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1. Rasputin (1996 TV Movie)
R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
HBO biopic about the infamous "mad monk" Rasputin from the court of Czar Nicholas II in Russia.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen, David Warner
Votes: 3,982
2. Peter the Great (1986)
371 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s.
Stars: Maximilian Schell, Vanessa Redgrave, Omar Sharif, Trevor Howard
Votes: 800
3. Tsar (2009)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, History
A historical film that tells about two years in the life of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, his relationship with Metropolitan Philip of Moscow and the events of the Oprichnina era.
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Pyotr Mamonov, Oleg Yankovskiy, Ramilya Iskander, Anastasiya Dontsova
Votes: 3,246
4. Napoleon (1955)
190 min | Biography, Drama, War
Napoléon Bonaparte's life, loves and exceptional destiny from 1769 to 1821, but as seen through the eyes of Talleyrand, the cynical and ironic politician who once was the Emperor of France's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Director: Sacha Guitry | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jeanne Boitel, Pierre Brasseur, Gianna Maria Canale
Votes: 616
5. Boris Godounov (1989)
118 min | Musical, Drama
The film is based on the musical recording of the famous opera by Modest Mussorgsky about the tragic events surrounding the ruling of the Russian tsar Boris in the early 17th century. The ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Ruggero Raimondi, Kenneth Riegel, Bernard Lefort, Paul Plishka
Votes: 378
6. Last of the Czars (1996– )
Documentary
Cycle of record films about life and death of the last Russian monarchs.
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Alex Kingston, Linda Kenyon, David Chavchavadze
Votes: 61
7. Congress Dances (1931)
85 min | Comedy, History, Musical
Vienna glove-sales-lady Christl falls in love to Czar Alexander. Metternich tries to use this to keep him out of the conferences of the Vienna Congress from 1815.
Director: Erik Charell | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch, Otto Wallburg, Conrad Veidt
Votes: 599
8. Pyotr I: Posledniy tsar i pervyy imperator (2022)
40 min | Biography, History
A large-scale documentary and fiction series by Andrey Kravchuk about one of the most prominent rulers of Russia - the first Emperor Peter the Great. The figure of Peter I, as well as the ... See full summary »
Stars: Yuliya Bocharova, Aleksandr Bolshakov, Andrey Butin, Wolfgang Cerny
Votes: 17
9. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
In May 1913 the Romanov Dynasty celebrates its 300th anniversary at the Russian throne. The last emperor in the long line is Tsar Nicholas II. He rules over a country with huge social and ... See full summary »
Director: Esfir Shub | Stars: Mikhail Alekseyev, Alexei Brusilov, Nikolai Chkheidze, Emperor Franz Josef
Votes: 346
10. Ivan the Terrible (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Orphaned in his childhood and treated abusively by higher-ranking Boyars, Tzar Ivan was a mercurial ruler who committed his first murder at the age of 13 and was feared for his random acts ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Moers | Stars: Erik Schäffler, Axel Petermann, Heidi Kastner, Andreas Kappeler
Votes: 290
11. Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley (2016)
Not Rated | Documentary, History
British historian Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to investigate the 300-year reign of the Romanov dynasty.
Stars: Lucy Worsley, Janet Hartley, Simon Dixon, Sergei Bogatyrev
Votes: 1,115
12. Peter the First (1937)
96 min | Biography, Drama, History
A historical film about the life and state activities of Tsar Peter I, the reformer of Russia of the XVIII century, starting from the Battle of Narva in 1700 and ending with the adoption of the title of emperor by Peter the Great in 1721.
Director: Vladimir Petrov | Stars: Nikolai Simonov, Nikolay Cherkasov, Alla Tarasova, Mikhail Zharov
Votes: 239
13. Yunost Petra (1980)
140 min | Biography, Drama, History
Part one of a pair of historical films about the life of Peter the Great.
Director: Sergey Gerasimov | Stars: Dmitriy Zolotukhin, Tamara Makarova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Nikolay Yeryomenko
Votes: 217
14. Rossiya, kotoruyu my poteryali (1993)
Documentary
In 1914, French economist Edmond Théry wrote: "By the middle of this century, Russia will dominate Europe politically, economically and financially." The director ponders in his independent film why this didn't happen.
Director: Stanislav Govorukhin | Stars: Stanislav Govorukhin, George Alexandrovich, Czar Aleksandr III, Czarina Maria Fyodorovna
Votes: 111
15. Russia, Land of the Tsars (2003– )
120 min | Documentary
The history of the Russian Tsars.
