Best movies on Prime Video (Fédération de Russie) : our Top 20

2023 · Nikolay Lebedev

After World War II, an American psychiatrist is assigned to assess whether prominent Nazi detainees are mentally fit to stand trial for their crimes. Tasked with evaluating Hermann Göring, he becomes locked in a tense clash of intellect and conscience, probing the ex-leader’s mind while confronting the moral complexities of justice.

With Sergey Kempo, Lyubov Aksyonova, Evgeny Mironov, Sergei Bezrukov, Aleksey Bardukov, Igor Petrenko and Wolfgang Cerny

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

2019 · Aleksandr Boguslavskiy

A crew of criminals abducts a teenage ballet prodigy—the daughter of a feared crime boss—planning to extort $50 million. As the ransom deadline approaches, however, they realize she is far more than a passive hostage; secrets behind her calm, disciplined exterior begin to surface. One by one their numbers dwindle, and trapped together in the house, the kidnappers confront a growing nightmare as it becomes clear their captive is anything but ordinary.

With Tinatin Dalakishvili, Rinal Mukhametov, Artyom Tkachenko, Ravshana Kurkova, Kseniya Kutepova, Gleb Bochkov and Olivier Siou

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

2010 · Inna Evlannikova

A deep-space mining crew sent to a remote planet uncovers an ancient sacred relic, long hailed as proof of God, and hauls it aboard. Instead of salvation, the artifact awakens a dormant alien species, and the paradise it reveals is a corrosive vision that twists reality and flesh, turning the ship into a living hell. This film acts as a prequel to the events of the 2008 video game Dead Space.

With Anna Bolshova, Evgeny Mironov, Sergey Garmash, Aleksandr Bashirov, Elena Yakovleva, Ruslan Kuleshov and Sergey Yushkevich

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

2014 · Mario Van Peebles

In a brutal, lawless land the ruthless Gedren hungers for absolute dominion. She storms the city of Hablac, slays the guardian of an ancient talisman and seizes its dark power; the guardian's sister, Red Sonja, steels herself with an enchanted blade and sets out on a relentless quest to topple Gedren and reclaim what was lost.

With Mario Van Peebles, Cam Gigandet, Rachael Leigh Cook, Bill Pullman, Brian Krause, Shane West and Jason Gray-Stanford

2008 ·

Near the dawn of the 22nd century, a Free Search Group operative is forced to crash-land on an uncharted planet and finds himself unable to leave. The people who live there exist in a crude, backward state reminiscent of the 20th century: entrenched social injustices, a ravaged environment, and a fragile, volatile order. Stranded among them, he must navigate their hardships, confront moral dilemmas about intervention and survival, and face how far humanity can fall — and whether it can rise again.

With Vasily Stepanov, Pyotr Fyodorov, Yuliya Snigir, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Sergey Garmash, Mikhail Evlanov and Anna Mikhalkova