susanna Herbert, Ben Cartwright, Oliver Dimsdale
Votes: 9,671
61. The Romanovs (2013)
60 min | History
This history of the Romanov dynasty, the family that ruled Russia from 1613 until the October Revolution of 1917.
Star: Ilya Sherbinin
Votes: 429
62. Pan Tadeusz (1999)
Not Rated | 147 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russia's client state of Lithuania, think independence will come if they join forces with Napoleon when he invades Russia. This unity of purpose, in one ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Daniel Olbrychski, Grazyna Szapolowska, Andrzej Seweryn
Votes: 3,715
63. The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
Straightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne.
Directors: Paul Czinner, Alexander Korda | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elisabeth Bergner, Flora Robson, Gerald du Maurier
Votes: 740
64. Young Catherine (1991 TV Movie)
Unrated | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Plummer, Franco Nero, Marthe Keller
Votes: 1,177
65. Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil (1976)
100 min | Musical, Romance
Loosely based on Peter the Great's Negro, Alexander Pushkin's unfinished novel based on his own great-grandfather, a black African brought to Russia.
Director: Aleksandr Mitta | Stars: Vladimir Vysotskiy, Aleksey Petrenko, Ivan Ryzhov, Irina Mazurkevich
Votes: 501
66. Peter the First (1937)
96 min | Biography, Drama, History
A historical film about the life and state activities of Tsar Peter I, the reformer of Russia of the XVIII century, starting from the Battle of Narva in 1700 and ending with the adoption of the title of emperor by Peter the Great in 1721.
Director: Vladimir Petrov | Stars: Nikolai Simonov, Nikolay Cherkasov, Alla Tarasova, Mikhail Zharov
Votes: 239
67. 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
68. Rasputin (1938)
93 min | Biography, Drama, History
Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal, Pierre Richard-Willm, Carine Nelson
Votes: 59
69. Grigoriy R. (2014)
375 min | Biography, Drama, History
TV series about the mad monk Grigoriy Rasputin, who became a hugely influential figure at the court of Tsar Nicholas II.
Stars: Vladimir Mashkov, Ekaterina Klimova, Andrey Smolyakov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Votes: 165
70. Statskiy sovetnik (2005)
127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Third film based on Boris Akunin's "Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina" series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general Khrapov was killed and no one else but ... See full summary »
Director: Filipp Yankovskiy | Stars: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Mashkov
Votes: 3,218
71. Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya (1975)
167 min | Drama, History, Romance
In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and... See full summary »
Director: Vladimir Motyl | Stars: Irina Kupchenko, Aleksey Batalov, Natalya Bondarchuk, Oleg Strizhenov
Votes: 715
72. A Cruel Romance (1984)
142 min | Drama, Romance
A bitter story about tender love and its cruel betrayal set in Russia of the 19th century.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Larisa Guzeeva, Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrey Myagkov
Votes: 3,986
73. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Not Rated | 66 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
Director: Sergei Eisenstein | Stars: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barskiy, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Votes: 61,459 | Gross: $0.05M
74. Onegin (1999)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
Russia, 1820s: Onegin inherits his uncle's country estate and moves there from St. Petersburg. He befriends his neighbor, Lensky, and meets Tatyana through him. She falls in love with Onegin but he just wants friendship.
Director: Martha Fiennes | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey
Votes: 8,310 | Gross: $0.21M
75. Yevgeni Onegin (1959)
106 min | Drama, Music
The uncle's illness forces the nobleman Eugene Onegin to leave St. Petersburg for the countryside.
Director: Roman Tikhomirov | Stars: Ariadna Shengelaia, Galina Vishnevskaya, Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Larisa Avdeyeva
Votes: 149
76. The Great (2020–2023)
TV-MA | 1,594 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
Stars: Elle Fanning, Phoebe Fox, Gwilym Lee, Adam Godley
Votes: 54,462
77. Rasputin (2010)
Not Rated | 85 min | Biography, Drama, History
The true story of the greatest occultist of 1900. The truth beyond the Legend.
Director: Louis Nero | Stars: Francesco Cabras, Daniele Savoca, Franco Nero, Marco Sabatino
Votes: 142
78. Colonel Chabert (1994)
110 min | Drama, History, Romance
Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate. When he regains his health and memory... See full summary »
Director: Yves Angelo | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier
Votes: 2,076 | Gross: $0.73M
79. One Russian Summer (1973)
R | 112 min | Drama, History
Based on Lermontov's novel Vadim, this costume drama, set in Russia during the 1700s, chronicles the battle between a vengeful, anarchic peasant and the tyrannical landowner who killed his mother and father.
Director: Antonio Calenda | Stars: Oliver Reed, John McEnery, Carole André, Ray Lovelock
Votes: 405
80. Zhila-byla odna baba (2011)
150 min | Drama, History, War
A chronicle of the life of an illiterate Russian peasant woman between 1909 and 1921, focusing on her private life and major historic events in the country.
Director: Andrey Smirnov | Stars: Darya Ekamasova, Nina Ruslanova, Vladislav Abashin, Roman Madyanov
Votes: 850
81. Svoboda po russki (2006)
260 min | Documentary
Documentary covering 100 years of Russian history.
Directors: Irina Bessasrabova, Aleksandr Guryanov, Slava Padalka, Andrey Smirnov | Stars: Yuriy Shevchuk, Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Sakharov, Aleksandr Yakovlev
82. Il giovane Mussolini (1993– )
R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of a young Benito Mussolini. It is the drama of a man whose lust for power unleashed a reign of terror - the chilling account of how an ambitious young schoolteacher became the ruthless dictator of Italy.
