Best Russian movies to watch
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
The highest-rated Russian movies streaming in India right now, ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating. Every pick is on a subscription or free app today.
43 titles across 1 language, average IMDb rating 5.8.
1. Beanpole (2019)
Movie · Russian · 2h 14m · Drama, War · IMDb 7.2 (13K votes)
1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
2. The Spacewalker (2017)
Movie · Russian · 2h 20m · Adventure, Drama · IMDb 7.2 (8.8K votes)
March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no risk is too great. Now it’s up to the unlikely duo of a seasoned war veter
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
3. Battle for Sevastopol (2015)
Movie · Russian · 1h 50m · War, Drama · IMDb 7.0 (16K votes)
The story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
4. F@ck This Job (2022)
Movie · Russian · 1h 55m · Documentary · IMDb 7.4 (611 votes)
In 2008, Natasha, a newly rich woman, decides to open an independent TV station in Russia and builds an open-minded team of outcasts. By 2020, Natasha has lost everything to Russia's war between Propaganda and Truth.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
5. Masha and the Bear: 12 Months (2022)
Movie · Russian · 23m · Comedy, Animation · IMDb 6.9 (101 votes)
On New Year's Eve, any miracles are possible. You can even meet the magical guardians of nature - 12 months, who come together only once a year. This is how Masha meets little January, the Lord of Ice, while the Bear and other forest dwellers prepare for an unforgettable holiday.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
6. T-34 (2018)
Movie · Russian · 2h 19m · Drama, History · IMDb 6.8 (17K votes)
In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
7. Woman (2019)
Movie · Russian · 16m · Drama, Comedy
The comedy is based on Russian absurd laws according to violence and self defense. Early in the morning, Katya returns home from the night shift using her usual route. Walking home from the train station she has to go through the forest. Katya is attacked by a rapist in mask, but, fortunately, he is frightened by a dog
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + sharp humour
8. Mute (2018)
Movie · Russian · 9m · Drama
The little boy receives the last instruction from his mother: now he will have to take care of a deaf father who has problems with alcohol, because in fact, dad is a samurai who has made a vow of silence and needs a mentor ... When a representative of guardianship authorities comes to them, little a family of two is on
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + mind-bending twists
9. Black Box (2021)
Movie · Russian · 6m · Animation
The heroine, tormented by insomnia, accepts the help of the unconscious part of her personality. She falls asleep and meets the feelings that overwhelm her in order to unravel the invisible threads of childhood trauma.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + family-friendly fun
10. Burning (2024)
Movie · Russian · 5m · Horror, Comedy
An obsession of pyromaniac leads to unexpected events.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
11. Zita and Gita (2024)
Movie · Russian · 1h 3m · Documentary
In the spring of 2003, Moscow surgeons separated two Siamese twins, Zita and Gita Rezakhanov. Two girls from a tiny Kyrgyz village lived together from birth: they had a common bladder, fused intestines and three legs for two. Doctors helped the Siamese twins to find a new life, but the girl's happiness was never achiev
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + family-friendly fun
12. Cornstalk (2020)
Movie · Russian · 8m · Animation · IMDb 6.6 (7 votes)
This is a story about a princess who has such a difficult life because of her enormous height. In an attempt to marry his daughter, the king throws a ball. But in horror, all the suitors scatter. Despair and chance lead the old lady to where she finds her happiness.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + sharp humour
13. It's All Good (2021)
Movie · Russian · 1h 36m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 6.7 (33 votes)
The outside world with its microbes and viruses is deadly for the boy Gosha. That's why he never left the hospital until the disappearance of Oni's only friend made him forget about the danger. The boy goes on an amazing journey through New Year's Moscow, and Valera, a wayward courier, helps him in this, in many ways a
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
14. Life Span of the Object in Frame (a Film about the Film not yet shot) (2013)
Movie · Russian · 1h 56m · Documentary · IMDb 6.5 (26 votes)
The time of exposure is the life span of an object in frame. In this regard, no photo is just a two-dimensional graphic composition - it always has the third, temporal dimension. A photo is a time carrier, the vessel of memory... But whose memory? Of the Face or the Thing or the Landscape which are still on the photo?
Feels like: family-friendly fun + mind-bending twists
15. The Settlement (2001)
Movie · Russian · 1h 20m · Documentary · IMDb 6.7 (220 votes)
This movie is about a day in life of the settlement for people with mental problems. Located in a peaceful countryside, it conveys an image of a pure, happy place, where people live and work together, in complete harmony. But there is a growing unexplainable feeling of anxiety and hopelessness.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + dark, gritty edges
16. Sun Dog (2020)
Movie · Russian · 20m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 6.6 (131 votes)
Fedor is a young locksmith in Murmansk, a frozen city in the obscurity of the Russian Arctic. Client after client, he roams through the alleys of concrete animated by a fantasy that isolates him from the city and its population. His dreams corrode his relation to reality and open the door to a phantasmagoric universe;
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
17. The Halt (2000)
Movie · Russian · 25m · Drama · IMDb 6.5 (318 votes)
Speeding trains slice through the silence of the small train stop. The whistle on the locomotive and the thunder of the wheels disappear into the night, but fail to wake up people at the station. People just continue to sleep. What do they wait for? What will wake them up?
