Best Russian Movies

Discover 57 best russian movies available to stream legally for free on YouTube, ARTE, Internet Archive and other platforms.

poster Man with a Movie Camera
Man with a Movie Camera
(4.2/5)
63mn - Documentary
A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
poster Waterloo
Waterloo
(3.7/5)
257mn - History, Action, Drama
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The b…
poster Black Rose
Black Rose
83mn - Action, Crime, Drama
A Russian police major joins the LAPD to hunt a sadistic serial killer targeting young women in Hollywood, where each murder leaves a trail of dark secrets.
poster The Bride
The Bride
90mn - Mystery, Horror, Thriller
When a young bride travels to her fiancé's rural ancestral home in Russia, she discovers an eerie family tradition involving ghost photography and possession. As she uncovers disturbing secrets about her …
poster The Grasshopper and the Ant
The Grasshopper and the Ant
(3.4/5)
5mn - Animation, Fantasy
An ant works to prepare for winter while a drunken grasshopper plays his violin and dances away his time. When the snow arrives, the grasshopper pleads with the ant for shelter and is turned away to die.
poster Mazeppa
Mazeppa
(2.8/5)
15mn - Drama, History
Mazepa, the Ukrainian governor is in love with his goddaughter Maria. He quickly wins her heart. But her old father treats the wooer harshly… Maria runs away. The furious father won’t submit. This intrigu…
poster 1812
1812
(2.8/5)
41mn - Drama, History
Made in 1912, this film has become known as one of the greatest pieces of pre-Soviet cinema. The silent film tells the story of the Patriotic war of 1812 when Napoleon attempted to invade Russia. This joi…
poster The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata
(2.9/5)
42mn - Drama
The Kreutzer Sonata is based on a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of je…
poster The Young Lady and the Hooligan
The Young Lady and the Hooligan
(3.2/5)
44mn - Drama, Romance
A young woman arrives in her school where she must teach for the first time. Her task consists in teaching a class of adults to read and write. All her students are male, ranging from boys to old men, and…
poster Boyar Orsha
Boyar Orsha
9mn - History, Drama
Based on Lermontov's poem of the same name, Boyarin Orsha (Peter Chardynin) leaves the service of Ivan the Terrible.
poster Polikushka
Polikushka
(3.5/5)
50mn - Drama
"Polikushka" was the only film directed by Aleksandr Sanin, one of Moscow Art Academic Theatre's founders, and is based on Lev Tolstoy's homonym short story. In spite the many differences between the lite…
poster The Beilis Case
The Beilis Case
(2.9/5)
0mn - Drama, Crime
Ukrainian silent courtroom drama about the trial on charges of Menachem Mendel Beilis in the ritual murder of 12-year-old Andrey Yushchinsky. Menahem Mendel Beilis was a Ukrainian Jew accused of ritual mu…
poster Tsar Ivan Vasilevich The Terrible
Tsar Ivan Vasilevich The Terrible
(3.5/5)
42mn - Drama, History
This film was a true peculiarity, a filmed version of the great Feodor Chaliapin in one of his most famous roles; the fact that it was a silent film, with title cards, meant that audiences could only appr…
poster Antosha, Ruined by a Corset!
Antosha, Ruined by a Corset!
15mn - Comedy
Taking advantage of his wife's temporary leave, Anton and his female friends are having fun. In the midst of all the revelry, he receives a telegram that she is to return this morning. General turmoil ens…
poster Vadim
Vadim
15mn - Drama
The landowner Palitsyn (Chardynin) long and successfully sues the neighbor. The lawsuit led to the ruin. He died, leaving orphans children — humpback a young boy Vadim (Speransky) and three-year Olga. In …
poster Oil Gush Fire in Bibiheybat
Oil Gush Fire in Bibiheybat
(3.0/5)
1mn - Documentary
The film was filmed in Bibi-Heybat, a suburb of Baku (now the capital of Azerbaijan), during a fire at the Bibi-Heybat oil field. The film was shot on 35mm film by the Lumiere brothers in 1898. On August …
poster Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
(3.1/5)
45mn - Drama, Romance
Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to b…
poster Frostbitten
Frostbitten
(2.8/5)
95mn - Horror
When a doctor moves to a small town in northern Sweden to work with her idol, she uncovers a terrifying secret: her mentor’s dark past with Nazi experimentation has spawned a community of blood-thirsty va…
poster Lovemakers
Lovemakers
100mn - Comedy, Romance
Three desperate Hungarian matchmakers face bankruptcy until a mysterious Russian businessman offers them one million dollars for a seemingly impossible task: make Hollywood heartthrob Jake Griffin fall in…
poster Acidman
Acidman
(2.8/5)
87mn - Drama
When Maggie tracks down her estranged father in the remote Oregon wilderness, she discovers his obsession with UFOs has only intensified during their decade apart, complicating her attempts to share life-…
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