Stars: Edward Herrmann, Michelle Maryk, Ronnie Farer, Henry Strozier
Votes: 180
16. The Czar Wants to Sleep (1934)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A sarcastic comedy about the Imperial Russian bureaucracy, based on the eponymous novella by Yuri Tynyanov. Set in the reign of Emperor Paul I. A copying error by a military scribe turns ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Faintsimmer | Stars: Mikhail Yanshin, Boris Gorin-Goryainov, Nina Shaternikova, Sofiya Magarill
Votes: 142
17. Kon Belyy (1993)
50 min | Drama, History, War
History of the Russian revolution and the following Civil War.
Stars: Evgeniy Starshinov, Marina Klimova, Aleksandr Kotelnikov, Evgeniy Ilovayskiy
Votes: 65
18. Ivan Groznyy (2009)
44 min | Drama, History
XVI century. The film depicts the life of Ivan from his earliest years to the last days of his reign.
Stars: Vitaliy Lenskiy, Pasha Sol, Vladimir Fenchenko, Aleksandr Demidov
Votes: 56
19. Conquest of Peter the Great (1938)
96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The second part of the story is about the life and state activity of Tsar Peter I, the reformer of Russia of the XVIII century, starting from the Battle of Narva in 1700 and ending with the... See full summary »
Director: Vladimir Petrov | Stars: Nikolai Simonov, Alla Tarasova, Nikolay Cherkasov, Irina Zarubina
Votes: 153
20. Doverie (1976)
95 min | Drama, History
The story of the formation of the Finnish Republic and its independence from Russia.
Directors: Edvin Laine, Viktor Tregubovich | Stars: Kirill Lavrov, Vladimir Tatosov, Igor Dmitriev, Margarita Terekhova
Votes: 232
21. V nachale slavnykh del (1980)
134 min | Drama, History
Based on the novel by A. N. Tolstoy "Peter I" (1945). Continuation of the film "Peter's Youth" (1980). At the end of the XVII century, Russia suffered huge losses in trade, as it had no ... See full summary »
Director: Sergey Gerasimov | Stars: Dmitriy Zolotukhin, Tamara Makarova, Natalya Bondarchuk, Nikolay Yeryomenko
Votes: 183
22. The White Eagle (1928)
67 min | Drama, History
"Not to spare bullets!" was the highest command to a governor in case of a workers' revolt. Desperate time - desperate measures. No participant can find rest after the event.
Director: Yakov Protazanov | Stars: Vasili Kachalov, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Andrey Petrovsky, Ivan Chuvelyov
Votes: 76
23. Devyatoe yanvarya (1925)
Ninth of November, 1905 in St Petersburg, Russia, when unarmed demonstrators led by Father Georgy Gapon were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter ... See full summary »
Director: Vyacheslav Viskovsky | Stars: Alexei Bogdanovsky, Yevgeni Boronikhin, Tamara Glebova, Nikolai Simonov
24. The Petersburg-Cannes Express (2003)
PG-13
The year is 1904. The world is changing except that Russia under Czar Nicholas II doesn't seem to notice or care. Young people are in revolt but are constantly crushed by the Czar's Secret ... See full summary »
Director: John Daly | Stars: Kseniya Alfyorova, Aleksandr Bargman, Naima Belkhiati, Jay Benedict
Votes: 25
25. Boris Godunov (1982 TV Movie)
181 min | Music
Universally acknowledged as the greatest of all Russian operas, this is a faithful and often dazzling production of the standard Rimsky-Korsakov version taped "live" at the Bolshoi in 1978.... See full summary »
Stars: Irina Arkhipova, Galina Kalinina, Glafira Korolyova, Aleksei Maslennikov
Votes: 14
26. Medeya (1967 TV Movie)
145 min | Drama
Directors: Aleksey Kashkin, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Aleksandr Shorin | Stars: Evgeniya Kozyreva, Evgeniy Samoylov, Galina Grigoreva, Aleksandr Khanov
27. Gorya boyatsya: schastya ne vidat (1974 TV Movie)
130 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Grief-Mischief in human form wanders the world, alternately accompanying unlucky people. Get rid of it can only be a hoax, giving in addition to any items sold.
Director: Viktor Turov | Stars: Konstantin Adashevsky, Natalya Vorobyova, Yevgeniya Sabelnikova, Geliy Sysoev
Votes: 13
28. Tsar Nikolay II (1917)
Directors: A. Ivonin, Boris Mikhin | Stars: Pyotr Baksheyev, N. Golosov, M. Kemper, Vera Orlova
29. Imperator, kotoryy znal svoyu sudbu (2010)
52 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Author systematized the little-known facts of the biography of the last Russian Emperor Nicolai II. For example: in September, 1896, during Nicolai's visit to the Great Britain, Prince of ... See full summary »
Director: Roman Ershov | Stars: Czar Aleksandr III, Igor Dobryakov, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, Tsuda Sanzo
Votes: 20