Thursday 22 December 2011

Most Popular Titles With Country of Origin Russia

1. Elena (2011) Elena (2011)
    7.7/10  
Elena and Vladimir are an older couple, they come from different backgrounds. Vladimir is a wealthy and cold man... Dir: Andrei Zvyagintsev With: Yelena Lyadova, Nadezhda Markina, Aleksey Rozin Drama 109 mins.
2. S.O.S Love! - The Million Dollar Contract (2011) S.O.S Love! - The Million Dollar Contract (2011)
    1.8/10  
Small time Hungarian matchmakers get the job to make a Hollywood star fall in love with a Russian 'businessman's spoiled brat sister. They get one million dollars if they succeed, but if they fail, they will have to pay with their lives. Dir: Tamás Sas With: C.J. Thomason, Christine Kelly, Attila Árpa Comedy | Romance
3. The Last Station (2009) The Last Station (2009)
    7.0/10  
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. Dir: Michael Hoffman With: Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer Biography | Drama | Romance R 112 mins.
4. Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007) Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
    7.3/10  
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. Dir: Sergey Bodrov With: Tadanobu Asano, Amadu Mamadakov, Khulan Chuluun Biography | Drama | History | Romance | War R 126 mins.
5. How I Ended This Summer (2010) How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    7.1/10  
A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei, a seasoned meteorologist, and Pavel... Dir: Aleksey Popogrebskiy With: Grigoriy Dobrygin, Sergey Puskepalis, Igor Chernevich Drama 130 mins.
6. Night Watch (2004) Night Watch (2004)
    6.4/10  
A fantasy-thriller set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle. Dir: Timur Bekmambetov With: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Mariya Poroshina Action | Fantasy | Thriller R 114 mins.
7. Day Watch (2006) Day Watch (2006)
    6.5/10  
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. Dir: Timur Bekmambetov With: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov Action | Fantasy | Thriller R 132 mins.
8. Attack on Leningrad (2009) Attack on Leningrad (2009)
    6.2/10  
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign journalists are evacuated but one of them... Dir: Aleksandr Buravsky With: Gabriel Byrne, Mira Sorvino, Aleksandr Abdulov Drama | War R 110 mins.
9. Space Dogs 3D (2010) Space Dogs 3D (2010)
    5.6/10  
Schoolbooks say that Belka and Strelka were first space dogs. But the dogs say that people dissemble a lot. Dir: Inna Evlannikova, Svyatoslav Ushakov With: Elena Yakovleva, Anna Bolshova, Yevgeny Mironov Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family G 85 mins.
10. The Concert (2009) The Concert (2009)
    7.5/10  
Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov, the renowned conductor of the Bolshoi orchestra, was fired for hiring Jewish musicians... Dir: Radu Mihaileanu With: Aleksey Guskov, Mélanie Laurent, Dmitri Nazarov Comedy | Drama | Music PG_13 119 mins.
11. Lucky Trouble (2011) Lucky Trouble (2011)
    6.0/10  
A school teacher from a small Russian town falls for a beautiful Moscow woman who is engaged to be married. Dir: Levan Gabriadze With: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Urgant, Milla Jovovich Comedy | Romance | Sport 90 mins.
12. The Return (2003) The Return (2003)
    8.1/10  
In the remote Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father--a man they only know through a single photograph--resurfaces. Dir: Andrei Zvyagintsev With: Vladimir Garin, Vanya Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenko Drama UNRATED 105 mins.
13. The Winter Queen (2012) The Winter Queen (2012)
In 1876 a young investigator with the Moscow police sets out to solve the apparent suicide of a university student, but soon lands in the middle of a far-reaching international conspiracy. Dir: Fyodor Bondarchuk With: Milla Jovovich, Anton Yelchin Action | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
14. Captivity (2007) Captivity (2007)
    4.6/10  
A man and a woman awaken to find themselves captured in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them psychologically mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed. Dir: Roland Joffé With: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince Crime | Horror | Thriller R 96 mins.
15. You and I (2011) You and I (2011)
    6.1/10  
Two teenage girls, Janie who is American and Lana who is Russian, fall in love after meeting at a t.A.T.u concert and are swept into a dangerous world of obsession, drug abuse and murder. Dir: Roland Joffé With: Mischa Barton, Shantel VanSanten, Alex Kaluzhsky Thriller R 100 mins.
16. 12 (2007) 12 (2007)
    7.6/10  
12 jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen teenager charged with murdering his stepfather. Dir: Nikita Mikhalkov With: Sergey Makovetskiy, Sergey Garmash, Apti Magamaev Crime | Drama | Thriller | War PG_13 159 mins.
