Best movies on Apple TV+ (Fédération de Russie) : our Top 20

2007 · Sergei Bodrov

A brutal childhood on the Mongolian steppe shapes Temüjin, a dispossessed youth who endures betrayals, captivity and exile before forging alliances that lift him from obscurity. The film traces his early years—his struggle to unite fractured tribes, the personal losses and ruthless choices that harden him—and the rise that would see him create a vast Mongol empire sweeping across much of Eurasia in the early 13th century.

With Tadanobu Asano, Sun Honglei, Khulan Chuluun, Aliya, Mijid Baasanjav, Amadu Mamadakov and He Qi

2004 · Vladimir Mashkov

Based on A. Galych's play "Matrosskaya Tishina," Papa follows a driven Jewish father who has poured his life into turning his son, Dodik, into a violin prodigy destined for greatness. From Dodik’s earliest years the father shapes and trains him, dreaming of stadiums filled with applause; when Dodik matures he leaves their small town for the Moscow Conservatory, trying to leave his past behind. Years later, success confronts him with a wrenching choice: to preserve the bond with the man who made him or to hold on to the career and acclaim he has fought so hard to achieve.

With Vladimir Mashkov, Egor Beroev, Olga Krasko, Anatoli Vasilyev, Sergei Dreiden, Andrey Smolyakov and Artur Smolyaninov

2004 · Timur Bekmambetov

Hidden among ordinary humans are supernatural beings divided into Light and Dark factions. Centuries ago they negotiated a tentative peace to end a catastrophic war, assigning the daylight to the Light and the night to the Dark. In present-day Moscow the Dark roam the streets as vampire-like predators, while a Night Watch of Light operatives—including Anton, the story’s central character—patrols the night to monitor, contain, and curb their excesses.

With Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina, Mariya Poroshina, Zhanna Friske, Viktor Verzhbitskiy and Rimma Markova

2002 · Pavel Lungin

Over the course of a single day, a breathtaking odyssey traces the sun’s arc from towering, snow-lined peaks to lonely atolls and into the dense depths of untamed rainforests, revealing the raw, majestic forces that shape life across the planet.

With Vladimir Mashkov, Mariya Mironova, Andrey Krasko, Aleksandr Baluev, Vladimir Steklov, Marat Basharov and Levan Uchaneishvili

2014 · Kenneth Branagh

As a young, undercover CIA analyst, Jack Ryan uncovers a covert Russian scheme to orchestrate a terrorist strike aimed at collapsing the U.S. economy.

With Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Colm Feore and Gemma Chan

1997 · Aleksey Balabanov

Estranged for years, Fred harbors resentment toward his famous brother, convinced he always lives in his shadow. When a no-nonsense efficiency consultant arrives at the North Pole and threatens to shut down Santa’s operation unless it modernizes, the fate of the holiday is suddenly at stake. Reluctantly returning to help, Fred must put aside old grievances, work with the elves, and team up with his brother to rescue Christmas — and, in the process, rebuild their fractured relationship.

With Sergei Bodrov Jr., Svetlana Pismichenko, Mariya Zhukova, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Irina Rakshina, Sergey Murzin and Igor Shibanov