In the small town of Kandalaksha, Petya lives out a fantasy life as a traffic cop. He has a holster, a wooden gun, and the locals humor him by following his “orders.” When a convict escapes… Year 2009.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Nikolay Dostal |
| Writer: Mikhail Kurayev |
| Actors: Egor Pavlov, Aleksandr Korshunov, Roman Madyanov, Svetlana Timofeyeva-Letunovskaya |
In 1945, Soviet war hero Ignat is sent to work as a locomotive mechanic in a Siberian labor camp where he meets an assortment of Germans and Russians. Year 2010.
| Generes: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance |
| Director: Aleksey Uchitel |
| Writer: Aleksandr Gonorovskiy (story), Aleksandr Gonorovskiy, Gerard Michael MacCarthy (English language adaptation) |
| Actors: Vladimir Mashkov, Anjorka Strechel, Yuliya Peresild, Sergey Garmash |
When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal’s life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever. Year 1990.
| Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Director: John Woo |
| Writer: Janet Chun, Patrick Leung, John Woo |
| Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam |
While never-ending rain and a strange disease spread by cockroaches ravage Taiwan, a plumber makes a hole between two apartments and the inhabitants of each form a unique connection, enacted in musical numbers. Year 1998.
| Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi |
| Director: Ming-liang Tsai |
| Writer: Ming-liang Tsai, Pi-ying Yang |
| Actors: Kuei-Mei Yang, Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Hui-Chin Lin |
A dynamic young entrepreneur finds herself locked in a hotel room with the corpse of her dead lover. She hires a prestigious lawyer to defend her and they work together to figure out what actually happened. Year 2019.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Director: Sujoy Ghosh |
| Writer: Oriol Paulo (based on a screenplay by), Sujoy Ghosh (adapted screenplay), Sujoy Ghosh (dialogue), Raj Vasant (Dialogue) |
| Actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Amrita Singh, Antonio Aakeel |
Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society. Year 2015.
| Generes: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
| Director: David Wnendt |
| Writer: David Wnendt (screenplay), Mizzi Meyer (screenplay), Timur Vermes (based on the novel by), Marco Kreuzpaintner (screenplay adaptation), Johannes Boss (screenplay contributor), Collin McMahon (translation) |
| Actors: Oliver Masucci, Thomas M. Köppl, Marc-Marvin Israel, David Gebigke |
Consequences force an innocent man to get involved in crime after making an error. Year 1999.
| Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance |
| Director: Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Writer: Imtiaz Hussain (dialogue), Mahesh Manjrekar (screenplay), Mahesh Manjrekar (story) |
| Actors: Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar, Reema Lagoo, Shivaji Satam |
An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia. Year 1997.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance |
| Director: Aleksey Balabanov |
| Writer: Aleksey Balabanov |
| Actors: Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko, Mariya Zhukova |
The story of admiral Aleksandr Kolchak who remained faithful to his oath to the Russian Emperor and fought against the Bolshevik rule after the 1917 October Revolution. Year 2008.
| Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Director: Andrey Kravchuk |
| Writer: Zoya Kudrya, Vladimir Valutskiy |
| Actors: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Sergey Bezrukov, Vladislav Vetrov |
An urbane chef from a well-to-do family with very high ambitions goes on to find approval from his conservative father, true love and the real purpose of his life. Year 2012.
| Generes: Comedy, Drama, Family |
| Director: Anwar Rasheed |
| Writer: Anjali Menon |
| Actors: Dulquer Salmaan, Thilakan, Siddique, Nithya Menon |
This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner. Year 1995.
| Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance |
| Director: Kar-Wai Wong |
| Writer: Kar-Wai Wong |
| Actors: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung |
When a woman’s fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate. Year 1921.
| Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller |
| Director: Fritz Lang |
| Writer: Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou |
| Actors: Bernhard Goetzke, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Hans Sternberg |
Kievan Rus, late 10th century. After the death of his father, the young Viking prince Vladimir of Novgorod is forced into exile across the frozen sea. Year 2016.
| Generes: Action, Drama, History, War |
| Director: Andrey Kravchuk |
| Writer: Andrey Kravchuk, Johan Melin (dramaturge), Andrey Rubanov, Viktor Smirnov |
| Actors: Anton Adasinsky, Aleksandr Armer, Vilen Babichev, Tom J. Benedict |
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. Year 2002.
| Generes: Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery |
| Director: Aleksandr Sokurov |
| Writer: Boris Khaimsky (dialogue), Anatoli Nikiforov, Svetlana Proskurina (dialogue), Aleksandr Sokurov (dialogue), Aleksandr Sokurov |
| Actors: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky |
A temperamental farmer gets embroiled in a bloody clan feud in a southern Tamil Nadu village. Year 2004.
| Generes: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Director: Kamal Haasan |
| Writer: H. Banerjee (Subtitles), Kamal Haasan |
| Actors: Kamal Haasan, Abhirami, Pasupathy, Napolean |
The story of Kafka’s Castle. Year 1994.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Aleksey Balabanov |
| Writer: Aleksey Balabanov, Franz Kafka (novel), Sergey Selyanov |
| Actors: Nikolay Stotskiy, Svetlana Pismichenko, Anvar Libabov, Viktor Sukhorukov |