Find the best Russian-language movies to watch. These movies in Russian are: highly-rated by critics, highly-rated by viewers, and handpicked by our staff.
Nosferatu is impressive on all counts. On the acting front, you have Skarsgård performing a career-best—he’s been many monsters, but…
Just a few minutes in, you can already feel the immensity of The Brutalist. The rousing score stirs you. The…
“Inner beauty is what counts” is a cliche many films have tried and failed to tackle, but A Different Man…
Somewhere near the border between Russia and Ukraine lies a shelter for kids coming from unstable homes. Their parents, either…
Who knew that behind the puzzle Tetris lies a political thriller of a backstory that is just as fun and…
The Last Duel propped high expectations as the Closing Film at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, but its theatrical release…
Formally speaking, 20 Days in Mariupol is little more than a compilation of footage bravely collected by Mstyslav Chernov in…
In the words of the journalist Christo Grozev, Alexei Navalny isn’t just a politician; he’s also an internet personality, reporter,…
It’s impossible to describe this incredible movie as one thing or the other. It’s an epic three-hour saga that takes…
This movie narrated by Nicolas Cage is the incredible story of actor Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Like Crazy): from being…
If you’ve seen the trailer, or heck, even the poster of the film, it’s likely you already know that, surprise,…
Featuring real, in-the-moment footage of operations to rescue young queer individuals from the continuing anti-gay purges in the Chechen Republic,…
This heartbreaking Russian drama takes place in Leningrad six months after the end of the war. A boy is asked…
After Loving Vincent, DK and Hugh Welchman’s iconic oil paint animation initially seems like old hat, but this time the…
In the 1950s and 60s, as Congo freed itself from Western rule, it also played a vital role in the…
Making a good erotic thriller out on Wall Street is no easy feat, but Fair Play has just the right…
This movie is a wild ride, literally, since it mostly takes place on a bus driving really fast. It’s about…
In Compartment Number 6, two different people strike an unlikely friendship during a train ride from Moscow to Murmansk. One…
When Russian director Vitaly Mansky is commissioned by the North Korean government to make a documentary about an average Pyongyang…
This informative documentary about the former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev is set against modern-day interviews with him…
Although this adaptation of the 1960s TV show feels like four episodes of material crammed into a feature runtime, Shin…
All of the fat has been trimmed in The Courier, a fast-paced Cold War thriller based on the real-life British…
This new Russian thriller show has an immaculate production value that can rival the biggest Hollywood shows. It’s about a…
At the end of World War II, the world didn’t declare peace and call it a day. Reparations had to…
A nostalgic look at ’90s Belarus brings to bear a sharp generational divide. Evalina is a young DJ living in…
Ballet has always captivated with its grace and poise, so of course it captivated cinema as well, with classics such…
Tilda Swinton stars in this gorgeous Italian production by Luca Guadagnino, part of the director’s “Desire Trilogy”, together with Call…
While Shakespeare has written most of the romantic plays that dominate theater today, there was one play from across the…
This cold Finnish series is about a successful detective who moves to a small town seeking calm. But once he…
Realistic, intimate, and compelling, Elena is a movie that makes you think a lot after you finish watching it. It…
When German forces occupy Paris in 1942, a close-knit Jewish family tearfully sends their two youngest sons, Jo and Maurice,…
Given the time period, it’s easy to see The Teacher as a satirical critique of the communist regime. Through the…
Based on a true story, The Whistleblower is the biography of a once Nebraskan police officer who volunteers for the U.N. peacekeeping…
The debut feature by Palestine’s most well-known director, Chronicle of a Disappearance is an unusual movie about the decades-long Israel-Palestine…
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