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Toni Bertorelli, Valentina Lainati, Franco Mescolini
Votes: 246
83. Mussorgsky (1950)
120 min | Biography, Drama
Saint Petersburg, 1858. A group of composers known as The Five meet at Balakirev's. Young Modest Mussorgsky, both a civil servant and a musician, has become a fixture there. He tells about ... See full summary »
Director: Grigoriy Roshal | Stars: Aleksandr Borisov, Nikolay Cherkasov, Vladimir Balashov, Yuri Leonidov
Votes: 79
84. Rimskiy-Korsakov (1953)
88 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A musical biography of the great Russian classical composer.
Directors: Gennadiy Kazanskiy, Grigoriy Roshal | Stars: Grigori Belov, Nikolay Cherkasov, Aleksandr Borisov, Liliya Gritsenko
Votes: 54
85. Un colpo di pistola (1942)
90 min | Drama, History
Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Sergei can't bring himself to kill his friend. He fires only after taking the bullet out of his pistol. Now, it is the Count's turn to fire...
Director: Renato Castellani | Stars: Assia Noris, Fosco Giachetti, Antonio Centa, Rubi Dalma
Votes: 92
86. The Last Station (2009)
R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 19,164 | Gross: $6.62M
87. The Secret Agent (1996)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Verloc lives in London 1886 with a pretty wife and her retarded brother. He's an agent for the Russian embassy. A new ambassador wants more from him than in the past years - something with a bomb. Verloc also informs the police.
Director: Christopher Hampton | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 2,560 | Gross: $0.11M
88. Qazaq History of the Golden Man (2021)
113 min | Documentary, History
Feature documentary and eight episodes of documentary series. Nursultan Nazarbayev interviewed by Oliver Stone. The great journey of the Kazakh nation to sovereignty from the time of the Scythians to the current multipolar world.
Director: Igor Lopatonok | Stars: Igor Lopatonok, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Dariga Nazarbayeva, Oliver Stone
Votes: 57
89. Pirogov (1969 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on biography of the Russian surgeon Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov (1810 - 1881). Pirogov lost his father at age 14. He vigorously studied medicine and was qualified as physician in 1828, ... See full summary »
Stars: Aleksandr Borisov, Petr Shelokhonov
90. Nulevaya Mirovaya (2017)
Documentary
The war of 1853-1856 is often called the Crimean War. But the battle for Crimea was only an episode of that huge war. The confrontation of the Russian Empire with the combined forces of the... See full summary »
Stars: Yuriy Kornishin, Alexey Shramenko
Votes: 13
91. Viking (2016)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Drama, History
Kievan Rus, late 10th century. After the death of his father, the young Viking prince Vladimir of Novgorod is forced into exile across the frozen sea.
Director: Andrey Kravchuk | Stars: Danila Kozlovskiy, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Maksim Sukhanov, Igor Petrenko
Votes: 5,067
92. Kupala (2020)
156 min | Biography, Drama, History
A story about the dramatic fate of the national poet of Belarus Yanka Kupala. The movie reveals the main milestones of the poet's life and career, coinciding with the most tragic events of the 20th century.
Director: Vladimir Yankovskiy | Stars: Nikolay Shestak, Elena Pobegaeva, Veronika Plyashkevich, Anna Polupanova
Votes: 94
93. Notes of the Forwarder of the Secret Office (2014 TV Movie)
Adventure
The story is based on the 18th-century adventures of Ivan Samoilov, sergeant in a Dragoon regiment, who meets Navy officer Plahov. Together they travel to America and rescue their friends from a prison.
Director: Oleg Ryaskov | Stars: Sergey Chonishvili, Anastasiya Gorkova, Pyotr Krasilov, Darya Melnikova
94. Il compagno Don Camillo (1965)
93 min | Comedy
Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Leda Gloria, Gianni Garko
Votes: 1,980
95.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Catherine II: Nuits blanches à Saint Petersbourg
(2009)
Biography, History
About the life of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg.
Director: David Jankowski | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Cyrille Boulay, Philippe Brenot, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
96.
Estudio 1 (1965–2016)
Episode:
Metternich
(1966)
85 min | Drama
Director: Cayetano Luca de Tena | Stars: Carlos Ballesteros, Montserrat Julió, Ana María Vidal, Mari Carmen Nevado
97. Knyaz Vladimir. Film pervyy (2006)
Not Rated | 78 min | Animation, Action, Drama
The film is about those times and events as a result of which the semi-military alliance of the heathen Slavic breeds have become Rus from the Baltic to the Black Sea. This transformation ... See full summary »
Directors: Yuriy Batanin, Yuri Kulakov | Stars: Sergey Bezrukov, Aleksandr Barinov, Lev Durov, Igor Yasulovich
Votes: 958
98. Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley (2016)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
British historian Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to investigate the 300-year reign of the Romanov dynasty.
Stars: Lucy Worsley, Janet Hartley, Simon Dixon, Sergei Bogatyrev
Votes: 1,115
99. Istoriya odnogo naznacheniya (2018)
112 min | Drama, History
The shrill and tragic story about an event that involved Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy.
Director: Avdotya Smirnova | Stars: Aleksey Smirnov, Filipp Gurevich, Evgeniy Kharitonov, Irina Gorbacheva
Votes: 596
100. Lev Tolstoy (1984)
168 min | Biography, Drama
The film concentrates on the late years of the life of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy leading up to his death, telling about his disenchantment with the system and exploitation of the common people by the privileged classes.
Director: Sergey Gerasimov | Stars: Sergey Gerasimov, Tamara Makarova, Borivoj Navrátil, Aleksey Petrenko
Votes: 123
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