17. 9th Company (2005) 9th Company (2005)
    7.2/10  
Young Soviet Army recruits are stuck in the bloody war in Afghanistan, that was started by politicians. Dir: Fyodor Bondarchuk With: Artur Smolyaninov, Aleksey Chadov, Konstantin Kryukov Action | Drama | History | War R 139 mins.
18. Fortress of War (2010) Fortress of War (2010)
    7.5/10  
A war drama set during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, in which Russian troops held on to a border stronghold for nine days. Dir: Aleksandr Kott With: Evgeniy Tsyganov, Andrey Merzlikin, Pavel Derevyanko Action | Drama | War | History 138 mins.
19. Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy (2011) Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy (2011)
    7.5/10  
Dir: Pyotr Buslov With: Sergey Bezrukov, Oksana Akinshina, Andrey Smolyakov Biography | Drama
20. Orlando (1992) Orlando (1992)
    7.0/10  
Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that... Dir: Sally Potter With: Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp Drama | Romance PG_13 94 mins.
21. My iz budushchego 2 (2010) My iz budushchego 2 (2010)
    5.8/10  
Dir: Oleg Pogodin, Dmitri Voronkov With: Aleksei Barabash, Semyon Belotserkovskiy, Dmitri Dyachuk Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | War
22. Faust (2011) Faust (2011)
    7.4/10  
A version of the German legend in which a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge. Dir: Aleksandr Sokurov With: Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinsky, Isolda Dychauk Drama 134 mins.
23. 4 (2005) 4 (2005)
    6.6/10  
Two men and a woman happen to meet in a bar. We learn from their conversations both the intriguing and banal details of their lives... Dir: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy With: Shavkat Abdusalamov, Anatoli Adoskin, Aleksei Khvostenko Drama 126 mins.
24. Russian Ark (2002) Russian Ark (2002)
    7.2/10  
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years. Dir: Aleksandr Sokurov With: Sergei Dontsov, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy Drama | Fantasy | History | Mystery 99 mins.
25. Rzhevskiy protiv Napoleona (2011) Rzhevskiy protiv Napoleona (2011)
    6.1/10  
Dir: Maryus Vaysberg With: Viktor Andrienko, Aleksandr Bashirov, Aleksey Buldakov Comedy
26. Siberia, Monamour (2011) Siberia, Monamour (2011)
    8.2/10  
Siberia. Late autumn. In taiga, in the deserted village there lives an old man Ivan & his seven-year-old grandson Leshia... Dir: Slava Ross With: Lidiya Bairashevskay, Nikolai Kozak, Sergey Novikov Drama 102 mins.
27. Admiral (2008) Admiral (2008)
    6.6/10  
This is a story of a great love facing the greatest drama of the history of Russia. Dir: Andrey Kravchuk With: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov Drama | History | War 124 mins.
28. Utomlennye solntsem (1994) Utomlennye solntsem (1994)
    7.9/10  
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young... Dir: Nikita Mikhalkov With: Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Oleg Menshikov Drama | History R 135 mins.
29. Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996) Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996)
    6.3/10  
This installment of Chan's Police Story series has our hero trying to locate a missing nuclear warhead. Dir: Stanley Tong With: Jackie Chan, Jackson Liu, Annie Wu Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller PG_13 107 mins.
30. Philosophy of a Knife (2008 Video) Philosophy of a Knife (2008 Video)
    5.3/10  
The true history of Japanese Unit 731, from its beginnings in the 1930s to its demise in 1945, and the subsequent trials in Khabarovsk... Dir: Andrey Iskanov With: Yukari Fujimoto, Yumiko Fujiwara, Svyatoslav Iliyasov Drama | Horror United States-NOT-RATED
31. Chernaya Molniya (2009) Chernaya Molniya (2009)
    5.9/10  
Moscow, 2004, and wealthy entrepreneur Kuptsov is drilling in the underground part of the city, trying to reach a huge diamond vein... Dir: Dmitriy Kiselev, Aleksandr Voytinskiy With: Grigoriy Dobrygin, Ekaterina Vilkova, Viktor Verzhbitskiy Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller 102 mins.
32. The Barber of Siberia (1998) The Barber of Siberia (1998)
    7.4/10  
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental... Dir: Nikita Mikhalkov With: Julia Ormond, Oleg Menshikov, Aleksey Petrenko Comedy | Drama | Romance 180 mins.
33. Silent Souls (2010) Silent Souls (2010)
    6.4/10  
Present days. A man and his companion go on a journey to cremate the dead body of the former beloved wife, on a riverbank in the area where they spent their honeymoon. Dir: Aleksei Fedorchenko With: Yuliya Aug, Larisa Damaskina, Olga Dobrina Drama 75 mins.
