The 30 best movies from Russia

Ranked by weighted audience rating: among 66 movies with at least 300 votes on TMDb, the formula balances the score with the vote count, so a barely-rated title cannot leap past a classic. Leviatã leads, rated 7.0 (2014). The average release year on the list is 2015. The list is recalculated weekly; each title links to its full page, including where to watch in Brazil.

Page updated on 09/20/2026.

1

Leviathan (2014)

directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev · 140 min · 7.4 992 votes
2

Persian Lessons (2020)

directed by Vadim Perelman · 127 min · 7.6 513 votes
3

Mira (2022)

directed by Dmitry Kiselyov · 116 min · 7.6 473 votes
4

Loveless (2017)

directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev · 127 min · 7.3 837 votes
5

The Fool (2014)

directed by Yury Bykov · 116 min · 7.8 332 votes
6

Brother (1997)

directed by Aleksei Balabanov · 96 min · 7.5 495 votes
7

Balkan Line (2019)

directed by Andrey Volgin · 130 min · 7.4 579 votes
8

The Return (2003)

directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev · 111 min · 7.3 719 votes
9

T-34 (2018)

directed by Alexey Sidorov · 139 min · 7.2 964 votes
10

Battle for Sevastopol (2015)

directed by Sergey Mokritsky · 110 min · 7.3 511 votes
11

Kalashnikov AK-47 (2020)

directed by Konstantin Buslov · 105 min · 7.4 377 votes
12

Silver Skates (2020)

directed by Michael Lockshin · 137 min · 7.5 316 votes
13

Leto (2018)

directed by Kirill Serebrennikov · 126 min · 7.4 349 votes
14

Russian Ark (2002)

directed by Aleksandr Sokurov · 99 min · 7.2 514 votes
15

I Am Dragon (2015)

directed by Indar Dzhendubaev · 110 min · 7.2 424 votes
16

Salyut-7 (2017)

directed by Klim Shipenko · 106 min · 7.1 522 votes
17

Invasion (2020)

directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk · 134 min · 6.9 914 votes
18

Compartment No. 6 (2021)

directed by Juho Kuosmanen · 106 min · 7.0 482 votes
19

Brother 2 (2000)

directed by Aleksei Balabanov · 122 min · 7.1 339 votes
20

Jeanne du Barry (2023)

directed by Maïwenn · 116 min · 6.9 717 votes
21

The World to Come (2021)

directed by Mona Fastvold · 98 min · 7.0 418 votes
22

Secret Magic Control Agency (2021)

directed by Alexey Tsitsilin · 103 min · 7.0 402 votes
23

Beanpole (2019)

directed by Kantemir Balagov · 130 min · 7.0 365 votes
24

The Spacewalker (2017)

directed by Dmitry Kiselyov · 140 min · 7.0 363 votes
25

Orlando (1992)

directed by Sally Potter · 94 min · 6.9 403 votes
26

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)

directed by Sergei Bodrov · 126 min · 6.8 800 votes
27

Flight Crew (2016)

directed by Nikolay Lebedev · 138 min · 6.9 306 votes
28

Anna (2019)

directed by Luc Besson · 119 min · 6.7 3,083 votes
29

Upon the Magic Roads (2021)

directed by Oleg Pogodin · 100 min · 6.8 314 votes
30

The Current War (2018)

directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon · 108 min · 6.7 1,173 votes