Feels like: family-friendly fun + dark, gritty edges
18. Letter (2013)
Movie · Russian · 20m · Documentary · IMDb 6.0 (230 votes)
A remote village in the Northwest of Russia. A mental asylum is located in an old wooden house. The place and its inhabitants seem to be untouched by civilization. In this pristine setting, no articulate human voice is heard, and pain is muted. The landscapes and buildings are not so much inhabited as lightly entwined
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
19. Who's There? (2022)
Movie · Russian · 1h 20m · Thriller · IMDb 5.7 (294 votes)
A knock on your door sets in motion the feeling of anxiety. Should you open? Who, or what, will you encounter if you do? The characters of this continuous-shot anthology film – a billionaire, a commercial pilot, a trainee police officer, and a young single mother – find themselves in critical situations, facing the unk
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + mind-bending twists
20. Enchanted Princess (2018)
Movie · Russian · 1h 15m · Animation, Family · IMDb 5.0 (214 votes)
A family comedy about a young Prince, who sets on a mission to find a missing Princess from the neighborhood kingdom. Along the journey, Prince meets a doopie dragon who joins him on an adventure, but Prince does not know that the dragon isn't who he says he is.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + sharp humour
21. The Snow Queen and the Princess (2022)
Movie · Russian · 1h 16m · Adventure, Animation · IMDb 4.3 (223 votes)
Kai and Gerda live in a cozy quiet town, but suddenly the Ice Spirits come there intending to freeze everyone. However, Ila, a little wizardess of Mirrorlands, comes to help the heroes. Together they go to the magic world of Mirrorlands to get the Spirits back.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + family-friendly fun
22. Once In The Desert (2022)
Movie · Russian · 2h 1m · War, Drama · IMDb 5.8 (626 votes)
The films follows a Syrian War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by ISIS militants while they prepare the recently liberated historic site of Palmyra to hold a symbolic concert of the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra. The peacekeeping event can only be held in Palmyra that has been severely damaged by the t
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
23. Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)
Movie · Russian · 1h 45m · War, History · IMDb 6.6 (6.5K votes)
A Russian military propaganda film about the tank commander Kalashnikov, severely injured in battle in 1941. The accident leaves him incapacitated and unable to return to the front line. While recovering in the hospital, he begins creating the initial sketches of what will become one of the world’s most legendary weapo
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + dark, gritty edges
24. Anybody Seen My Girl? (2021)
Movie · Russian · 1h 40m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 5.4 (442 votes)
Sergei and Kira were considered the most beautiful bohemian couple among cinema lovers of Saint Petersburg in the early 90’s. Their fantastic love affair ended with Kira leaving town, fleeing for new life, new relationship. Sergei has died shortly after. Only after a few years does Kira realize that she never stopped l
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
25. Balkan Line (2019)
Movie · Russian · 2h 10m · Drama, Action · IMDb 6.6 (11K votes)
After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + breakneck pacing
26. The Rage (2023)
Movie · Russian · 1h 40m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 5.9 (1K votes)
An unprecedented epidemic of rabies is breaking out in the taiga. Infected wolves become more and more ferocious, and even the slightest bite brings certain death. At the same time, a desperate father decides to forcibly isolate his son in one of the hunting lodges in order to save him from addiction. Soon, he and seve
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
27. Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance (2018)
Movie · Russian · 1h 46m · Mystery, Thriller · IMDb 6.1 (1.4K votes)
Soon after Gogol's death, Binh names him guilty for the deaths of the Cossacks and the young women at the hands of the Dark Horseman, since he was the one who ordered them to be hidden in the barn. Bomgart is unable to perform a post-mortem analysis on the Gogol's body, while Vakula's daughter Vasilina (who secretly ha
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
28. Emergency Landing (2023)
Movie · Russian · 1h 30m · Thriller, Adventure · IMDb 5.9 (1.1K votes)
Damir Yusupov could never have imagined that one day he would be hailed as a hero. As a child he dreamed of flying and was certain that he would follow in the footsteps of his aviator father, but fate seemed to have other plans for him. As years went by, even those closest to him lost hope, but Damir finally managed to
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
29. The Ex (2021)
Movie · Russian · 1h 30m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 4.4 (386 votes)
The story of how social networks and instant messengers are changing the life of a modern person. It has been several years since a 16-year-old teenager posted a photo of his girlfriend in the general chat, hoping to boast to friends. Now he has a happy adult life: work, friends, fiance Katya, who is about to become hi
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
30. The Princess and the Dragon (2018)
Movie · Russian · 1h 15m · Animation, Fantasy · IMDb 4.1 (385 votes)
On her 7th birthday, Princess Barbara discovers a magical book that transports her to Wonderland, an enchanted place filled with dragons and fantastic creatures.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-screen spectacle
31. Side Effect (2020)
Movie · Russian · 1h 33m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 5.0 (681 votes)
A traumatic experience leads to a break-up between a young married couple. In a desperate attempt to save their marriage, Andrey, the husband, seeks help from a psychic named Mara. His only wish is to make his wife Olga forget the past. Mara's magic works, but the second honeymoon soon turns into a living nightmare...
