How I Became Russian (
2019) | IMDb:
5.3
To please the father of his bride is not an easy task. This problem is faced by the Chinese guy Pen, when he goes to Moscow for his love - Ira, without even knowing what a nightmare awaits him. After all, her father Anatoly is not at all ready to give his daughter to the first comer, and he has his own plan for deliverance in this case ... However, the bride's father and the bridegroom will have to learn to respect each other if they want to keep the girl who loves most in the world.
Starring:
Dong Chan
,
Elizaveta Kononova
,
Vitaliy Khaev
,
Hrant Tokhatyan
,
Sergey Chirkov
,
Natalya Surkova
Sunstroke (
2014) | IMDb:
5.8
In a Crimean filtration camp, after the evacuation of the White Army, an unnamed captain is haunted by memories of a brief romance as he tries to understand how the Russian Empire fell apart and who is to blame.
Starring:
Mārtiņš Kalita
,
Viktoriya Solovyova
,
Anastasiya Imamova
,
Sergey Serov
,
Kseniya Popovich
,
Andrey Popovich
Directed by:
Nikita Mikhalkov
Rasputin (
2011) | IMDb:
5
A group of Russian noblemen want to maintain the monarchy and plan to kill Rasputin.
Starring:
Gérard Depardieu
,
Fanny Ardant
,
Vladimir Mashkov
,
Irina Alfyorova
,
Yuri Kolokolnikov
,
Konstantin Khabenskiy
Directed by:
Josée Dayan
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (
2010) | IMDb:
4.3
Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Utomlyonnye solntsem (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing. Russian officer Kotov, who miraculously survived the death sentence in Stalin's Purge, is now fighting in the front-lines. His daughter, Nadia, who survived a rape attempt by Nazi soldiers, is now a nurse risking her own life to save others. In the war-torn nation even former enemies are fighting together to defend their land. People stand up united for the sake of victory. Written by Steve Shelokhonov
Starring:
Nikita Mikhalkov
,
Oleg Menshikov
,
Evgeny Mironov
,
Dmitriy Dyuzhev
,
Artur Smolyaninov
,
Andrey Merzlikin
Directed by:
Nikita Mikhalkov
18-14 (
2007) | IMDb:
6
Detective story set up in the time and place of young Pushkin, at Tsarskosel'sky Liceum.
Starring:
Stas Belozerov
,
Stepan Balakshin
,
Ivan Makarevich
,
Aleksandr Bykovsky
,
Sergey Druzyak
,
Ivan Martynov
Directed by:
Andres Puustusmaa
12 (
2007) | IMDb:
7.6
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
Starring:
Sergei Makovetsky
,
Nikita Mikhalkov
,
Sergey Garmash
,
Valentin Gaft
,
Aleksey Petrenko
,
Yuriy Stoyanov
Directed by:
Nikita Mikhalkov