34. The Edge (2010) The Edge (2010)
    6.6/10  
The action takes place shortly after the end of the Second World War in the Siberian hinterland, among... Dir: Aleksei Uchitel With: Sergey Garmash, Aleksey Gorbunov, Vyacheslav Krikunov Adventure | Drama | Romance 124 mins.
35. The Island (2006) The Island (2006)
    7.7/10  
Somewhere 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. Dir: Pavel Lungin With: Pyotr Mamonov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Dmitriy Dyuzhev Drama 112 mins.
36. Six Degrees of Celebration (2010) Six Degrees of Celebration (2010)
    6.1/10  
Dir: Timur Bekmambetov, Yaroslav Chevazhevskiy With: Dmitry Medvedev, Alina Bulynko, Sergei Pokhodayev Comedy 90 mins.
37. Alexandra (2007) Alexandra (2007)
    6.9/10  
An elderly woman takes a train trip to visit her grandson at his army camp inside Chechnya. Dir: Aleksandr Sokurov With: Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva Drama | War 95 mins.
38. Yolki 2 (2011) Yolki 2 (2011)
    4.9/10  
Dir: Aleksandr Baranov, Timur Bekmambetov With: Evgeniya Abramova, Olga Aksyonova-Kavalay, Irina Arkhipova Comedy
39. Terra Nova (2008) Terra Nova (2008)
    6.7/10  
Dir: Aleksandr Melnik With: Konstantin Lavronenko, Andrei Feskov, Marat Basharov Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller 119 mins.
40. Utomlennye sontsem 2: Predstoyanie (2010) Utomlennye sontsem 2: Predstoyanie (2010)
    4.0/10  
Epic film about WWII, a sequel to Burnt by the Sun (1994). Evil Stalin is terrorizing people of Russia while the Nazis are advancing... Dir: Nikita Mikhalkov With: Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Menshikov, Sergey Garmash Drama 181 mins.
41. In Tranzit (2008) In Tranzit (2008)
    5.5/10  
In the winter of 1946, in Leningrad, a group of German prisoners of war are sent to a female transit camp by the cruel Russian Commander Pavlov... Dir: Tom Roberts With: Vera Farmiga, Thomas Kretschmann, John Malkovich Drama | Romance | War R 113 mins.
42. Brother (1997) Brother (1997)
    7.7/10  
Danila goes to his older brother to start a new life in Petersburg. His brother is a gangster and a killer... Dir: Aleksey Balabanov With: Sergey Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko Crime | Drama 96 mins.
43. The Banishment (2007) The Banishment (2007)
    7.5/10  
A trip to the pastoral countryside reveals a dark, sinister reality for a family from the city. Dir: Andrei Zvyagintsev With: Konstantin Lavronenko, Maria Bonnevie, Aleksandr Baluev Drama 157 mins.
44. Hipsters (2008) Hipsters (2008)
    7.1/10  
Young people struggle to do things their way in the 1950s. Dir: Valeriy Todorovskiy With: Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Evgeniya Khirivskaya Drama | Musical | Romance
45. Brigada (2002 TV Series) Brigada (2002 TV Series)
    8.5/10  
Brigada is a group of four friends, who grew up together and formed a most powerful gang in Moscow. Initially they made business together... Dir: Aleksei Sidorov With: Sergey Bezrukov, Dmitriy Dyuzhev, Pavel Maykov Crime | Drama 750 mins.
46. Mother and Son (1997) Mother and Son (1997)
    7.4/10  
A slow and poignant story of love and patience told via a dying mother nursed by her devoted son. The... Dir: Aleksandr Sokurov With: Aleksei Ananishnov, Gudrun Geyer Drama 73 mins.
47. Shadows in Paradise (2010) Shadows in Paradise (2010)
    3.4/10  
During a military raid to rescue in Iraq, Max Forrester's teammate and girlfriend Sasha, disappears mysteriously... Dir: J. Stephen Maunder With: Mark Dacascos, Armand Assante, Tom Sizemore Action 87 mins.
48. The Cuckoo (2002) The Cuckoo (2002)
    7.8/10  
September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish... Dir: Aleksandr Rogozhkin With: Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Viktor Bychkov Drama | War | Comedy PG_13 99 mins.
49. Generation P (2011) Generation P (2011)
    6.8/10  
A chronicle of the rise of the advertising industry in Post-Soviet Russia. Dir: Victor Ginzburg With: Vladimir Epifantsev, Mikhail Efremov, Andrey Fomin Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi
50. Crime and Punishment (2002) Crime and Punishment (2002)
    6.8/10  
A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed. Dir: Menahem Golan With: Crispin Glover, Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt Drama 126 mins

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