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
32. Gogol. Viy (2018)
Movie · Russian · 1h 39m · Mystery, Adventure · IMDb 5.9 (1.9K votes)
A mysterious Dark Horseman slays young girls near the village of Dikanka, and he has already butchered 11 ladies. Nikolai Gogol, a scribe from Saint Petersburg has to take charge of the investigation, but the closer he gets to solving the case, the more fits he has, causing macabre visions. When he learns the next vict
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
33. The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (2016)
Movie · Russian · 1h 29m · Family, Animation · IMDb 6.0 (2.5K votes)
After heroically defeating both the Snow Queen and the Snow King, Gerda still cannot find peace. Her dream is to find her parents who were once taken away from them by the North Wind and finally reunite the family. Thus, Gerda and her friends embark on an exiting journey to find her parents and encounter new challenges
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + big-hearted warmth
34. Space Dogs 2 (2014)
Movie · Russian · 1h 30m · Adventure, Animation · IMDb 3.8 (526 votes)
Get ready to blast off to an out-of-this-world adventure with canine teenage astronaut, Pushok, who is determined to find his missing astronaut father. Against all odds, Pushok stows away on a US rocket ship to the moon but soon finds he is not alone, as he is reunited with his mom and encounters a macho monkey and a b
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
35. Secret Magic Control Agency (2021)
Movie · Russian · 1h 44m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 6.2 (5.4K votes)
The Secret Magic Control Agency sends its two best agents, Hansel and Gretel, to fight against the witch of the Gingerbread House.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + sharp humour
36. Furious (2017)
Movie · Russian · 1h 57m · Fantasy, Action · IMDb 6.1 (4.3K votes)
A story of a legendary battle, where seventeen fearless warriors defend their land against an army of thousands well-trained soldiers. In 13th-century Mongol warrior hordes and their leader, Batu Khan, control most of the known world. As the Mongols move towards Europe they invade the last Russian principality standing
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + breakneck pacing
37. Coma (2020)
Movie · Russian · 1h 50m · Science Fiction, Adventure · IMDb 6.3 (13K votes)
A young and talented architect comes to his senses after a horrific accident only to find himself in the odd dystopian world. A world that is filled with the memories of all current coma patients. Just like a human memory this world is fragmental, chaotic and unstable. This is COMA: icecaps, rivers and cities can all e
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
38. Mira (2022)
Movie · Russian · 1h 50m · Science Fiction, Drama · IMDb 5.8 (4K votes)
Near future. Lera Arabova is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her family in Vladivostok. Lera's father has been working at the orbiting space station "Mira" for many years and has long lost contact with his daughter, turning only into a voice on the phone. After a meteor shower hits the city, Lera has only one chance
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + edge-of-seat suspense
39. Dark Spell (2021)
Movie · Russian · 1h 33m · Horror · IMDb 4.7 (1.4K votes)
Terror strikes when a heartbroken woman uses black magic to get her husband back.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
40. The Big Trip (2019)
Movie · Russian · 1h 24m · Animation, Comedy · IMDb 4.8 (1.7K votes)
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 the wilderness to return the panda to its rightful home.
Feels like: sharp humour + family-friendly fun
41. The Blackout (2019)
Movie · Russian · 2h 7m · Thriller, Science Fiction · IMDb 6.0 (13K votes)
Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from space. What military forces find outside the ring is shocking.
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + mind-bending twists
42. Succubus (2024)
Movie · Russian · 1h 36m · Horror, Thriller · IMDb 3.6 (1.2K votes)
An erotic island retreat plays host to an exclusive couple’s retreat designed to rekindle the flames of passion. When Stacy and her boyfriend arrive, the sexy fun is quickly interrupted by a malevolent entity that feeds on their pain.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
43. Pinocchio: A True Story (2021)
Movie · Russian · 1h 34m · Animation, Fantasy · IMDb 3.1 (2.1K votes)
Young Pinocchio runs away from his genius creator Jepetto. Accompanied by his horse Tibalt, he aims to see the world while joining the traveling circus ran by hustler Modjafocco.
Feels like: big-screen spectacle + big-hearted warmth
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